By Yoonjung Seo, Brad Lendon and Junko Ogura, CNN North Korea said Sunday it conducted a test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) a day earlier, its third known test of the long-range weapon in less than a year. The state-run Korean Central News Agency said a Hwasong-15 ICBM was fired in a “surprise ICBM
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By Issy Ronald, CNN Aged 64, Mexico’s Prince Hubertus of Hohenlohe-Langenburg competed in his 20th Alpine Ski World Championships on Friday. A multicolored, lycra-clad smudge against the snow, Hohenlohe failed to finish his first run of the men’s giant slalom as he raced in what is likely his last World Championships outing, 41 years after
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By KARL RITTER Associated Press MUNICH (AP) — Finland’s defense minister says his country will join NATO without waiting for Sweden if its Nordic neighbor’s accession is held up by the Turkish government. Mikko Savola told The Associated Press on Saturday that Finland prefers to join the alliance together with Sweden but wouldn’t hold up
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By JAY COHEN AP Baseball Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Chicago White Sox right-hander Michael Kopech thinks he will be ready for the start of the season after he had right knee surgery last year. The 26-year-old Kopech went 5-9 with a 3.54 ERA in a career-high 25 starts in 2022. But he left a
Continue Reading By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Saturday fired a long-range missile from its capital into the sea off Japan, according to its neighbors, a day after it threatened to take strong measures against South Korea and the U.S. over their joint military exercises. According to the South Korean
Continue Reading MERIBEL, France (AP) — American skier Mikaela Shiffrin took the lead with her first run of the slalom at the world championships Saturday. Shiffrin opened the race in 52.54 seconds. Swiss skier Wendy Holdener trailed by 0.19 seconds in second place. Laurence St-Germain of Canada was 0.61 behind in third. The rest of the field
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A law enforcement official says a bomb threat against an American Airlines flight that diverted the plane from the tarmac of a Texas airport Friday was not credible. KVIA-TV reports an FBI official says the passengers on the noon flight from El Paso, Texas, to Chicago were not in danger.
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By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN For decades, bright, playful and oddly-shaped fast-food restaurants dotted the roadside along America’s highways. You’d drive by Howard Johnson’s with its orange roofs and then pass Pizza Hut’s red-topped huts. A few more miles and there was the roadside White Castle with its turrets. Arby’s roof was shaped like a wagon
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By Maureen O’Hare, CNN This week in our travel roundup: New footage of the Titanic revealed for the first time, the medieval treasure trove found under the streets of Amsterdam and the Air New Zealand flight that went on a 16-hour round trip from Auckland to Auckland. What lies beneath Video footage showing the wreck
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By Kareem El Damanhoury and Yusuf Gezer, CNN The body of Ghana soccer star Christian Atsu was found under rubble on Saturday, according to his agent, almost two weeks after the earthquake that devastated Turkey and Syria. “It is with the heaviest of hearts that I have to announce to all well wishers that sadly
Continue Reading MERIBEL, France (AP) — American skier Mikaela Shiffrin took the lead with her first run of the slalom at the world championships Saturday. Shiffrin opened the race in 52.54 seconds. Swiss skier Wendy Holdener trailed by 0.19 seconds in second place. Laurence St-Germain of Canada was 0.61 behind in third. The rest of the field
Continue Reading By ROBERT BADENDIECK and MUCAHIT CEYLAN Associated Press ADIYAMAN, Turkey (AP) — A 17-year-old high school student has captured Turkish hearts after he filmed a farewell message to his loved ones as he was trapped under the rubble of his home during last week’s earthquake. Taha Erdem and his family were fast asleep when a
Continue Reading By GERALD IMRAY AP Sports Writer Christian Atsu, the Ghana international forward who played for Premier League clubs Chelsea and Newcastle, has died in the earthquake in Turkey. He was 31. Search teams recovered Atsu’s body in the ruins of a luxury 12-story building where he had been living in the city of Antakya, Hatay
Continue Reading By GERALD IMRAY AP Sports Writer Christian Atsu, the Ghana international forward who played for Premier League clubs Chelsea and Newcastle, has died in the earthquake in Turkey. He was 31. Search teams recovered Atsu’s body in the ruins of a luxury 12-story building where he had been living in the city of Antakya, Hatay
Continue Reading By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military said North Korea on Saturday fired one suspected long-range missile from its capital toward the sea, a day after it threatened to take strong measures against South Korea and the U.S. over their joint military exercises. The Joint Chiefs of Staff in
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TODAY: Clouds increase early in the day due to moist southwest winds. These could gust near 25 mph and will be the driver of a dramatic warmup today. We start near freezing before leaping to the mid-50s in the afternoon. A stray sprinkle is possible early evening from a minor disturbance but most should remain
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN On the campus of a small Christian college in Wilmore, Kentucky, a massive worship service has been rolling, nonstop, for nearly two weeks. The event at Asbury University is so popular, people have flown from across the country, standing in line outside of the college’s main chapel for an opportunity to
Continue Reading MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A small plane carrying four people has gone after taking off southeast of the Philippine capital and a search is underway. The Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines says the Cessna 340 left Albay province for Manila with a pilot, a crewmember and two passengers Saturday morning but has not been
Continue Reading SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says North Korea has fired at least one ballistic missile into the sea. The Joint Chiefs of Staff on Saturday didn’t immediately say what type of missile was launched or how far it flew. The launch came a day after North Korea’s Foreign Ministry threatened to take
Continue Reading BATHURST, Australia (AP) — Lightning cracked as Jacob Kiplimo finished off his win in the cross-country world championships. He waved his arms to celebrate as he strode the last steps of a downhill run to the line that had claimed a major casualty in the women’s race earlier Saturday. Letesenbet Gidey was leading the women’s
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