By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Hundreds of Afghan refugees facing extreme delays in the approval of U.S. visas are protesting in Pakistan’s capital on, as an American program to help relocate at-risk Afghans fleeing Taliban rule stalls. The U.S. government’s Priority 1 and Priority 2, known as P1 and P2 refugee programs
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By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Missing Chinese CEO Bao Fan is cooperating in an investigation by “certain authorities in the People’s Republic of China,” his company said in a statement Sunday. China Renaissance Holdings Limited, of which Bao is the chairman and CEO, said the company has been trying to locate him and ascertain his status
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By Dana Bash and Abbie Sharpe, CNN A cocktail party on Capitol Hill is often hardly notable. But at one recent soiree, the clinking of glasses had a different ring. Members of both parties joined together to kick off a renewed effort to solve a uniquely American problem: no universal paid family and medical leave.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Four people died and four others were critically injured after a car ran a red light and smashed into their SUV, sending it off an overpass before it landed on its roof. St. Louis Police said the crash happened shortly before 2 a.m. Sunday not far from the St. Louis University
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FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Stars have acquired Evgenii Dadonov from the Montreal Canadiens for Denis Gurianov in a swap of Russian forwards. Montreal is retaining half of Dadonov’s salary for the rest of the season as part of the trade completed Sunday. Stars general manager Jim Nill called Dadonov a skilled forward who
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Chelsea’s troubles have deepened with a 2-0 loss to fierce London rival Tottenham in the Premier League. Oliver Skipp and Harry Kane scored to pile the misery on Chelsea manager Graham Potter at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Fourth-place Spurs strengthened their bid for a Champions League qualifying spot by moving four points
Continue ReadingBy Chris Boyette, CNN Attorney Benjamin Crump has been at the forefront of some of the highest-profile cases involving civil rights and racial injustice — but acknowledges there’s much more work to be done. While accepting the Social Justice Impact Award at the NAACP Image Awards on Saturday night, Crump vowed “never to stop fighting
Continue Reading By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press MASHANTUCKET, Conn. (AP) — When the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut for three months in 2020, its owners, the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, had to reckon with decades of relying heavily on gambling as the tribe’s main source of revenue. “The fact that the casino revenues went
Continue Reading By Jasmine Wright and Paul LeBlanc, CNN US national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Sunday vowed there would be “real costs” for China if the country went forward with providing lethal aid to Russia in its war on Ukraine. “From our perspective, actually, this war presents real complications for Beijing. And Beijing will have to
Continue Reading By GABRIELA SELSER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Each month, Antón Martínez, 38, sets aside $200 from his wages as a dishwasher in the United States to send home to his mother in Nicaragua. Martínez wishes it could be more, but he’s still trying to find his footing in the new country and pay
Continue Reading By KANIS LEUNG and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Police in Hong Kong filed murder charges against the former father-in-law and brother-in-law of a model and influencer whose body parts were found in a refrigerator and a skull believed to be hers in a pot at a rural house. Authorities also arrested
Continue ReadingBy Haley Brink and Eric Levenson, CNN A winter storm dumped massive amounts of precipitation across southern California this weekend, including more than 6.5 feet of snow to Mountain High and more than 5 inches of rain to Cucamonga Canyon. The hefty snowfall totals included 5 feet to Snow Valley, 57 inches to Bear Mountain
Continue Reading By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Sabres will have to continue their late-season playoff push without top-line forward Alex Tuch. He is out indefinitely after being placed on injured reserve. Tuch sustained what the team called a lower-body injury in the third period of a 3-1 win at the
Continue Reading By MEGAN JANETSKY and FERNANDA PESCE Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — When machine gun fire erupts outside the barbed-wire fences surrounding Fontaine Hospital Center, the noise washes over a cafeteria full of tired, scrub-clad medical staff. And no one bats an eye. Gunfire is part of daily life here in Cité Soleil – the
Continue Reading By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Random gunfire, repeated break-ins and a decaying city water system are constant challenges at Mom’s Dream Kitchen, the soul food restaurant Timothy Norris’ mother opened 35 years ago in Mississippi’s capital. “I have some cousins that live in Ohio,” said Norris, 54, who now owns
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Las tensiones aumentan en Moldova, un pequeño país en la frontera suroeste de Ucrania, donde Rusia ha sido acusada de sentar las bases para un golpe que podría arrastrar a la nación a la guerra del Kremlin. La presidenta de Moldova, Maia Sandu, acusó a Rusia de utilizar “saboteadores” disfrazados de
Continue Reading By Dana Bash and Abbie Sharpe, CNN A cocktail party on Capitol Hill is often hardly notable. But at one recent soiree, the clinking of glasses had a different ring. Members of both parties joined together to kick off a renewed effort to solve a uniquely American problem: no universal paid family and medical leave.
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China says Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus and a close ally of the Russian leader, will visit Beijing this week. The Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Lukashenko is due to visit Tuesday through Thursday, but gave no details about his agenda. The visit comes as top U.S. officials warn China against providing
Continue Reading KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Tayyab Tahir made an impressive debut in the Pakistan Super League with a half-century that lifted Karachi Kings to a 66-run victory over table-toppers Multan Sultans. Tayyab’s brilliant 65 off 46 balls propelled Karachi to 167-3 as he shared a 109-run stand with Matthew Wade, who made a nearly run-a-ball 46.
Continue Reading By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Jordanian government on Sunday announced that Israel and the Palestinians had agreed to de-escalate tensions, shortly after a Palestinian gunman killed two Israelis in a shooting in the occupied West Bank. Sunday’s shooting marked the latest violence in a wave of fighting that has killed dozens
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