By Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan, Laura Ly and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN As federal investigators visit the site of another Norfolk Southern train derailment in Ohio, the company vowed new safety measures in response to its toxic train wreck that ravaged the town of East Palestine. Norfolk Southern will revamp its hot bearing detector network as
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By Marnie Hunter, CNN There’s way more to an airport than the mechanics of getting from point A to point B, and the best airports put a lot into making passengers’ journeys as seamless and pleasant as possible. The Airport Service Quality Awards, announced on Monday, recognize the world’s best airports for customer experience. Among
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QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials say a suicide bomber riding on a motorcycle targeted a police truck in the restive southwestern Baluchistan province, killing at least nine policemen and wounding 13 officers. The bombing took place on a bridge in the district of Sibi. A local police chief says the officers were on a
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By Rosa Flores, Josh Campbell, Paul P. Murphy, Polo Sandoval, Rebekah Riess and Steve Almasy, CNN Two South Carolina families have identified the four US citizens who were assaulted and kidnapped by gunmen in northeastern Mexico on Friday in what a US official with knowledge of the investigation tells CNN was a case of mistaken
Continue Reading By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Georgina Beyer, a trailblazing New Zealand politician who in 1999 became the world’s first openly transgender member of Parliament, died Monday at the age of 65. Friends of Beyer said she died peacefully in hospice care. They did not immediately give a cause of death,
Continue Reading By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — When Moheidein Bazazo opened his Beirut mini-market in 1986, during some of the fiercest fighting in Lebanon’s civil war, he didn’t expect it to thrive. But several years later, he had shelves full of food and needed 12 employees to help him manage a bustling business. Those
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By The Associated Press BOISE, Idaho — Led by Raequan Battle’s 21 points, the Montana State Bobcats defeated the Northern Colorado Bears 84-73 in the second round of the Big Sky Conference Tournament.
Continue Reading MUMBAI, India (AP) — Amitabh Bachchan says he’s recovering at home from a injury suffered while shooting a film in southern India. The 80-year-old Bollywood superstar posted on his blog that he sustained a rib injury while working in Hyderabad on the science fiction film “Project K.” Bachchan wrote that he has a damaged rib
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Chinese economic officials have expressed confidence they can meet this year’s growth target of “around 5%” by generating 12 million new jobs and encouraging consumer spending. The Cabinet planning officials announced no details of spending or other initiatives to revive growth that slumped to 3% last
Continue Reading By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul George scored 42 points and led a fourth-quarter comeback to help the Los Angeles Clippers beat the Memphis Grizzlies 135-129. Los Angeles ended a five-game skid with its first win since the All-Star break. Kawhi Leonard added 34 points and 10 rebounds for the
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly higher Monday in Asia after strong data on the U.S. economy sent Wall Street to its best close in six weeks. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index rose 0.4% to 20,642.89 and the Shanghai Composite index lost 0.3% to 3,318.56. At the annual session
Continue Reading By MICHAEL KELLY Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Yanni Gourde scored 1:24 into overtime, and the Seattle Kraken rallied to beat the Colorado Avalanche 3-2. Brandon Tanev and Alexander Wennberg also scored for Seattle and Philipp Grubauer stopped 21 shots against his former team. Alexandar Georgiev rebounded from a rough game in Dallas with 32
Continue Reading By The Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Grant Nelson scored 23 points to lead the North Dakota State Bison and Tajavis Miller secured the victory with a layup with 15 seconds remaining as the Bison took down the South Dakota Coyotes 70-68 in the quarterfinals of the Summit League Tournament.
Continue Reading By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer LACONIA, N.H. (AP) — Steve Shurtleff was at Joe Biden’s side in 2019 when he filed papers in the New Hampshire State House to run for president. He repeatedly trekked across the state with Biden to court primary voters. And when Biden ultimately won the presidency, it was
Continue Reading By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News is on an unlikely collision course with two leading contenders for the Republican presidential nomination over the rights of journalists. In defending itself against a massive defamation lawsuit over how it covered false claims surrounding the 2020 presidential election, the network is relying
Continue Reading By The Associated Press PENSACOLA, Fla. — Led by Jordan Brown’s 18 points, the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns defeated the Texas State Bobcats 64-58 in the semifinals of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament.
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By Ivana Kottasová and Yulia Kesaieva, CNN A week after Russia invaded, the family of 15-year-old Arina Yatsiuk decided to flee their home near the Ukrainian capital by car. Less than 10 miles down the road, they encountered a group of Russian troops. The soldiers started shooting, then dragged Arina and her 9-year-old sister Valeria
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová and Yulia Kesaieva, CNN A week after Russia invaded, the family of 15-year-old Arina Yatsiuk decided to flee their home near the Ukrainian capital by car. Less than 10 miles down the road, they encountered a group of Russian troops. The soldiers started shooting, then dragged Arina and her 9-year-old sister Valeria
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová and Yulia Kesaieva, CNN A week after Russia invaded, the family of 15-year-old Arina Yatsiuk decided to flee their home near the Ukrainian capital by car. Less than 10 miles down the road, they encountered a group of Russian troops. The soldiers started shooting, then dragged Arina and her 9-year-old sister Valeria
Continue Reading Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s last surviving original member who also helped to found the group, died Sunday at the age of 71. No cause of death was given. “It is with our deepest sympathy and sadness that we have to advise, that we lost our brother, friend, family member, songwriter and guitarist, Gary Rossington, today,”
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