By Elizabeth Wolfe, Rob Shackelford and Alaa Elassar, CNN At least 13 people have died in multiple states due to severe weather across the country as a powerful storm system that brought golf ball-sized hail and tornadoes to the South continues to march Saturday across the Northeast. The storm spurred wind gusts strong enough to
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The Missouri House on Thursday passed legislation that would bar businesses from China and a few other countries from buying farmland here.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — Hundreds of tractors driven by angry farmers protesting a plan to cut nitrate levels are headed to Brussels, with major traffic disruption expected across Belgium’s capital city. The BB farmers union and several others were combining efforts and were expecting more than 2,000 tractors. Police warned that disruptions could last until the
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets advanced Friday after a Federal Reserve official raised hopes the U.S. central bank might not step up its anti-inflation fight as much as feared. London, Shanghai, Frankfurt and Tokyo gained. Oil prices edged higher. Wall Street rose Thursday for the first time in
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By Nectar Gan, CNN A Chinese city says it has destroyed a billion pieces of personal data collected during the pandemic, as local governments gradually dismantle their coronavirus surveillance and tracking systems after abandoning the country’s controversial zero-Covid policy. Wuxi, a manufacturing hub on China’s eastern coast and home to 7.5 million people, held a
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez Londres (CNN) — Se le pidió al duque y la duquesa de Sussex que desalojen Frogmore Cottage, la residencia oficial de la pareja en el Reino Unido, dijo su portavoz a CNN este miércoles. “Podemos confirmar que se ha solicitado al duque y la duquesa de Sussex que abandonen su residencia en Frogmore Cottage”,
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Alex Murdaugh, el abogado caído en desgracia cuya dinastía familiar tuvo un alcance legal significativo en partes de Lowcountry de Carolina del Sur durante décadas, fue condenado este viernes a dos cadenas perpetuas consecutivas, sin posibilidad de libertad condicional, después de que fuera declarado culpable de asesinar a su esposa
Continue Reading By JAMES POLLARD and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Jurors in Alex Murdaugh’s murder trial got a chance to see for themselves the rural hunting estate where his wife and son were killed. Crime scene visits by juries are relatively rare. The disgraced South Carolina attorney was convicted of
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By Jessie Yeung and Manveena Suri, CNN Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, and the support flooding in to Kyiv from countries across the world, sends a powerful message to “would be aggressors everywhere,” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday during a panel discussion in New Delhi. “Part of the reason countries way beyond Europe
Continue Reading By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The brother of Singapore’s prime minister is accusing government authorities of persecuting his family after it emerged that he and his wife were under official investigation. Lee Hsien Yang has long been at odds with his brother, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, over the will of their
Continue Reading By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A new crew arrived at the International Space Station on Friday for a six-month mission, after overcoming trouble with one of the capsule’s docking hooks. The SpaceX capsule and its four astronauts had to wait 65 feet (20 meters) from the orbiting lab, as
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Keylan Boone scored 25 points, Moe Adum added 22 and Pacific defeated Pepperdine 84-71 in the first round of the West Coast Conference Tournament. Boone sank 11 of 15 shots with three 3-pointers and added five rebounds for the seventh-seeded Tigers (15-17). Adum made 9 of 15 shots with three 3-pointers.
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Oscar Holland, CNN As luxury brands continue to court South Korea’s booming luxury market, Tiffany & Co. has unveiled K-pop star Jimin as its newest brand ambassador. The BTS singer, whose full name is Park Ji-min, will appear in his first campaign for the brand this spring, the jeweler said Thursday. The announcement was accompanied
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Azoulas Tubelis scored 25 points and grabbed 10 rebounds and No. 8 Arizona ended USC’s 14-game home win streak with an 87-81 victory. It was the Wildcats’ first game since they were upset by rival Arizona State on an improbable half-court shot at the buzzer, 89-88. Arizona has not lost back-to-back
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — Patrick Wojahn, alcalde de College Park, Maryland, renunció después de que las autoridades lo arrestaran por 56 cargos relacionados con pornografía infantil, dijo el jefe de policía del condado de Prince George, Malik Aziz, durante una conferencia de prensa este jueves con Jessica Garth, representante de la Oficina del Fiscal del
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By Teele Rebane, CNN A top Cambodian opposition figure was sentenced to 27 years of house arrest on Friday after being convicted of treason in a verdict the United States denounced as a “miscarriage of justice.” Kem Sokha, head of the outlawed Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), is the latest of a long line of
Continue Reading LAS VEGAS (AP) — Frida Formann scored 16 points to lead 20th-ranked Colorado to a 62-54 victory over Oregon State in the quarterfinal round of the Pac-12 Conference Tournament. Formann made 4 of 9 shots with two 3-pointers for the third-seeded Buffaloes (23-7), who advance to play No. 7 seed Washington State in the semifinals
Continue Reading SEATTLE (AP) — TJ Bamba scored a career-high 36 points, Andrej Jakimovski added a double-double and Washington State won its sixth straight Pac-12 Conference game for the first time in 30 years with a 93-84 victory over Washington. Bamba, a junior, made 13 of 20 shots with three 3-pointers and all seven of his free
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN A crew of astronauts aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule docked at the International Space Station, concluding a one-day trip to rendezvous with the orbiting laboratory after launching from Florida early Thursday. The capsule made first contact with the space station at 1:40 a.m. ET Friday and began opening the hatches
Continue Reading By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JABA, West Bank (AP) — The stuttering blasts of M-16s shattered the quiet in a West Bank village, surrounded by barley fields and olive groves. Young Palestinian men in Jaba once wanted to farm, residents say, but now, more and more want to fight. Last week, dozens of them, wearing
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