By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer Catholics around the world are sharply divided by the Vatican’s recent declaration giving priests more leeway to bless same-sex couples. Supporters of LGBTQ inclusion welcome the move; some conservative bishops assail the new policy as a betrayal of the church’s condemnation of sexual relations between gay or lesbian partners.
Continue ReadingBy MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s Congress has everything ready to open an exhibit Monday featuring pieces including a tapestry crafted by renowned artist Burle Marx and a replica of the country’s constitution dated 1988. The display is notable not because of the rarity of the objects, but because they
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge says former President Donald Trump’s lawyers can’t present legal arguments to a jury assessing damages at a defamation trial this month on a jury’s conclusion that he didn’t rape a columnist in the mid-1990s. Federal Judge Lewis A. Kaplan issued the order Saturday in advance of a
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An apparent Israeli airstrike has killed two Palestinian journalists in southern Gaza. One was the son of veteran Al Jazeera correspondent Wael Dahdouh, who lost his wife, two other children and a grandson — and was nearly killed himself — earlier in
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has named several of his party’s candidates for March’s nationwide election. The ruling party will try to recover cities lost to the opposition’s Republican People’s Party, or CHP, five years ago — including the country’s largest city, Istanbul, and the capital, Ankara. Erdogan said parliamentarian and former
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY and GLENN GAMBOA Associated Press No matter who takes home the College Football Playoff championship Monday night in Houston, a rare nonprofit from the murky, still-developing world of Name, Image, Likeness programs is set to come out on top. Numerous NIL organizations have sprung up since a Supreme Court decision in 2021
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By Patrick Sung, CNN (CNN) — Traveling often marks the beginning of much rest and relaxation, but for one soccer club from the small island nation of Martinique, that was perhaps not the case in its recent trip to northern France. Golden Lion FC was drubbed by Ligue 1 club Lille 12-0 in its French
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Election integrity activists want a federal judge to order Georgia to stop using its current election system, saying it’s vulnerable to attack and has operational issues that could cost voters their right to cast a vote and have it accurately counted. During a trial set to start
Continue ReadingBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Hollywood is ready to party as the Golden Globes return for its annual boozy celebration of film and television’s biggest names. The show begins at 8 p.m. Eastern and will air live on both coasts on CBS, which is available with an antenna or through cable and satellite providers. It’s
Continue ReadingCNNEspañol sjv (CNN) — El expresidente de Estados Unidos Donald Trump sugirió el sábado que la Guerra Civil podría haberse evitado mediante una “negociación”, argumentando que la lucha para poner fin a la esclavitud en el país era en última instancia innecesaria y que Abraham Lincoln debió haber hecho más para evitar el derramamiento de
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By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Wall Street is clearly antsy for the Federal Reserve to begin cutting interest rates. Some think that could happen as soon as March. But Fed officials aren’t as optimistic, penciling in only three rate cuts this year, which is about half what the market is currently pricing.
Continue ReadingBy Allison Chinchar, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 70 million people across the Gulf Coast and Southeast are at risk for severe weather, including tornadoes, damaging wind and flooding rain on Monday and Tuesday, according to the Storm Prediction Center. Days after the season’s first big winter storm, another storm is on the move and is
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By Katia Hetter, CNN (CNN) — Improve your life in 2024 by following our Life, But Better advice for sleep, food, fitness, stress reduction and more. Start with our science-backed guidance on fitness. It’s the season for resolutions. Many people are looking to make positive changes in their lifestyles. Which are the ones that will make
Continue Reading By Homero De la Fuente and Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — The Houston Texans clinched their first playoff spot since 2019 following a 23-19 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Saturday, marking a dramatic turnaround from last season when they finished 3-13. Reaching the playoffs is a remarkable achievement for head coach DeMeco Ryans and
Continue Reading By Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green has been reinstated after serving a 12-game suspension, the National Basketball Association announced on Saturday. Green was ejected from a 119-116 defeat to the Phoenix Suns on December 12 after spinning around and striking center Jusuf Nurkić in the face with
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) The temporary yard waste drop-off site in Jefferson City will be closing its gates on Sunday, and planning for the future is on their minds. The site will be open Sunday from 8 a.m. to noon for city residents only at 708 Ellis Blvd. At a meeting Tuesday, Jefferson City Public
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TODAY: Clouds stick around for the end of the weekend but some sunshine is possible in between! Highs will climb to around 40 degrees today. Be sure to finish last-minute plans before an impactful winter storm this week. TOMORROW: Monday is an ABC 17 Stormtrack Weather Alert Day for the possibility of heavy snow and
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Here’s what to know about the night South African Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp more than a decade ago in a Valentine’s Day killing that jolted the world and shattered the image of a sports superstar. Pistorius, a world-famous double-amputee
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Washington plays Michigan in the College Football Playoff championship game on Monday, with the Huskies looking for their first national title since 1991 and the Wolverines going for their first since 1997. Both teams are in their first CFP title game. It will be only the third time that a pair
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By Christina Zdanowicz, CNN (CNN) — All the moments Vallie Collins hadn’t yet lived flashed before her eyes as she texted her husband her flight was going down. Her youngest son’s first homerun. Planning her kids’ birthday parties. Beaming as mother of the bride. “I’m not a perfect mother, but I’m their mother,” the mom
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