By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Pavel Buchnevich scored his second goal of the game 3:31 into overtime and the St. Louis Blues rallied from a 3-1 deficit for a 4-3 win over the Seattle Kraken. St. Louis won its fourth straight and picked up two points in the crowded race for
Continue ReadingBy ALON BERNSTEIN and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press ASHKELON, Israel (AP) — Holocaust survivor Gad Partok never thought he’d live to see horrors like the ones he witnessed as a young boy in Tunisia when Nazis invaded his town and killed many of his neighbors. But the 93-year-old Israeli says that childhood trauma was viscerally
Continue ReadingBy TERRY CHEA Associated Press PETALUMA, Calif. (AP) — Last month, Mike Weber got the news every poultry farmer fears: His chickens tested positive for avian flu. Following government rules, Weber’s company, Sunrise Farms, had to slaughter its entire flock of egg-laying hens — 550,000 birds — to prevent the disease from infecting other farms
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KLEPPER and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in Taiwan recently repelled a wave of disinformation seeking to undermine their democracy ahead of the election earlier this month. In doing so, the island can offer lessons to the U.S. and other nations holding their own elections amid the threat of foreign
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Joe Biden doesn’t need to worry about his prospects in South Carolina’s Democratic primary next week. He’s got that locked up. He also knows he’s not likely to win the solidly red state come November. It hasn’t voted for a Democrat since 1976.
Continue ReadingBy CZAREK SOKOLOWSKI Associated Press OSWIECIM, Poland (AP) — A group of survivors of Nazi death camps marked the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp during World War II in a modest ceremony Saturday in southern Poland. About 20 survivors from various camps set up by Nazi Germany around Europe laid wreaths
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — When Donald Tusk first won power in Poland in 2007, the country’s media coined a tender moniker to describe his approach towards his political rivals: the “politics of love.” His second stint as the country’s prime minister is proving far less amorous. The returning veteran of Polish centrism,
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — The world’s largest cruise ship — the size of almost four city blocks — is set to begin its maiden voyage Saturday as it leaves from the Port of Miami. Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas runs nearly 1,200 feet (365 meters) from bow to stern. The ship, which is leaving South
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s American Museum of Natural History is closing two halls featuring Native American objects. The museum’s president told staff in a letter Friday about the weekend closures that the exhibits are “severely outdated” and contain culturally sensitive items. The Manhattan institution is the latest
Continue ReadingTAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s defense ministry says China sent more than 30 warplanes and a group of navy ships toward the island in a 24-hour period. The military pressure reported Saturday by Taiwan comes on the heels of an announcement that United States National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan would meet with Chinese Foreign Minister
Continue ReadingBy Mike Valerio and Aya Elamroussi, CNN (CNN) — Hawaii officials announced Friday the identity of the last of the 100 known victims who were killed last year when the deadliest wildfire in the US in more than a century scorched Maui. The remains of Lydia Coloma, 70, were the final set awaiting positive identification
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By Jason Hanna and Homero De la Fuente, CNN (CNN) — Luka Doncic and Joel Embiid have now done in one week what only eight other players have done in NBA history – score more than 70 points in a game. Doncic, the Dallas Mavericks’ star guard, scored 73 points Friday night in his team’s
Continue ReadingOpinion by Ana Marie Cox (CNN) — The $83.3 million verdict handed down in E. Jean Carroll’s defamation case against former President Donald Trump on Friday is far more than a judgment against Trump. Crucially, it’s a vindication of Carroll — and a statement in favor of every survivor who ever questioned whether what happened to them was “bad enough” to count as sexual
Continue ReadingValeria Ordóñez Ghio (CNN) — Vince McMahon renunció a su cargo de presidente ejecutivo de TKO, la empresa matriz de WWE, luego de inquietantes acusaciones de agresión sexual, trata y abuso físico. Las acusaciones salieron a la luz en una demanda presentada por una exmiembro del personal de la WWE, Janel Grant, que trabajaba en
Continue ReadingSTAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Wrestling icon Vince McMahon resigned Friday from WWE’s parent company t he day after a former employee filed a federal lawsuit accusing him and another former executive of serious sexual misconduct, including offering her to a star wrestler for sex. McMahon stepped down from the his position as executive chairman of
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By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration told Congress it intends to sell F-16 fighter jets to Turkey after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan signed off on Sweden’s accession to NATO on Thursday – a development that caps off more than a year of quiet, complicated negotiations. The State Department sent the formal notification about
Continue ReadingBy TRUDY RING Click here for updates on this story United States (The Advocate) — Thousands of American children need foster or adoptive homes, and many LGBTQ+ people would love to provide them. But there’s a problem — some of these LGBTQ+ people are reluctant to step up due to fear of discrimination. That’s among
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– El ministro de Economía de Argentina, Luis Caputo, anunció la exclusión del capítulo fiscal del proyecto de Ley de Bases y Puntos de Partida para la Libertad de los Argentinos o “ley ómnibus” para, según dijo, favorecer su aprobación en el Congreso luego de varias semanas de debate con diputados y gobernadores.
Continue ReadingTACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A Washington state man who made over 20 “swatting” calls around the country and in Canada, prompting emergency responses to his fake bombing, shooting and other threatening reports, pleaded guilty on Thursday to four crimes. Ashton Garcia, 21, pleaded guilty Thursday in U.S. District Court in Tacoma to two counts of
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) A mistrial was declared in the case of a man accused of using a hammer to attack a man near Stephens Lake Park in 2022 after the jury was deadlocked. Daniel Dwyer, 53, of Columbia, was charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action. A status hearing is now set for 9
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