By Manu Raju and Ted Barrett, CNN The under-the-radar race to replace Mitch McConnell is a wide-open affair with no clear front-runner, according to many GOP senators, as the top contenders begin jockeying to win over their colleagues for a position central to their party’s agenda and strategy. The election to succeed McConnell – the
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA, KAREEM CHEHAYEB and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli troops fired on a crowd of Palestinians racing to pull food off an aid convoy in Gaza City on Thursday, witnesses said. More than 100 people were killed in the chaos, bringing the death toll since the start of
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A Filipino immigrant who helped a small Outback town keep its volunteer fire brigade was celebrated in the Australian Parliament on Thursday during a special sitting to welcome Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who is on a state visit. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese praised Samson Bocul
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — A Russian rocket has successfully put an Iranian satellite into orbit, a launch that underlines increasingly close cooperation between Moscow and Tehran. Russia’s state-run Roscosmos corporation said that a Soyuz rocket blasted off Thursday from the Vostochny launch facility in the country’s far east to carry the Iranian satellite and 18 Russian
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — La policía de Orlando está investigando un tiroteo este miércoles por la noche que involucró a múltiples víctimas y que dejó una persona muerta, según un comunicado de prensa del Departamento de Policía de Orlando (OPD). Los oficiales acudieron al área de Ironwedge Drive y South Lake Orlando en referencia a
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A helicopter flying between an offshore oil platform and mainland Norway has crashed into the North Sea, killing one person and injuring five others, two of them seriously. The Sikorsky S-92 helicopter was on a training mission for state-owned oil and gas company Equinor ASA when it went down late Wednesday
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The Kansas City Chiefs plan to spend about $800 million to renovate Arrowhead Stadium.
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Baseball star Shohei Ohtani has stunningly revealed he’s married. Ohtani wrote on Thursday on Instagram in Japanese: “The season is approaching but I would like to announce to everyone that I have gotten married.” He said his new wife was a “Japanese woman” without identifying her.
Continue ReadingORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Police in Orlando, Florida, say at least one person is dead and several others were injured following a shooting. WFTV reports that about 11 p.m. Wednesday officers from the Orlando Police Department responded in reference to shots fired. Officers found multiple victims, including one who died. Police say they are working
Continue ReadingBy MEGAN JANETSKY and GABRIELA SELSER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A panel of U.N.-backed human rights experts has accused Nicaragua’s government of committing “serious systematic human rights violations, tantamount to crimes against humanity.” That’s according to findings released Thursday from an investigation into the country’s expanding crackdown on political dissent. The government of
Continue ReadingSofía Barruti (CNN) — Grupos europeos de derechos de los consumidores han acusado a Meta, propietaria de Facebook e Instagram, de llevar a cabo una operación “masiva” e “ilegal” de recopilación de datos de cientos de millones de usuarios en la región. La Organización Europea de Consumidores (BEUC), un organismo que agrupa a 45 grupos
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By Juliana Liu, CNN (CNN) — Gemini Trust, a cryptocurrency exchange founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, will return at least $1.1 billion to customers of its now shuttered lending program, following a settlement with a New York regulator. Gemini will also pay a $37 million fine to the regulator “for significant failures that threatened
Continue ReadingBy MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s National Assembly swore in newly elected members on Thursday in a chaotic scene, as allies of jailed former Premier Imran Khan protested what they claim was a rigged election. Lawmakers from Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party repeatedly chanted “Vote-thief!” as Shehbaz Sharif, who’s expected to form the
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Más de 30.000 personas han muerto en Gaza desde que comenzó la guerra de Israel contra Hamas en octubre, informó este jueves el Ministerio de Sanidad del enclave asediado, un hito desolador que se produce en medio de la creciente presión internacional sobre Israel para que detenga los combates y
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Los funcionarios de la administración y de inteligencia estadounidenses están preocupados de que Israel esté planeando una incursión terrestre en el Líbano que podría lanzarse a fines de la primavera o principios del verano si los esfuerzos diplomáticos no logran expulsar a Hezbollah de la frontera norte con Israel, dijeron
Continue ReadingBy ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian stocks gained Friday, after U.S. stocks climbed to all-time highs Thursday. U.S. futures edged higher and oil prices advanced. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 rose 1.7% to 39,850.00. Japan’s unemployment rate dropped to 2.4% in January, from a revised 2.5% recorded in the previous month, while the
Continue ReadingBy JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A billionaire-backed proposal to build an eco-friendly California city from scratch is off to a bumpy start to put their idea before voters this November. The Solano County counsel’s office issued a ballot title and summary Thursday, allowing California Forever to start gathering signatures. California Forever
Continue ReadingBy Joe Sutton, Steve Almasy, Holly Yan, Robert Shackelford and David Williams, CNN (CNN) — Catastrophic wildfires ripping across the Texas Panhandle have killed at least two people and threaten to destroy more homes, cattle and livelihoods as the biggest inferno in state history engulfs more land every minute. The Smokehouse Creek Fire has now torched
Continue ReadingBy GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — With Nevada counties struggling to find poll workers in a pivotal election year, the top election official in the Western swing state is taking a page from his counterparts elsewhere and is asking the legal community to help fill the gap. Secretary of State
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has told Australia’s Parliament that the strategic partnership between the two nations is more important than ever with the rule of law and peace in the region under threat from China. Marcos told a special joint sitting of the two chambers
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