COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — President Joe Biden has won Missouri’s primary, the state Democratic Party announced. Biden’s win was not in doubt; he has already beaten his major competitors. But the primary races are still closely watched by insiders for turnout and signs of protest voters. Saturday’s primary was the Missouri Democratic Party’s first party-run
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By Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Rome (CNN) — Archaeologists excavating the site of Pompeii have uncovered an ancient building site, revealing Roman construction techniques used by builders at the time, according to the Italian Ministry of Culture. The ancient Roman city of Pompeii was home to up to 20,000 people before it was destroyed in
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden wins the Democratic presidential primary in Missouri.
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By Laura He and Anna Cooban, CNN Hong Kong/London (CNN) — BYD reported a jump of more than 80% in profit in its first set of annual earnings since it stole Tesla’s crown as the world’s top seller of electric vehicles. Net profit almost doubled to 30 billion yuan ($4.2 billion) last year, from 16.6
Continue ReadingOpinion by Mark Osler (CNN) — On February 8, a bit of testimony at a Wisconsin legislative committee hearing finished up in about a minute. In that moment though, something was eloquently said that should chill the Biden campaign to the bone. The speaker, Eric Alexander, a formerly incarcerated Black man, spoke on behalf of the Campaign
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The lawsuit states multiple complaints were filed against Anthony Walters for failing to deliver services as promised.
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Tras varios intentos fallidos a lo largo de cinco meses de guerra devastadora de Israel en Gaza, el Consejo de Seguridad de las Naciones Unidas aprobó finalmente este lunes una resolución que pide un alto el fuego inmediato. Estados Unidos, que había sido el único obstáculo que quedaba para tal llamamiento,
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A school bus company will terminate its contract with St. Louis Public Schools a year early. The termination ends a strained relationship after a noose was found near the workstation of a Black mechanic. An ensuing driver walkout that snarled bus service for one of Missouri’s
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A school bus company will terminate its contract with St. Louis Public Schools a year early. The termination ends a strained relationship after a noose was found near the workstation of a Black mechanic. An ensuing driver walkout that snarled bus service for one of Missouri’s
Continue ReadingNEPTUNE, N.J. (AP) — Someone in New Jersey who bought a single ticket overcame the odds Tuesday night and won the $1.13 billion Mega Millions jackpot, breaking a winless streak that dated to last December. The numbers drawn were: 7, 11, 22, 29, 38 and the gold Mega Ball 4. State lottery officials said the
Continue ReadingAlfredo Meza (CNN Español) — La Plataforma Unitaria Democrática (PUD) no pudo inscribir a Corina Yoris, la candidata propuesta por la ganadora de las primarias, María Corina Machado, para sustituirla en la elección presidencial, porque no le permitieron el acceso al sistema de postulaciones del Consejo Nacional Electoral, según denunció la líder opositora en una
Continue ReadingBy DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press A major bridge that collapsed in Baltimore after getting hit by a ship is named for Francis Scott Key, who turned a wartime experience in the early 19th century into the poem that became the national anthem of the United States. Key was a prominent attorney in the region during
Continue ReadingBy EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s government has begun handing over to relatives the bodies of 429 members of a doomsday cult at the center of a legal case that has shocked the country. Exhumed bodies from a vast rural area in coastal Kenya have shown signs of starvation and strangulation.
Continue ReadingBy BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The head of a Lebanese Sunni political and militant group that has joined the Shiite militant group Hezbollah in its fight against Israel on Lebanon’s border says the conflict has helped strengthen cooperation between the two groups. The leader of the Islamic Group, Sheikh Mohammed Takkoush said
Continue ReadingBy MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — As Israel battles a prolonged war in Gaza, broad exemptions from mandatory military service for ultra-Orthodox men have reopened a deep divide in the country and rattled the government coalition, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fellow War Cabinet members staunchly opposed to his proposed new conscription law.
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CNN, POOL, GETTY IMAGES By Alicia Wallace, CNN (CNN) — US home prices rose at the fastest clip in months to a fresh record high in January, according to data released Tuesday, highlighting how a housing shortage combined with high mortgage rates continues to limit affordability. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller US National Home Price index
Continue ReadingBEIRUT (AP) — A series of airstrikes on eastern Syria have killed more than a dozen people, including an Iranian military adviser and a team member working for the World Health Organization. It’s not immediately clear who was behind the Tuesday airstrikes in Syria’s eastern province of Deir el-Zour that borders Iraq. Iran’s state news
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — People participate in documentaries for all kinds of reasons. But Steve Martin may be unique in making a film about his life with the instruction of: “See if you can make sense of all THAT.” Morgan Neville’s Apple TV+ documentary “STEVE! (martin) a documentary in
Continue ReadingKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has sunk or disabled a third of all Russian warships in the Black Sea in just over two years of war, the navy spokesman said Tuesday, a heavy blow to Moscow’s military capability. Ukraine’s Navy spokesman Dmytro Pletenchuk told The Associated Press that the latest strike on Saturday night hit
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian court has sentenced a Chinese national to death after finding him guilty of killing his girlfriend. The Kano state justice commissioner tells The Associated Press he will recommend execution if the man unsuccessfully appeals the ruling. Death sentences for capital offenses are common in
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