By AJ Willingham, Leah Asmelash and Scottie Andrew, CNN While the future of TikTok in the US hangs in the balance of ongoing congressional hearings, even a complete erasure of the wildly popular video sharing app wouldn’t remove its deep and abiding mark on our culture. Like social media giants before it, TikTok hasn’t just
Continue ReadingBy Krystal Hur, CNN After a stormy 2022, US stocks gained during the first quarter of 2023 in a surprise show of resilience despite a banking crisis, cryptocurrency meltdowns and uncertainty about what’s ahead for the economy. What happened: Nothing about the first quarter’s performance was linear. The broad-based S&P 500 seesawed throughout the quarter,
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By PREDRAG MILIC Associated Press PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Voters in Montenegro are casting ballots in a runoff presidential election that is a contest between a long-serving pro-Western incumbent and a newcomer promising changes in the small NATO member nation located on Europe’s Balkan peninsula. Observers think President Milo Djukanovic could be defeated by Jakov
Continue Reading NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An official in Burundi says the bodies of 13 gold miners have been recovered from two pits in which they were trapped by flood water. A district administrator in the northwestern province of Cibitoke said the miners couldn’t be saved after the pits collapsed Friday night amid torrential rainfall there. He
Continue Reading By MATT SEDENSKY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — His name has been plastered on this city’s tabloids, bolted to its buildings and cemented to a special breed of brash New York confidence. Now, with Donald Trump due to return to the place that put him on the map, the city he loved is
Continue Reading By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press The days after the shooting at a Nashville Christian school that killed six people have been marked by anti-transgender rhetoric and disinformation. Authorities haven’t shared any information linking the shooter’s gender identity to the crime. But right-wing figures have cited the shooting to falsely claim there’s been a rise in
Continue Reading By KARL RITTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A top Ukrainian official on Sunday outlined a series of steps the government in Kyiv would take after the country reclaims control of Crimea, including dismantling the strategic bridge that links the seized Black Sea peninsula to Russia. Oleksiy Danilov, the secretary of Ukraine’s National Security
Continue ReadingBy Faith Karimi, CNN Loni James boarded a flight from Washington state to London last year with a duffel bag, a day pack and an unconventional itinerary. It was late March, and her plan was simple: To travel the world and go on a date with a local in every country she visited. Days after
Continue ReadingBy Sahar Akbarzai, CNN Two women in Iran were arrested after a man threw yogurt on them for not wearing the hijab at a store in the northeastern city of Shandiz, according to a video and report published by the Mizan News Agency, the state-run media for Iran’s judiciary. Video of Thursday’s incident shows a
Continue Reading By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer After gaining 30 pounds during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Daniel Murillo is finally getting back into fighting shape. Early pandemic lockdowns, endless hours on his laptop and heightened stress led Murillo, 27, to reach for cookies and chips in the barracks at Fort Bragg in North
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JEFFERON CITY, Mo. (KMIZ) Jefferson City Police along with other law enforcement agencies are joining together to put more focus on youth driving safety in Mid- Missouri to help increase seat belt use among teens and to reduce deaths on the roads. The effort is a part of law enforcement’s “Youth Seat Belt Enforcement Campaign” that
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN It has already been a historic March Madness for Iowa and LSU, with both reaching the NCAA National Championship game for the first time in school history. And along the way, the achievements of Iowa’s star player Caitlin Clark have reached beyond the realms of historic and become almost superhuman as
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Pope Francis wearing a massive, white puffer coat. Elon Musk walking hand-in-hand with rival GM CEO Mary Barra. Former President Donald Trump being detained by police in dramatic fashion. None of these things actually happened, but AI-generated images depicting them did go viral online over the past week. The images ranged
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Pope Francis wearing a massive, white puffer coat. Elon Musk walking hand-in-hand with rival GM CEO Mary Barra. Former President Donald Trump being detained by police in dramatic fashion. None of these things actually happened, but AI-generated images depicting them did go viral online over the past week. The images ranged
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN Brandon Johnson sought to echo Martin Luther King Jr. last week at the biggest rally of the Chicago mayor’s race so far, telling a crowd of thousands that the election was an opportunity to “take the progressive movement around the world.” Johnson, the progressive Cook County commissioner, faces moderate former Chicago
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By The Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Led by Caitlin Clark, The Associated Press women’s basketball Player of the Year, Iowa will play in its first national championship game Sunday against LSU. That will be the Clark’s 100th game with the Hawkeyes. A look at her Iowa career so far for the 6-foot guard who
Continue Reading SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria is holding its fifth general election in two years, and political leaders are hoping the outcome ends a long period of government instability. Turnout was expected to be low on Sunday due to voter apathy and disillusionment with the politicians who’ve been unable to cobble together a viable governing coalition.
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By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Bundled in a long, white coat and battling a hoarse voice, Pope Francis presided over Mass in St. Peter’s Square before tens of thousands of faithful on Palm Sunday, a day after he left a Rome hospital where he was treated for bronchitis. The sun broke
Continue ReadingBy Aimee Lewis, CNN Reigning world champion Max Verstappen won the Australian Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton finished second in an incident-packed race in Melbourne on Sunday. In a chaotic race which featured three red flags, the race finished under a safety car and amid confusion. The Dutchman fell behind to Mercedes duo George Russell
Continue Reading VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has opened the celebration of Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square, presiding at his first ceremony after a hospital stay for bronchitis. Francis wore a long, ivory-colored coat as he was driven into the square aboard a pope mobile. Ahead of him, scores of prelates and priests and
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