By JOSH BOAK and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is undergoing a medical checkup at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. It’s a routine event that is being keenly watched as the oldest president in U.S. history plans for an expected reelection campaign. The 80-year-old president last received a standard
Continue Reading MERIBEL, France (AP) — American skier Mikaela Shiffrin won the gold medal in the women’s giant slalom at the world championships on Thursday, a day after her unexpected split with longtime coach Mike Day. Shiffrin overcame a mistake near the end of the race to hold on to her first-run lead. When she saw her
Continue Reading By FLORENT BAJRAMI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo is celebrating 15 years of independence with a month of celebrations while still facing serious challenges with Serbia, which refuses to recognize the autonomy of its former province. A military parade, ceremonies at monuments to national heroes and a special session of
Continue ReadingBy Tom Yun, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — For nearly 50 years, the death of Nobel Prize-winning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda has been shrouded in mystery, with longstanding allegations that he had been assassinated. Now, new forensic evidence has emerged that the literary great may have been
Continue ReadingBy Tina Burnside, CNN A woman in Pennsylvania and a man in North Carolina were charged this week after a six-year-old in each case brought a gun to school, officials said, marking at least three times an elementary school student has brought a weapon to campus this year, including when a six-year-old allegedly shot his
Continue ReadingBy Hayatullah Amanat, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — GRAPHIC WARNING: This story contains disturbing details It was around 11 p.m. on Feb. 5 in Calgary when Mohammad Ajmal Nikzad heard the news on TV about the devastating earthquake that hit Kahramanmaras, Turkiye, where his mother and three
Continue ReadingBy Gabriella Bachara Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — A Milwaukee widow told CBS 58 her husband’s death will be investigated by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) nearly six months after he died unexpectedly at Ascension Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital. “I believe that my husband paid the ultimate
Continue Reading BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s police say they have arrested five people on suspicion of calling for the violent overthrow of the Balkan country’s president and the possession of arms. The arrested men, some with alleged links to Russia’s private army Wagner Group, took part in a protest on Wednesday evening of far-right, pro-Russian groups
Continue Reading By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albanian opposition supporters have protested anew outside the country’s Parliament as lawmakers demanding the government’s resignation for alleged corruption tried to disrupt the house’s session, blowing whistles and crowding the podium. In their third protest in a week hundreds of people — including a man who
Continue Reading By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — At age 103, Sister Jean awakes daily at 5 a.m. She sits up quickly to avoid going to sleep again — “I’ve got too much to do,” she says. After prayers for the day ahead, she reads the Gospel on her tablet. “I guess there aren’t
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Semanas después de un gran descarrilamiento de tren y una explosión controlada de sustancias químicas en East Palestine, Ohio, las autoridades habilitaron el regreso de los residentes a sus hogares. Pero quedan muchas preguntas sobre cómo descarriló el tren y cuál podría ser la exposición química persistente en el aire
Continue ReadingBy DEJANAY BOOTH Click here for updates on this story CENTER LINE, Michigan (WWJ) — A Detroit woman is charged and arraigned in connection with the shooting of a pregnant woman in Center Line. According to the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office, Shantonya Chardonay Williamson, 26, is charged with assault with intent to murder and fourth-degree
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Continue Reading By YURI KAGEYAMA and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street was subdued before the open Thursday ahead of another closely-watched inflation reading that comes a day after markets rallied on a strong retail sales report. Futures for the Dow Jones industrials and ticked down 0.2% and the S&P 500 fell 0.3% less than an
Continue ReadingBy Nicole Goodkind, CNN It’s never wise to underestimate the power of the American consumer, which has kept America’s economy humming through a year and a half of inflation chaos. A white-hot retail sales report Wednesday demonstrated the resilience of US shoppers in the face of rising prices. That could help companies continue to grow
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin said that he didn’t mean to “hurt or disrespect anyone” with the jacket he wore to Super Bowl LVII after it was criticized for being “blasphemy.” Hamlin was in attendance for the NFL’s season finale, played between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles at
Continue ReadingElizabeth Wolfe, CNN One person was killed and three others were injured in a shooting Wednesday evening at a mall in El Paso, Texas, police said, sending patrons running or sheltering in a community scarred three years ago by a shooting massacre in a store just down the road. Two random groups had a physical
Continue Reading By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Red Cross’ global chief says Syria could face dangerous outbreaks of disease in the wake of last week’s devastating earthquake if hundreds of thousands of displaced people do not get permanent housing soon. The head of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Continue Reading CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities say six people were killed when a pickup truck and a minibus collided near Egypt’s eastern city of Ismailia. They said three others were injured in the crash and those killed included five Palestinians and one Egyptian. According to Egyptian media, the five passengers were heading to Rafah, Egypt’s official
Continue Reading By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia has again pummeled Ukraine with a barrage of cruise and other missiles, hitting targets from east to west as the war’s one-year anniversary nears. Ukrainian authorities said one of the strikes Thursday killed a 79-year-old woman and injured at least seven other people. Ukrainian authorities
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