By CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press Katya Hill tried to talk her brother out of it. She urged Jimmy Hill to postpone his trip to Ukraine as she saw reports of Russian tanks lining up at the border. But he needed to help his longtime partner, who has been suffering from progressive multiple sclerosis. “He said,
Continue ReadingBy Ramin Mostaghim, Celine Alkhaldi, Ruba Alhenawi, Maija Ehlinger, Arnaud Siad and Jennifer Hansler, CNN One of the three detained British-Iranians who were released as part of a deal signed by the UK has been returned to jail in Tehran, his lawyer told CNN Friday. Morad Tahbaz, who is also a US citizen, spent 48
Continue ReadingTUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s coast guard has recovered the bodies of 12 migrants found washed up on the coast. That’s according to the Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights, which closely follows migration. The group said Saturday that the migrants drowned in a shipwreck off the Tunisian coast while trying to cross the
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — AC Milan is displaying more consistency than its rivals amid a tight race for the Serie A title. Milan won 1-0 at relegation-threatened Cagliari to extend its unbeaten run to eight matches. Ismael Bennacer scored with a long-distance volley for Milan near the hour mark. Milan is three points ahead of second-place
Continue ReadingSAN REMO, Italy (AP) — Everyone was expecting it to be an uphill attack from two-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogačar to decide the Milan-San Remo race. Turned out it was a risky, high-speed downhill attack from fellow Slovenian Matej Mohorič that proved to be the winning move in the spring classic. French rider
Continue ReadingBy Gurvir Dhindsa Click here for updates on this story DUNWOODY, Georgia (WGCL) — Three everyday heroes in metro Atlanta are being rewarded for going above and beyond their call of duty. CBS46′s Gurvir Dhindsa takes us to Dunwoody in this week’s Surprise Squad. In the early hours of March 8, three Dunwoody Police officers
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a “turning point for the world.” He argued Saturday that victory for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces would herald “a new age of intimidation” across Eastern Europe. Speaking to a Conservative Party conference, Johnson claimed that
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Quinn Click here for updates on this story DAWSONVILLE, Georgia (WGCL) — A Dawson County community is mourning the loss of Rodney Castleberry, 46, of Dawsonville who died after an 8-month battle with COVID-19. Kevin Woody, a friend of Castleberry, said his wife was able to say a few parting words before Rodney
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt has put on display recently discovered, well-decorated ancient tombs at a Pharaonic necropolis just outside the capital Cairo. The five tombs were unearthed earlier this month and date back to the Old Kingdom — a period spanning roughly from around 2700 BC to 2200 BC, as
Continue ReadingBy Anna Muckenfuss Click here for updates on this story FLINT, Michigan (WNEM) — The Genesee County Clerk is defending his decision to not fire the county’s election supervisor after her arraignment on charges of election law violations. John Gleason said Kathy Funk, who is accused of ballot tampering and misconduct while she was the
Continue ReadingBy CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich has opened up a seven-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga with a 4-0 win against Union Berlin. Bayern star Robert Lewandowski scored twice to take his league tally to 31 goals in 27 games. Kingsley Coman and Tanguy Nianzou scored the other
Continue ReadingBy Josh Campbell and Elizabeth Joseph, CNN A federal jury has awarded $85 million to the family of a California man who died in 2015 after a confrontation with San Diego County sheriff’s deputies, court records show. The jury’s verdict came in a negligence and wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Lucky Phounsy
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police say a man has died after his motorized wheelchair slipped off a curb, causing him to fall under the tires of a passing tractor-trailer in Portland. The Portland Police Bureau says officers were sent to the crash in the East Columbia neighborhood at 8:51 p.m. Friday and they found the
Continue ReadingBy Eva McKend and Andrea Cambron, CNN Two candidates in the pivotal Republican Senate primary in Ohio got in each other’s faces Friday night in a heated exchange during a debate. Tempers flared onstage after former state Treasurer Josh Mandel accused investment banker Mike Gibbons of “making billions” by moving Ohio businesses to China and
Continue ReadingASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — The son of Turkmenistan’s former president has been inaugurated as the new leader of the authoritarian Central Asian country. Serdar Berdymukhamedov, 40, took the oath of office Saturday, a week after an election in which the central elections commission said he won 73% of the vote. He had faced eight other
Continue ReadingBy MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Hoping to restore at least some normalcy after fleeing the war in Ukraine, thousands of refugees waited in long lines in the Polish capital of Warsaw to receive local identification papers that will allow them to move on with their lives. Refugees started queuing by Warsaw’s
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press A federal judge has ruled that a former Kentucky clerk violated the constitutional rights of two same-sex couples, who were among those to whom she wouldn’t issue marriage licenses. The refusal sparked international attention and briefly landed her in jail in 2015. U.S. District Judge David Bunning in Ashland issued
Continue ReadingCARDIFF, Wales (AP) — Italy has ended its seven-year wait for a victory in the Six Nations by beating Wales 22-21 thanks to a dramatic 79th-minute try by Edoardo Padovani in Cardiff. The winger went over for the try behind the posts but it stemmed from a remarkable run from fullback Ange Capuozzo, who darted
Continue ReadingJOHANNESBURG (AP) — Shaun Norris has opened a four-shot lead after three rounds of the Steyn City Championship in South Africa. It puts the home player in prime position for his first European tour title. Norris shot 5-under 67 and moved to 23 under par overall at low-scoring Steyn City. Players have been benefiting from
Continue ReadingST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota public defenders have reached a tentative contract agreement, averting a walkout could have brought much of the state court system to a standstill. Negotiators for the unionized attorneys and the Minnesota Board of Public Defense met with a state mediator Friday. Union spokesman Gus Froemke said Saturday that the
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