By RASHID YAHYA and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Iranian missiles that struck northern Iraq earlier this week have laid to waste the sprawling mansion belonging to an Iraqi Kurdish oil tycoon near a U.S. consulate complex in the Iraqi city of Irbil. Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard said it launched the attack
Continue ReadingBy Edward-Isaac Dovere Joe Biden always says foreign relations is about relationships, and he’s been developing the one he has with Vladimir Putin for two decades. Biden warned that Putin had dreams of rebuilding an authoritarian empire going all the way back to his days as a senator from Delaware. On the campaign trail, he
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Next week, Ari Wegner could make Oscar history. The 37-year-old Australian has a very good shot at being the first woman to win an Academy Award for best cinematography for helping to create the indelible images of “The Power of the Dog” alongside director Jane Campion. Together, Campion and
Continue ReadingBy JEROME PUGMIRE AP Auto Racing Writer SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) — Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc has stunned Formula One champion Max Verstappen by taking a brilliant pole position for the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. Verstappen was .015 seconds ahead of Leclerc on the last time split but the Red Bull star lost time to finish .123
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press The return to classrooms for the nation’s schoolchildren hasn’t meant a return to work for many of their parents who are finding after-school programs in short supply. School-based providers list issues hiring and retaining staff as the biggest reasons they haven’t fully rebounded from pandemic shutdowns. It’s difficult to conclude
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Aiello, CTVNews.ca politics producer Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA, Ontario (CTV Network) — Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says she thinks that Canada’s military needs to be “better equipped” and that the government has to “do more” when it comes to stepping up the defence budget. In an interview on
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Mae Jones, CTVNews.ca writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Researchers have linked a common chemical to higher incidence of specific childhood cancers including lymphoma, in a study that looked at nearly 1.3 million children. Pthalates, a group of chemicals that are part of what makes plastic
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN Maryland is one step closer to becoming the second US state to ban the declawing of cats. The Maryland House of Representatives voted on March 10 to pass a bill that would ban declawing, a procedure used to prevent cats from scratching. The bill, HB0022, would prohibit veterinarians “from performing certain
Continue ReadingBy PHILIPP REISSFELDER Associated Press COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — German broadcaster RTL has hired a Ukrainian presenter to host a daily news show for others who have fled their homeland after the Russian invasion. The commercial broadcaster said Karolina Ashion will present a 10-minute Ukrainian-language news program Mondays to Fridays addressed to the almost 200,000
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Like most every other nominee for the Supreme Court, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has been participating behind closed doors in so-called “moot court” sessions to prepare for her upcoming hearings, according to a source familiar. Under the system, allies play the role of hostile senators, launching questions
Continue ReadingBy JEROME PUGMIRE AP Auto Racing Writer As the driving force behind Formula One’s most successful team Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has reached the summit of success alongside star driver Lewis Hamilton. Embarking on a new season, Wolff also wants to throw his weight behind furthering discussions on mental health to help people suffering
Continue ReadingBy Thomas Lake, CNN On February 12, 2020, Jacque Hollander sat in a conference room on the third floor of an Atlanta courthouse and told prosecutors she thought James Brown had been murdered. District Attorney Paul Howard listened, took notes, and accepted a green plastic bin full of items that Hollander said were corroborating evidence.
Continue ReadingBy JAMES LAPORTA Associated Press SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — When Associated Press journalist and Marine Corps veteran James LaPorta agreed to advise the NBC-TV show “This Is Us” about depicting the military authentically, he found more than he’d bargained for. The process of creating a new character for the show led him to memories
Continue ReadingBy JESSICA GRESKO and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee will face sharp questions from Republican lawmakers this coming week about the work she did as a public defender representing four Guantanamo Bay detainees. Some Republicans say Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson has a record of what they say
Continue ReadingBy Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business In 2018, Kohl’s was a bright spot in the beleaguered department store sector. Sales were growing, Kohl’s stock price was booming and new CEO Michelle Gass was earning widespread praise for her creative approach, including partnering with Amazon to offer free Amazon returns at Kohl’s stores. Out of the three
Continue ReadingBy KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan is the unhappiest country in the world — even before the Taliban swept to power last August. That’s according to a so-called World Happiness report released ahead of the U.N.-designated International Day of Happiness on Sunday. The annual report ranked Afghanistan as last among 149
Continue ReadingMATINICUS ISLAND, Maine (AP) — There’s an “Island of Misfit Toys” in the popular Christmas show. Now there’s an island for unwanted and banned books, too. The tiny library on Matinicus Island 22 miles off the Maine coast is on a mission to fill its shelves with books that have fallen out of favor elsewhere.
Continue ReadingBy Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business March Madness isn’t just for college basketball fans. That phrase is also an apt description of the volatility on Wall Street, and this March is no different. Just look at what stocks have done so far this month. It began with worries about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican has released the document laying out Pope Francis’ long-awaited reform of the Holy See bureaucracy. It emphasizes the missionary aspect of the Catholic Church, greater roles for the laity and gives new institutional weight to efforts to fight clerical sex abuse. The 54-page text is
Continue ReadingSol Amaya (CNN) — El presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, justificó la guerra en Ucrania en un mitin en Moscú este viernes, donde su discurso fue interrumpido abruptamente en la transmisión de televisión estatal en lo que el Kremlin describió como un error técnico. Decenas de miles de personas ondearon la bandera rusa en el
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