Surfside, Florida, votes out the mayor after condo collapse
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The mayor has lost his job in a small South Florida town where 98 people died in the…
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Chinese operatives accused of spying on dissidents in US
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Five people accused of acting on behalf of the Chinese government have been charged with plotting…
Continue ReadingCaptain 1,000: Flyers salute Giroux in potential final days
By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Flyers center Claude Giroux is set on Thursday to play his 1,000th career game. He…
Continue ReadingWebb telescope shares new image after reaching optics milestone
By Ashley Strickland, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope has taken one giant step closer in its mission to unlock the mysteries of the universe. The…
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OSU receives $14.4 million grant for statewide center to support early childhood educators
Oregon State University will use a new $14.4 million grant from Oregon’s Early Learning Division to establish a statewide center focused on…
Continue ReadingFlaherty, Reyes unlikely to be ready for Cardinals’ opener
JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Shoulder issues will likely keep pitchers Jack Flaherty and Alex Reyes from being available for the St. Louis Cardinals’…
Continue ReadingSaharan dust turns skies orange over Europe
By Caitlin Kaiser and Monica Garrett, CNN Ski resorts that look like deserts, skies colored brilliant hues of orange, and air quality five times…
Continue ReadingAgent says Commanders ‘lied,’ while McKissic opts to return
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer The roller-coaster offseason for the Washington Commanders took a few more twists a week after they made a stunning…
Continue ReadingCar with young child inside stolen, child later found safe
TUMWATER, Wash. (AP) — Authorities say a man stole a car with a 10-month-old boy inside it from a gas station in Tumwater, Washington. The child…
Continue ReadingBerlin train station turns into refugee town for Ukrainians
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The Ukraine war has turned the basement of Berlin’s glass-and-steel main train station into…
Continue ReadingThe journalist who protested on Russian state TV says it was ‘impossible to stay silent’
CNN By Charles Riley, CNN Business The Russian state television journalist who took a dramatic stand against President Vladimir Putin’s war in…
Continue ReadingGoodrum agrees to $2.1 million, 1-year contract with Astros
WEST PALM, Beach. (AP) — Niko Goodrum has agreed to a $2.1 million, one-year contract with the Houston Astros. The 30-year-old outfielder aand…
Continue ReadingA Black man’s death was ruled a suicide a century ago. A coroner now says it was a lynching
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN George Tompkins left his home on the morning of March 16, 1922, but the 19-year-old never returned. That afternoon, the…
Continue ReadingSri Lankan leader seeks IMF help as economic crisis deepens
By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president says his government is in discussions with the International…
Continue ReadingMurdaugh friend charged with aiding insurance fraud scheme
By MICHELLE LIU Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A longtime friend of once-prominent South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh…
Continue ReadingDisney employees walk out, as ESPN and Disney+ back LGBTQ+ rights
CNN By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Disney employees staged a walkout Tuesday in protest of the company’s response to Florida’s…
Continue ReadingDisney employees are staging walkouts over company’s response to the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Last week, Disney and its CEO Bob Chapek bungled their response to Florida’s controversial bill dubbed…
Continue ReadingCovid. War. Inflation. Recession fears. The stock market can’t keep up
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business It’s been a year full of worries for investors, from geopolitical conflict to inflation to the pandemic, and…
Continue ReadingRaiders overhaul d-line by signing Jones, trading Ngakoue
By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer Two people familiar with the moves confirm that the Raiders will finalize a three-year deal with former Arizona…
Continue ReadingCuatro conclusiones del discurso del presidente Zelensky ante el Congreso de EE.UU.
Alexandra Ferguson Washington (CNN) — El presidente de Ucrania Volodymyr Zelensky, cansado por la guerra, pidió a Estados Unidos que hiciera…
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