By Katie Lobosco, CNN There’s bipartisan support in Congress to quickly send more aid to Ukraine as it fights back against Russia’s invasion — but the money is tied to a larger spending bill that has yet to be finalized. The White House has asked lawmakers to attach the additional spending to an appropriations bill
Continue ReadingCNN By Katie Lobosco, CNN There’s bipartisan support in Congress to quickly send more aid to Ukraine as it fights back against Russia’s invasion — but the money is tied to a larger spending bill that has yet to be finalized. The White House has asked lawmakers to attach the additional spending to an appropriations
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN The oldest ancestor of modern octopuses lived 328 million years ago and had 10 arms, according to a new study. Researchers have named the previously unknown species Syllipsimopodi bideni after US President Joe Biden. The creature’s discovery pushes back the time frame when vampyropods, the group to which cephalopods like octopuses
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has launched a $1 million fund to support spring training workers impacted by canceled games, matching the amount of the fund the players’ association had previously announced. MLB says the money will be administered by teams to part-time and seasonal workers based on financial need. Eligible groups include
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group was arrested Tuesday on a conspiracy charge for what federal prosecutors say was his role in a coordinated attack on the U.S. Capitol last year. Henry “Enrique” Tarrio wasn’t there when the riot
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Members of a local defense group say that attacks in Nigeria’s northwest since Sunday have killed at least 70 people. John Mani, a leader of the local defense force in Zuru, said the death toll would likely rise as the gunmen “are still operating.” Kebbi police
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press OCEAN CITY, N.J. (AP) — If one small hearing about a single electrical cable coming ashore in a Jersey Shore town is any indication, emotions are blowing strong about the offshore wind energy in the U.S. That’s particularly true in New Jersey, where a gold rush is underway for the
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A climber died and another was in critical condition Monday night after falling on Mount Hood, according to the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office.
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s highest court on Tuesday affirmed a lower court decision that declined to quash the indictment of a former Atlanta police officer who’s charged with murder in the shooting death of a 22-year-old man who was driving out of an apartment complex. Former officer James Burns argued
Continue ReadingINDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — The four Grand Slam tennis tournaments and the sport’s governing bodies have jointly made a donation of $700,000 to aid humanitarian relief efforts via Global Giving’s Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund and to support the Ukraine Tennis Federation. The WTA, ATP and the International Tennis Federation joined the groups that run
Continue ReadingBy RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Negotiators for locked-out players and Major League Baseball bargained past midnight for the second time in a week, and Commissioner Rob Manfred’s Tuesday deadline to reach a deal preserving a 162-game season passed with no announcement. As the clock passed midnight, the lockout entered its
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials have reversed their previous finding that a widely used and highly toxic pesticide could jeopardize dozens of plants and animals with extinction. The move comes after government officials received pledges from chemical manufacturers to change product labels for the pesticide malathion so that
Continue ReadingLAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The Russian soccer federation has appealed to have its FIFA and UEFA bans frozen and other punishments overturned. Russian teams were expelled from competition on Feb. 28 “until further notice” following the country’s invasion of Ukraine. FIFA and UEFA did not specify their legal reasons. The Court of Arbitration for Sport
Continue ReadingBy Alisha Ebrahimji and Cheri Mossburg, CNN San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin is partnering with legislators on a proposal to ban victim DNA from being entered in searchable databases that could eventually identify them as criminal suspects in unrelated, future cases. The proposal comes with an endorsement from San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott,
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN) — Una extraordinaria guerra de palabras está teniendo lugar entre el jefe de la agencia espacial de Rusia y uno de los exastronautas más famosos de la NASA, mientras la asociación ruso-estadounidense en la Estación Espacial Internacional (ISS, por sus sigas en inglés) alcanza el punto más bajo desde su creación. Scott
Continue ReadingBy JOHN ZENOR AP Sports Writer Kentucky forward Oscar Tshiebwe is the unanimous pick as The Associated Press player of the year in the Southeastern Conference. No. 4 Auburn’s Bruce Pearl is coach of the year and his freshman forward Jabari Smith is newcomer of the year. The AP All-SEC team was released Tuesday. Like
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials have reversed their previous finding that a widely used and highly toxic pesticide could jeopardize dozens of plants and animals with extinction. The move comes after government officials received pledges from chemical manufacturers to change product labels for the pesticide malathion so that
Continue ReadingBy TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Kraken have signed forward Jared McCann to a five-year contract extension worth an average of $5 million per season, locking up one of their young core players for the future. McCann is Seattle’s leading scorer with 33 points despite missing eight games. He was
Continue ReadingBy AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Wake Forest guard Alondes Williams is The Associated Press men’s basketball player of the year for the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Demon Deacons’ Steve Forbes was named coach of the year after leading then to an unexpectedly strong season. Duke’s Paolo Banchero was also named as newcomer of the
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive arm wants to harmonize the criminalization of rape across the 27-nation bloc on the strict basis of lack of consent. According to EU data, one in three women in the EU has experienced physical or sexual violence since the age of 15. In addition, one
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