By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Samantha Moala recalls she was taking a shower at her home in Tonga when she heard what sounded like a gunshot so powerful it hurt her ears. As she and her family scrambled to their car to drive inland, ash blackened the sky. The world’s
Continue ReadingAlejandra Ramos Nota del editor: Daniel L. Davis es miembro sénior y experto militar en la organización Defense Priorities y ex teniente coronel del Ejército de Estados Unidos que luchó en la batalla de tanques más grande de la guerra del Golfo, la batalla de 73 Easting. Es el autor de “The Eleventh Hour in 2020
Continue ReadingBy KALANI TAKASE Associated Press EWA BEACH, Hawaii (AP) — Hyo Joo Kim birdied three of the final six holes for her second 5-under 67 and a three-stroke lead Thursday after the second round of the LPGA Tour’s LOTTE Championship. Kim closed with birdies on the par-4 13th and 16th holes and the par-5 18th
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press U.S. Rep. Tom Rice of South Carolina has brought in nearly $342,000 during the first quarter of this year. That gives the Republican a war chest of $2 million as he tries to stave off a slew of primary challengers, including one with the backing of former President Donald Trump.
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Players across the majors will don Jackie Robinson’s No. 42 — and all of them in Dodger blue this year — for the 75th anniversary of Robinson’s big league debut. The Dodgers, of course, will be at home in Los Angeles, facing the Cincinnati Reds. Meanwhile in New York, Commissioner Rob
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Sarisohn, CNN A WWII-era naval destroyer, an exhibit at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park, is partially submerged into Lake Erie, according to the facility. A statement from the park says, “a serious hull breach” occurred Wednesday in the USS The Sullivans. Paul Marzello, the naval park’s president and CEO,
Continue ReadingBy Laura Ly, Liam Reilly and Sharif Paget, CNN A man was arrested and charged with attempted murder after he ran over a 23-year-old woman multiple times in an SUV in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Tuesday morning, the Union County Prosecutor’s Office (UCPO) said. Vincent Jean, 56, has been charged with first-degree attempted murder, second-degree aggravated
Continue ReadingBy DENNIS PASSA AP Sports Writer BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Jack Newton, who lost to Tom Watson in a 1975 British Open playoff and tied for second behind Seve Ballesteros at the 1980 Masters before his professional golf career ended in a near-fatal aircraft propeller accident, has died. He was 72. Newton had been suffering
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Soprano Anna Netrebko has been hired by the Monte Carlo Opera to sing this month following the Metropolitan Opera’s decision to drop her for failing to repudiate Russia President Vladimir Putin. The Monte Carlo Opera says Netrebko will sing the title role in Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” in performances on April 22,
Continue ReadingBy STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Brandon Woodruff threw five shutout innings and Omar Narváez homered and doubled as the Milwaukee Brewers opened their home schedule with a 5-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday afternoon. Woodruff struck out two and allowed just three hits and a walk to bounce
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A former Portland State University football player has pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree murder and unlawful use of a weapon in the death of another student.
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Maine Legislature has taken the first vote in giving the state’s tribes the same rights enjoyed by federally recognized tribes across the country. The House voted 81-55 to restore rights forfeited by tribes in the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980, which made them
Continue ReadingKETTERING, Ohio (AP) — Bryson DeChambeau says surgery on his left wrist has been successful. The former U.S. Open champion reports on Instagram he had surgery on the fractured hook of the hamate on his left hand. DeChambeau says it’s been bothering him for the last two months. He says he was about 80% at
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi, CNN After a tornado packing 165 mph winds rolled through Bell County, Texas, Tuesday, JudyLynn Hughes began sifting through what was left of her belongings. “We have found my stuff everywhere. I still have a dress in a tree,” Hughes told CNN affiliate KWTX. Nearly everything she owned was packed up in
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Una mujer de 32 años murió este lunes cuando intentaba ingresar a Estados Unidos a través de un cruce en Arizona, dijo la oficina del sheriff del condado de Cochise en una publicación de Facebook. Se cree que la mujer, que no ha sido nombrada, se enredó la pierna o el
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts isn’t second-guessing his decision to pull Clayton Kershaw while pitching seven perfect innings against Minnesota drew even if others are debating the move. Roberts says he wasn’t willing to pay the price for keeping the 34-year-old left-hander in the game against Minnesota beyond seven perfect
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is delaying a coronavirus vaccine mandate for schoochildren until at least the summer of 2023. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration announced the change on Thursday. California was the first state to announce it would require all schoolchildren to receive the coronavirus vaccine. But the mandate will
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN and JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Dozens of Republican leaders in Ohio are mounting a last-minute effort to urge former President Donald Trump not to endorse JD Vance in the crowded upcoming primary for an open Senate seat. A draft letter circulating among Republicans and obtained by The
Continue ReadingCNN By Kathleen Toner, CNN People around the globe have been moved by the horrible images of Ukrainians in distress, fleeing their homes after the Russian invasion began in late February. But the scope of the situation can be difficult to comprehend. More than a quarter of Ukraine’s population has been uprooted since February 24
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Toner, CNN People around the globe have been moved by the horrible images of Ukrainians in distress, fleeing their homes after the Russian invasion began in late February. But the scope of the situation can be difficult to comprehend. More than a quarter of Ukraine’s population has been uprooted since February 24 and
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