PRAGUE (AP) — Westinghouse Electric Co. and France’s Framatome have been selected to deliver fuel supplies for the Czech Republic’s Temelin nuclear plant. The move will ease the Czech Republic’s dependence on Russia. State-controlled power company CEZ says Pennsylvania-based Westinghouse and Framatome will deliver the nuclear fuel for some 15 years, starting in 2024. Russia’s
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Treasury Department official says the United States and its allies are pushing ahead with sanctions aimed at forcing Vladimir Putin to spend Russia’s money propping up its economy rather than sustaining its “war machine” for the fight in Ukraine. Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo said in
Continue ReadingCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — IndyCar driver Jimmie Johnson says he has had surgery on his fractured right hand. He does not expect to miss any track time. The seven-time NASCAR champion suffered the injury in a crash during practice for last weekend’s Long Beach Grand Prix. Johnson says he expects to drive at next week’s
Continue ReadingELAINE GANLEY Associated Press VERNON, France (AP) — Far-right leader Marine Le Pen is envisioning a France with the people’s voices at the center of the political process if she gets elected president in 12 days. Le Pen will face centrist President Emmanuel Macron in a presidential runoff on April 24. He placed first and
Continue ReadingELAINE GANLEY Associated Press VERNON, France (AP) — Far-right leader Marine Le Pen is envisioning a France with the people’s voices at the center of the political process if she gets elected president in 12 days. Le Pen will face centrist President Emmanuel Macron in a presidential runoff on April 24. He placed first and
Continue ReadingBy Mirna Alsharif Three universities in the Washington, DC, region — American, Georgetown and Johns Hopkins — have partially reinstated campus mask mandates following an uptick in Covid-19 cases in the area, according to statements from the institutions. American University (AU) reinstated an indoor masking requirement effective Tuesday, where “masks will be required in all
Continue ReadingBy Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN All of America is witnessing a high level of violence, not just New York, Mayor Eric Adams told CNN on Tuesday. “We’re facing a problem that is hitting our entire nation right now and that is why this is a national response,” Adams told CNN’s Dana Bash. “We need a national
Continue ReadingCNN By Alaa Elassar and Theresa Waldrop, CNN John Acevedo woke up to a commotion outside. Not so strange for a New Yorker, perhaps, but unheard of in his neighborhood of Sunset Park, Brooklyn, far off the tourist path. The 20-year-old could make out the sounds of sirens on the street, helicopters overhead. When he
Continue ReadingBy Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz and Whitney Wild, CNN The two men accused of impersonating federal agents will be released from jail, a federal judge ruled Tuesday after three days of marathon hearings where prosecutors and defense lawyers clashed over whether the men were operatives of a hostile government. Magistrate Judge Michael Harvey said the
Continue ReadingBy TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Nashville SC held an open practice the largest soccer-specific stadium in the United States. The team is scheduled to play its first game at 30,000-seat GEODIS Park on May 1. Construction and some final touches on the stadium are still are being finalized.
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew Gilbert Gottfried, a comedian and film and television actor with a distinctly memorable voice, has died after a long illness, his family announced on Tuesday. He was 67. “We are heartbroken to announce the passing of our beloved Gilbert Gottfried after a long illness. In addition to being the most iconic voice
Continue ReadingBy Kurt Erickson Click here for updates on this story JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) — A new bridge carrying traffic over the Missouri River could be named after the state’s outgoing U.S. senator. Legislation will be heard in a Senate committee Tuesday that would name the Interstate 70 span near Rocheport the “Senator
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press MULHOUSE, France (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is facing a tougher-than expected fight for reelection. To win, Macron has hit the campaign trail at last — and it isn’t always proving welcoming. But he’s not shying away from angry voters, instead engaging in lively, sometimes confrontational debates. Since Macron
Continue ReadingHAVANA (AP) — Cuban state sports officials are denouncing a plan by baseball players who left the island to play in the Major Leagues to field their own team in the next World Baseball Classic. The president of the Cuban Baseball Federation on Tuesday accused the group of trying to usurp Cuba’s representation in the
Continue ReadingBy Tony Davis Click here for updates on this story TUCSON, Arizona (Arizona Daily Star) — In what would be an unprecedented move, the U.S. Interior Department is considering an action that would create a possible, immediate cutback in Colorado River water supplies to Arizona, California and Nevada: holding back nearly a half million acre-feet
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WHYNO and JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writers The Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association has decided to break off talks with the rival Premier Hockey Federation. Representatives from the PWHPA and PHF met in March at the request of the NHL. The NHL had hoped the discussions would thaw relations between the sides and
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press The governor of Rhode Island announced Tuesday that the owner of Providence’s Superman Building is planning to turn the vacant landmark into an apartment building with offices and shops, with help from state and city funding. The 430-foot tower is officially known as the Industrial Trust Building. It’s the tallest
Continue ReadingBy Kim Passoth Click here for updates on this story Las Vegas (KVVU) — A single mom and grandma said they are living a nightmare after pooling their life savings together and buying a home. They claim squatters occupied the home and they can’t get them out. “My mom and I decided to buy a
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ Associated Press Congresswoman Liz Cheney’s campaign says the third-term Wyoming Republican has raised almost $3 million in campaign contributions over the first three months of the midterm election year. Her haul continues a record-breaking fundraising streak as Cheney attempts to defend her seat against Trump-backed challenger Harriet Hageman. Cheney’s criticism of Trump
Continue ReadingGermán Padinger (CNN español) — Donde se levantaban los edificios de departamentos, los hospitales y las escuelas, hay ahora escombros calcinados dispersos entre los cráteres de bombas; y en los espacios verdes de una ciudad constantemente bajo una lluvia de proyectiles, proliferan ahora cementerios improvisados. Mariúpol, una ciudad ucraniana en la región de Donetsk y
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