By ZEINA KARAM Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Saudi Arabia and some other Muslim-majority nations, including Egypt and the United Arab Emirates, declared that the holy month of Ramadan when the faithful observe a dawn-to-dusk fast would begin at dawn Saturday. But the raging war in Ukraine, which has sent energy and food prices soaring
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Talk about a rude welcome to the Master. The opening hole is known as “Tea Olive” because of the fragrant shrubs planted along the 445-yard hole. But it can get a little smelly. Tiger Woods recalls his first time playing it as a pro and
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN On a stormy Independence Day in Wichita, Kansas, in 2005, flamingo No. 492 went rogue. The bird was spotted around 600 miles away Monday — nearly 17 years later — by fishing guide and angler David Foreman, according to the Texas Parks & Wildlife department. One of 40 flamingos brought from
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press The first-ever publication of 1950 census records promises to solve some family mysteries for amateur genealogists and family historians. The National Archives and Records Administration on Friday released digitized individual records on 151 million people from the census. For privacy reasons, records identifying people by name can’t be made public
Continue ReadingBy Matias Grez, CNN Spain and Germany will face off in the headline act of the group stages at the 2022 World Cup after the draw for the tournament was made in Doha on Friday. Group E is undoubtedly the most intriguing, with the Spanish and Germans joined by Japan and either Costa Rica or
Continue ReadingBy Matt Egan, CNN Business Sanctions leveled on Russia have pushed the country toward becoming a closed economy, a status the country is ill-equipped to handle, a senior Treasury official said on Friday. “The economic consequences Russia is facing are severe: high inflation that will only get higher, and deep recession that will only get
Continue ReadingBy GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Alaska Airlines canceled dozens of U.S. West Coast flights Friday as off-duty pilots picketed in several major cities over an impasse in nearly three years of contract negotiations. The airline says more cancellations are possible through the weekend. Alaska says more than 120 of its flights
Continue ReadingBy GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Alaska Airlines canceled dozens of U.S. West Coast flights Friday as off-duty pilots picketed in several major cities over an impasse in nearly three years of contract negotiations. The airline says more cancellations are possible through the weekend. Alaska says more than 120 of its flights
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN The family of an American citizen taken hostage in Afghanistan more than two years ago welcomed an apparent proof of life video that was published on Friday and called on the Biden administration to take “bold and decisive action” to bring him home. Mark Frerichs, a veteran and contractor who was
Continue ReadingCLEVELAND (AP) — Tom Hanks will launch a new era of Cleveland baseball. The Oscar-winning actor will throw out the ceremonial first pitch before the Guardians’ home opener against the San Francisco Giants on April 15. It will be Cleveland’s first home game since dropping Indians, the team’s name since 1915. Hanks, who famously said
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — El balón de la Copa del Mundo Qatar 2022 empezará a rodar el 21 de noviembre en el Estadio Al Bayt. Pero este viernes se dio el primer paso de la fiesta máxima del fútbol mundial con el sorteo que determinó cómo quedaron conformados los grupos y cómo
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — A bill allowing Georgia residents to carry handguns in public without a license or background check is set to become law. The Senate passed the legislation on Friday, sending it to the governor’s desk for signature. Gov. Brian Kemp tweeted that he looked forward to signing it. The Republican governor pushed for
Continue ReadingSAN ANTONIO (AP) — Reigning Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama has withdrawn from the Valero Texas Open after nine holes of the second round, citing discomfort in his neck. Wearing a strip of medical tape on the side of his neck, Matsuyama teed off Friday and birdied his opening hole at TPC San Antonio. He made
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN Español) — El Ministerio Público de Honduras informó este viernes que comenzó un proceso de aseguramiento e incautación de bienes y del patrimonio financiero del núcleo familiar del expresidente Juan Orlando Hernández, a través de la Fiscalía Especial Contra el Crimen Organizado. El expresidente de Honduras Juan Orlando Hernández presenta recurso
Continue ReadingBy JAVIER CÓRDOBA Associated Press SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Ricans will vote Sunday for a new president amid widespread apathy, an unending string of controversies between the candidates and no clear favorite. Rodrigo Chaves is a former treasury minister for the outgoing administration of Carlos Alvarado. He faces ex-President José María Figueres.
Continue ReadingBy KDKA News Staff Click here for updates on this story PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — An investigation is underway after a man arrived at the Pittsburgh Police Zone 2 station with his son who had been stabbed. Just before 7 a.m., the man arrived at the station and EMS took the child to the hospital. From
Continue ReadingSAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a man fatally shot himself after shooting and injuring his girlfriend at the West Texas beef processing plant where they both worked. San Angelo police said officers responded to the shooting at Lone Star Beef Processors at about 8:30 a.m. Friday. Police say the 57-year-old man and 49-year-old
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. envoy to Yemen says the country’s warring parties have accepted a two-month truce, starting with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The agreement on Friday comes after a significant escalation in recent weeks that saw Yemen’s rebel Houthis claim several attacks inside the United
Continue ReadingBy GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska voters will elect a new member of Congress on the same day a judge in California is scheduled to sentence the Republican who resigned from the position to a possible federal prison sentence. Gov. Pete Ricketts said Friday the special election June 28 will replace
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN Chilling details have emerged about an armed gang’s attack on a train in northern Nigeria which left eight people dead and more than two dozen injured. Musa Bashir Usman was one of more than 300 people traveling on a train from Nigeria’s capital Abuja to the northern city of Kaduna when
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