By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Standout moments from the Golden Globe Awards, which returned to television Tuesday night after a year’s absence. DON’T SHOOT THE PIANO PLAYER Pianist Chloe Flower had a sweet gig at the Golden Globes, playing TV and movie theme songs on camera as the show went
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand had its hottest year on record in 2022, beating a mark set just a year earlier thanks to a combination of natural weather cycles and manmade global warming, according to the agency that monitors temperatures. The nation’s top four hottest years have all
Continue ReadingBy FRANK JORDANS Associated Press LUETZERATH, Germany (AP) — Police in riot gear began evicting climate activists Wednesday from a condemned village in western Germany that is due to be demolished for the expansion of a coal mine. Some stones and fireworks were thrown as officers entered the tiny hamlet of Luetzerath, which has become
Continue ReadingBy FRANK JORDANS Associated Press LUETZERATH, Germany (AP) — Police in riot gear began evicting climate activists Wednesday from a condemned village in western Germany that is due to be demolished for the expansion of a coal mine. Some stones and fireworks were thrown as officers entered the tiny hamlet of Luetzerath, which has become
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi, CNN The Mega Millions jackpot has reached an estimated $1.35 billion — the second-largest in the lottery’s history — after no winner snagged the big prize in Tuesday night’s drawing, officials said. That’s a boost from Tuesday’s jackpot of $1.1 billion, which saw no tickets match all six winning numbers of 7,
Continue ReadingBy MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization is forming a committee on “formal complaints of abusive conduct.” The announcement came hours after The Associated Press reported that the U.N.’s health agency knew of past sexual misconduct charges against a doctor who was accused of harassing a woman in the
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The Paris prosecutor says investigators haven’t been able to identify the attacker who wounded six people with a sharp metallic hook in the French capital’s Gare du Nord train station before being shot and wounded by police. Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau said in a statement theat the
Continue ReadingBy Saskya Vandoorne, Alex Stambaugh and Joseph Ataman and Dalal Mawad, CNN At least six people were injured in an attack at Paris’ Gare Du Nord train station early Wednesday, restricting access to one of the French capital’s major rail hubs. An individual began attacking people at 6:42 a.m. local time and was neutralized a
Continue ReadingBy MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization is forming a committee on “formal complaints of abusive conduct.” The announcement came hours after The Associated Press reported that the U.N.’s health agency knew of past sexual misconduct charges against a doctor who was accused of harassing a woman in the
Continue ReadingCNN By Brian Lowry, CNN Steven Spielberg’s autobiographical “The Fabelmans” and the understated Irish period piece “The Banshees of Inisherin” claimed the top prizes at the Golden Globe Awards, on a night that saw the event return to television and directly address the controversy that prompted its TV absence in 2022. Host Jerrod Carmichael reminded
Continue ReadingBy FRANK JORDANS Associated Press ERKELENZ, Germany (AP) — The fate of a tiny village has sparked heated debate in Germany over the country’s continued use of coal and whether tackling climate change justifies breaking the law. Environmental activists have been locked in a standoff with police who started eviction operations on Wednesday around the
Continue ReadingBy FRANK JORDANS Associated Press ERKELENZ, Germany (AP) — The fate of a tiny village has sparked heated debate in Germany over the country’s continued use of coal and whether tackling climate change justifies breaking the law. Environmental activists have been locked in a standoff with police who started eviction operations on Wednesday around the
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Like the tobacco, oil, gun, opioid and vaping industries before them, the big U.S. social media companies are now facing lawsuits brought by public entities that seek to hold them accountable for a huge societal problem — in their case, the mental health crisis among youth. But
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Like the tobacco, oil, gun, opioid and vaping industries before them, the big U.S. social media companies are now facing lawsuits brought by public entities that seek to hold them accountable for a huge societal problem — in their case, the mental health crisis among youth. But
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Two weeks after the disappearance of Melissa Trench, the Bend woman’s family has sought out friends and others to help in searches in the area of Shevlin Park, coordinated with official search efforts, NewsChannel 21’s Tracee Tuesday reports.
Continue ReadingMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Singer and harmonica player John Nemeth, vocalist Shemekia Copeland, country blues artist Rory Block, and guitarist Eric Gales are among the top nominees for this year’s Blues Music Awards. The Blues Foundation on Tuesday released the list of nominees for the 44th installment of the awards, which will be handed out
Continue ReadingCNN By Ben Morse, CNN When Lovie Smith was hired by the Houston Texans in February 2022 as the team’s new head coach, he said the NFL had “a problem” with hiring Black coaches and diversity. “I realize the amount of Black head coaches there are in the National Football League,” Smith told reporters just
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan women and girls who once played a variety of sports say they have faced intimidation from the Taliban, including visits and phone calls warning them not to engage in their sports. Since they took power in August 2021, the Taliban have banned sports for women and
Continue ReadingBy DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Virginia General Assembly has kicked off its annual legislative session with a hefty agenda that includes taxes, abortion and energy policy. But there are low expectations for how much work will actually get done in an election year. Every seat in the GOP-controlled House of
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press The founder of FedEx, Fred Smith, believes that if you’ve done well, you should give back to the public interest. The 78-year-old Marine Corps veteran has stepped down as the CEO of FedEx but remains its executive chairman. Over the years, the billionaire has done little to publicize his and
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