How Saint Mary’s College of California became a home from home for Australian basketball stars
By Thomas Schlachter, CNN When the bright lights of Hollywood come calling, it’s hard to say no and so there’s a long line of Australian…
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Shiffrin receives slalom trophy; Vlhova wins last race
SOLDEU, Andorra (AP) — Slovakian skier Petra Vlhova used a frenetic finish on her final run to win the last women’s World Cup slalom of the…
Continue ReadingA seaweed blob twice the width of the US is heading toward Florida. Here’s what you should know
By Jackie Wattles and Kristen Rogers, CNN A giant blob of seaweed twice the width of the continental United States is headed for the shores of…
Continue ReadingKazakhs to vote in newly energized parliament elections
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Voters in Kazakhstan will cast ballots Sunday after a short but active campaign for seats in the lower…
Continue ReadingRuth Bader Ginsburg is honored at a Supreme Court she wouldn’t recognize
By Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter The late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was lauded by former clerks and colleagues at a memorial ceremony…
Continue ReadingPaige Bueckers’s AP Diary: getting ready for March Madness
By PAIGE BUECKERS For The Associated Press STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn star Paige Bueckers is checking in periodically from the NCAA Tournament as…
Continue ReadingFacing arrest warrant, Russia’s Putin visits annexed Crimea
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to Crimea to mark the ninth anniversary of the Black Sea peninsula’s annexation…
Continue ReadingJapan, German leaders agree to strengthen ties, supply chain
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday held the first…
Continue ReadingDollar Tree can’t afford to sell eggs anymore
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Eggs have gotten too expensive for Dollar Tree. Dollar Tree, which sells most products for $1.25 and a small selection of…
Continue ReadingPakistani police storm home of former PM Khan, arrest 61
By BABAR DOGAR Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Police in Pakistan have stormed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s residence in the…
Continue ReadingSwiss skier Odermatt wins GS, sets World Cup points record
SOLDEU, Andorra (AP) — Swiss skier Marco Odermatt broke the 23-year-old men’s record for most World Cup points in a single season after…
Continue ReadingHow America’s worst airport became a ‘world’s best’
By Maureen O’Hare, CNN This week in travel news: the top airports of 2023, new travel rules around the world and the man who visited Disneyland…
Continue ReadingCalifornia military base locked down after vehicle runs gate
CORONADO, Calif. (AP) — A California military base has been put in lockdown after a vehicle went through the facility’s main gate without…
Continue ReadingSerbia, Kosovo agree on how to implement EU plan, envoy says
By FLORENT BAJRAMI Associated Press OHRID, North Macedonia (AP) — EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo have…
Continue ReadingIbram X. Kendi says a backlash has ‘crushed’ the nation’s racial reckoning. But there’s one reason he remains hopeful
By John Blake, CNN Few scholars have experienced the fickle nature of fame as dramatically as Ibram X. Kendi in the past three years. Kendi, author…
Continue ReadingReports of violence in Nigeria election for new governors
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Millions of Nigerians have headed back to the polls for gubernatorial elections following a…
Continue ReadingWorld’s number one tennis player Novak Djokovic to miss Miami Open due to vaccination status
By Homero De la Fuente, CNN The world’s top men’s tennis player Novak Djokovic will miss the Miami Open next week, after being denied…
Continue Reading‘So much blood’: Medics tell what they saw and did after Uvalde massacre
By Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman and Rachel Clarke, CNN Chilling details of the chaotic and bloody aftermath of the Uvalde school massacre…
Continue ReadingMidair collision between 2 single-engine aircraft during an aerial demonstration in Arizona leaves 2 injured
By Paradise Afshar, CNN Two people on board a single-engine plane were injured Friday after a collision with another plane during an aerial…
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Finalists for OSU-Cascades top leadership position to be interviewed, give campus presentations
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — The final candidates for the role of chancellor and dean, the top leadership position at Oregon State University-Cascades, will…
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