Poet Sandra Lim wins $85,000 Jackson Poetry Prize
NEW YORK (AP) — An $85,000 literary prize has been awarded to Sandra Lim, a poet who has published three collections. Lim is this year’s winner…
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Austin hopes Turkey will act on Sweden NATO bid before July
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press MUSKO NAVAL BASE, Sweden (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says it’s important that Turkey decides to…
Continue ReadingUS-made Patriot guided missile systems arrive in Ukraine
By ADAM PEMBLE Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s defense minister said Wednesday his country has received the U.S-made Patriot…
Continue ReadingA third of federal workers are on strike in Canada
By Paula Newton, CNN Nearly a third of Canada’s federal workers walked off the job Wednesday morning in one of the largest strikes in the…
Continue ReadingCharges put focus on Jehovah’s Witnesses’ handling of abuse
By MARK SCOLFORO and PETER SMITH Associated Press YORK HAVEN, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania grand jury in recent months accused nine men with…
Continue Reading‘Intersectionality’ has become a hot-button topic in recent years. Here’s what it means
By Leah Asmelash, CNN Intersectionality. Intersectional feminism. These are phrases you may have heard, either on the news or from your local…
Continue ReadingHouse passes resolution to block DC policing bill
By Clare Foran, CNN The House voted on Wednesday to pass a GOP-led resolution to block a DC policing bill aimed at accountability and reform. The…
Continue ReadingEscándalo de corrupción, acusaciones de favoritismo y franquismo: Real Madrid y Barcelona, en guerra de palabras por el pasado fascista de España
Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — Las tensiones entre Real Madrid y FC Barcelona, dos rivales acérrimos dentro y fuera del campo, dieron un…
Continue ReadingCloud seeding catching on amid Rocky Mountain drought
By MEAD GRUVER and BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press LYONS, Colo. (AP) — Garrett Cammans and his brothers sometimes don’t talk about their…
Continue ReadingMajor leagues, broadcasters pledge responsible betting ads
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Most of the nation’s major professional sports leagues, plus the media companies…
Continue Reading2 cheerleaders were shot in a Texas supermarket parking lot after one opened the door to the wrong vehicle. A suspect is under arrest
By Alisha Ebrahimji and Tina Burnside, CNN Two teenage cheerleaders were shot after one said she mistook the suspect’s vehicle for her own in a…
Continue Reading2 cheerleaders were shot in a Texas supermarket parking lot after one opened the door to the wrong vehicle. A suspect is under arrest
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Continue ReadingThe earnings recession is here. There could be worse to come
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Earnings reports are coming thick and fast, showing how companies fared in the first few months of the year. But analysts and…
Continue ReadingKing Charles’ coronation cross will contain relic believed to be from Christ’s crucifixion
Hafsa Khalil, CNN A “beautiful and symbolic” silver cross containing a piece of the so-called True Cross will lead King Charles…
Continue ReadingUS Navy sails first drone through Mideast’s Strait of Hormuz
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Navy has sailed its first drone boat through the strategic Strait of…
Continue ReadingToronto Blue Jays pitcher claims flight attendant ‘made’ his pregnant wife clean up after their child, fueling heated Twitter debate
By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Anthony Bass has sparked heated debate on social media after claiming that a United Airlines employee…
Continue ReadingThis isn’t the end of Fox’s legal headaches. Here’s what’s next
By Marshall Cohen, CNN Dominion Voting Systems’ blockbuster defamation case against Fox News is over after the right-wing network cuts a check…
Continue ReadingWhat’s next for Fox and Dominion? More lawsuits seeking accountability for corrosive 2020 election lies
CNN By Marshall Cohen, CNN Dominion Voting Systems’ blockbuster defamation case against Fox News is over after the right-wing network cuts a…
Continue ReadingSuspect in Japan PM attack may have had election grudge
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — An unemployed 24-year-old man who allegedly threw a pipe bomb at Prime Minister Fumio Kishida…
Continue ReadingLuxembourg leader champions LGBTQ rights, chastises Hungary
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The gay prime minister of Luxembourg has used the dais of the European Union’s parliament to stand…
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