By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was tricked into an extended phone call in January with Russian pranksters posing as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, during which Powell appeared to discuss the economic impact of interest rate hikes. Videos of the phone call have been posted on social
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS (AP) — Mixed martial arts fighter Nate Diaz turned himself in to police in New Orleans on Thursday to face a battery charge arising from a weekend street brawl. Police said the fight happened early Saturday outside a pizza restaurant and left a man unconscious. Diaz went to police with his attorney Thursday
Continue ReadingBy LISA BAUMANN and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Washington and Minnesota won’t cooperate with attempts to prosecute out-of-state patients seeking reproductive or gender-affirming procedures and treatment, under new laws signed Thursday by the two states’ Democratic governors. They’re the latest liberal states to enact legal safeguards as Republican legislators across the country
Continue ReadingBy LISA BAUMANN and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Washington and Minnesota won’t cooperate with attempts to prosecute out-of-state patients seeking reproductive or gender-affirming procedures and treatment, under new laws signed Thursday by the two states’ Democratic governors. They’re the latest liberal states to enact legal safeguards as Republican legislators across the country
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The world’s oceans have suddenly spiked much hotter and well above record levels in the last few weeks, with scientists trying to figure out what it means and whether it forecasts a surge in atmospheric warming. Some researchers think the jump in sea surface temperatures stems from a brewing
Continue ReadingBy Harrison Vapnek Click here for updates on this story COLUMBIA , Missouri (KOMU) — Rock Bridge students walked out of class on Wednesday in protest of recent regulations on gender-affirming care from Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey. Restrictions to hormone replacement therapy drugs (HRTs), such as puberty blockers and sex hormones, for both minors
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Washington governor signs legal protections for people who travel there seeking abortions, gender-affirming health care.
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — Washington governor signs legal protections for people who travel there seeking abortions, gender-affirming health care.
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN About 1 in 5 high school students in the United States has seen violence first-hand among people who are not related, including homicides involving guns. That’s according to a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which calls community violence “a significant public health concern.” In 2021,
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN A group of states that sued to break up Facebook-parent Meta in 2020 were years too late to file their challenge and failed to make a persuasive case that the company’s data policies harmed competition, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday in a sweeping victory for the tech giant. In siding
Continue ReadingBy Zach Rael Click here for updates on this story CROMWELL, Oklahoma (KOCO) — The remains of a 2-year-old girl from Cromwell, who has been missing since January, were possibly found in Indiana. Authorities said Oaklee Mae Snow’s body was discovered in a dresser drawer at an abandoned home. Shock, sadness, and disbelief were all
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Former New Mexico Gov. Jerry Apodaca, who reorganized the state’s government into a cabinet-based system in the mid-1970s, has died. He was 88. His family said he died at his home in Santa Fe on Wednesday after what may have been a stroke. The Democrat became the state’s
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Brittney Griner got emotional quickly while speaking to reporters for the first time since her nearly 10-month detainment in Russia on drug-related charges. The WNBA star had to take a moment to compose herself after being asked about her resiliency through the ordeal. Griner’s first news
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Brittney Griner got emotional quickly. Speaking to reporters for the first time since a nearly 10-month detainment in Russia on drug-related charges, the WNBA star had to take a moment to compose herself after being asked about her resiliency through the ordeal. Griner’s first news conference
Continue ReadingBy GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Bebe Rexha has channeled the freedom, musicality and glam of the ’70s with her new album, “Bebe.” The 12-track self-titled project boasts mostly dance music, as Rexha says she “wanted to do something a little different” and make feel-good dance music. She got ready by
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has declared that Britain and Italy are “very aligned” in values as he welcomed far-right Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni. The two leaders held talks in London on Thursday focused on migration, defense and the war in Ukraine. The two governments share an interest
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of whistling at and accosting her in Mississippi in 1955 — causing his lynching, which galvanized a generation of activists to rise up in the Civil Rights Movement — has died at 88. Carolyn Bryant Donham
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Black Butte Ranch will unveil its newest amenity next Monday when it celebrates the grand opening of its flagship $20 million dining and meeting facility. We got a “grand tour” Thursday, ahead of the grand opening.
Continue ReadingBy TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — After another impressive victory at the Madrid Open, Mirra Andreeva patiently took photos with some fans who looked young enough to be her classmates in high school. Moments earlier the 15-year-old Russian had been raising her arms by the net to celebrate her win over a
Continue ReadingReview by Brian Lowry, CNN “Citadel” has the feel of an old-fashioned spy show, dressed up with sleek leads (“Game of Thrones’” Richard Madden and “Quantico’s” Priyanka Chopra Jonas) and state-of-the-art action. The time-bending plot certainly won’t earn many points for originality, but it’s the kind of meat-and-potatoes series that should find an attentive audience
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