CHENNAI, India (AP) — Kolkata Knight Riders rode on half centuries from its captain Nitish Rana and Rinku Singh to beat Chennai Super Kings by six wickets in cricket’s Indian Premier League. Rana was dropped on 18 and went on to score an unbeaten 57 off 44 balls. Singh scored 54. Royal Challengers Bangalore routed
Continue ReadingLOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say a shooting broke out during a dispute inside a downtown Louisville, Kentucky, business, killing one. Louisville Metro Police Department spokeswoman Alicia Smiley said in a news release that officers were called to the shooting about 11 p.m. Saturday. Smiley said two men and two women were found wounded in
Continue ReadingBy CARLOS VALDEZ LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — On a recent, cold morning, Dr. Carlos Ortuño hopped into a tiny electric car to go check on a patient in the outskirts of Bolivia’s capital of La Paz, unsure if the vehicle would be able to handle the steep, winding streets of the high-altitude city. “I
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer ROME (AP) — Novak Djokovic had to overcome a mid-match lapse before beating Grigor Dimitrov 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 to reach the fourth round of the Italian Open. Djokovic is returning from three weeks off due to a lingering issue with his surgically repaired right elbow and is aiming for
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Otis Click here for updates on this story Toronto (CTV Network) — A plant long used by Indigenous people for medicinal tea has been shown to be effective against the parasite that causes drug-resistant malaria. Labrador tea, which refers to three closely related shrub-like Rhododendron species, has been commonly used by First Nations
Continue ReadingBy Natasha O’Neill Click here for updates on this story Mississauga, Ont. (CTV Network) — A shortage of a powerful drug used in surgeries is impacting some Canadians who’ve been approved to use it for mental health treatment. The strong sedative ketamine, sold on the black market under other names like Special-K, is a fast-acting
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN) — El presidente de Ucrania, Volodymyr Zelensky, llegó a Berlín, Alemania, para su primera visita al país desde la invasión de Rusia en febrero de 2021, y se reunió el domingo con el presidente de Alemania, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, al igual que con el canciller alemán Olaf Scholz. Zelensky tuiteó poco después
Continue ReadingBy Tim Lister and Kostan Nechyporenko, CNN Russia’s air force may have just suffered one of its worst days since the Ukraine war began. Unconfirmed reports say that four of its aircraft were shot down within Russian territory, in what would mark a significant coup for Ukraine. There are conflicting accounts about how many planes
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — Holed up at home during the pandemic lockdown three years ago, 13-year-old Shreya Nallamothu was scrolling through social media when she noticed a pattern: Children even younger than her were the stars — dancing, cracking one-liners and being generally adorable. “It seemed innocuous to me
Continue ReadingCNN By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN April showers bring May flowers … and also college graduates. Commencement season is underway in the US, and for many newly minted adults, the prospect of supporting themselves for the first time can be somewhat terrifying. One way to calm those fears is to take control of
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN April showers bring May flowers … and also college graduates. Commencement season is underway in the US, and for many newly minted adults, the prospect of supporting themselves for the first time can be somewhat terrifying. One way to calm those fears is to take control of your
Continue ReadingTAMPERE, Finland (AP) — The United States had to come from a goal down to outclass newcomer Hungary 7-1 for its second win at the ice hockey world championship. Canada had to do the same on the way to a 5-2 victory over Slovenia, the other team newly promoted to the top division. Nick Bonino
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has an ambitious agenda when he sets off this week on an eight-day trip to the Indo-Pacific. He’s looking to tighten bonds with longtime allies, make history as the first sitting U.S. president to visit the tiny island state of Papua New Guinea and
Continue ReadingBy Krystal Hur, CNN Wall Street is eager to see the Federal Reserve wind down its aggressive rate-hiking cycle that’s battered markets and tested investor morale. Although a pause in interest rate hikes appears likely, cuts may be farther off than some believe. The stock market has stayed resilient this year after a brutal 2022
Continue ReadingMANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Police in New Hampshire’s largest city are investigating a shooting at a graduation party that wounded four people on Saturday. Manchester police say all the victims who were injured, including two women and two men in their 20s, are expected to survive. Initial reports say the shooting reported just before 5
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KLEPPER and ALI SWENSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Computer engineers and tech-inclined political scientists have warned for years that cheap, powerful artificial intelligence tools would soon allow anyone to create fake images, video and audio that was realistic enough to fool voters and perhaps sway an election. The synthetic images that emerged
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — International Organization for Migration chief Antonio Vitorino of Portugal faces what is poised to be a tight race against his Biden administration-backed American deputy, Amy Pope, as the Geneva-based organization chooses its next director-general on Monday. The election comes as migrants have been on the move like
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Oil and gas producers talk up technological breakthroughs they say will soon allow the world to drill and burn fossil fuels without worsening global warming. U.S. climate envoy John Kerry says the time is here for the industry to prove it can make the technology happen —
Continue ReadingBy Issy Ronald, CNN Rather than providing an escape, soccer only compounded British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s woes as he watched his team Southampton succumb to a 2-0 loss against Fulham, condemning it to relegation from the Premier League. It marked the end of a difficult 10 days for Sunak after his Conservative Party suffered
Continue ReadingBy JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Authorities in Serbia have displayed stacks of guns and cartons of hand grenades from the thousands of weapons they say people have handed over since back-to-back mass shootings stunned the Balkan nation. The government declared a one-month amnesty period for citizens to surrender unregistered weapons following
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