Biden announces more Iran sanctions on the anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s death
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has announced new U.S. sanctions on “some of Iran’s more egregious…
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3 acquitted in final trial of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot
By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Three men were acquitted Friday on all charges against them in connection to allegations that they were…
Continue ReadingA new Iran deal shows the Biden administration is willing to pay a big price to free Americans
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Biden administration heralds the forthcoming release of five U.S. citizens detained by…
Continue ReadingYounger voters will be critical in 2024. Biden and Trump are taking different paths to reach them
By CHRIS MEGERIAN, MICHELLE L. PRICE and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — Students were dancing in the aisles and their seats…
Continue ReadingThey worked for years in Libya. Now an Egyptian village mourns scores of its men killed in flooding
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press NAZLET EL-SHARIF, Egypt (AP) — An Egyptian village is mourning dozens of its men killed in the horrific floodwaters…
Continue ReadingTrump and DeSantis to clash Friday as campaigns collide publicly in Washington and behind closed doors in Florida
By Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — The presidential campaigns of former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will clash out in the…
Continue ReadingNose hairs, dead spiders and licking rocks are among this year’s Ig Nobel Prize-winning topics
By Catherine Nicholls, CNN London (CNN) — How do you feel when you read the same word many, many, many times? Do people have an equal number of…
Continue ReadingNearly 50 global treasures could be about to get UNESCO’s World Heritage status. Here’s what’s on the list
By Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN (CNN) — A collection of tombs from Korea’s ancient Gaya confederacy, a Viking age ring fortress in Denmark, an…
Continue ReadingSpanish judge hears allegations of Franco-era police torture in a case rights groups say is a 1st
MADRID (AP) — A Spanish judge has heard evidence of alleged torture during the rule of late dictator Francisco Franco. Human rights groups say the…
Continue ReadingLike his dad, retiring Mitt Romney embraced moderate conservatism. He fears the GOP has lost its way
By MEAD GRUVER and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press Mitt Romney’s announcement this week that he will not seek another term in the U.S.…
Continue ReadingShow Us Your Garden: Seasonal changes
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Continue ReadingRemains exhumed from a Tulsa cemetery as the search for 1921 Race Massacre victims has resumed
By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Archaeologists have exhumed the remains of one person and plan to exhume a second in the search…
Continue ReadingUNESCO puts 2 locations in war-ravaged Ukraine on its list of historic sites in danger
By BARAA ANWER Associated Press RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The U.N.’s World Heritage Committee has placed two major historical sites in Ukraine…
Continue ReadingWomen’s World Cup winners maintain boycott of Spain’s national team. Coach delays picking her squad
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The new coach of Spain’s women’s team has had to delay the announcement of her first…
Continue ReadingDespite rising gas prices, Americans feel more optimistic about inflation’s future
By Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — Rising gas prices haven’t taken their toll on the American consumer just yet, amid growing optimism…
Continue ReadingJayne Anne Phillips, Paul Harding are among National Book Award fiction nominees
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Historical novels by Jayne Anne Phillips and Paul Harding and Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s…
Continue ReadingThe Texas Senate is deliberating at Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial
By PAUL J. WEBER, JIM VERTUNO and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton…
Continue ReadingDubai police seize over $1 billion of captagon drug smuggled inside furniture
By Celine Alkhaldi, CNN Abu Dhabi (CNN) — The United Arab Emirates foiled an attempt to smuggle 13 tonnes of the addictive amphetamine captagon…
Continue ReadingColombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero, known for his inflated forms, has died at age 91
By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Renowned Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero, whose depictions of people and…
Continue Reading1 in 4 people who eat healthy meals blow it on snacks, study says
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN (CNN) — If you’re eating healthier meals these days, congratulations — but what do you snack on? By choosing…
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