By Elizabeth Wolfe, Robert Shackelford and Mary Gilbert, CNN (CNN) — Icy conditions are making for hazardous travel as freezing rain pelts large sections of the central US Monday. The freezing rain is being made possible by a large push of milder air slowly starting to overspread much of the winter-weary US. A barrage of
Continue ReadingBy Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — Manila’s notorious traffic became a major theme of Coldplay’s visit to the Philippines, with frontman Chris Martin penning a song about the “insane” jams, and the country’s leader coming under fire for taking a chopper to one of the band’s two concerts near the capital. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Some Georgia lawmakers are looking for ways to provide relief from property taxes. The proposals are coming as increases in home values have caused taxes to rise. Georgia’s Senate Finance Committee will consider a bill Monday to limit increases in a home’s assessed value to 3% per
Continue ReadingBy Nell Card, CNN (CNN) — The human predilection for living alongside patterns can be traced back to our ancestors who marked the walls of their caves with dots, lines, zigzags and cross-hatching. Tens of thousands of years on, it is arguably wallpaper — that most ephemeral of design items — that provides one of
Continue ReadingMelissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El primer ministro de Israel, Benjamín Netanyahu, rechazó este sábado los llamados a la soberanía palestina tras las conversaciones con el presidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, sobre el futuro de Gaza, sugiriendo que las necesidades de seguridad de Israel serían incompatibles con la creación de un Estado palestino. “No
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — D’Angelo Russell scored 34 points, LeBron James added 28 and the Los Angeles Lakers routed the Portland Trail Blazers 134-110 on Sunday night to get back to .500. Austin Reaves scored 15 points, and Anthony Davis had 14 points and 14 rebounds to help the
Continue ReadingBy MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Republican running for the U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania is escalating criticism of Democrats over the Israel-Hamas war and has traveled to the Israel-Gaza border to make the case that the Biden administration hasn’t backed Israel strongly enough since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas. The
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France is getting ready to show its gratitude towards World War II veterans who will return to Normandy beaches this year for 80th anniversary commemorations of D-Day to mark the defeat of the Nazis. Many of them will be coming back for the last time. A ceremony
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — With former President Donald Trump expected to soon take the witness stand, a juror’s illness abruptly forced a two-day delay Monday of a defamation trial over his comments about E. Jean Carroll, the writer he called a liar after she claimed he sexually
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Cameroon will be the first country to routinely give children a new malaria vaccine as the shots are rolled out in Africa. The campaign due to start Monday was described by officials as a milestone in the decades-long effort to curb the mosquito-spread disease on the continent, which accounts for 95%
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A retrial has begun for the man who fatally shot retired New Orleans Saints star Will Smith almost eight years ago. Thirty-six-year-old Cardell Hayes has long insisted he shot Smith in self-defense during an April 2016 confrontation after a car crash in New Orleans. Smith died
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — As she addressed a crushing crowd of volunteers and media at Donald Trump’s New Hampshire headquarters on Saturday, New York Rep. Elise Stefanik received a welcome chant. “VP! VP! VP!” one man shouted across the room. While vice presidential candidates typically aren’t
Continue ReadingBy HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state lawmakers considered a proposal Monday to prohibit police from hog-tying suspects, nearly four years after Manuel Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man, died facedown with his hands and feet cuffed together behind him in a case that became a touchstone for racial justice demonstrators in the
Continue ReadingBy HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state lawmakers are expected to consider a proposal Monday to prohibit police from hog-tying suspects, nearly four years after Manuel Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man, died facedown with his hands and feet cuffed together behind him in a case that became a touchstone for racial justice
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, Jessica Dean and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — In the days leading up to the Iowa caucuses, top advisers to Ron DeSantis steeled themselves for a grim result. The polling that for months told them enough Republicans there were ready to move on from Donald Trump was now predicting that most of
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Many travelers ignore airline safety videos before their flights — even if they rely on humor or cameos from celebrities. But in the aftermath of the Japan Airlines crash, an in-flight safety video is being universally praised for helping to save hundreds of lives. Here’s what else you
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan says six Chinese balloons either flew over the island or through airspace just north of it, while Chinese warplanes and navy ships were also detected in the area. The dispatch of such balloons, which generally disappear into the Pacific to the east, appears to be
Continue ReadingBy Brad Lendon and Teele Rebane, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to visit Kim Jong Un soon, North Korean state media reported Sunday, the latest sign of increasing cooperation between the two authoritarian leaders as war rages in Ukraine and military tensions increase in East Asia. Putin thanked Kim for an
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Tuesday after Wall Street built on its all-time high reached last week, while Japan’s central bank kept its easy credit policy intact. Shanghai’s benchmark extended its losses, but Hong Kong’s jumped 2.5%. U.S. futures were flat and oil prices edged lower. Tokyo’s
Continue ReadingBy BISWAJEET BANERJEE, SHEIKH SAALIQ and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press AYODHYA, India (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday opened a controversial Hindu temple built on the ruins of a historic mosque in the northern city of Ayodhya, in a political triumph for the populist leader who is seeking to transform the country
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