By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia is accusing the West of sabotaging agreements that would have prevented the war in Ukraine – but the U.S. and its allies put the blame squarely on Moscow, saying there is no escaping that President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion. Russia called Monday’s U.N.
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson late Monday sharply criticized a $95.3 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other countries, casting serious doubts about the future of the package just as Senate leaders were slowly muscling it toward a final vote. Senate leaders, trying
Continue ReadingBy STEVE PEOPLES and JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump wants a leadership change at the Republican National Committee in an attempt to install a new slate of loyalists — including his daughter-in-law — atop the GOP’s political machine even before the former president formally secures the party’s next presidential nomination.
Continue ReadingBy Samantha Delouya, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Tiger Woods has found a new look after splitting up with Nike, his longtime partner, last month. On Monday, Woods announced that he would be partnering with Taylormade to launch a new apparel brand — Sun Day Red. The announcement was made at a press conference in
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld the multiple life sentences given to a man for fatal bombings at an Alabama abortion clinic and the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Eric Robert Rudolph’s bid for a new sentence in a ruling Monday. The three-judge panel ruled that
Continue ReadingBEND, Oregon (AP) — Public health officials in Oregon have reported a case of bubonic plague in a local resident who they said likely contracted it from a pet cat. All close contacts of the person and the cat have been contacted and provided medication, Dr. Richard Fawcett, the health officer for Deschutes County, said
Continue Readingmondemanola (CNN Español) –– El papa Francisco recibió este lunes al nuevo presidente de Argentina, Javier Milei. Es la ocasión número 12 en que el pontífice recibe a mandatarios de su país natal, al que no ha regresado desde que fue nombrado papa en marzo de 2013. ¿Cómo fue la relación con cada uno de
Continue ReadingBELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Golden State Warriors assistant coach Dejan Milojevic, a mentor to two-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic, has been buried in his native Serbia after suffering a heart attack last month. Hundreds of mourners including Warriors coach Steve Kerr attended the funeral on a rainy day at a Belgrade cemetery. The 46-year-old Milojevic
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Holmes, Daniel Strauss and Alejandra Jaramillo, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump has endorsed North Carolina Republican Party Chairman Michael Whatley to succeed Ronna McDaniel as Republican National Committee chair. Alongside endorsing Whatley, Trump said in a statement that he will also throw his support behind Lara Trump, his daughter-in-law, for the
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It was a small mystery that prompted a large number of questions and jokes, online and off: a wrong-way car oddly double-parked in downtown Bend for much of the weekend that wasn’t towed away until Monday, after some vandals unfortunately marked it up.
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Steve Ostrow, the founder of the Continental Baths, a trailblazing New York City gay bathhouse where Bette Midler, Barry Manilow and other famous artists cut their teeth, has died. He was 91. An obituary in the Sydney Morning Herald says the Brooklyn native died Feb. 4
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN) –– La mujer que abrió fuego en una gran iglesia de Houston, Texas, la tarde de este domingo, luego de entrar con su hijo de 7 años, fue identificada como Genesse Ivonne Moreno, de 36 años, en una orden de registro. Poco después de que Moreno comenzara a disparar en la iglesia Lakewood,
Continue ReadingBy Rebecca Cairns, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Thick roots tumble across a dilapidated house, the snake-like trunks of a banyan tree framing where the front door once stood. Its walls have been hollowed by decades of typhoons, monsoons and summer humidity, now little more than loose, moss-covered stones and mortar dust. Vines tease through
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is preparing to set aside billions of dollars to sustain government spending in the future in case an oil production bonanza fades in the transition to cleaner sources of energy. The Senate on Monday approved a $10.2 billion annual spending plan that also
Continue ReadingBy BROOKE LEFFERTS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Carolina Herrera show at New York Fashion Week included bright colors and flowered prints and embroidery. Creative director Wes Gordon says one of the inspirations for his fall/winter collection was a painting of a peony flower, which he and his design and tailoring team replicated
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Continue ReadingBy REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The whereabouts of a prominent human rights attorney, her daughter and ex-husband remain unknown, three days after Venezuelan authorities detained her at an airport as she and her adult child awaited a flight to Miami. Attorneys for lawyer and activist Rocío San Miguel, Miranda Díaz
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — El expresidente Donald Trump pidió este lunes a la Corte Suprema que intervenga en la tensa disputa acerca de si él puede argumentar inmunidad judicial, en un esfuerzo que vuelve a presionar a los nueve magistrados para que resuelvan un asunto clave que podría socavar su campaña para regresar a la
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney (CNN Español) — Ante el alto número de querellas de maltrato contra adultos mayores registradas en Puerto Rico, la entidad Alianza por la Salud del Pensionado (APSP) anunció este lunes un esfuerzo en colaboración con el Departamento de la Familia del gobierno y la Oficina del Procurador de Personas de Edad
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN Español) — El abogado Juan Luis González, parte del equipo de defensa de Rocío San Miguel, presidenta de la ONG Control Ciudadano, denunció que sigue sin poder comunicarse con su clienta y desconoce el centro de reclusión donde se encuentra, según declaraciones ante medios locales. González habló frente a la sede El
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