La Scala’s gala season premiere vanquished bad-luck vibes around long-absent Verdi opera
Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Milan’s famed Teatro alla Scala presents Giuseppe Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino” for its gala season premiere…
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Do weighted blankets help you sleep better? Here’s what to know
AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Weighted blankets are a popular choice to warm up in cold weather, but research on their effectiveness is…
Continue ReadingRomanian prosecutors conduct raids linked to funding of Georgescu’s campaign
Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian prosecutors have conducted raids linked to an man suspected of illegally financing a campaign…
Continue ReadingStorm Darragh batters UK and Ireland, leaving 1 dead and hundreds of thousands without power
LONDON (AP) — A man died and hundreds of thousands of people in Britain and Ireland were left without power Saturday as high winds and heavy rain…
Continue ReadingGermany’s far-right AfD party nominates a candidate for chancellor in the upcoming election
Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The far-right Alternative for Germany party has presented its candidate for chancellor in the country’s upcoming…
Continue Reading6 Pakistani security personnel killed in a checkpoint attack
Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani official says armed men killed six security personnel and wounded seven in a checkpoint…
Continue ReadingSyrian government falls in stunning end to 50-year rule of Assad family
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian government fell early Sunday in a stunning end to the 50-year rule of the Assad family after a sudden…
Continue ReadingUkraine confirms second Danish delivery of F-16s as Zelenskyy seeks support in Paris
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Denmark has delivered a second batch of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. In a message on…
Continue ReadingAn explosion destroys an apartment block in a Dutch city, killing at least 3 and injuring others
Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An explosion and fire rocked a neighborhood in the Dutch city of The Hague on Saturday, killing…
Continue ReadingPolls close in Ghana’s general election in the shadow of the worst economic crisis in a generation
Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Voting has officially closed in most polling centres throughout Ghana, bringing to an end the presidential and…
Continue ReadingAn archbishop’s knock formally restores Notre Dame to life as winds howl and heads of state look on
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Howling winds couldn’t stop Notre Dame Cathedral ’s heart from beating again. With three resounding knocks on its…
Continue ReadingMichigan high school choir belts out holiday tunes from a towering Christmas tree
Associated Press MUSKEGON, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan high school choir performs its annual holiday concert not near a Christmas tree, but rather in…
Continue ReadingPope creates 21 cardinals, many of them reformers in their own right, to carry out his reform plans
Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Saturday installed 21 new cardinals, many of whom are key figures in his reform agenda: A Dominican…
Continue ReadingDays after gunman killed UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, police push to ID him and FBI offers reward
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The gunman who killed the CEO of the largest U.S. health insurer likely left New York City on a bus soon after the…
Continue ReadingUnitedHealthcare CEO’s shooting opens a door for many to vent frustrations over insurance
AP Health Writers For years, patients in the U.S. health care system have grown frustrated with a bureaucracy they don’t understand. Doctors are…
Continue ReadingElection Day has long passed. In some states, legislatures are working to undermine the results
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in some parts of the country are discovering that having their say at the ballot box is not necessarily…
Continue ReadingStolen ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in ‘The Wizard of Oz’ are auctioned for $28 million
Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A pair of iconic ruby slippers that were worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” and stolen from a…
Continue Reading2 Pearl Harbor survivors, ages 104 and 102, return to Hawaii to honor those killed in 1941 attack
Associated Press PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — Ira “Ike” Schab, a 104-year-old Pearl Harbor attack survivor, was so determined to stand and…
Continue ReadingTrump is welcomed by Macron to Paris with presidential pomp and joined by Zelenskyy for their talks
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron welcomed Donald Trump to Paris on Saturday with a full dose of presidential pomp as…
Continue ReadingGhanaians go to the polls with the backdrop of the worst economic crisis in a generation
Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — Voters in the west African nation of Ghana willl cast their ballots in a general election poised to be a…
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