Paramount decides it won’t sell majority stake in BET Media Group, source tells AP
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — BET won’t be sold after all: Paramount Global decided against selling the…
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Study finds ‘rare but real risk’ of tsunami threat to parts of Alaska’s largest city
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Researchers have concluded there is a “rare but real risk” that an earthquake-produced tsunami could inundate parts of…
Continue ReadingIn a bid to unseat the long-ruling ANC, 7 South African parties reach a coalition agreement
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Seven opposition parties in South Africa have reached an agreement to form a coalition in…
Continue ReadingPolice search for person who killed 11-year-old girl, left body in her suburban Houston home
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Police continue to search for the person who sexually assaulted and then killed an 11-year-old…
Continue ReadingContract talks continue nearly 2 months into strike at Pennsylvania locomotive plant
ERIE, Pa. (AP) — Contract negotiations between the country’s largest locomotive manufacturer and its striking unions are continuing in Erie,…
Continue ReadingA large ice chunk fell from the sky and damaged a house in Massachusetts
SHIRLEY, Mass. (AP) — A large ice chunk fell from the sky and hit a house in Massachusetts on Sunday, damaging the roof of the home. Jeff Ilg said…
Continue ReadingStrong earthquake and aftershock shake Colombia’s capital and other cities
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A strong earthquake followed quickly by a strong aftershock shook Colombia’s capital and other major cities Thursday,…
Continue ReadingNigeria says 36 soldiers killed in an ambush by an armed group and a related helicopter crash
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s military says it lost 36 soldiers in attacks blamed on armed gangs in the…
Continue ReadingUN: North Korea is increasing repression as people are reportedly starving in parts of the country
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. rights chief says North Korea is increasing its repression of human rights and…
Continue ReadingConnecticut official continues mayoral campaign despite facing charges in Jan. 6 case
DERBY, Connecticut (AP) — A Connecticut alderman and mayoral candidate is pressing ahead with his campaign after being charged this week by federal…
Continue ReadingPilots made errors before crash near Lake Tahoe that killed all 6 on board, investigators say
By The Associated Press Errors by the two pilots caused a business jet to go into an aerodynamic stall and crash near Lake Tahoe in 2021, killing all…
Continue ReadingDemocratic National Committee asks federal judges to dismiss case on Alabama party infighting
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Democratic National Committee has asked a federal appeals court to dismiss a case centered on Alabama party infighting…
Continue ReadingFeds raise concerns about long call center wait times as millions dropped from Medicaid
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — As millions of Medicaid recipients face the potential loss of health coverage for the…
Continue ReadingBills QB Allen basks in celebrity and football, while trying to maintain some semblance of privacy
By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Bills quarterback Josh Allen is accustomed to having his public life picked over and…
Continue ReadingThe Gaza Strip gets its first cat cafe, a cozy refuge from life under blockade
By ISSAM ADWAN Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The global cat cafe trend, where people pay to have coffee and hang out with cats, has…
Continue ReadingMinneapolis advances measure for minimum wage to Uber and Lyft drivers
By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis City Council members have narrowly passed a measure that would…
Continue ReadingRed Lake Nation in northwestern Minnesota plans to roll out mobile cannabis dispensary
RED LAKE, Minn. (AP) — The Red Lake Nation in northwestern Minnesota plans to roll out a mobile marijuana dispensary that will operate only on…
Continue ReadingCanadian woman sentenced to nearly 22 years for 2020 ricin letter sent to Trump in White House
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Canadian woman was sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison in Washington Thursday in the…
Continue ReadingUN says it will block road construction that would encroach on a buffer zone in divided Cyprus
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The United Nations peacekeeping force in the ethnically divided Cyprus says it will…
Continue ReadingUS sanctions Russian operatives accused in the poisoning of Putin critic Alexei Navalny
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has imposed sanctions and visa restrictions on four Russian intelligence operatives…
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