Delay of Senegal’s Feb. 25 presidential election is ruled illegal, leaving date uncertain
BY BABACAR DIONE AND CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s top election authority has voided the president’s…
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Fire destroys large home undergoing remodel north of Sisters; losses estimated at $2.5 million; cause under investigation
A fire early Thursday morning destroyed a large, unoccupied home undergoing a major remodel north of Sisters, and losses are estimated at $2.5…
Continue ReadingRachel Dolezal, the White woman infamous for claiming to be Black, fired over OnlyFans account
By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — Rachel Dolezal, the White woman and former National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)…
Continue ReadingTruckers block Mexican highways to protest violent robberies
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Truckers are staging protests on busy highways outside of Mexico City to protest the wave of killings of drivers during highway…
Continue ReadingEndangered right whale floating dead off Georgia is rare species’ second fatality since January
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Government scientists say a critically endangered North Atlantic right whale has been found…
Continue ReadingIsrael is urging the top UN court to reject a new South African request on Gaza provisional orders
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Israel is urging the United Nations’ highest court to reject an urgent South…
Continue ReadingA migrant smuggling boat capsizes off Panama, leaving at least 5 people dead and 1 missing
PANAMA CITY (AP) — At least five migrants have died and the search continues for one more who is missing after a boat carrying more than two dozen…
Continue ReadingRecession has struck some of the world’s top economies. The US keeps defying expectations
By STAN CHOE and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — As some of the world’s biggest economies stumble into recession, the…
Continue ReadingPublic utilities regulator joins race for North Dakota’s single U.S. House seat
By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A longtime public utilities regulator in North Dakota has joined the state’s race for its…
Continue ReadingUS investigators visit homes of two Palestinian-American teens killed in the West Bank
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The American embassy is investigating two shootings of Palestinian-American teenagers in the…
Continue ReadingMeghan, Duchess of Sussex Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of the Duchess of Sussex, the former actress Meghan Markle. Personal Birth date:…
Continue ReadingBurning insulation causes DC to evacuate Metro station and suspend service on multiple lines
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities in D.C. have evacuated an underground Metro station and shut down parts of three…
Continue ReadingUS Justice Department sues over Tennessee law targeting HIV-positive people convicted of sex work
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has sued the state of Tennessee over its decades-old…
Continue ReadingRussia has obtained a ‘troubling’ emerging anti-satellite weapon, the White House says
By AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House publicly confirmed on Thursday that Russia has obtained a…
Continue ReadingLockdown lifted at Montana Air Force base after active shooter threat
By Amy Simonson, Rebekah Riess, Chris Boyette and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — A Montana Air Force base went on lockdown for 10 minutes Thursday…
Continue ReadingManagement issues at Oregon’s Crater Lake prompt feds to consider terminating concession contract
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Years of management issues involving facility upkeep and staff at Oregon’s Crater Lake have prompted the federal…
Continue ReadingAlaska woman gets 99 years for orchestrating catfished murder-for-hire plot in friend’s death
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Anchorage woman has been sentenced to 99 years in prison for orchestrating the death of a developmentally disabled…
Continue ReadingTalks on a Gaza deal are at an impasse. Here’s what we know
By Nadeen Ebrahim, Becky Anderson, Jennifer Hansler, Alex Marquardt, MJ Lee, Kevin Liptak and Jeremy Diamond, CNN (CNN) — Talks on a hostage…
Continue ReadingGodzilla, Oscar newbie, stomps into the Academy Awards
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Godzilla has been to Tokyo, Hong Kong, Paris, San Francisco, Boston, Moscow, London and Hawaii. But…
Continue ReadingMontana nuclear base lockdown lifted after suspicious person prompts active shooter report
By MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A lockdown has been lifted at an Air Force nuclear missile base in…
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