Travis Kelce donates $100,000 to children shot at Kansas City rally
By Sarah Dewberry and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce’s foundation has donated $100,000 to victims of the…
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Presidents Day: From George Washington’s modest birthdays to big sales and 3-day weekends
By BEN FINLEY ASSOCIATED PRESS NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Like the other Founding Fathers, George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly…
Continue ReadingIn Russia’s Arctic, Alexei Navalny’s mother searches for her son’s body
By KATIE MARIE DAVIES Associated Press For the mother of Alexei Navalny — the Russian opposition leader who died at age 47 in an Arctic penal…
Continue ReadingYale apologizes for past ties to slavery
By Jay Croft, CNN (CNN) — Yale University has issued a formal apology for its historical ties to slavery. The apology is part of Yale’s…
Continue ReadingHamas’s demands for hostage deal are ‘disconnected from reality,’ Israel’s hostage coordinator says
CNN By Catherine Nicholls, Pauline Lockwood and Alex Marquardt, CNN Munich, Germany (CNN) — Hamas’s demands for a hostage deal are…
Continue ReadingParents in Miami-Dade County receive permission slips asking if children can participate in Black History Month activity
CNN By Justin Gamble and Chandelis Duster, CNN (CNN) — As a parent, Chuck Walter said he’s used to signing papers that his children bring…
Continue ReadingThe head of the UN’s lead agency helping Palestinians accuses Israel of seeking to destroy it
By CARA ANNA Associated Press The head of the main United Nations agency supporting people in Gaza alleged that Israel is intent on “destroying”…
Continue ReadingHungary can ratify Sweden’s NATO bid as soon as Feb 26, Orban says
By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Hungary can ratify Sweden’s NATO bid as soon as February 26 when the country’s parliament…
Continue ReadingInterior ministers from 4 Arab countries agree in Jordan that illegal drug trade needs to be tackled
By OMAR AKOUR Associated Press AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The interior ministers of four Arab countries have held talks in Jordan to discuss ways of…
Continue ReadingLefty Driesell, folksy, fiery coach who put Maryland on college basketball’s map, dies at 92
By DAVID GINSBURG AP Sports Writer COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — The Hall of Fame basketball coach Lefty Driesell has died. His family says Driesell…
Continue ReadingProtestors keep pressure on Senegal’s president to hold elections as soon as possible
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Protestors took the streets in Senegal’s capital Saturday to keep the pressure on President…
Continue ReadingNew Odysseus lunar mission will attempt to make a historic landing at the moon’s south pole
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — On July 20, 1969, the world watched as humankind landed on the moon for the first time. But the perfect…
Continue ReadingLeaking underground propane tank found at Virginia home before deadly house explosion
STERLING, Va. (AP) — Authorities in Virginia are investigating the cause of a house explosion and fire that killed one firefighter, injured 10…
Continue ReadingEmbattled Orbán addresses Hungary in first appearance since country’s president quit in a scandal
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán sought to contain the political fallout of a…
Continue ReadingSaving democracy is central to Biden’s campaign messaging. Will it resonate with swing state voters?
By GARY FIELDS Associated Press BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — As President Joe Biden campaigns for reelection, he’s warning that Donald Trump will be a…
Continue ReadingSouth Africa’s main opposition party lays out plans to unseat the African National Congress
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Thousands of South Africans have gathered in the capital to show support for the…
Continue ReadingAn ecstatic Super Bowl rally, upended by the terror of a mass shooting. How is Kansas City faring?
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City was at its highest moment of community pride, celebrating a Super…
Continue ReadingSaving democracy is central to Biden’s campaign messaging. Will it resonate with swing state voters?
By GARY FIELDS Associated Press BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — Just blocks from the shuttered Bethlehem Steel plant, the Hispanic Center Lehigh Valley was…
Continue Reading‘It’s definitely a crisis’: This is the reality for kids caught up in DC’s violent crime spike
WJLA, WUSA, CNN By Gabe Cohen, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — On a recent Tuesday morning, guards escort Malcolm, a 17-year-old from DC, into a…
Continue Reading‘It’s definitely a crisis’: This is the reality for kids caught up in DC’s violent crime spike
By Gabe Cohen, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — On a recent Tuesday morning, guards escort Malcolm, a 17-year-old from DC, into a circuit…
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