Freezing rain and ice chills commutes in central US while blast of warm air thaws the east
CNN By Elizabeth Wolfe and Robert Shackelford, CNN (CNN) — Commuters in large swathes of the central US will face freezing rain and ice on…
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Strike kills Hezbollah fighter, civilian in Lebanon, amid seeming Israeli shift to targeted killings
By MOHAMMED ZAATARI and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — An Israeli airstrike hit two vehicles near a Lebanese army checkpoint in…
Continue ReadingInvestigators hope to identify human head and hands found in freezer at Colorado home
By Chris Boyette and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — People cleaning the freezer of a recently sold home in western Colorado made a grisly discovery:…
Continue Reading‘Mean Girls’ fetches $11.7M in second weekend to stay No. 1 at box office
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — On a quiet weekend in movie theaters, “Mean Girls” repeated atop the box office with $11.7 million…
Continue ReadingFour survive charter jet crash in Afghanistan but condition of two others unclear, Russia says
Story by Reuters (CNN) — Russia’s aviation watchdog said on Sunday four people survived the crash of a charter plane bound for Moscow in…
Continue ReadingParis Men’s Fashion Week draws to a close, matching subtle elegance with bursts of color
By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Paris Men’s Fashion Week has wrapped up with a showcase of a style dichotomy. Collections ranged…
Continue ReadingProtests against Germany’s far right draw hundreds of thousands — in Munich, too many for safety
BERLIN (AP) — German police say safety concerns caused a protest against the far right in the city of Munich Sunday afternoon to end early, after…
Continue ReadingDanish royals attend church service to mark King Frederik’s first visit outside the capital
AARHUS, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s royal family has participated in a special “celebratory church service” at Aarhus Cathedral. The new King…
Continue ReadingA pet cat thrown off a train died in cold weather. Now thousands want the conductor to lose her job
MOSCOW (AP) — More than 300,000 people have signed a petition calling for a train conductor in Russia to lose her job after she threw a pet cat off…
Continue ReadingNetanyahu again rejects Palestinian sovereignty amid fresh US push for two-state solution
By Abeer Salman, Mitchell McCluskey, Ibrahim Dahman, Sophie Tanno, Kevin Liptak and MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…
Continue ReadingMuch of US still gripped by arctic weather as Memphis deals with numerous broken water pipes
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Subfreezing conditions and treacherous roadways have contributed to dozens of deaths this…
Continue ReadingMuch of US still gripped by arctic weather as Memphis deals with numerous broken water pipes
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Subfreezing conditions and treacherous roadways have contributed to dozens of deaths this…
Continue ReadingTwo opposition leaders in Senegal are excluded from the final list of presidential candidates
BY BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s highest election authority has excluded two top opposition leaders from the…
Continue ReadingParty at a short-term rental near Houston turns deadly overnight
Three people were killed overnight Sunday after a gathering in a short-term rental turned deadly near Houston, Texas. Harris County Sheriff Ed…
Continue ReadingNikki Haley tries to draw New Hampshire’s independents without alienating voters who backed Trump
By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Richard Anderson drove through a snowstorm last week to see his preferred candidate in New…
Continue ReadingStorm Isha’s rain and winds are expected to batter parts of the UK and Ireland and disrupt travel
LONDON (AP) — Britain and Ireland are bracing as Storm Isha unleashes rain and potentially deadly winds that are expected to batter a wide swath of…
Continue ReadingLatest EPA assessment shows almost no improvement in river and stream nitrogen pollution
BY MELINA WALLING and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The nation’s rivers and streams remain stubbornly polluted with nutrients…
Continue ReadingAlabama plans to carry out first nitrogen gas execution. How will it work and what are the risks?
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is preparing to use a new method of execution: nitrogen gas. Kenneth Eugene Smith,…
Continue Reading3 people killed in shooting at suspected party at Houston area short-term rental home, police say
By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Three people were killed when a shooting erupted at what police believe was a party at a short term-rental home…
Continue ReadingLibya says production has resumed at its largest oilfield after more than 2-week hiatus
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s state-owned oil company says production has resumed at the country’s largest oilfield,…
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