Start your week smart: Presidential race, Gaza, Air base attack, War in Ukraine, Moon lander
By Andrew Torgan, CNN (CNN) — Some people collect stamps or coins, while others seek out vintage cars or antique furniture. But if you are…
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Democrats believe abortion will motivate voters in 2024. Will it be enough?
By COLLEEN LONG and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said recently that he…
Continue ReadingCan Trump be stopped? Key questions ahead of New Hampshire after DeSantis drops out of race
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Donald Trump’s effort to march to the Republican presidential nomination…
Continue ReadingMoscow blames Ukraine for strikes that killed at least 28 in Russian-controlled Donetsk; Kyiv denies attack
By Darya Tarasova, Teele Rebane, Radina Gigova, Victoria Butenko, Josh Pennington, Andrew Carey and Maria Kostenko, CNN (CNN) — Shelling killed…
Continue ReadingLauren Boebert switched districts in a bid to stay in Congress. Winning over voters won’t be easy
By JESSE BEDAYN The Associated Press/Report for America LAST CHANCE, Colo. (AP) — Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert is moving from the…
Continue ReadingHere are the questions about accountability that remain after the DOJ Uvalde report
By Ray Sanchez and Rachel Clarke, CNN (CNN) — More than a year and half after the school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, a US Justice Department…
Continue ReadingIndonesia’s Mount Merapi unleashes lava as other volcanoes flare up, forcing thousands to evacuate
By SLAMET RIYADI Associated Press YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Mount Merapi has erupted, spreading searing gas clouds and avalanches…
Continue ReadingIn small-town Wisconsin, looking for the roots of the modern American conspiracy theory
By TIM SULLIVAN AP National Writer APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — The decades fall away as you open the front doors. It’s the late 1950s in the cramped…
Continue ReadingMedia literacy is more than spotting fake news. How one librarian gives teens the tools to decide what to trust
By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN New Brunswick, New Jersey (CNN) — Along with the smell of old books and the shelves of trendy novels at the South…
Continue ReadingAt least 27 people are reported killed in an attack on Donetsk in Russian-occupied Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Moscow-installed officials said Ukrainian shelling killed at least 27 people and wounded 25 on Sunday at a market on the…
Continue ReadingPalestinian death toll in Gaza surpasses 25,000 while Israel announces the death of another hostage
By NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Palestinian death toll from the war between Israel and Hamas has…
Continue ReadingRats and mice swarm trenches in Ukraine in grisly echo of World War I
By Christian Edwards and Olga Voitovych, CNN (CNN) — The frontlines of Russia’s war in Ukraine have become infested with rats and mice,…
Continue ReadingDa Silva scores 19 as Colorado rolls to 90-57 victory over Oregon State
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Tristan da Silva scored 19 points to lead all five starters in double figures and Colorado never trailed in a 90-57 romp over…
Continue ReadingA Russian private jet carrying 6 people crashes in Afghanistan. The Taliban say some survived
By RAHIM FAIEZ and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Russian private jet carrying six people has crashed in a remote area of rural…
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SW Wash. couple were ‘up to their knees in water’ after car fell into sinkhole at Vancouver intersection
VANCOUVER, Wash. (KGW/KTVZ) — A couple is safe after their car fell into a sinkhole in a Vancouver intersection early Saturday…
Continue ReadingSnow Report: Saturday night, January 20th
No new snowfall to report for the majority of the resorts except for Timberline which got 7 more inches. Conditions are expected to be improving with…
Continue ReadingA century after Lenin’s death, the USSR’s founder seems to be an afterthought in modern Russia
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press Not long after the 1924 death of the founder of the Soviet Union, a popular poet soothed and thrilled the grieving…
Continue ReadingInside Pitchfork’s absorption into GQ: When ‘music media’ becomes ‘men’s media,’ what’s lost?
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nearly three decades after it was established, Pitchfork, the most influential music…
Continue ReadingA Hindu temple built atop a razed mosque in India is helping Modi boost his political standing
By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Three decades after Hindu mobs tore down a historical mosque, Indian Prime Minister Narendra…
Continue ReadingReformed mobster went after ‘one last score’ when he stole Judy Garland’s ruby slippers from ‘Oz’
By JOSH FUNK Associated Press The aging reformed mobster who has admitted stealing a pair of ruby slippers that Judy Garland wore in “The Wizard of…
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