Satou Sabally re-signs with Dallas Wings after breakout season
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Wings have re-signed All-Star Satou Sabally after a breakout season that helped the franchise to its first…
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Students and police clash in Greece as debate rages over legalizing private universities
By SRDJAN NEDELJKOVIC and COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Police and student protesters have clashed in the Greek capital…
Continue ReadingAnnette Bening named Harvard’s Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Annette Bening, a two-time Golden Globe winner who recently received her fifth Oscar nomination, was named Thursday as the…
Continue Reading‘NPR is cool!’ How Tiny Desk Concerts became a pop culture phenomenon
By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Legendary Southern rapper Juvenile says he had been unaware of NPR’s Tiny Desk…
Continue ReadingBoygenius on the 2024 Grammys, ‘The Record,’ the Chicks and the ever-looming question of new music
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — At the 2024 Grammys, boygenius — the major label rock band built of Phoebe Bridgers, Julien…
Continue ReadingBiden sanctions Israeli settlers accused of attacking Palestinians and peace activists in West Bank
By COLLEEN LONG, ZEKE MILLER and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday issued an executive order that…
Continue ReadingMother of Michigan school shooter denies any responsibility but wishes son had ‘killed us instead’
By ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The mother of the Michigan school shooter took the stand at her trial for involuntary…
Continue ReadingRussian court extends detention of Russian-US journalist
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court has ordered a detained Russian-American journalist to be held in jail for two more months pending her trial on…
Continue ReadingDestroyed Jackie Robinson statue stolen from youth field can be replaced thanks to GoFundMe donations and MLB
By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — A Kansas youth baseball league will be able to replace a statue of Jackie Robinson that was stolen and destroyed last…
Continue ReadingSongs by Taylor Swift, Drake and more are starting to disappear from TikTok. Here’s why
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — TikTok may look (or sound) a little different when you scroll through the app going…
Continue ReadingA UK lawmaker says he’s quitting Parliament after death threats and an arson attack
LONDON (AP) — A Conservative lawmaker says he will step down when an election is called later this year because of abuse and death threats. Mike…
Continue ReadingIt’s called ‘cozy cardio.’ In a world seeking comfort, some see a happier mode of exercise
By MELISSA RAYWORTH Associated Press Political polarization. Economic struggles. Inequity. Climate change. War. In a world like ours, you can hardly…
Continue ReadingMore than 200 staffers with Chicago Tribune and 6 other newsrooms begin 24-hour strike
CHICAGO (AP) — More than 200 reporters, photographers and other staffers with the Chicago Tribune and six other newsrooms around the nation are on…
Continue ReadingAn Indonesian vice presidential candidate quits as a Cabinet minister before this month’s election
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s top security minister says that President Joko Widodo has accepted his…
Continue ReadingFrance’s 2 key farmers unions suspend protests after the government offers new measures
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s two major farmers unions announced they would lift country-wide blockades Thursday,…
Continue ReadingVeteran seeking dismissal of criminal charge for subduing suspect in attack on Muslim lawmaker
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A military veteran who helped subdue a man who attacked Connecticut’s first Muslim state representative is seeking to…
Continue ReadingKremlin foe Navalny urges election day protests in Russia next month by voting at a specific hour
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press Imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny is urging Russians to show their protest of President Vladimir Putin…
Continue ReadingMore Americans apply for unemployment benefits but layoffs still historically low
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of Americans filing for jobless benefits rose last week to the highest level in 11 weeks, though layoffs…
Continue ReadingUkraine claims its sea drones sank a Russian ship. Moscow says a Patriot missiles downed its plane
By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine is claiming it used sea drones to sink a Russian corvette in the Black Sea during a…
Continue ReadingStreet artist of ‘Super Pope’ fame gets new stamp of Vatican approval
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Street artist Maupal, whose cartoon-like depictions of Pope Francis as a “Super Pope” have…
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