This beloved New Year’s Eve ‘pop’ could soon disappear because of changing weather
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — As the new year approaches, you might be thinking about buying a bottle of champagne to ring it in with a…
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Flag football gives female players sense of community, scholarship options and soon shot at Olympics
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Flag football’s inclusion in the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles only enhances the profile of a…
Continue ReadingStorm Gerrit disrupts trains and leaves thousands without power as it batters northern UK
LONDON (AP) — A storm that battered the U.K. with high winds and heavy snow has damaged houses, canceled trains and left thousands of people…
Continue ReadingIdaho house where 4 students were killed was razed. Here’s what happened to other homes linked to notorious killings
By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The University of Idaho on Thursday demolished the off-campus home where four students were fatally stabbed last…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea’s top court orders a 3rd Japanese company to compensate workers for forced labor
By JIWON SONG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s top court has ordered a third Japanese company to compensate some of its…
Continue ReadingIsraeli strikes across Gaza kill dozens of Palestinians, even in largely emptied north
By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces bombarded cities, towns and refugee…
Continue ReadingChina’s Alibaba must face a US toymaker’s lawsuit over sales of allegedly fake Squishmallows
By The Associated Press A judge in New York has ruled that Alibaba must face a lawsuit by a U.S. toymaker alleging that the Chinese ecommerce…
Continue ReadingMbongeni Ngema, South African playwright and creator of ‘Sarafina!’, is killed in a car crash at 68
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The family of renowned South African playwright, producer and composer Mbongeni Ngema says…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Trading on Wall Street muted as the end of the year approaches
By ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Premarket trading is mixed in a low-volume trading holiday week on Wall Street. Futures for the…
Continue ReadingChain-reaction collision in dense fog on Turkish motorway leaves at least 10 people dead, 57 injured
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A chain-reaction crash Thursday involving seven vehicles on a motorway in northwest Turkey killed at least 10 people and…
Continue ReadingHong Kong man jailed for 6 years after pleading guilty to a terrorism charge over a foiled bomb plot
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong man has been sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to a terrorism…
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Teenager Najiah Knight wants to be the first woman at bull riding’s top level. It’s an uphill dream
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Najiah Knight drops her 100-pound frame onto a snorting 1,300-pound bull and adjusts her…
Continue ReadingTexas has arrested thousands on trespassing charges at the border. Illegal crossings are still high
By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) — Starting in March, Texas will give police even broader power to arrest migrants while…
Continue ReadingStigma against gay men could worsen Congo’s biggest mpox outbreak, scientists warn
By JEAN-YVES KAMALE and MARIA CHENG Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — As Congo copes with its biggest outbreak of mpox, scientists warn…
Continue ReadingAP concludes at least hundreds died in floods after Ukraine dam collapse, far more than Russia said
By SAMYA KULLAB and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press MYKOLAIV, Ukraine (AP) — An AP investigation has found that Russian occupation authorities…
Continue ReadingGypsy Rose Blanchard out of prison years after persuading boyfriend to kill her abusive mother
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Gypsy Rose Blanchard, the Missouri woman who persuaded an online boyfriend to kill her mother after she had…
Continue ReadingTakeaways from AP investigation into Russia’s cover-up of deaths caused by dam explosion in Ukraine
By SAMYA KULLAB and ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian occupation authorities vastly and deliberately undercounted the…
Continue ReadingHouse where 4 University of Idaho students were killed is demolished
By CLAIRE RUSH and TED WARREN Associated Press MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — The house where four University of Idaho students were killed last year was…
Continue ReadingGaming proponents size up the odds of a northern Virginia casino
BY MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press McLEAN, Va. (AP) — As casinos start to pop up on Virginia’s southern border, some lawmakers are ready to…
Continue ReadingAs pandemic unfolded, deaths of older adults in Pennsylvania rose steeply in abuse or neglect cases
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania saw a tenfold increase in deaths of older adults following an abuse or neglect…
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