Irish singer Sinead O’Connor died from natural causes, coroner says
LONDON (AP) — Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor died from “natural causes” in July, a coroner said Tuesday. London’s…
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Microsoft’s OpenAI investment could trigger EU merger review
LONDON (AP) — The European Union says Microsoft’s multibillion-dollar investment in ChatGPT-maker OpenAI could trigger a merger investigation.…
Continue ReadingEx-UK Post Office boss gives back a royal honor amid fury over hundreds of wrongful convictions
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The former head of Britain’s state-owned Post Office is handing back a royal honor in response to…
Continue ReadingGlobal economy will slow for a third straight year in 2024, World Bank predicts
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Hobbled by high interest rates, persistent inflation, slumping trade and a diminished China,…
Continue ReadingHistoric Black Baptist church sued by woman who says she wasn’t hired as senior pastor due to gender discrimination
By Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — A woman who interviewed for the position of senior pastor at Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City is…
Continue ReadingZelenskyy, Blinken, Israeli president and more will come to Davos to talk about global challenges
LONDON (AP) — More than 60 heads of state and government and hundreds of business leaders will discuss the biggest global challenges during the…
Continue ReadingThis unknown woman was a victim of the ‘Happy Face Killer.’ Authorities need help in identifying her
KABC By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — In the early 1990s, long-haul trucker Keith Hunter Jesperson killed at least eight women in his travels…
Continue ReadingThis unknown woman was a victim of the ‘Happy Face Killer.’ Authorities need help in identifying her
By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — In the early 1990s, long-haul trucker Keith Hunter Jesperson killed at least eight women in his travels across the…
Continue ReadingOnetime ambassador Stuart E. Eizenstat to release book this spring, ‘The Art of Diplomacy’
NEW YORK (AP) — Former diplomat and White House aide Stuart E. Eizenstat has a book out this spring on some of the country’s most consequential…
Continue ReadingThierry Henry says he had depression during career and cried “almost every day” early in pandemic
PARIS (AP) — Former World Cup winner Thierry Henry has opened up about the fact he “must have been in depression” during his soccer career. The…
Continue ReadingGermany’s last major department store chain files for insolvency protection for the third time
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s last remaining major department store chain has filed for insolvency protection, its third filing in less than four…
Continue ReadingTunisian group accuses authorities of mass expulsions of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Migration activists in Tunisia are sounding the alarm about mass expulsions and…
Continue ReadingOpening statements expected in trial over constitutional challenge to Georgia voting system
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Election integrity activists argue Georgia’s voting system is vulnerable to attack and has…
Continue ReadingRussia puts exiled tycoon and opposition leader Khodorkovsky on wanted list for war comments
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Russian state news agency Tass says Russia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs has put exiled Russian tycoon and opposition leader…
Continue ReadingWith Trump present in court, judges express skepticism of claims that he’s immune from prosecution
By ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With Donald Trump listening intently in the…
Continue ReadingIntensified Russian airstrikes are stretching Ukraine’s air defense resources, officials say
By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian air force official says Russia’s recent escalation of missile and drone…
Continue ReadingVatican’s doctrine chief is raising eyebrows over his 1998 book that graphically describes orgasms
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican’s new doctrine chief is raising eyebrows over a book he wrote as a young priest…
Continue ReadingWill Johnson, Mike Sainristil and Michigan’s stingy D clamps down on Washington’s deep passing game
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Will Johnson, Mike Sainristil and the Michigan defense forced college football’s…
Continue ReadingNevada man seen on video attacking judge faces attempted murder charge
CNN, KVVU By Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — A man who was seen on video leaping over a court table and attacking a Nevada judge while in court…
Continue ReadingEarth shattered global heat record in ’23 and it’s flirting with warming limit, European agency says
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Earth shattered global annual heat records last year and it’s flirting with the warming threshold that…
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