Clippers hold off short-handed Trail Blazers 132-127 for 4th straight win
By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kawhi Leonard scored 34 points and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the short-handed Portland Trail…
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Whale seen in video with swimmers dies off Australian beach
By Angus Watson, CNN Sydney (CNN) — A sperm whale that became stranded on a sandbank at a popular beach near Perth, Western Australia on the…
Continue ReadingMalaysian leader appoints technocrat as second finance minister in Cabinet shuffle
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has appointed a technocrat as second finance minister in a Cabinet shuffle…
Continue ReadingSuicide bomber attacks police station in northwest Pakistan, killing 23 officers and wounding 32
By RIAZ KHAN and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vehicle at a police…
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FBI investigating bomb threats at several rural Oregon schools
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) – The FBI is investigating several bomb threats made to rural Oregon schools on Monday, KPTV reported. The affected districts…
Continue ReadingZelenskyy pleads for Ukraine aid at Capitol and White House, says to US: Our fight is yours
By LISA MASCARO, AAMER MADHANI and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told America his…
Continue ReadingBacklash to House testimony shines spotlight on new generation of Ivy League presidents
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The university presidents called before a congressional hearing on antisemitism last week…
Continue ReadingBattle over creating new court centers on equality in Mississippi’s majority-Black capital city
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The constitutional right of equal treatment under the law is at the center of a…
Continue ReadingHong Kong leader praises election turnout as voter numbers hit record low
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong leader John Lee on Tuesday praised the 27.5% voter turnout in the city’s weekend…
Continue ReadingFlorida school board recommends ouster of Moms for Liberty co-founder over Republican sex scandal
By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida school board has recommended the resignation of one of its members who is…
Continue ReadingDemocratic Gov. Andy Beshear sworn in for 2nd term in Republican-leaning Kentucky
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has renewed his oath of office in a ceremony at the state…
Continue ReadingJournalists tackle a political what-if: What might a second Trump presidency look like?
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Even before anyone has cast a vote in a 2024 presidential primary, the attention of many political…
Continue ReadingEarly, often and unequivocally: How Whitmer’s fight for abortion rights helped turn Michigan blue
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed legislation that repealed a law requiring…
Continue ReadingHow the 2016 election could factor into the case accusing Trump of trying to overturn the 2020 race
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — To hear his lawyers tell it, Donald Trump was alarmed by Russia’s interference in the 2016…
Continue ReadingFBI chief in India following explosive US assassination plot indictment
By CNN Staff (CNN) — FBI director Christopher Wray is in India this week for a trip aimed at strengthening security cooperation and deepening a…
Continue ReadingInside the unit deploying small explosive drones in Ukraine’s cash-strapped war
By Nick Paton Walsh, Kosta Gak and Christian Streib, CNN Kherson, Ukraine (CNN) — Zip-tying old grenades and mortars to tiny, online-bought…
Continue ReadingUS consumer inflation eased slightly last month as gas prices fell, though some costs kept surging
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. inflation ticked down again last month, with cheaper gas helping further lighten…
Continue ReadingSharp disagreements over future of planet-warming fossil fuels at UN climate talks in Dubai
By JON GAMBRELL, JAMEY KEATEN, SIBI ARASU and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Hopes for finishing a critical…
Continue ReadingMiss Nicaragua pageant director announces her retirement after accusations of ‘conspiracy’
By GABRIELA SELSER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The director of the Miss Nicaragua pageant, Karen Celebertti, has announced her retirement…
Continue ReadingWar-wracked Myanmar is now the world’s top opium producer, surpassing Afghanistan, says UN agency
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar, already wracked by a brutal civil war, has regained the unenviable title of world’s…
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