Iowa man arrested in the death of a Nebraska priest
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — An Iowa man is under arrest in the death of a Catholic priest who was stabbed in the rectory of his a small Nebraska church. The…
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Miyazaki’s ‘The Boy and the Heron’ is No. 1 at the box office, a first for the Japanese anime master
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time in Hayao Miyazaki’s decades-spanning career, the 82-year-old Japanese anime…
Continue ReadingDiamonds in the vacuum cleaner: Paris’ luxury Ritz hotel finds guest’s missing ring
PARIS (AP) — Lost a very expensive diamond ring? Try checking the vacuum cleaner. That’s what employees of Paris’ luxury Ritz hotel did — and…
Continue ReadingNobel Peace Prize winner vows Iranian people will ‘dismantle despotism’ in speech delivered by her children
By Niamh Kennedy and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Oslo, Norway (CNN) — Imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi paid tribute to the Iranian…
Continue ReadingThousands march in Europe in the latest rallies against antisemitism stoked by the war in Gaza
BRUSSELS (AP) — Thousands of people have marched in the Belgian and German capitals to protest soaring antisemitism since the outbreak of the…
Continue ReadingJavier Milei promises to begin ‘redrawing the ideas of freedom’ after inauguration as Argentina’s president
By Michael Bodenhorst and Karol Suarez, CNN (CNN) — Javier Milei pledged a “new era” for Argentina as he was sworn in as the country’s…
Continue ReadingPolice chase in Philadelphia ends in shootout that leaves 2 officers, suspect wounded
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police say the pursuit of a suspected gunman ended in a shootout that left two officers and a suspect wounded.…
Continue ReadingBaku to the future: After stalemate, UN climate talks will be in Azerbaijan in 2024
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — For years, climate change has been a factor — not the only one — in…
Continue ReadingZelenskyy will meet Biden at the White House amid a stepped-up push for Congress to approve more aid
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Ukraine’s leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, will meet at the White…
Continue ReadingThousands demonstrate against antisemitism in Berlin as Germany grapples with a rise in incidents
BERLIN (AP) — Several thousand people have demonstrated against antisemitism in Berlin as Germany grapples with a large increase in anti-Jewish…
Continue ReadingAlabama’s Milroe, Georgia’s Beck and Oregon’s Gabriel will head into 2024 with Heisman Trophy hype
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The day before Jayden Daniels won the Heisman Trophy he was asked if he would return…
Continue ReadingThe Dodgers gave Shohei Ohtani $700 million to hit and pitch — but also because he can sell
By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Shohei Ohtani’s jaw-dropping $700 million, 10-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers has some…
Continue ReadingDrug lords go on killing spree to hunt down corrupt officers who stole shipment in Mexico’s Tijuana
By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A recent killing spree in the Mexican border city of Tijuana could have been lifted from a TV…
Continue ReadingDivers recover the seventh of 8 crew members killed in crash of a US military Osprey off Japan
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Divers on Sunday recovered the remains of the seventh of the eight crew members from a U.S.…
Continue ReadingTennessee residents clean up after severe weekend storms killed 6 people and damaged neighborhoods
By KRISTIN M. HALL, PATRICK WHITTLE and GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Residents of central Tennessee communities…
Continue ReadingStart your week smart: Tennessee tornadoes, UPenn president, Michigan school shooter, Trump gag order, sickle cell disease
By Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — Kids say the darnedest things, like “What is the atomic mass of Tennessine?” That question…
Continue ReadingBiden’s focus on bashing Trump takes a page from the winning Obama and Bush reelection playbooks
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For President Joe Biden, a centerpiece of his reelection campaign is trying to negatively…
Continue ReadingA woman is charged with manslaughter after 2 sets of young twins were killed in a 2021 London fire
LONDON (AP) — A woman has been charged with four counts of manslaughter after two sets of young twins were killed in a fire that ripped through a…
Continue ReadingAt UN climate talks, cameras are everywhere. Many belong to Emirati company with a murky history
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — At the United Nations’ COP28 climate summit in Dubai, surveillance…
Continue ReadingA snowy night, a cracked taillight and a mystery: How a police officer’s death divided a Boston suburb
By Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — In the pre-dawn hours of January 29, 2022, a man was found dead in a blizzard outside a house in suburban…
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