Revisiting a key video used to assess the Gaza hospital blast
By Yong Xiong, Mihir Melwani, Katie Polglase, Benjamin Brown and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN (CNN) — A video cited by Israel and the United States as…
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Nigeria’s government budgets for SUVs and president’s wife while millions struggle to make ends meet
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s lawmakers have approved the new government’s first supplemental budget, which…
Continue ReadingYellen says the US economic relationship with China must consider human rights and national security
By DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says Washington wants to build an economic relationship with…
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Bend city councilors listen in on a tribal prayer, a DA’s ‘horrifying’ rash of homicides, and a grieving father’s message
A Bend City Council meeting that began with a bit of history and a sung Warm Springs tribal prayer had other emotional moments, from the district…
Continue ReadingAmazon used an algorithm to essentially raise prices on other sites, the FTC says
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Amazon used a secret algorithm to essentially help raise prices on other online sites and “destroyed”…
Continue ReadingIndiana attorney general reprimanded for comments on doctor who provided rape victim’s abortion
By ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (AP) — The Indiana Supreme Court has determined the state’s attorney general engaged…
Continue ReadingNorth Dakota lawmaker’s plane took off without runway lights before the crash that killed his family
By JACK DURA and JOSH FUNK Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota state senator took off from a remote Utah airport last month with…
Continue ReadingFTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried convicted of defrauding cryptocurrency customers
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s spectacular rise and fall in the cryptocurrency industry —…
Continue ReadingA New York City lawmaker accused of bringing a gun to a pro-Palestinian protest is arraigned
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City lawmaker has been arraigned on a gun charge after prosecutors say she brought a firearm to a pro-Palestinian…
Continue ReadingTens of thousands of Las Vegas Strip hotel workers at 18 casinos could go on strike this month
By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The labor union representing Las Vegas hotel workers has set a strike deadline. The decision…
Continue ReadingWalter Davis, five-time NBA All-Star and North Carolina standout, dies at 69
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Walter Davis, a five-time NBA All-Star who had his number retired by the Phoenix Suns, has died. He was 69. Davis was star…
Continue ReadingMaine mass shooting puts spotlight on a complex array of laws, and a series of missed chances
By DAVID SHARP and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Across the nation, much of the debate around gun rights and…
Continue ReadingUS Air Force terminates missile test flight due to anomaly after California launch
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — An unarmed U.S. intercontinental ballistic missile was intentionally destroyed when something went wrong…
Continue ReadingRwanda announces visa-free travel for all Africans as continent opens up to free movement of people
By EMMANUEL IGUNZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Rwanda announced Thursday that it will allow all Africans to travel visa-free to the…
Continue ReadingSale of federal oil and gas leases in Gulf of Mexico off again pending hearings on whale protections
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The federal government has officially postponed a sale of Gulf of Mexico oil and gas leases…
Continue ReadingFederal agents search home of a top fundraiser for New York City Mayor Eric Adams
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal agents on Thursday raided the home of a top fundraiser and longtime…
Continue ReadingGuatemala electoral authorities suspend President-elect Bernardo Arévalo’s party
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The electoral body in charge of regulating Guatemala’s political groups, known as the Citizen Registry, has announced the…
Continue ReadingState funded some trips for ex-North Dakota senator charged with traveling to pay for sex with minor
By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — State funds covered at least three trips to Prague by a former North Dakota lawmaker who has…
Continue ReadingDeath of a player from a skate to the neck reignites hockey’s stubborn debate over protective gear
By STEPHEN WHYNO and PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writers It took the NHL until 1979 to mandate helmets and goalie masks for new players. It wasn’t…
Continue ReadingFormer Memphis police officer accused in death of Tyre Nichols pleads guilty
By Pamela Kirkland and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — One of the five former Memphis police officers accused in the January death of Tyre Nichols…
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