US Olympic track trials to be held in Eugene for 5th straight time
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — The U.S. track and field Olympic trials are heading back to Eugene, Oregon, for the fifth straight time. USA Track and Field…
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Mississippi auditor says several college majors indoctrinate students and should be defunded
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s state auditor says numerous social science and…
Continue ReadingThey live in the US, but these LGBTQ couples can’t get married. That could soon change
By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Alray Nelson and his partner Brennen Yonnie are married in all but name. They’ve been together for 12 years.…
Continue ReadingWhy was a lion cub found by a roadside in northern Serbia? Police are trying to find out
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A lion cub, only a few months old, was taken to a zoo in northern Serbia on Thursday after it was seen wandering on a local…
Continue ReadingIndonesia imprisons a woman for saying a Muslim prayer before eating pork in a TikTok video
By MUHAMMAD HATTA and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press PALEMBANG, Indonesia (AP) — A court in Indonesia has convicted a woman of inciting religious…
Continue ReadingWater levels on the Mississippi River are plummeting for the second year in a row
By Rachel Ramirez, Eric Zerkel and Brandon Miller, CNN (CNN) — Water levels along the Mississippi River are plummeting for the second year in a…
Continue ReadingBanned New Zealand Olympic runner arrested in Kenya over sexual assault and weapon allegations
By MUTWIRI MUTUOTA and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police say banned New Zealand Olympic runner Zane Robertson has been…
Continue ReadingDan + Shay hit a breaking point. Then they wrote ‘Bigger Houses,’ the album that ‘saved their lives’
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Before country duo Dan + Shay wrote their fifth studio album, “Bigger Houses,” they nearly…
Continue ReadingFighting ‘through hell.’ To reclaim Bakhmut, a Ukrainian brigade must first survive the forest
By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV and LORI HINNANT Associated Press ANDRIIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — The Russian bullet struck the sergeant just above the left ear. The…
Continue ReadingRupert Murdoch, whose creation of Fox News made him a force in American politics, is stepping down
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Rupert Murdoch, the 92-year-old Australian media magnate whose creation of Fox News made him a…
Continue ReadingUK prosecutors have charged 5 Bulgarians with spying for Russia. They are due in court next week
LONDON (AP) — British authorities have charged five Bulgarians living in the U.K. with spying for Russia. The Crown Prosecution Service said…
Continue ReadingAncient ‘power’ palazzo on Rome’s Palatine Hill reopens to tourists, decades after closure
ROME (AP) — An ancient Roman imperial palazzo atop the city’s Palatine Hill was reopened to tourists on Thursday, nearly 50 years after its…
Continue ReadingSaudi crown prince says normalization deal with Israel gets ‘closer’ every day
By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Abu Dhabi, UAE (CNN) — Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) said that his country was moving…
Continue ReadingA serial killer pleads guilty in Rwanda to killing 14 people
By IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — A serial killer in Rwanda pleaded guilty at a court Thursday, saying he killed 14 people.…
Continue ReadingSuspect in family’s killing in suburban Chicago dies along with passenger after Oklahoma crash
By KEN KUSMER and COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press Police say a suspect in the shooting deaths of a suburban Chicago couple and their two children has…
Continue ReadingRupert Murdoch Fast Facts
CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of media magnate Rupert Murdoch. Personal Birth date: March 11, 1931 Birth place:…
Continue ReadingFamily sues Google alleging its Maps app led father to drive off collapsed bridge to his death, attorneys say
By Jamiel Lynch, CNN (CNN) — Google has been sued by the family of a North Carolina man claiming the company’s Maps application last year led…
Continue ReadingRussia bombards power facilities across Ukraine ahead of Zelensky’s meeting with Biden
By Olga Voitovych, Manveena Suri and Lauren Kent, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Ukraine endured a deadly nationwide Russian missile barrage…
Continue ReadingTurkey’s central bank hikes interest rates again in further shift in economic policies
By ROBERT BADENDIECK Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s central bank has raised its key interest rate by 5 percentage points to 30%.…
Continue ReadingUS applications for jobless benefits fall to lowest level in nearly 8 months
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer U.S. applications for unemployment benefits fell to their lowest level in eight months last week as the labor market…
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