24 soldiers killed on deadliest day for Israeli forces in Gaza combat
CNN By Amir Tal and Richard Allen Greene, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Twenty-four Israeli soldiers were killed during fighting in Gaza on Monday, the…
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Iran executes another prisoner detained during nationwide protests that erupted in 2022
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has hanged another prisoner over crimes committed during nationwide protests that erupted in 2022 following…
Continue Reading Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda migration bill suffers a blow in Britain’s Parliament
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The upper house of Britain’s Parliament has urged the Conservative government not to ratify a…
Continue Reading Japan is rich, but many of its children are poor; a film documents the plight of single mothers
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The women work hard, sleeping only a few hours a night, as they juggle the demands of caring for…
Continue Reading Death toll in southwestern China landslide rises to 31 while more remain missing
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media say 31 people are confirmed dead while several remain missing after a landslide in a remote, mountainous part of…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares mixed as Japan reports that its exports jumped in December
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday after Japan reported its exports jumped nearly 10% in…
Continue Reading Russian missiles strike Ukrainian cities again, killing at least 7 and wounding dozens
By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian missiles struck three Ukrainian cities, including its two biggest, damaging…
Continue Reading Trade resumes as Pakistan and Afghanistan reopen Torkham border crossing after 10 days
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan has resumed after they reopened a key northwestern border crossing…
Continue Reading Tencent’s ‘League of Legends’ developer Riot Games announces layoffs of 530 staff
By The Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Riot Games, the developer of the popular “League of Legends” multiplayer battle game is joining other…
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Coach Mark Torres leaving Pebble Hills football program
EL PASO, Texas – It’s the end of an era for the Pebble Hills High School football program. Monday, Pebble Hills head coach Mark Torres confirmed he…
Continue Reading ‘Oppenheimer’ dominates Oscar nominations, Gerwig passed over for best director
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The 2024 Oscar nominations have been announced. The nominees for best picture are: “American…
Continue Reading Police patrols increased on UW-Whitewater campus after group projected swastika image on dorm
WDJT, LARRY DICKENS, CNN By Brammhi Balarajan and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater has increased police patrols…
Continue Reading Pentagon has no more money for Ukraine as it hosts a meeting of 50 allies on support for Kyiv
By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time since Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin established the…
Continue Reading 21 Israeli troops are killed in the deadliest attack on the military since the Gaza offensive began
By JOSEF FEDERMAN, SAMY MAGDY and NAJIB JOBAIN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian militants carried out the deadliest single attack on…
Continue Reading Alabama calls nitrogen execution method painless and humane, but critics are raising doubts
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama intends to put a man to death with nitrogen gas this week unless stopped by the…
Continue Reading Can Mississippi strip felons, including tree thieves, of voting rights? Federal judges hear the case
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — More than a dozen federal appellate judges have heard arguments on whether Mississippi can…
Continue Reading Almost 80 years after the Holocaust, 245,000 Jewish survivors are still alive
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Almost 80 years after the Holocaust, about 245,000 Jewish survivors are still living across…
Continue Reading Business owners thought they would never reopen after Maine’s deadliest shooting. Then support grew
By NICK PERRY Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Immediately after Maine’s deadliest mass shooting, the owners of the bowling alley and the…
Continue Reading Could Georgia’s Fani Willis be removed from prosecuting Donald Trump?
By JEFF AMY and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Accusations that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis had an affair with a…
Continue Reading Michigan school shooter’s mother to stand trial for manslaughter in 4 student deaths
By ED WHITE Associated Press PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The mother of a Michigan school shooter is headed to trial on involuntary manslaughter charges.…
Continue Reading Testy encounters between lawyers and judges a defining feature of Trump’s court cases so far
By ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Testy encounters between lawyers for former President…
Continue Reading Biden and Harris paint Trump as freedom’s enemy at abortion rally in Virginia
By COLLEEN LONG and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press MANASSAS, Va. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday condemned abortion bans that have…
Continue Reading Trump wins New Hampshire primary as rematch with Biden appears increasingly likely
By HOLLY RAMER, JILL COLVIN and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump easily won New…
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Texas launches new respiratory illness dashboard
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Texas Department of State Health Services launched a new respiratory virus dashboard to let people keep tabs on…
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El Paso Water celebrates approval of $588 million budget
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Water celebrated the approval of a $588 million budget today with a construction forum at the…
Continue Reading Western countries use UN-backed review to press China on its treatment of activists and minorities
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Western countries have used a regular U.N.-backed review of China’s human rights record to…
Continue Reading Nikki Haley sweeps Dixville Notch’s primary, winning all 6 votes
By NICK PERRY Associated Press DIXVILLE NOTCH, N.H. (AP) — All six registered voters of Dixville Notch cast their ballots for Nikki Haley. The…
Continue Reading More flooding forecast for Australia’s northeast as storm in Coral Sea nears cyclone strength
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — A tropical low strengthening over the Coral Sea is forecast to be the second cyclone in as many months to bring…
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New blood test that screens for Alzheimer’s may be a step closer to reality, study suggests
CNN, WILX, WVIR By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Testing a person’s blood for a type of protein called phosphorylated tau, or p-tau, could…
Continue Reading GOP Senate contenders in Ohio face off for their first statewide debate
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — The three Republicans vying to take on Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown this fall in…
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