DeSantis ends 2024 presidential campaign and endorses Trump
CNN By Steve Contorno and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who entered the Republican presidential primary as Donald…
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Ron DeSantis ends his struggling presidential bid before New Hampshire and endorses Donald Trump
By STEVE PEOPLES, THOMAS BEAUMONT and HOLLY RAMER Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended his Republican…
Continue Reading Police say 4 killed in suburban Chicago ‘domestic related’ shooting, suspect is in custody
TINLEY PARK, Ill. (AP) — Four people have been fatally shot outside Chicago in what suburban officials describe as a “domestic-related…
Continue ReadingDeSantis, once a rising Republican star, ran a presidential campaign filled with missteps and mistakes
CNN By Steve Contorno, Jessica Dean and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — In the days leading up to the Iowa caucuses, top advisers to Ron DeSantis steeled…
Continue Reading ‘Burn, beetle, burn’: Hundreds of people torch an effigy of destructive bug in South Dakota town
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — In what’s become an annual winter tradition, hundreds of people carrying torches set fire to a giant wooden beetle…
Continue Reading Sarah, the Duchess of York, diagnosed with malignant melanoma found during breast cancer treatment
LONDON (AP) — Sarah, the Duchess of York, has been diagnosed with a malignant skin cancer that was discovered during her treatment for breast…
Continue Reading Marlena Shaw, ‘California Soul’ singer, dead at 81
Marlena Shaw, the jazz and R&B vocalist whose “California Soul” was one of the defining soul songs of the late 1960s, has died. She was 81.…
Continue Reading Egypt’s leader el-Sissi slams Ethiopia-Somaliland coastline deal and vows support for Somalia
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s leader says his country stands shoulder to shoulder with Somalia in its dispute with…
Continue Reading French protesters ask Macron not to sign off on an immigration law with a far-right footprint
PARIS (AP) — Tens of thousands of people marched in the streets of cities across France on Sunday, calling on President Emmanuel Macron not to sign…
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Freezing rain and ice chills commutes in central US while blast of warm air thaws the east
CNN By Elizabeth Wolfe and Robert Shackelford, CNN (CNN) — Commuters in large swathes of the central US will face freezing rain and ice on Monday…
Continue Reading Elderly couple stabbed to death in Brooklyn; suspect in custody
WCBS By Alecia Reid, Kristie Keleshian Click here for updates on this story New York (WCBS) — A 46-year-old man was…
Continue Reading Strike kills Hezbollah fighter, civilian in Lebanon, amid seeming Israeli shift to targeted killings
By MOHAMMED ZAATARI and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — An Israeli airstrike hit two vehicles near a Lebanese army checkpoint in…
Continue Reading ‘Mean Girls’ fetches $11.7M in second weekend to stay No. 1 at box office
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — On a quiet weekend in movie theaters, “Mean Girls” repeated atop the box office with $11.7 million…
Continue Reading Genesis Silva charged with killing girlfriend Brittany Battaglia last summer
WBBM By Tara Molina Click here for updates on this story CHICAGO (WBBM) — Months after Brittany Battaglia’s body…
Continue Reading Paris Men’s Fashion Week draws to a close, matching subtle elegance with bursts of color
By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Paris Men’s Fashion Week has wrapped up with a showcase of a style dichotomy. Collections ranged…
Continue Reading Protests against Germany’s far right draw hundreds of thousands — in Munich, too many for safety
BERLIN (AP) — A protest against the far right in the German city of Munich Sunday afternoon ended early due to safety concerns after approximately…
Continue Reading Danish royals attend church service to mark King Frederik’s first visit outside the capital
AARHUS, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s royal family has participated in a special “celebratory church service” at Aarhus Cathedral. The new King…
Continue Reading A pet cat thrown off a train died in cold weather. Now thousands want the conductor to lose her job
MOSCOW (AP) — More than 300,000 people have signed a petition calling for a train conductor in Russia to lose her job after she threw a pet cat off…
Continue Reading Much of US still gripped by arctic weather as Memphis deals with numerous broken water pipes
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Subfreezing conditions and treacherous roadways have contributed to dozens of deaths this…
Continue Reading Two opposition leaders in Senegal are excluded from the final list of presidential candidates
BY BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s highest election authority has excluded two top opposition leaders from the…
Continue Reading Party at a short-term rental near Houston turns deadly overnight
Three people were killed overnight Sunday after a gathering in a short-term rental turned deadly near Houston, Texas. Harris County Sheriff Ed…
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Sunday Funday at the El Paso Zoo: Meet the Colossal Veteran of the Sands
In a captivating Sunday Funday moment, we take you on a journey to the El Paso Zoo, where a twenty-five-year-old veteran unfolds a tale that began on…
Continue Reading Nikki Haley tries to draw New Hampshire’s independents without alienating voters who backed Trump
By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Richard Anderson drove through a snowstorm last week to see his preferred candidate in New…
Continue Reading Storm Isha’s rain and winds are expected to batter parts of the UK and Ireland and disrupt travel
LONDON (AP) — Britain and Ireland are bracing as Storm Isha unleashes rain and potentially deadly winds that are expected to batter a wide swath of…
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Mental health support for El Paso teens, town hall meeting to come
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Emergence Health Network, in partnership with El Paso Matters, is taking more steps to address mental health within teens in…
Continue Reading Latest EPA assessment shows almost no improvement in river and stream nitrogen pollution
BY MELINA WALLING and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The nation’s rivers and streams remain stubbornly polluted with nutrients…
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CNN Poll: Trump’s lead over Haley widens to double digits in New Hampshire
CNN By Jennifer Agiesta, CNN (CNN) — The race for the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary appears to be former President Donald…
Continue Reading What voters in New Hampshire have to say about Nikki Haley and Donald Trump ahead of Tuesday’s primary
CNN By Arit John and Jeff Zeleny, CNN Hollis, New Hampshire (CNN) — Danielle Brown voted for John McCain in the 2000 New Hampshire Republican…
Continue Reading Alabama plans to carry out first nitrogen gas execution. How will it work and what are the risks?
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is preparing to use a new method of execution: nitrogen gas. Kenneth Eugene Smith,…
Continue Reading Libya says production has resumed at its largest oilfield after more than 2-week hiatus
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s state-owned oil company says production has resumed at the country’s largest oilfield,…
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