February 2024

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Bridgeport’s do-over mayoral election

February 23, 2024 5:16 AM Associated Press

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For the fourth time in five months, Bridgeport, Connecticut, Mayor Joe Ganim will face challenger…

DEI supporters see echoes of America’s fraught racial history in attacks on diversity efforts

February 23, 2024 5:15 AM CNN

CNN By Athena Jones, CNN (CNN) — Dr. Franklin Tuitt has 25 years of experience as an academic and an administrator in higher education, with…

GOP lawmakers and candidates race to distance themselves from Alabama court decision

February 23, 2024 4:56 AM CNN

CNN By Lauren Fox, Melanie Zanona and Haley Talbot, CNN A number of congressional Republicans running in 2024 are swiftly distancing themselves from…

5 things to know for Feb. 23: Moon landing, Phone outage, Presidential race, Ukraine, Toyota recall

February 23, 2024 4:56 AM CNN

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Millions of visitors flock to America’s national parks each year, but a select number of sites…

5 things to know for Feb. 23: Moon landing, Phone outage, Presidential race, Ukraine, Toyota recall

February 23, 2024 4:56 AM CNN

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Millions of visitors flock to America’s national parks each year, but a select number of sites…

5 things to know for Feb. 23: Moon landing, Phone outage, Presidential race, Ukraine, Toyota recall

February 23, 2024 4:56 AM CNN

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Millions of visitors flock to America’s national parks each year, but a select number of sites…

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Michigan’s presidential primary

February 23, 2024 4:36 AM Associated Press

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are strong favorites to win the Michigan…

Angry French farmers with tractors are back on the streets of Paris for another protest

February 23, 2024 4:36 AM Associated Press

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Angry farmers were back in Paris on their tractors in a new protest Friday demanding more government…

Ally of late Kremlin critic Navalny says authorities threaten to bury him on prison grounds

February 23, 2024 4:33 AM Associated Press

By The Associated Press An ally of the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Friday that Russian authorities have given his mother a deadline to…

The Tesla Cybertruck is impressive and worrying

February 23, 2024 4:30 AM CNN

CNN By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Laguna Beach, California (CNN) — There was a time when an electric Tesla pickup, something designed to go…

Road closures in El Paso County, Las Cruces Friday, February 23

February 23, 2024 4:24 AM Michael Courier

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Here is a list of road closures scheduled for Friday, February 23 for El Paso County and the City of Las Cruces. For updates…

Suspect in Madeleine McCann’s disappearance won’t respond to charges at his unrelated German trial

February 23, 2024 4:17 AM Associated Press

BERLIN (AP) — A lawyer for a man who is also under investigation in the disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann says he won’t respond…

Prominent K-pop composer, known as ‘Shinsadong Tiger,’ found dead, South Korean police say

February 23, 2024 4:17 AM Associated Press

By JIWON SONG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s police say Lee Ho-yang, a prominent K-pop composer and producer better…

Top EU official says decisions coming next week on the release of massive funds for Poland

February 23, 2024 4:06 AM Associated Press

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The head of the European Union’s powerful Commission says decisions will be taken…

US and EU pile new sanctions on Russia for the Ukraine war’s 2nd anniversary and Navalny’s death

February 23, 2024 3:48 AM Associated Press

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and LORNE COOK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and European Union on Friday heaped hundreds of new sanctions…

IS bride stuck in Syrian refugee camp loses her appeal over the removal of her UK citizenship

February 23, 2024 3:33 AM Associated Press

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A woman who traveled to Syria as a teenager to join the Islamic State group lost her appeal Friday…

Russian Olympic Committee loses appeal against suspension by the IOC

February 23, 2024 3:33 AM Associated Press

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The Russian Olympic Committee has lost an appeal against its suspension by the International Olympic Committee. The…

Rape and sexual violence in Sudan’s ongoing conflict may amount to war crimes, a new UN report says

February 23, 2024 3:14 AM Associated Press

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights office says at least 118 people have been subjected to rape and other forms of…

Spanish officials raise death toll to at least 10 in apartment building fire in Valencia city

February 23, 2024 2:52 AM Associated Press

By ALICIA LEÓN and CIARÁN GILES Associated Press VALENCIA, Spain (AP) — Spanish officials have raised the death toll to at least 10 in the…

Scandinavian storm tears a roof off a Swedish train station and leaves ferries idle but no one hurt

February 23, 2024 2:41 AM Associated Press

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A storm packing strong winds in Sweden tore the roof off the main train station in…

Ukraine’s most famous sculptor turns war debris into art, expressing the inexpressible

February 23, 2024 2:36 AM Associated Press

By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Ukrainian sculptor Mikhail Reva has transformed the trauma of Russia’s invasion into a profound…