Dan Pashman created a new shape of pasta. His cookbook expands pasta’s possibilities
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Food writer and podcaster Dan Pashman made the unusual step a few years ago of creating an…
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Congressional leaders announce deal to fund rest of government
Originally Published: 19 MAR 24 09:29 ET Updated: 19 MAR 24 10:00 ET By Haley Talbot, CNN Washington (CNN) — Congressional leaders on…
Continue Reading Gardening bloomed during the pandemic. Garden centers hope would-be green thumbs stay interested
By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Garden centers enjoyed a pandemic boom, particularly with millennials, as people looked for…
Continue Reading Michael Tilson Thomas to lead New York Philharmonic opening subscription program
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael Tilson Thomas is to conduct the opening subscription program of the New York Philharmonic season, three years after the…
Continue Reading German police detain 2 Afghans for plotting an attack near Swedish parliament over Quran burnings
By STEPHEN GRAHAM Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors say police have detained two Afghan citizens accused of planning to attack…
Continue Reading Dominican Republic is urged to stop deporting people to Haiti as people flee surge in gang violence
By MARTÍN ADAMES ALCÁNTARA Associated Press DAJABON, Dominican Republic (AP) — Human rights activists are calling on the Dominican Republic’s…
Continue Reading European Union pushes ahead with a plan to buy weapons for Ukraine with frozen Russian asset profits
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s top diplomat says he’s pressing ahead with a plan to use the…
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Toby Keith died before learning he’ll be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame
(CNN) — Toby Keith will receive a posthumous honor. The late country music star, who died in February at age 62 from complications…
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Richard Simmons apologizes for ‘confusion’ after social media posts spark concern
(CNN) — Richard Simmons has apologized after posts he made on social media caused concern and speculation about his health. It all began…
Continue Reading Iraq’s former defense minister wanted in Sweden for fraud is arrested at the Stockholm airport
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Authorities say that Iraq’s former defense minister, who holds dual Iraqi-Swedish citizenship, has been arrested in…
Continue Reading South Africa’s ruling ANC takes rival party to court in fractious buildup to election
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s ruling African National Congress is taking the independent…
Continue Reading Olympic law rewrite calls for public funding for SafeSport and federal grassroots sports office
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer DENVER (AP) — A proposed rewrite of the law governing the Olympics in the United States calls on public funding…
Continue Reading US farms are increasingly reliant on contract workers who are acutely exposed to climate extremes
By MELINA WALLING Associated Press The latest U.S. agricultural census data, out last month with the latest five-year update of data from 2022, shows…
Continue Reading Brazil’s Bolsonaro is indicted for first time over alleged falsification of his own vaccination data
By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was formally accused Tuesday of falsifying his…
Continue Reading An AI robot is spotting sick tulips to slow the spread of disease through Dutch bulb fields
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press NOORDWIJKERHOUT, Netherlands (AP) — Theo works weekdays, weekends and nights and never complains about a sore spine…
Continue Reading Moldova expels Russian diplomat over presidential polling stations in breakaway Transnistria region
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Moldova said Tuesday it has expelled a Russian diplomat after Moscow opened polling stations for its presidential…
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Judge denies Trump’s bid to block Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels from testifying at New York criminal trial
Originally Published: 18 MAR 24 18:56 ET Updated: 18 MAR 24 19:35 ET By Jeremy Herb and Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — Donald…
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Ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro heads to prison after historic contempt prosecution
Originally Published: 19 MAR 24 05:00 ET By Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Peter Navarro, an ex-White House aide to former…
Continue Reading March Madness as we know it could be on the way out amid seismic changes in college sports
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Tracking the changes upending college sports can be as frenetic as keeping up during the first week of March…
Continue Reading UN weather agency issues ‘red alert’ on climate change after record heat, ice-melt increases in 2023
By JAMEY KEATEN and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. weather agency is sounding a “red alert” about global warming,…
Continue Reading Buddhists use karmic healing against one US city’s anti-Asian legacy and nationwide prejudice today
By DEEPA BHARATH and TERRY TANG Associated Press ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) — For one afternoon, on Antioch’s main street and tranquil riverbank, the…
Continue Reading Ned Blackhawk’s ‘The Rediscovery of America’ is among books honored by the Lukas prize project
NEW YORK (AP) — An exploration of racism on social media and a history of Native Americans are among the winners of J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project…
Continue Reading A California city wrestles with its history of discrimination against early Chinese immigrants
By TERRY TANG and DEEPA BHARATH The Associated Press ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) — Over the last two years, the quiet city of Antioch, California, has…
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Trump says any Jewish person who votes for Democrats ‘hates their religion’ and ‘everything about Israel’
CNN By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump said in an interview aired Monday that any Jewish person who votes for…
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Trump says any Jewish person who votes for Democrats ‘hates their religion’ and ‘everything about Israel’
CNN By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump said in an interview aired Monday that any Jewish person who votes for…
Continue Reading Armenia’s prime minister says quick border demarcation needed to avoid new conflict with Azerbaijan
By AVET DEMOURIAN Associated Press YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia’s prime minister says the Caucasus nation needs to quickly delimit the border…
Continue Reading UN’s Guterres decries violence in Myanmar as military airstrikes kill at least 25 Rohingya in west
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed concern over the escalating violence in…
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ABC-7 StormTrack Weather: Calmer weather day; warmer temps
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Tuesday we begin a calmer weather pattern, saying goodbye to our rain chances and ushering in some warmer temperatures.…
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IRS introduces new online tool to simplify tax filing for El Paso residents
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Taxpayers in El Paso now have access to a new online tool aimed to help with the tax filing process directly with The…
Continue Reading Belgian fashion designer Dries Van Noten is stepping down as creative director at the end of June
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian designer Dries Van Noten, who for almost four decades dazzled the fashion world with…
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