Juarez Animal Welfare Department starts campaign to prevent animal abuse
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The Juárez’s Ecology Department, through its Municipal Pet Rescue and Adoption Center, will fines and prison time to…
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Superintendent reverses decision to pull Black poetry book from school library
WBZ, WOKE A YOUNG POET’S CALL TO JUSTICE, NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS, CNN By Paul Burton Click here for updates on this story…
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El Pasoan claims $1 million Mega Millions prize
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The person who won a $1 million second-tier Mega Millions prize in August 2023 has claimed his or her prize. The winner, who…
Continue Reading Argentina’s president faces 1-day general strike as foes seek to derail his austerity agenda
By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA and DAVID BILLER Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s President Javier Milei faced a one-day…
Continue Reading Five players from 2018 Canada world junior team take leave of absence from their clubs
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Five players from Canada’s 2018 world junior team have taken a leave of absence from their current clubs in…
Continue Reading Global warming was primary cause of unprecedented Amazon drought, study finds
BY FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Human-induced global warming, and not El Niño, was the primary driver of the severe…
Continue Reading Heavy rains soak Texas and close schools as downpours continue drenching parts of the US
HOUSTON (AP) — Heavy rains in Texas on Wednesday closed schools and elevated flooding risks around Houston in another round of soaking downpours…
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Holloman airman recognized for saving five lives while off duty
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Airman Garret Glore is humble and reserved. He works out up to five hours a day to be ready for anything. “Personally I…
Continue Reading Oklahoma superintendent faces blowback for putting Libs of TikTok creator on library panel
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s new Republican superintendent of public schools is facing bipartisan…
Continue Reading New Jersey OKs two new offshore wind farms that would be farther from shore and beachgoers’ view
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey utility regulators have given preliminary approval to two new wind farms off…
Continue Reading Algerian opposition parties call for a political dialogue in presidential election year
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — The election year has begun in Algeria and both those in power and those in the opposition are quietly making moves as…
Continue Reading Who are No Labels’ donors? Democratic groups file complaints in an attempt to find out
By BRIAN SLODYSKO and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For months, the centrist group No Labels has stockpiled cash and…
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Obamacare sign-ups hit record 21.3 million as Biden pushes his efforts to lower health care costs
Originally Published: 24 JAN 24 10:57 ET By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — A record 21.3 million Americans flocked to Affordable Care Act coverage for…
Continue Reading New York Philharmonic will play excerpts from ‘Maestro,’ with Bradley Cooper conversation to follow
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Philharmonic will play excerpts of music from the Academy Award-nominated “Maestro” on the life of former music…
Continue Reading House demands UPenn turn over trove of documents in antisemitism investigation
Originally Published: 24 JAN 24 12:25 ET By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — A House committee sent a letter to the University of Pennsylvania on…
Continue Reading Zero-emission goal still eludes the EU, where most cars emit the same CO2 levels as 12 years ago
BRUSSELS (AP) — Most passenger cars in the European Union still emit the same quantity of carbon dioxide as 12 years ago. The European Court of…
Continue Reading The primaries have just begun. But Trump and Biden are already shifting to a November mindset
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Barely 400,000 votes have been cast in two rural Republican primaries over the span…
Continue Reading Oahu’s historic homes offer a slice of history and a sense of place
By KRISTINA LINNEA GARCIA Associated Press Hawaii is hard on building preservationists. Development and other pressures have reduced the number of…
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Ryan Gosling says what everyone’s thinking about ‘Barbie’ Oscar nomination omissions: Read his full statement
CNN By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Ryan Gosling is grateful for his Oscar nomination, but joined the chorus of people who question the omission of…
Continue Reading British billionaire Joe Lewis pleads guilty in insider trading case
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — British billionaire Joe Lewis, whose family trust owns the Tottenham Hotspur soccer club,…
Continue Reading Tanzania’s main opposition party holds first major protest in several years, after ban was lifted
By PETER SARAMBA Associated Press DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) — Hundreds of supporters of Tanzania’s main opposition party have marched in the…
Continue Reading Guatemala’s embattled attorney general says she will not step down
Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The Guatemala attorney general leading efforts to prosecute President Bernardo Arévalo and his party is…
Continue Reading Greece faces growing opposition from the Orthodox Church over plans to legalize same-sex marriage
By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s center-right government is speeding up its timetable to legalize same-sex…
Continue Reading North Carolina authorizes online sports betting to begin on eve of men’s ACC basketball tournament
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Legal online sports betting in North Carolina is poised to begin in March on the eve of…
Continue Reading Jon Stewart will return to ‘The Daily Show’ as host — just on Mondays
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Comedian Jon Stewart is rewinding the clock, returning to “The Daily Show” as a weekly…
Continue Reading A US scientist has brewed up a storm by offering Britain advice on making tea
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An American scientist has sparked a trans-Atlantic tempest in a teapot by offering Britain advice on…
Continue Reading Wisconsin’s Democratic governor promises to veto last-ditch Republican redistricting effort
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers has promised to veto a redistricting proposal that the…
Continue Reading Indie rocker Ty Segall loves being loud and prolific. But he’s trying to be less of both
By KRYSTA FAURIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — For a rock star, Ty Segall may come across as surprisingly unassuming and demure. Perhaps even…
Continue Reading A plagiarism scandal rocks Norway’s government
By MARK LEWIS Associated Press STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — The specter of academic plagiarism — a hot topic in the U.S. — has now reached the…
Continue Reading Myanmar’s army denies that generals were sentenced to death for surrendering key city to insurgents
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government is denying reports that it sentenced six army generals to death or…
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