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Prominent Black church in New York sued for gender bias by woman who sought to be its senior pastor

January 6, 2024 10:30 AM Associated Press

By DARREN SANDS Associated Press Over its 215-year history, the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City has earned a reputation as the flagship of…

Family of woman killed by deputy after calling for help seeks $30 million in claim against LA county, sheriff’s department

January 6, 2024 10:23 AM CNN

CNN By Cheri Mossburg, CNN (CNN) — The family of a woman who was shot and killed by a responding deputy after calling for help in a domestic…

Russian shelling kills 11 in Donetsk region while Ukraine claims it hit a Crimean air base

January 6, 2024 9:38 AM Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Eleven people were killed Saturday in Russian shelling in Ukraine’s partially occupied Donetsk province, according to…

DeSantis and Haley are battling to emerge in Iowa as the preferred Republican alternative to Trump

January 6, 2024 9:32 AM Associated Press

By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — The rivalry between GOP presidential candidates Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley has become a…

El Paso County Launches ‘Sneakers for Asylum Seekers’ Event in honor of MLK Day of Service

January 6, 2024 9:20 AM Brianna Perez

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County encourages residents to donate new or gently worn athletic shoes to support asylum seekers. They will be…

A minibus explodes in Kabul, killing at least 2 civilians and wounding 14 others

January 6, 2024 9:19 AM Associated Press

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A minibus exploded in a mostly Shiite Muslim neighborhood in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul killing at least two civilians and…

Winter weather batters both US coasts; Sierra snow shuts down I-80; East Coast storm into Monday

January 6, 2024 8:55 AM Associated Press

By STEVE LeBLANC and SCOTT SONNER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Winter weather is battering parts of both U.S. coasts. In the West, a Sierra…

Scare on Alaska Airlines Flight 1282: A loud bang, a whooshing sound and a boy’s shirt sucked right off

January 6, 2024 8:23 AM CNN

CNN By Jay Croft, CNN (CNN) — It happened in a moment: The Boeing 737 Max-9 was gaining altitude after taking off from Portland. Then a loud…

Navajo Nation’s objection to landing human remains on the moon prompts last-minute White House meeting

January 6, 2024 7:49 AM CNN

CNN By Kristin Fisher, CNN (CNN) — The White House has convened a last-minute meeting to discuss a private mission to the moon — set to…

Biden will give the State of the Union address March 7 in a ‘moment of great challenge’ for the US

January 6, 2024 7:05 AM Associated Press

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will give his annual State of the Union address on March 7. The…

Alaska Airlines says flight disruptions will likely continue as FAA inspections of 737 Max 9 aircraft will ‘take more time’

January 6, 2024 7:03 AM CNN

CNN By Sara Smart, Sharif Paget, Pete Muntean and Raja Razek, CNN New York (CNN) — Alaska Airlines says emergency inspections of its fleet of…

Back-to-back winter storms begin a punishing week of extreme weather to come in the US

January 6, 2024 6:24 AM CNN

CNN By Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — A winter storm is plowing through the mid-Atlantic and Northeast Saturday, and there’s another stronger one…

Police probe UK Post Office for accusing over 700 employees of theft. The culprit was an IT glitch

January 6, 2024 6:04 AM Associated Press

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.K. police have opened a fraud investigation into Britain’s Post Office over a miscarriage of…

The places you can (and can’t) visit in 2024

January 6, 2024 5:41 AM CNN

CNN By Lilit Marcus, CNN (CNN) — This week in travel news: a 30-hour train trip has become a hot ticket, a “time traveling” flight didn’t…

Wintry Weekend Forecast: Double Dose of Winter Weather On the Horizon

January 6, 2024 5:25 AM Iris Garcia Barron

Good morning and happy Saturday! Get ready for a wintry weekend as a minor disturbance aloft traverses the mountains, bringing the possibility of a…

Alaska Airlines grounds all Boeing 737-9 Max planes after window appears to blow off in flight, forcing emergency landing

January 6, 2024 4:43 AM CNN

CNN By Sara Smart, Sharif Paget, Pete Muntean and Raja Razek, CNN (CNN) — Alaska Airlines has temporarily grounded its fleet of Boeing 737-9…

A timeline of key moments leading to Japan planes colliding. Human error is seen as a possible cause

January 6, 2024 4:39 AM Associated Press

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press It has only taken 18 minutes to evacuate the 379 passengers of Japan Airlines Flight 516 after their plane burst…

Death toll rises to 5 in hospital fire in northern Germany

January 6, 2024 4:39 AM Associated Press

BERLIN (AP) — The death toll from a fire in a hospital in Germany this week has risen to five. All of the victims were patients. Investigators are…

Thousands of mourners in Islamabad attend funeral for Pakistani cleric gunned down in broad daylight

January 6, 2024 4:31 AM Associated Press

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Thousands of mourners have attended a funeral for a Pakistani Sunni Muslim cleric gunned down in broad daylight on the outskirts…

South Korea says the North has again fired artillery shells near their sea border

January 6, 2024 4:10 AM Associated Press

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea conducted a new round of artillery drills near the disputed sea boundary…

Pope Francis warns against ideological splits in the Church, says focus on the poor, not ‘theory’

January 6, 2024 4:02 AM Associated Press

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — In a solemn ceremony in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis has presided over…

Blinken says Turkey is committed to a ‘positive’ role in postwar Gaza as he opens a diplomatic push

January 6, 2024 3:09 AM Associated Press

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer CHANIA, Greece (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Saturday that Turkey is committed to playing…

How health care spending varies by occupation

January 6, 2024 2:20 AM Stacker

Incredible Health compiled data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to examine health care spending across different work…