Here’s how to beat the hype and overcome loneliness on Valentine’s Day
By LEANNE ITALIE AP Lifestyles Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Elise Plessis hasn’t been in a long-term relationship for 26 years. It’s by…
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An Israeli drone strike in Lebanon kills 2 in one of the deepest hits inside the country in weeks
By BASSEM MROUE and ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli drone struck a car near Lebanon’s southern port city of Sidon on…
Continue Reading Tommy Hilfiger takes over the Oyster Bar in Grand Central for a joyous New York-centric fashion show
By LEANNE ITALIE AP Lifestyles Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tommy Hilfiger threw himself a welcome home party Friday night at Grand Central’s Oyster…
Continue Reading Wayne Kramer, late guitarist of rock band MC5, also leaves legacy of bringing music to prisons
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The tributes that poured in following Wayne Kramer’s death last week came from…
Continue Reading War-scarred Sarajevo celebrates 40th anniversary of 1984 Winter Olympics and looks to the future
By SABINA NIKSIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — War-scarred Sarajevo is looking back to happier times from February 1984 as…
Continue Reading Schools are trying to get more students therapy. Not all parents are on board
By MICHAEL ELSEN-ROONEY of Chalkbeat NEW YORK (AP) — Derry Oliver was in fifth grade when she first talked to her mom about seeing a therapist. She…
Continue Reading Republican lawmakers are backing dozens of bills targeting diversity efforts on campus and elsewhere
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Diversity initiatives would be defunded or banned from universities…
Continue Reading How Biden and his allies are pushing back against a special counsel’s claims about his memory
By STEVE PEOPLES, ZEKE MILLER and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s Democratic allies are launching an…
Continue Reading For Native American activists, the Kansas City Chiefs have it all wrong
By NOREEN NASIR Associated Press Dozens of Indigenous activists have traveled to Las Vegas to gather outside the Super Bowl and demand the Kansas…
Continue Reading Mama Antula, the Jesuit who didn’t want to marry or be a nun, will be Argentina’s first female saint
By DÉBORA REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A Catholic laywoman who lived in 18th-century Argentina and joined the Jesuits in…
Continue Reading UN experts investigating 58 suspected North Korean cyberattacks valued at about $3 billion
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. experts say they are investigating 58 suspected North Korean cyberattacks between…
Continue Reading Senegal’s president defends delaying elections in exclusive interview as protests erupt nationwide
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegalese President Macky Sall defended his decision to postpone elections as violent…
Continue Reading Nurse acquitted of involuntary manslaughter in 2019 death of a 24-year-old California jail inmate
EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) — A nurse at a California jail was found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter Friday in the November 2019 death of an…
Continue Reading Record cocoa prices heading into Valentines Day proves to be a headache for sweets king Hershey
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Hershey is cautioning on its 2024 profit growth as the company contends with rising cocoa costs that are…
Continue Reading From doinks to SpongeBob, technology to play a huge role in the CBS presentation of the Super Bowl
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer The doink cam is one of many innovations that CBS will use during Sunday’s NFL title game between Kansas City and San…
Continue Reading White House downplays Biden, national security aide’s blunt comments on Israel
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is downplaying sharp criticism from President Joe Biden and a senior national…
Continue Reading Shelter-in-place order continues as Maine city searches for at least 4 suspects in vehicle shooting
By PATRICK WHITTLE and NICK PERRY Associated Press SACO, Maine (AP) — A shelter-in-place order remains in effect for the downtown area of Saco,…
Continue Reading Texas woman is sentenced to 3 years in prison for threatening judge overseeing Trump documents case
HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas woman was sentenced Friday to three years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of threatening a Florida judge who is…
Continue Reading The Senate is pushing past far-right objections to aiding Ukraine. But next steps are uncertain
By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate is plodding past far-right Republican opposition to helping…
Continue Reading Arizona gallery owner won’t be charged in racist rant against Native American dancers
Associated Press SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities in a Phoenix suburb will not pursue criminal charges against a gallery owner whose racist…
Continue Reading Lawsuit claims National Guard members sexually exploited migrants seeking asylum
By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A federal lawsuit accuses National Guard members of sexually exploiting migrants at a…
Continue Reading Minnesota man awaiting trial in teen’s 1972 slaying is found dead in Illinois cell
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Authorities in Illinois say a Minnesota man charged in the stabbing death of a 15-year-old suburban Chicago girl more than 50…
Continue Reading Uncertainty surrounding former president Ricardo Martinelli roils Panama’s presidential race
By ALMA SOLÍS Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Not a 10-year prison sentence for money laundering nor going into political asylum in…
Continue Reading Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del.; Gov. Brian Kemp, R-Ga. ___…
Continue Reading Arkansas police find firearms, Molotovs cocktails after high speed chase of U-Haul
TONTITOWN, Ark. (AP) — Two Michigan men are being held on multiple charges after police said the pair led officers on a high-speed case through…
Continue Reading Scarlett Johansson and Dan Marino have fun with almost being champions in Super Bowl commercial
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Actor Scarlett Johansson and NFL legend Dan Marino come from different…
Continue Reading Judge blocks Omaha’s ban on guns in public places while lawsuit challenging it moves forward
By JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska’s largest city won’t be able to enforce its ban on guns in public places like…
Continue Reading Nearly 200 abused corpses were found at a funeral home. Why did it take authorities years to act?
By JESSE BEDAYN and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A county coroner reported suspicions about bodies being poorly treated by a…
Continue Reading Dartmouth men’s basketball team will hold union vote on March 5
BOSTON (AP) — The Dartmouth men’s basketball team has scheduled a March 5 election to determine whether the players will unionize. That would be…
Continue Reading Bill to help relocate Washington Capitals, Wizards sails through 1st Virginia legislative hearing
By SARAH RANKIN and MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Legislation underpinning a plan to relocate the NBA’s Washington…
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