7 alarming veteran mental health statistics (and tips for support)
Charlie Health outlines some of the most alarming veteran mental health statistics, which shed light on the veteran mental health crisis, and…
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‘I wanted to choose to be better, not bitter’: How Uganda’s Eddy Kenzo went from sleeping in the street to historic Grammy nomination
CNN By Adie Vanessa Offiong and Daniel Renjifo, CNN (CNN) — On February 4, the Grammy awards announced the first-ever winner of the new Best…
Continue Reading UK fell into recession at the end of 2023 as economy takes center stage in runup to general election
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British economy fell into recession at the end of 2023 as output shrank more than anticipated in…
Continue Reading Rhinos are returned to a plateau in central Kenya, decades after poachers wiped them out
By TOM ODULA and DESMOND TIRO Associated Press LOISABA CONSERVANCY, Kenya (AP) — Conservationists in Kenya are celebrating as rhinos were returned…
Continue Reading Proposing on Valentine’s Day, Albanese becomes Australia’s first leader to get engaged in office
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Anthony Albanese has become the first Australian prime minister to get engaged while in…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares track Wall Street rally as Japan’s Nikkei nears a record high
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares advanced in Asia on Friday, with Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index trading…
Continue Reading Israeli forces storm the main hospital in southern Gaza, saying hostages were likely held there
By WAFAA SHURAFA, BASSEM MROUE and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces stormed the main hospital in southern…
Continue Reading Israeli airstrikes killed 10 Lebanese civilians in a single day. Hezbollah has vowed to retaliate
By MOHAMMED ZAATARI and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press NABATIYEH, Lebanon (AP) — The civilian death toll from two Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon has…
Continue Reading India’s top court strikes down system for anonymous political donations ahead of national elections
By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top court has struck down a controversial election funding system that allowed…
Continue Reading Who is Prabowo Subianto, the former general who’s Indonesia’s next president?
By VICTORIA MILKO Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A wealthy ex-general with ties to both Indonesia’s popular outgoing president…
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Family of man named in LCPD officer death grieves, asks for forgiveness
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The family of the man Las Cruces police say stabbed an officer, killing him, are extending condolences to that officer’s…
Continue Reading US company’s lunar lander rockets toward the moon for a touchdown attempt next week
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Another private U.S. company took a shot at the moon Thursday, launching a month…
Continue Reading North Dakota takes federal government to trial over costs to police Dakota Access Pipeline protests
By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A trial is scheduled to begin Thursday in North Dakota’s years-old lawsuit seeking $38…
Continue Reading On the USS Eisenhower, 4 months of combat at sea facing Houthi missiles and a new sea threat
By BERNAT ARMANGUE and TARA COPP Associated Press ABOARD THE USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (AP) — Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D.…
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Las Cruces community attends memorial walk to honor fallen officer
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The Las Cruces community gathered to honor the life of Las Cruces fallen officer Jonah Hernandez. “He paid the ultimate…
Continue Reading Queen Camilla, once shunned by British public, comes to the rescue as Charles is treated for cancer
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — What a difference a few decades can make. Queen Camilla, once seen as the scourge of the House of…
Continue Reading Warning signs mounted before Texas shooter entered church with her son, former mother-in-law says
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The former mother-in-law of the woman who opened fire at a Houston megachurch tried for years to…
Continue Reading Dispute may have led to the mass shooting after the Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade, police say
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, SCOTT McFETRIDGE and JOSH FUNK Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The mass shooting that unfolded amid throngs of…
Continue Reading Judge expresses skepticism at Texas law that lets police arrest migrants for illegal entry
By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday voiced concerns over a Texas law that would give police broad…
Continue Reading Maine police defend search for gunman who killed 18 last fall, saying they feared an ambush
By DAVID SHARP and NICK PERRY Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine state police are defending their search last fall for a gunman who had…
Continue Reading Trial over lavish NRA spending nears jury, Wayne LaPierre’s lawyer calls it a political witch hunt
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The National Rifle Association and its ex-CEO were caught “with their hands in the cookie…
Continue Reading Hard work and too many statistics: An EU farmer’s frustration grows with every click of the mouse
By RAF CASERT Associated Press LEDEGEM, Belgium (AP) — On a farm in northern Belgium, not far from the hundreds of tractors blocking Europe’s…
Continue Reading Even voters in independent-minded Maine are taking sides in a polarized nation
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s vaunted independent voters are becoming scarcer as Super Tuesday approaches.…
Continue Reading US to confront Trump-driven political turmoil at the Munich Security Conference
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer MUNICH (AP) — Long regarded as a celebration of the U.S.-led post-World War II international order, the Munich…
Continue Reading Democrats embrace tougher border enforcement, seeing Trump’s demolition of deal as a ‘gift’
By STEPHEN GROVES and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate’s border proposal was one of the toughest bipartisan…
Continue Reading In fiery testimony, Fani Willis hits back at misconduct claims that threaten future of Trump case
By KATE BRUMBACK and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis took the witness stand…
Continue Reading Greece becomes first Orthodox Christian country to legalize same-sex civil marriage
By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece on Thursday became the first Orthodox Christian country to legalize same-sex…
Continue Reading Trump’s New York hush-money case will start March 25. It’s the first of his criminal trials
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, JAKE OFFENHARTZ and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s hush-money trial will go…
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ABC-7 anchor joins El Paso figures on Make-a-Wish’s regional development council
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Make-A-Wish serving El Paso has announced the appointment of a new chairperson and four other local professionals, including…
Continue Reading Thom Browne closes out NY Fashion Week with a black-and-white flourish and a nod to Edgar Allan Poe
By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Thom Browne, ever the master showman of American fashion, closed out New York Fashion Week on…
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