Sri Lanka experiences a temporary power outage after a main transmission line fails
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s power and energy ministry says the country experienced an…
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Nobel Peace Prize winner vows Iranian people will ‘dismantle despotism’ in speech delivered by her children
CNN By Niamh Kennedy and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Oslo, Norway (CNN) — Imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi paid tribute to the Iranian…
Continue Reading Brazil’s Lula takes heat on oil plans at UN climate talks, a turnaround after hero status last year
By PETER PRENGAMAN and FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Fresh off election victory, a year ago Brazilian…
Continue Reading A Soviet-era statue of a Red Army commander taken down in Kyiv
By SRDJAN NEDELJKOVIC Associated Press KYIV (AP) — City workers in Kyiv have dismantled an equestrian statue of a Red Army commander. It’s…
Continue Reading Organizers of COP28 want an inclusive summit. But just how diverse is the negotiating table?
By UZMI ATHAR, Press Trust of India DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Many women, young people and Indigenous voices say they feel they’re…
Continue Reading Minnesota grocery store clerk dies after customer impales him with a golf club, police say
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis police say a clerk at a small grocery store died after a customer beat him and impaled him with a golf club. The…
Continue Reading Two Indiana police officers are acquitted of excessive force in 2020 protesters’ arrests
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A jury has acquitted two Indianapolis police officers of excessive force for striking two women with batons during arrests at a…
Continue Reading Eagles security guard DiSandro banned from sideline for Sunday Night Football vs. Cowboys
By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Eagles security chief Dom DiSandro has been barred by the NFL from being on the sideline Sunday…
Continue Reading Ukraine says any Russian presidential voting in its occupied regions would be ‘null and void’
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has condemned Russia’s intention to organize presidential election voting in occupied Ukrainian territory next year.…
Continue Reading Turkey’s Erdogan accuses the West of ‘barbarism’ and Islamophobia in the war in Gaza
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has used a speech on human rights to accuse the West of “barbarism” for its stance on…
Continue Reading Technology built the cashless society. Advances are helping the unhoused so they’re not left behind
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — John Littlejohn remembers the days when lots of people had a couple of dollars to spare to buy…
Continue Reading It’s taking longer to schedule abortions in the US. Doctors fear riskier, more complex procedures
By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer A woman whose fetus was unlikely to survive called more than a dozen abortion clinics before finding one that would…
Continue Reading Abortion delays have grown more common in the US since Roe v. Wade was overturned
By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer A woman whose fetus was unlikely to survive called more than a dozen abortion clinics before finding one that would…
Continue Reading Hundreds of Georgians march in support of country’s candidacy for European Union membership
By SOPHIKO MEGRELIDZE and ELISE MORTON Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Hundreds of people have marched in Georgia’s capital to support…
Continue Reading Maine’s congressional delegation calls for Army investigation into Lewiston shooting
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — The four members of Maine’s congressional delegation are calling for an Army…
Continue Reading ‘Shadows of children:’ For the youngest hostages, life moves forward in whispers
By JULIA FRANKEL, ADAM GELLER and TIM SULLIVAN Associated Press HERZLIYA, Israel (AP) — After seven weeks held hostage in the tunnels of Gaza, they…
Continue Reading Zimbabwe holds special elections after court rules to remove 9 opposition lawmakers from Parliament
By FARAI MUTSAKA and TSVANGIRAYI MUKWAZHI Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe is holding special elections for nine seats in…
Continue Reading Germany’s Scholz confident of resolving budget crisis, says no dismantling of the welfare state
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he is confident that his troubled government will find a good…
Continue Reading US and Philippines condemn the Chinese coast guard’s water cannon blasts on fisheries vessels
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines and its treaty ally, the United States, have separately condemned a…
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Texas Supreme Court temporarily blocks pregnant woman from receiving emergency abortion
(CNN) — The Texas Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a pregnant woman from obtaining an emergency abortion in a ruling issued late Friday.…
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9 discoveries about the adolescent brain that transformed our understanding of teen substance use
Sandstone Care identified nine publications in the National Library of Medicine that reshaped researchers’ understanding of the effects of substance…
Continue Reading Protests at UN climate talks, from cease-fire calls to detainees, see ‘shocking level of censorship’
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Activists designated Saturday a day of protest at the COP28 summit in Dubai.…
Continue Reading Israel presses on with its Gaza offensive after US veto derails Security Council efforts to halt war
By WAFAA SHURAFA and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s military pushed ahead with its punishing air and…
Continue Reading A hospital fire near Rome kills at least 3 and causes an emergency evacuation of all patients
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — A fire broke out in a hospital on Rome’s outskirts, killing at least three people and forcing…
Continue Reading What is carbon capture and why does it keep coming up at COP28?
By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press The future of fossil fuels is at the center of the United Nations climate summit in Dubai, where many activists,…
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Troopers chase 15-year-old El Pasoan, charge him with human smuggling
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A CBP Air and Marine helicopter helped track down an alleged 15-year-old human smuggler in Northeast El Paso today. That is…
Continue Reading Peek inside Joe Biden’s campaign fundraisers, where big money mingles with old jokes in swanky homes
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — If you’re a Democrat with money to burn and friends in high places,…
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Bicycles donated to students at SISD elementary school
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Some students at Hueco Elementary School received bicycles from Old Dominion Freight Line today. Forty nine bikes were…
Continue Reading New US aid for Ukraine by year-end seems increasingly out of reach as GOP ties it to border security
By STEPHEN GROVES and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A deal to provide further U.S. assistance to Ukraine by year-end appears to…
Continue Reading Polish truck drivers are blocking the border with Ukraine. It’s hurting on the battlefield
By HANNA ARHIROVA, KARL RITTER and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press KORCZOWA, Poland (AP) — Pickup trucks and tourniquets bound for Ukraine’s…
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