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By BRUCE SCHREINER and JIM SALTER Associated Press MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s governor says he fears tornadoes have killed 70 people in the state and the death toll may exceed 100. Gov. Andy Beshear said Saturday that a twister had touched down for more than 200 miles in the state. Severe storms moved through
Continue Reading By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer NFL great Michael Strahan has rocketed into space on a Jeff Bezos rocket. The Amazon founder’s space company launched the former football player and co-host of ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Saturday morning from West Texas. Five others joined him on the 10-minute Blue Origin flight, including the eldest
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By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer NFL great Michael Strahan has rocketed into space on a Jeff Bezos rocket. The Amazon founder’s space company launched the former football player and co-host of ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Saturday morning from West Texas. Five others joined him on the 10-minute Blue Origin flight, including the eldest
Continue Reading CHEMNITZ, Germany (AP) — Party delegates from Germany’s center-left Social Democrats, the senior partner in the country’s new coalition government, have elected three top officials. The developments Saturday came just days after its candidate, Olaf Scholz, became Germany’s ninth post-World War II chancellor, opening up a new era for the European Union’s most populous nation
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Bob Dole has been remembered in his western Kansas hometown as a man shaped both by a small-town values and a tough prairie landscape. He also was honored Saturday as what Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly called “the greatest of the Greatest Generation.” Dole made his last
Continue Reading RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s government declared a state of emergency in almost 50 cities in the states of Bahia and Minas Gerais due to heavy rains that caused floods and killed at least three people. The decision, published in the official gazette on Friday night, affects 17 cities in Bahia, in the northeast
Continue ReadingWritten by Judson Jones and graphics by John Keefe, CNN After all these years, Bing Crosby still spurs our dreams of a “White Christmas.” But a new data analysis suggests some of us are better off leaving that dream of snow on Christmas morning to the holiday classics. When meteorologists talk about “normal” or “average”
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — The coaches of Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid say Karim Benzema and Luis Suárez will be ready to face off in the Spanish capital derby despite doubts regarding their fitness. Both strikers had been forced out of recent games with leg injuries. Benzema leads the league with 12 goals, while Suárez leads
Continue Reading By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press New York (AP) — Alicia Keys hasn’t felt completely free for much of her career. And while that may sound surprising coming from the heralded musician, these days, she’s loving the makeup-free skin she’s in and is settled into a space of confidence and liberation which has manifested into
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Kanye West no ha perdido la esperanza de salvar su matrimonio. La estrella del hip-hop hizo un llamamiento público a su esposa Kim Kardashian, de quien está separado, para que “vuelva corriendo a mí” mientras actuaba junto a Drake en el concierto benéfico “Free Larry Hoover” el jueves por la noche.
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Martin Odegaard scored for a third straight game as Arsenal eased to a 3-0 victory over Southampton in the English Premier League to end a run of two straight losses. Arsenal was without captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who was dropped from the squad for disciplinary reasons. But Alexandre Lacazette started in his place
Continue Reading LONDON (AP) — Jorginho converted his second penalty of the game in stoppage time to give Chelsea a 3-2 win over Leeds and put the team’s English Premier League title chase back on track. The Italy midfielder played through the pain of a continued back issue to ease the Blues’ midfield injury problems, with N’Golo
Continue Reading SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Police in North Macedonia have discovered 41 migrants, including five children, in a routine police check on a main highway and have arrested the van’s driver. Police said Saturday that their patrol have stopped the van late Friday in front of the toll station near the central town of Negotino.
Continue Reading LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Steven Gerrard’s return to Anfield ended in disappointment as Mohamed Salah’s second-half penalty gave Liverpool a 1-0 win over as Aston Villa in the English Premier League. Gerrard was back at his boyhood club in a professional capacity for the first time since leaving in 2015 and was given a standing
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Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz highlighted how the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will help local, state, and tribal communities, including California’s 36th District. Specifically in regards to climate change, job creation, environmental justice, and local economies. President Joe Biden signed a $1 trillion infrastructure deal into law in November. It
Continue ReadingBy ‘A’ali’i Dukelow Click here for updates on this story HONOLULU (KITV) — Dozens of demonstrators criticized the Navy’s refusal to shut down its Red Hill facility by laying on the ground outside of the state capitol on Friday afternoon. The gesture, protesters said, symbolized death — an outcome they fear many could soon face
Continue Reading MADRID (AP) — Spanish tennis trailblazer Manuel “Manolo” Santana has died at the age of 83. The Madrid Open announced the death of its honorary president on Saturday. No cause of death was given. Santana was the Spaniard to win a Grand Slam singles title. He won four major singles championships: The French Championships in
Continue ReadingCNN By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Jeff Bezos’ rocket company, Blue Origin, sent Good Morning America host Michael Strahan, the daughter of famed astronaut Alan Shepard, and four paying customers on a supersonic joy ride to the edge of space Saturday morning. The group blasted off aboard Blue Origin’s suborbital space tourism rocket at 9:01
Continue Reading By MATTIAS KAREN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The English Premier League’s top three have kept up the furious pace of their title race by picking up hard-fought wins, although all three needed second-half penalties to do so. Manchester City maintained its one-point lead after Raheem Sterling’s 100th league goal secured a 1-0 home win
Continue Reading By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is drawing attention to a problem that the Vatican has long sought to downplay: the abuses of power by mother superiors against nuns who have little recourse but to obey. Francis met Saturday with members of the Vatican’s congregation for religious orders. Francis cited a new
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