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By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Living conditions for many in Sudan have rapidly deteriorated since an October military coup sent the country’s already battered economy into free fall. Other factors are also causing prices to skyrocket, including the war in Ukraine and dry spells that have hurt crops. The U.N. has warned
Continue ReadingBy Jason Hanna and Kelly McCleary, CNN Strong storms sweeping through the South have left at least two people dead as the severe weather dropped trees and spawned dozens of tornadoes from Mississippi to South Carolina. In Georgia, there were reports of two tornadoes and one person killed Tuesday as the storms blew through. Bryan
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By ADAM BEAM and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s capital city is mourning the six people who were gunned down last weekend in a gang dispute that turned into a mass shooting. Huge photographs wreathed in flowers and garlands lined a downtown Sacramento street on Wednesday. Each had a small memorial
Continue Reading By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Johnny Gaudreau had two goals and an assist, and the Calgary Flames extended their lead in the Pacific Division with a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings. Elias Lindholm also scored for the Flames, who have 91 points and a five-point advantage over the
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By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Johnny Gaudreau had two goals and an assist, and the Calgary Flames extended their lead in the Pacific Division with a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings. Elias Lindholm also scored for the Flames, who have 91 points and a five-point advantage over the
Continue Reading By RODRIQUE NGOWI Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Two Harvard University freshmen have launched a website designed to connect people fleeing Ukraine to those in safer countries willing to take them in. The platform, UkraineTakeShelter.com, is generating offers of help and housing worldwide. Eighteen-year-old Marco Burstein of Los Angeles and 19-year-old Avi Schiffmann of
Continue Reading By RODRIQUE NGOWI Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Two Harvard University freshmen have launched a website designed to connect people fleeing Ukraine to those in safer countries willing to take them in. The platform, UkraineTakeShelter.com, is generating offers of help and housing worldwide. Eighteen-year-old Marco Burstein of Los Angeles and 19-year-old Avi Schiffmann of
Continue Reading By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Best. Comeback. Ever. Sounds pretty good next to Rock Chalk, Jayhawk. What looked like a lost cause turned into one of the sweetest wins ever for Kansas. The Jayhawks brought their fourth NCAA title back to Allen Fieldhouse on Monday thanks to a second-half flurry
Continue Reading By ADAM BEAM and KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A court appearance is scheduled for a suspect connected to the shooting that killed six people and wounded a dozen others in the heart of California’s capital as multiple shooters fired more than 100 rapid-fire rounds and people ran for their lives. Authorities
Continue Reading By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Bill Self won his elusive second national title with a masterful second-half coaching job and a spicy dash of Remy Martin. Kansas tightened up defensively to rev up its transition game and Martin provided the spark in a dazzling second half in the Jayhawks’ 72-69
Continue ReadingBy Ariane de Vogue, CNN Supreme Court Reporter Justice Amy Coney Barrett reflected on her own confirmation process Monday night hours after the Senate Judiciary Committee had voted along party lines, 11-11, on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson. “It just happened very quickly,” Barrett told an audience in California, reminiscing about
Continue Reading By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI Associated Press BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy plans to speak to U.N. Security Council diplomats outraged by growing evidence that Russian forces have deliberately killed civilians. Many of the victims were shot at close range in yards, streets and homes, and their bodies left in the open. The Security
Continue Reading By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Bill Self went from the Hall of Fame coach who too often failed on the big stage to the brilliant mastermind of the biggest second-half comeback in NCAA title game history. The Jayhawks were blitzed by plucky North Carolina for most of the first 20
Continue Reading By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — David McCormack’s late inside baskets to help Kansas surge past North Carolina in the NCAA championship game followed a Final Four trend. The way teams played in the post had a major influence on all three games. The 6-foot-10 McCormack scored the final four points
Continue Reading By JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Bill Self won his elusive second national title with a masterful second-half coaching job and a spicy dash of Remy Martin. Befuddled by North Carolina in an ugly first half, Kansas tightened up defensively and Martin provided the spark in a dazzling second half in
Continue Reading By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — What looked like a lost cause turned into one of the sweetest wins ever for Kansas. The Jayhawks brought their fourth NCAA title back to Allen Fieldhouse on Monday thanks to a second-half flurry that erased a 16-point deficit and eventually overcame North Carolina 72-69
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares are mostly lower in Asia and oil prices have risen after a tech-driven rally on Wall Street. Many Asian markets including those in China were closed for holidays. Tokyo and Seoul declined while Sydney advanced. The S&P 500 rose 0.8%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average picked up 0.3%
Continue Reading By HALELUYA HADERO and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — A stunning upset in a union election on Staten Island had brought sudden exposure to the organizers and worker advocates who realized victory for the nascent Amazon Labor Union when so many other more established labor groups had failed before them. The
Continue Reading By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — North Carolina big man Armando Bacot never looked like himself in the national championship game against Kansas because he was battling an ankle injury. Bacot finished with 15 points and 15 rebounds, but most of that production came in the first half of the 72-69
Continue Reading By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett says judges are not deciding cases to impose a “policy result,” but are making their best effort to determine what the law and the Constitution require. In remarks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, Barrett
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