By Jackie Wattles, CNN SpaceX and NASA have called off an astronaut launch to the International Space Station after an issue with the rocket’s ground system was detected. With about two minutes left on the countdown clock, the launch was called off because of a problem related to the TEA-TEB ignition fluid, which is used
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tens of thousands of people filled Mexico City’s vast main plaza to protest electoral law reforms that they say threaten democracy. The marchers were clad mostly in white and pink _ the color of the National Electoral Institute _ and shouted slogans like “Don’t Touch my Vote!” The reforms proposed by
Continue Reading FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge has issued an arrest warrant for rapper Kodak Black for failing a drug test while on bail for a drug charge, court records show. The warrant was issued Thursday after Black, whose legal name is Bill Kapri, did not appear for a scheduled drug test in early
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By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Jack Nicklaus thinks the Honda Classic should have a chance at a stronger field because of looming changes to the PGA Tour, which he said Sunday would mean Pebble Beach getting elevated status and the tour going to Mexico before the Florida swing.
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Jack Nicklaus thinks the Honda Classic should have a chance at a stronger field because of looming changes to the PGA Tour, which he said Sunday would mean Pebble Beach getting elevated status and the tour going to Mexico before the Florida swing.
Continue Reading By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press LOSITETI, Kenya (AP) — U.S. first lady Jill Biden has gotten an up-close look at the historic East Africa drought. She ended a five-day visit to Africa on Sunday by walking along arid land in an affected village in Kenya after a nearly three-hour drive south of
Continue Reading By Polo Sandoval and Nicole Grether, CNN Yeva Hrytsak, a ballet student at the American Ballet Theatre Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School in New York City, remembers the “unthinkable” phone call she received on February 24, 2022, from her family in Ukraine four days after arriving in Switzerland, where she was temporarily studying at Zurich Dance
Continue Reading ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatian authorities have closed all roads connecting the country’s mainland with the Adriatic Sea coastline because of heavy snow and strong winds that sparked traffic chaos in the country and elsewhere in the region. A sudden winter spell in Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia this weekend came after days of unseasonably warm
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of a new House select committee on China defended Democratic Rep. Judy Chu on Sunday, saying it was abhorrent and unacceptable for a GOP lawmaker to question her loyalty to the United States based on her Chinese heritage. “One of my colleagues, unfortunately, attacked Judy Chu, the first Chinese American
Continue Reading WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of a new House select committee on China defended Democratic Rep. Judy Chu on Sunday, saying it was abhorrent and unacceptable for a GOP lawmaker to question her loyalty to the United States based on her Chinese heritage. “One of my colleagues, unfortunately, attacked Judy Chu, the first Chinese American
Continue Reading SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The National Weather Service has issued another high wind watch Monday for parts of New Mexico along with a blowing dust advisory. Numerous power outages were reported Sunday across Albuquerque and other parts of the state due to extremely high winds. On Wednesday, a winter storm brought wind gusts of
Continue Reading By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — Manny Machado continues to be a very rich man. He also is still a very good hitter. Machado ripped an RBI double on Sunday, the same day he agreed to a new $350 million, 11-year contract that will keep him with the San Diego Padres
Continue ReadingBy Deion Broxton Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS, Missouri (KMOV) — Ukrainian refugees are still fleeing to the St. Louis region because of the war between Russia and Ukraine. Isabella Gipkhin and Eugene Koblents have been taking in Europeans long before Russian invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Once the war started,
Continue ReadingRocío Muñoz-Ledo San Benito, Texas (CNN) — Raúl Rodríguez dice que nunca olvidará el momento en que se dio cuenta de que su vida estaba construida sobre una mentira. Estaba conmocionado. En cuestión de segundos, un secreto familiar había hecho añicos su forma de ver el mundo y su lugar en él. “Ese día nunca
Continue Reading By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Giannis Antetokounmpo’s absence couldn’t prevent the Milwaukee Bucks from extending the longest winning streak in the NBA this season. Jrue Holiday scored 33 points and produced a critical steal, Brook Lopez made a tiebreaking layup with 24.8 seconds left and the Bucks edged the Phoenix Suns
Continue ReadingCNN By Jasmine Wright and Paul LeBlanc, CNN US national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Sunday vowed there would be “real costs” for China if the country went forward with providing lethal aid to Russia in its war on Ukraine. “From our perspective, actually, this war presents real complications for Beijing. And Beijing will have
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — El Manchester United ganó su primer trofeo desde 2017 al imponerse por 2-0 al Newcastle United y conquistar la Carabao Cup este domingo en el estadio de Wembley. Casemiro abrió el marcador minutos después de la media hora de juego, rematando de cabeza una falta que cobró Luke Shaw. Cinco minutos más
Continue Reading LOS ANGELES (AP) — Walter Mirisch, the astute and Oscar winning film producer who oversaw such classics as “Some Like It Hot,” “West Side Story” and “In the Heat of the Night,” has died of natural causes, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Saturday. He was 101. Mirisch died on Friday in
Continue ReadingBy James Felton and Hannah Mose Click here for updates on this story SAGINAW, Michigan (WNEM) — Police are trying to find a girl to make sure she is safe after she was caught on camera knocking on a door barefoot and in a robe. During the wee hours of the morning on Thursday, Feb.
Continue Reading By Chris Boyette and Hannah Sarisohn, CNN A man who drove a pickup into a group of bicyclists over the weekend, killing two and injuring 17 others, was arrested on manslaughter and assault charges, police in Arizona said. Pedro Quintana-Lujan drove a truck that crashed into a group of cyclists Saturday on the Cotton Lane
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