By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military governmenttook another major step in its ongoing attempts to cripple its political opponents on Wednesday , dissolving dozens of opposition parties including that of ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi for failing to meet a registration deadline ahead of elections. Suu Kyi’s National League for
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By Sara Smart and Michelle Watson, CNN Two runaway barges remain stuck in the Ohio River, according to officials in Louisville, Kentucky, who reiterated Wednesday there is still no evidence of a chemical leak as one of the barges is carrying the highly flammable compound methanol. In a news conference Wednesday afternoon, Louisville Mayor Craig
Continue ReadingGonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — El Gobierno de Estados Unidos ayuda en la investigación que se realiza por la pérdida de unas 19.000 dosis de fentanilo del Complejo Hospitalario de la Caja de Seguro Social de Panamá, según la embajadora estadounidense en el país, Mari Carmen Aponte. “Hay una investigación acerca de qué pasó con esos
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By JOSH BOAK and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In the federal budget standoff, the majority of U.S. adults are asking lawmakers to pull off the impossible: Cut the overall size of government, but also devote more money to the most popular and expensive programs. Six in 10 U.S. adults say the government
Continue Reading By JOSH BOAK and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In the federal budget standoff, the majority of U.S. adults are asking lawmakers to pull off the impossible: Cut the overall size of government, but also devote more money to the most popular and expensive programs. Six in 10 U.S. adults say the government
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan, CNN For 12 years, Program Think, an anonymous Chinese blogger, mounted an open challenge to China’s tightening authoritarian grip and expanding surveillance state. The freewheeling blog offered a mixture of technical cybersecurity advice and scathing political commentary — including tips on how to safely circumvent China’s Great Firewall of internet censorship, develop
Continue ReadingBy Shafi Kakar, Hande Atay Alam and Helen Regan, CNN A prominent activist for girls’ education in Afghanistan was arrested by the Taliban on Monday, according to an official, the latest step in its repressive clampdown on the rights of Afghan women. Matiullah Wesa, 30, is well known for his activism and is the founder
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CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Jacob Markstrom was spectacular on Tuesday making 32 saves to backstop the Calgary Flames to a critical 2-1 victory over the red-hot Los Angeles Kings. Andrew Mangiapane and Walker Duehr scored for Calgary, which won its second consecutive game and improves to 7-3-2 in their last dozen outings. The Flames opened
Continue Reading By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The fire that killed 38 people at an immigration detention center in Mexico happened as Western Hemisphere countries face pressure to address the extraordinary number of people fleeing their homes. Mexico has expanded its network of dozens of detention centers while working closely with the United
Continue Reading By JULIE PACE and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press ON A TRAIN FROM SUMY TO KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Tuesday that unless his nation wins a drawn-out battle in a key eastern city, Russia could begin building international support for a deal that could require Ukraine to make unacceptable compromises. He
Continue Reading By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Last August, Daysia Holiday decided to try one more time to join the Army. She’d taken the academic test and failed three times. So, when she was offered a slot in a new Army prep course to help improve her scores and qualify for basic training,
Continue Reading By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is poised to vote Wednesday to repeal the 2002 measure that greenlighted the March 2003 invasion of Iraq, which would end more than 20 years of authorization for U.S. presidents to use force in that country and return those war powers to Congress. The
Continue Reading By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks were mixed Wednesday as anxiety about the global financial system began to fade following three high-profile bank failures. Shanghai followed Wall Street lower. Tokyo and Hong Kong advanced. Oil prices gained. Fears that the global banking system might be cracking under the strain of
Continue Reading By Eric Levenson, Jeff Winter and Nouran Salahieh, CNN Grief-stricken Nashville residents came together for a vigil Wednesday to mourn three 9-year-old children and three adults killed in the mass shooting at a private Christian school. First lady Jill Biden was in attendance as community members honored the victims, prayed and shared in the heartache.
Continue Reading By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Longtime Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz will face sharp questioning Wednesday when he appears before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee to defend the company’s actions during an ongoing unionizing campaign. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont Independent and a vocal supporter of Starbucks labor organizers, has been
Continue Reading By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Longtime Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz will face sharp questioning Wednesday when he appears before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee to defend the company’s actions during an ongoing unionizing campaign. U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont Independent and a vocal supporter of Starbucks labor organizers, has been
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — En el permafrost ártico aún se encuentran periódicamente restos de mamuts lanudos, con su piel y tejidos intactos. Estos descubrimientos han permitido a los científicos secuenciar el genoma del mamut y conocer detalles intrigantes sobre la vida de estos gigantes extintos de la Edad de Hielo. Ahora, parte de esa información
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — A U.S. tourist was shot in the leg by unidentified assailants at a resort town on Mexico’s Caribbean coast, prosecutors in the coastal state of Quintana Roo said Tuesday. They said the shooting occurred in the low-key town of Puerto Morelos, just south of Cancun. Prosecutors said the American was approached
Continue Reading By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army is working to quickly pull together some new recruiting ads to air during the NCAA’s Final Four basketball games this weekend, after being forced to yank commercials that featured actor Jonathan Majors, in the wake of his arrest last Saturday. Army leaders had been
Continue Reading HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Officials in Alabama say 2 Huntsville police officers are in critical condition after they were shot Tuesday evening by a man who later barricaded himself inside an apartment. Deputy Police Chief Michael Johnson told news outlets that a woman called 911 and reported that she had been shot. Officers arriving at
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