Skip to Content
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A women-run radio station in northeastern Afghanistan has resumed its broadcasts, after officials shut it down for a week for playing music during the holy month of Ramadan. A Taliban official and the head of the station announced the resumption of broadcasts on Friday. Sadai Banowan, which means “women’s voice” in Dari,
Continue Reading
By MAX MILLER Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Mikko Rantanen scored a hat-trick to lead the Colorado Avalanche past the San Jose Sharks 6-2 Thursday night. Rantanen reached 52 goals on the season and finished with four points in the game. Nathan MacKinnon also scored a goal and had four points. Ben Meyers
Continue Reading
Gonzalo Jimenez Beijing (CNN) — China impuso este viernes sanciones contra dos instituciones estadounidenses y sus directivos por la visita de la presidenta de Taiwán, Tsai Ing-wen, a Estados Unidos, informó el Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores chino en un comunicado. El Instituto Hudson, con sede en Washington, y la Biblioteca Presidencial Ronald Reagan, con sede
Continue Reading By SHANE LANTZ Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Kraken clinched the first playoff berth in franchise history and set an NHL record for victories in an expansion team’s second season by beating the Arizona Coyotes 4-2 on Thursday night. Jared McCann, Jordan Eberle, Matty Beniers and Vince Dunn scored for the Kraken, who
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy, Jake Kwon, and CNN’s Beijing bureau China has slapped sanctions on two American organizations that hosted Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen during her recent travel in the United States, which Beijing had fiercely condemned. China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Friday the Washington-headquartered think tank Hudson Institute and the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Las observaciones medievales de la Luna están ayudando a los investigadores a estudiar una serie de misteriosas erupciones volcánicas en la Tierra. Monjes y otros escribas de la época hicieron descripciones detalladas de los eclipses lunares, cuando la Luna está completamente a la sombra de la Tierra. En ese momento, se
Continue Reading By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China retaliated for the United States House speaker’s meeting with the Taiwanese president by announcing sanctions Friday against the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and other organizations, adding to strains over the self-governed island democracy Beijing claims as part of its territory. Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy
Continue Reading JERUSALEM (AP) — It’s become something of a grim, springtime tradition in the Holy Land. Israeli police fire tear gas and rubber bullets at Palestinians stockpiling rocks and fireworks inside one of the most bitterly disputed holy sites on Earth. The violence ripples across Israel and the occupied West Bank, and militants from as far
Continue Reading By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Injuries have slowed the career trajectory of one-time phenom Dustin May. But with every blazing fastball the lanky redhead throws these days, it’s clear the talent is still there. May threw six dominant innings, Freddie Freeman hit a solo homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers won
Continue Reading By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Injuries have slowed the career trajectory of one-time phenom Dustin May. But with every blazing fastball the lanky redhead throws these days, it’s clear the talent is still there. May threw six dominant innings, Freddie Freeman hit a solo homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers won
Continue Reading By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — After Los Angeles appeared to strike first Thursday night, the Kings’ goal was waved off for being offside following a coach’s challenge. The Vegas Golden Knights didn’t let the moment go to waste, scoring four goals on their first six shots to take a major
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, CNN The 13-year-old son of Rebekah Jones, who claimed she was fired for refusing to manipulate state Covid-19 data while working in Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ state Health Department, was arrested Wednesday for allegedly threatening a shooting at a middle school. The boy, whom CNN is not naming because he is a
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers have approved a bill aimed at helping parents opt their children out of public school lessons with LGBTQ-themed materials. The Republican-controlled Kansas House voted 76-46 on Thursday to approve a “parental rights” measure that would allow a parent to place their child in
Continue Reading
By AMANDA SEITZ and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Most U.S. adults are opposed to proposals that would cut into Medicare or Social Security benefits, and a majority support raising taxes on the nation’s highest earners to keep Medicare running as is. The new findings, revealed in a March poll by The Associated
Continue Reading By AMANDA SEITZ and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Most U.S. adults are opposed to proposals that would cut into Medicare or Social Security benefits, and a majority support raising taxes on the nation’s highest earners to keep Medicare running as is. The new findings, revealed in a March poll by The Associated
Continue Reading By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea, the U.S. and Japan have called for stronger international support of efforts to ban North Korea from sending workers abroad and curb the North’s cybercrime. They say such steps are necessary to block the country’s means to fund its nuclear program. The top
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A proposal designed to thwart environmentally and socially conscious investing has cleared the Kansas Legislature but divisions within its GOP majorities kept the measure from being a strong as some conservatives wanted. Lawmakers on Thursday approved a bill that would prevent the state, its pension
Continue Reading By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A proposal designed to thwart environmentally and socially conscious investing has cleared the Kansas Legislature but divisions within its GOP majorities kept the measure from being a strong as some conservatives wanted. Lawmakers on Thursday approved a bill that would prevent the state, its pension
Continue Reading Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN) — En México, la Secretaría de Gestión Integral de Riesgos informó a través de su cuenta de Twitter que los equipos de emergencia combaten un incendio en la Central de Abasto, ubicado en la alcaldía Iztapalapa de la capital del país. En entrevista con Foro TV, afiliada de CNN, el director general
Continue Reading By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press SAN PEDRO CUTUD, Philippines (AP) — At least 12 Filipinos are to be nailed to crosses to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a gory Good Friday tradition that is rejected by the Catholic church but draws huge crowds of devotees and tourists to the Philippines, an Asian bastion of Christianity.
Continue Reading