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ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s military says security forces have killed eight insurgents in an overnight operation at a militant hideout near the Afghan border. The shootout left one soldier dead and four wounded. According to a military statement, the shootout took place in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province’s South Waziristan, where an intelligence-based operation was
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Japan has lost so many chickens to bird flu, it’s now running out of land to bury them. Japanese state broadcaster NHK reported Tuesday that 16 out of 26 prefectures in the country did not have enough land to dispose of culled birds properly. All 26 had reported experiencing avian flu
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By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The battle of Los Angeles was no contest. The quest for the highest possible playoff seed is another story for the Clippers and Lakers. Norman Powell scored 27 points, Kawhi Leonard added 25 in a game-high 43 minutes and the Clippers improved their playoff seeding
Continue Reading SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Bob Lee, a technology executive who created Cash App and was currently chief product officer of MobileCoin, was fatally stabbed in downtown San Francisco early Tuesday, according to the cryptocurrency platform and police. The San Francisco Police Department said in a statement that officers responded to a report of a stabbing
Continue Reading By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — You may have already seen them in restaurants: waist-high machines that can greet guests, lead them to their tables, deliver food and drinks and ferry dirty dishes to the kitchen. Some have cat-like faces and even purr when you scratch their heads. But are
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By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were trading mostly lower Thursday as investors turned their attention to upcoming earnings reports and other economic indicators. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 shed 1.1% in morning trading to 27,507.65. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.3% to 7,214.90. South Korea’s Kospi fell nearly 0.8% to 2,476.08.
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By Dakin Andone, Ryan Young, Amy Simonson and Steve Almasy, CNN In an extraordinary, emotionally charged session marked by tense exchanges and punctuated by boos and chants from onlookers, Tennessee’s Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted to expel two Black lawmakers — but failed to oust a third representative — a week after the three Democrats
Continue Reading By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — When Ashoke and Vinita Rampuria’s son returned home after taking a year off from college, to complete his course work, he didn’t seem like himself. “He was unable to complete tasks. He was lying on the sofa,” said Ashoke Rampuria, a resident of Acton, Massachusetts. “He took
Continue Reading By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The rights to the works of the late Jorge Luis Borges, considered Argentina’s most internationally significant author of the 20th century, have fallen into limbo because his widow died last month without a will. The revelation this week surprised the country’s literary circles, because Borges’
Continue Reading By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. (AP) — You may have already seen them in restaurants: waist-high machines that can greet guests, lead them to their tables, deliver food and drinks and ferry dirty dishes to the kitchen. Some have cat-like faces and even purr when you scratch their heads. But are
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen, CNN A Russian tourist has been deported from Bali after a semi-nude photo he took on top of a sacred mountain went viral and sparked heated public debate about misbehaving tourists on the island. The 24-year-old Russian national, identified by Balinese immigration authorities as Yuri Chilikin, was deported on Tuesday, April 4
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan, CNN Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said farewell to politics Wednesday with a rousing speech that assured other nerds, criers, and huggers that they too could one day lead. “You can be anxious, sensitive, kind, and wear your heart on your sleeve, you can be a mother or not, you
Continue ReadingBy Richard Roth, Jessie Gretener and Jessie Yeung, CNN Afghan men working for the United Nations in Kabul will stay home in solidarity with their female colleagues after the Taliban prohibited Afghan women from working for the global organization, according to a senior UN official. Ramiz Alakbarov, the UN Deputy Special Representative, Resident and Humanitarian
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It was a packed nest for the Coachella Valley Firebirds for what many believe was the biggest game in franchise history yet! Related story: Firebirds fall to Wranglers 3-1, drop below Calgary in Pacific Division standings The Firebirds fell short, losing 3-1 to the Calgary Wranglers on Wednesday night in front of 8,206 fans at
Continue Reading By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer The road to the NBA Finals now goes through Milwaukee. The road out of the Western Conference goes through Denver, for the first time ever. And the rest of the top half of the Eastern Conference playoff bracket is set as well. The Bucks will have the No. 1
Continue Reading By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Kyrie Irving had already sparked a rally to put the Dallas Mavericks in front when he hit a gravity-defying shot that helped seal a victory to keep their postseason hopes alive. Irving capped a 19-point fourth quarter with a high-arching 3-pointer to finish with 31 points,
Continue Reading By Sara Smart, CNN A sheriff and a local firearms dealer in Frederick County, Maryland, have been indicted on federal charges for their roles in a scheme to illegally acquire machine guns so they could be rented out for profit, federal prosecutors announced. A federal grand jury indicted Frederick County Sheriff Charles Austin Jenkins, 66,
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — The body of a U.S. man who had been missing since Feb. 11 has been found in a clandestine burial pit on Mexico’s Baja California peninsula, prosecutors in the state of Baja California Sur said Wednesday. State prosecutor Daniel de la Rosa said a local man and his sister had been
Continue Reading By Sara Smart, CNN A sheriff and a local firearms dealer in Frederick County, Maryland, have been indicted on federal charges for their roles in a scheme to illegally acquire machine guns so they could be rented out for profit, federal prosecutors announced. A federal grand jury indicted Frederick County Sheriff Charles Austin Jenkins, 66,
Continue Reading By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has threatened unspecified “offensive action” over the expansion of U.S. military exercises with rival South Korea as President Joe Biden’s special representative for North Korea flew to Seoul for talks with allies over the North’s growing nuclear threat. The North Korean comments came
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