By The Associated Press The Associated Press national player of the week in women’s basketball for Week 7 of the season: HANNAH HILDAGO, Notre Dame The 5-foot-6 freshman guard from Haddonfield, New Jersey, led the Fighting Irish to a win last week over Western Michigan with her first career triple-double. Hildago had 26 points, 11
Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian warplanes damaged a Russian ship moored in the Black Sea off Crimea, both countries said Tuesday, bolstering Ukrainian morale after battlefield disappointments and doubts about the future of Western aid. The planes fired guided missiles at the landing ship Novocherkassk, which is moored at a
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN, WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces bombarded Palestinian refugee camps Tuesday in central Gaza and ordered residents to evacuate as the military expanded its ground offensive into another part of the besieged territory. Gaza’s main telecom provider announced another “complete interruption” of services. A
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian officials and survivors say at least 140 people were killed by gunmen in weekend attacks on remote villages in north-central Nigeria’s Plateau state. It was the latest of such mass killing this year blamed on the country’s farmer-herder crisis. Plateau Gov. Caleb Mutfwang said on
Continue ReadingBy First Alert 4 Staff Click here for updates on this story ST. LOUIS (KMOV) — The Surprise Squad set out to make this holiday memorable for a mother who continues the road to recovery after being shot multiple times. First Alert 4 first brought viewers Christina Horsfall’s story in November. The mother of 3
Continue ReadingBy Mark Thompson, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli government and Intel confirmed plans to build a $25 billion chipmaking factory in the south of the country, an investment Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described as the biggest in Israel’s history. The American tech giant already employs 11,700 people in Israel and has invested more than
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Police said Tuesday they are investigating incidents directed at Colorado Supreme Court justices and providing extra patrols around their homes in Denver following the court’s decision to remove former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot. The Denver Police Department declined in an email to
Continue ReadingMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A federal judge declined Tuesday to stay litigation over Alabama’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors. The U.S. Department of Justice asked to put the litigation on hold as similar cases wind upward toward the U.S. Supreme Court. U.S. District Judge Liles Burke ruled the case will move forward for now.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The widower of metro Phoenix’s former top county prosecutor was suspected of fatally shooting a woman he was in a relationship with and her mother on Christmas Eve before taking his own life. Phoenix police say 47-year-old David DeNitto is believed to have killed 47-year-old Maryalice Cash and 83-year-old Cynthia
Continue ReadingBy Sarah Dewberry, CNN (CNN) — Authorities are investigating a Christmas Day swatting call at Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s residence in Rome, Georgia. Greene took to social media Monday morning, posting on X, “I was just swatted. This is like the 8th time. On Christmas with my family here.” On Monday, 911 dispatch informed officers
Continue ReadingURBANA, Ill. (AP) — A woman has been sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison after taking part in the straw purchase of a handgun that was used to kill one central Illinois police officer and wound another during a shootout. Federal prosecutors said Tuesday that 28-year-old Regina Lewis engaged in a conspiracy to buy
Continue ReadingBy Suyin Haynes, CNN (CNN) — After spending several days with the Haenyeo, a group of women on South Korea’s Jeju Island renowned for harvesting seafood from the ocean floor without scuba gear, photographer Peter Ash Lee said one conversation — with one of the youngest of the island’s “freedivers” — stood out from the
Continue ReadingBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The administration of Argentine President Javier Milei says the government won’t renew contracts for more than 5,000 employees hired this year before he took office. The move was part of a sweeping plan of cutbacks and devaluations announced by the right-wing libertarian since he took office on Dec. 10 to
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Alexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Podría haber sido mucho peor. Pero el hecho de no llegar al borde del abismo en 2023 no ha hecho sino aplazar grandes crisis hasta 2024. El mundo posterior al covid es un mundo agotado, con escasez de dinero y, en última instancia, más tenso que en décadas. Todo ello se verá
Continue ReadingBy Ashley McDowell Click here for updates on this story BEL AIR, Maryland (WMAR) — The past couple of years hasn’t been easy for a four-year-old in Bel Air who was diagnosed with a brain tumor, but there’s light at the end of the tunnel. In January, McKensie Jay’s royal wish to be surrounded by
Continue ReadingBy Elizabeth Worthington Click here for updates on this story TOWSON, Maryland (WMAR) — It’s a gift more than 50 years in the making. Barbara Rieco wrote a children’s book in 1972. It was based on a true story – a little girl she had met while living in Appalachia briefly. It was her first
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI, ZEKE MILLER and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden ordered the United States military to carry out retaliatory airstrikes against Iranian-backed militia groups after three U.S. service members were injured in a drone attack in northern Iraq. National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said one of the
Continue ReadingBy SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Sweden edged closer toward joining NATO after the Turkish Parliament’s foreign affairs committee greenlighted a protocol for the Nordic country’s membership in the military alliance. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan dropped his objection to Sweden’s membership during a NATO summit in July, but it took him
Continue ReadingBUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A huge fire at a guesthouse in Romania has left six people dead, including at least one child, and several others missing. Emergency intervention teams were deployed to the blaze that erupted on Tuesday morning in the village of Tohani. The General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations says 26 people had been
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN New York (CNN) — If you’re thinking of sending back a disappointing gift you just received over the holidays, the return may bring even more disappointment. Americans have grown accustomed to free returns, but a growing number of retailers are charging fees as returns squeeze retailers’ bottom lines.
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