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By Matias Grez, CNN (CNN) — For Ukrainian tennis players Marta Kostyuk and Lesia Tsurenko, focusing on tennis continues to be challenging. Almost two years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the two women are using their platform at the Australian Open to share the ongoing plight of the country and their families back home. Kostyuk
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is drifting in early Friday trading and nearing its all-time high set two years ago. The S&P 500 was up 0.1% at 4,787, just below its record of 4,796.56. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 42 points, or 0.1%, as of 9:40
Continue ReadingBy EMMA BURROWS and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press A Russian court in Siberia has sentenced a man to 19 years in prison for shooting a military enlistment officer in an attack last September linked to the war in Ukraine. Also on Friday, prosecutors in St. Petersburg asked for a 28-year sentence for a woman charged
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A former Republican legislative candidate in Maine has pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement officers in the U.S. Capitol riot. Matthew Brackley of Waldoboro traveled to Washington for former President Donald Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally and entered the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Prosecutors say he asked for the location
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You’re invited to a Palm Springs party celebrating young leaders across the Coachella Valley. The Palm Springs Chamber of Commerce is hosting a party at the end of January, which will coincide with the release of the upcoming edition of the “PS I ❤ U” magazine. The magazine is set to spotlight EMERGE Palm Springs, a new
Continue ReadingBy Leslie DelasBour Click here for updates on this story KANSAS CITY, Missouri (KSHB) — A volunteer at Hope Faith Ministries spoke about the homeless man found dead in the snow and the realities of people living outside and surviving frigid temperatures. “It’s like losing a family member, it’s like losing someone you love,” said
Continue ReadingBy Eoin McSweeney, CNN (CNN) — Balanced on the side of one hull, New Zealand’s black catamaran glides over the finish line at the deep-water Zayed Port, its 29-meter-long carbon fiber wing stiff in the sea breeze. Just meters away, a grandstand with thousands of spectators erupts in excited cheers, as the Kiwis take their
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — This week began and ended with the long road in front of Berlin’s landmark Brandenburg Gate thronged by heavy vehicles tooting their horns in protest — farmers on Monday and truckers on Friday. Such demonstrations underline deep frustration in Germany with Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government, which came
Continue ReadingJulia Buckley, CNN (CNN) — Taking a long-distance train journey often feels like going back in time. Now, a new route opening up fast, direct access between two European countries will spin passengers back more than a century to the times of the Habsburg empire. A new high-speed route between Italy and Slovenia is now
Continue ReadingBy Tianna Jenkins Click here for updates on this story EAST LANSING, Michigan (WSYM) — Six-year-old Robin Repko and her dog Applesauce’s favorite thing to do is play. “It’s been a wonderful companionship,” her dad, Will Repko, said. “I was very surprised that we would find a dog that was such a perfect fit.” A
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — European Union Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders has praised efforts by Poland’s new pro-EU government to restore the rule of law and says they may lead to the release of billions of euros of EU funds for the country that were frozen under the previous government. Reynders was holding talks in
Continue ReadingBy Larry Wallace Click here for updates on this story LANSING, Michigan (WSYM) — Sometimes the most difficult stories could have the best endings. and Carlos Kelly knows that first hand. Back in Aug., we told you about a break in at Kelly’s store the Lansing Sneaker Spa. “The took clothes, they took shoes, customers’
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Ten years after “The Square,” an acquisition that put Netflix documentaries on the map, the streamer is back at the Sundance Film Festival with an eye towards acquisitions and two very different originals. Ford’s latest, “Power,” an inquiry into the evolution of policing in
Continue ReadingBy LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — Eminem stood alongside Pro Football Hall of Famers Barry Sanders and Calvin Johnson before the Detroit Lions hosted a playoff game for the first time in three decades, soaking up an electric atmosphere at Ford Field. “The energy in the building was amazing,” Johnson said in
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — The youngest child of legendary rapper Snoop Dogg has shared that she suffered a “severe stroke.” Cori Broadus, 24, posted on the Instastory portion of her verified Instagram account Thursday about her health crisis. “I had a severe stroke this am,” she wrote in the post that included
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By Isabel Rosales and Chris Youd, CNN (CNN) — The family of a 62-year-old man who died after an Atlanta police officer tased him during a dispute about a traffic citation has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the former officer, the police chief and the city. The 63-page complaint alleges Johnny Hollman Sr.’s First, Fourth and 14th amendment
Continue ReadingMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Top-ranked Iga Swiatek will play a night match for the first time at this year’s Australian Open on Saturday when she meets Linda Noskova for a place in the round of 16. Swiatek rallied from 4-1 down in the deciding set against Danielle Collins in the previous round and is trying
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — More than 1,000 people have rallied in the Russian region of Bashkortostan, continuing a series of protests triggered by the conviction and sentencing of a local activist and handing a new challenge to the Kremlin. People gathered Friday in the center of Ufa, the main city of Bashkortostan,
Continue Reading By Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is changing the way it responds to natural disasters, it announced Friday, as the climate crisis fuels more extreme weather events and causes more destruction to people’s homes. The measures include giving wider access to an immediate $750 per person impacted by extreme
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities in the French Caribbean island of Martinique say two people have been rescued and they are searching for three others after their boat capsized. The search is focused along Galleon Bay, off Martinique’s east coast, according to the Antilles-Guyana Regional Operational Surveillance and Rescue Center. Local media reported
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