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By Sam Joseph, CNN (CNN) — After missing over a month of action due to his latest suspension, Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green was booed in his return to the court as his team fell to a 116-107 defeat against the Memphis Grizzlies on Monday. Green was suspended indefinitely after striking Phoenix Suns center
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband is taking his advocacy against antisemitism, Islamophobia and other forms of hate to the Swiss Alps. The White House says Doug Emhoff will attend the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this week. Emhoff also will promote gender equity and women’s rights.
Continue ReadingBy Amanda Musa, CNN (CNN) — It’s been over 20 years since Botox was approved for cosmetic use by the US Food and Drug Administration. The minimally invasive procedure offered millions of Americans with wrinkled foreheads the opportunity to regain a more youthful appearance. Although most Botox recipients are middle-age, dermatologists and plastic surgeons say
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing rebellion from senior lawmakers in his Conservative Party over his stalled plan to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda. The party’s liberal and authoritarian wings are at loggerheads over the plan. Moderates worry the policy is too extreme,
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Lawmakers are trying to get to the bottom of one of Britain’s gravest injustices and are questioning bosses of the Post Office and Fujitsu. Tuesday’s development comes as momentum grows to compensate and clear the names of more than 900 Post Office branch managers wrongly convicted of
Continue ReadingTOKYO (AP) — Japanese media say a Korean Air plane carrying 289 people hit a parked Cathay Pacific aircraft while taxiing to a runway at northern Japan’s New Chitose Airport. The Kyodo News agency reports that the KAL airliner was heading to a runway for a takeoff when it bumped into the empty Cathay Pacific
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN THOMPSON, MATTHEW BROWN and VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Dangerously cold temperatures affected much of the Rockies, Great Plains and Midwest on Tuesday, with wind chills below minus 30 degrees (minus 34.4 Celsius) in many parts of the central U.S. More than 120,000 U.S. homes and businesses were without power
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — A Turkish court has convicted the son of Somalia’s president over the death of a motorcycle courier and sentenced him to 2 1/2 years in prison. It then commuted the sentence to a fine. Mohammed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was charged with “causing death by negligence” after a diplomatic car he was driving
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The operator of the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan says it has no new safety worries and envisions no changes to the plant’s decommissioning plans even after a deadly earthquake on Jan. 1 caused minor damage to another idled nuclear plant. The quake in
Continue ReadingBy Homero De la Fuente and Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — The next round of the NFL playoffs is decided after six games filled the ‘Super Wild Card Weekend.’ The Tampa Bay Buccaneers were the last to advance after beating the defending NFC champion Philadelphia Eagles 32-9 Monday night to move on to the divisional
Continue ReadingBy Hande Atay Alam, Scott McLean, Amir Tal and Isil Sariyuce, CNN (CNN) — Sagiv Jehezkel, the Israeli soccer player suspended from top-tier Turkish club Antalyaspor for an on-pitch protest in support of hostages held in Gaza, has returned to Israel after he was briefly detained by police. Jehezkel, who had been held by police in Antalya,
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A newspaper in Norway says the country is halting adoptions of children from the Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan and South Korea pending an investigation into several allegedly illegal cases. The Norwegian Directorate for Children, Youth and Family Affairs told the VG newspaper that families already assigned a child from the the Philippines,
Continue ReadingBy SALAR SALIM and OMAR ALBAM Associated Press IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Iraq’s Foreign Ministry has recalled its ambassador to Iran for consultations and summoned Iran’s chargé d’affaires in Baghdad in protest over Iranian strikes on northern Iraq that killed several civilians. The ministry says the Iranian attack was “a blatant violation of Iraq’s sovereignty,
Continue ReadingBy Ben Morse, CNN (CNN) — Bill Belichick has interviewed for the vacant head coach role with the Atlanta Falcons, the team announced on Monday. Belichick – who left the New England Patriots last week after 24 seasons and six Super Bowl titles with the organization – has shown no sign of giving up on
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By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — They rattle through neighborhoods all over the Philippines decked out in gaudy hand-painted liveries featuring everything from the Virgin Mary to NBA stars, shuttling millions of people on their daily commutes to the tune of blaring horns and rumbling engines. Affectionately called “king of the roads,” this form of public
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top diplomat has hosted his North Korean counterpart for talks on expanding ties between their countries amid international concerns over an alleged arms cooperation deal between Moscow and Pyongyang. Sergei Lavrov greeted North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui on Tuesday and said they would discuss “active work” on implementing the
Continue ReadingBy George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — British tennis player Jack Draper won a grueling five-set match against American Marcos Giron at the Australian Open on Tuesday, then immediately raced to a courtside bin to throw up. Draper defeated Giron 6-4 3-6 4-6 6-0 6-2 in a first-round match that lasted three hours and 20 minutes.
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer can become college basketball’s all-time wins leader this week when the Cardinal face Oregon and Oregon State at home. The Hall of Fame coach, who already owns the most victories in women’s basketball, sits one victory behind former Duke men’s coach Mike Krzyzewski record of
Continue Reading By Helen Regan and Chris Lau, CNN (CNN) — Israel’s war in Gaza has brought famine with “such incredible speed,” the United Nations’ emergency relief chief told CNN on Monday, as he warned that hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are starving in the besieged enclave. The “great majority” of 400,000 Gazans characterized by UN agencies as at
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Melissa Velásquez Loaiza Seúl, Corea del Sur (CNN) — El líder norcoreano Kim Jong Un prometió este lunes retirar un enorme monumento a la posible reunificación de la Península de Corea que su padre construyó en Pyongyang, calificándolo de “monstruo a la vista”. La llamada de Kim durante un discurso en una reunión de la
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