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By Sarah Dewberry and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce’s foundation has donated $100,000 to victims of the deadly Super Bowl victory parade shooting on Wednesday. According to the GoFundMe page, Kelce, through his Eighty-Seven and Running Foundation, bestowed two $50,000 donations to the Reyes Family on Friday, according to GoFundMe.
Continue ReadingBy BEN FINLEY ASSOCIATED PRESS NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Like the other Founding Fathers, George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly celebrating his life. He was the first leader of a new republic — not a tyrant. And yet the nation once again commemorated the first U.S. president on Monday, 292 years after
Continue ReadingBy KATIE MARIE DAVIES Associated Press For the mother of Alexei Navalny — the Russian opposition leader who died at age 47 in an Arctic penal colony — the journey to recover her son’s body was an odyssey with no clear destination. In the end, she didn’t get what she came for. Lyudmila Navalnaya, 69,
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By Catherine Nicholls, Pauline Lockwood and Alex Marquardt, CNN Munich, Germany (CNN) — Hamas’s demands for a hostage deal are “delusional” and need to be “close to reality,” Israel’s Coordinator for the Captives and the Missing, Gal Hirsch, told CNN Saturday. “We want a deal very much and we know we need to pay prices.
Continue Reading CNN By Catherine Nicholls, Pauline Lockwood and Alex Marquardt, CNN Munich, Germany (CNN) — Hamas’s demands for a hostage deal are “delusional” and need to be “close to reality,” Israel’s Coordinator for the Captives and the Missing, Gal Hirsch, told CNN Saturday. “We want a deal very much and we know we need to pay
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Sol Amaya (CNN) — Imagínate un mundo completamente estéril. Ante ti hay un paisaje volcánico, desprovisto de flora y fauna. Esparcidas por esta extensión gris y negra hay cuerpos de agua poco profundos. En cada una de estas piscinas naturales se elabora una combinación precisa de sustancias químicas y condiciones físicas que podrían servir como
Continue Reading By Justin Gamble and Chandelis Duster, CNN (CNN) — As a parent, Chuck Walter said he’s used to signing papers that his children bring home from school. But Walter said a recent request from his daughter’s teacher caught him off guard. Earlier this month, Walter was among the parents at Coral Way K-8 Center, a Miami-Dade County public
Continue Reading CNN By Justin Gamble and Chandelis Duster, CNN (CNN) — As a parent, Chuck Walter said he’s used to signing papers that his children bring home from school. But Walter said a recent request from his daughter’s teacher caught him off guard. Earlier this month, Walter was among the parents at Coral Way K-8 Center, a Miami-Dade County
Continue Reading WUSA, CNN By Christal Hayes, Paradise Afshar and Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A house exploded in Sterling, Virginia, on Friday night as fire crews were inside checking a gas leak, leaving one firefighter dead and at least 13 others injured, including 11 first responders, officials say. The injured first responders and two civilians were
Continue ReadingBy AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer Purdue and reigning national champion Connecticut have certainly appeared to separate themselves from the rest of the top teams in college basketball with only a month left until Selection Sunday. For the committee that will select the NCAA Tournament field, the Boilermakers have the edge on the Huskies for
Continue ReadingBy CARA ANNA Associated Press The head of the main United Nations agency supporting people in Gaza alleged that Israel is intent on “destroying” the organization along with the idea that Palestinians are refugees and have a right to return home one day. Philippe Lazzarini accused Israel in an interview with the Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger
Continue Reading By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Hungary can ratify Sweden’s NATO bid as soon as February 26 when the country’s parliament reconvenes, Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced on Saturday. “Together with the Swedish Prime Minister, we have done important steps to restore confidence,” Orban said during an annual state of the nation address. “We are going in
Continue Reading By Maria Kostenko and Manveena Suri, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pressed partner nations for more military assistance to Ukraine at the Munich Security Conference in Germany Saturday, amid signs of the war turning in Russia’s favour. His plea came soon after Ukrainian forces announced their withdrawal from the key eastern town of Avdiivka. A $60
Continue ReadingBy OMAR AKOUR Associated Press AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The interior ministers of four Arab countries have held talks in Jordan to discuss ways of combatting the illegal drug trade in the region. The ministers from Iraq, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon agreed Saturday to set up a joint telecommunication cell to exchange information. The drug
Continue Reading Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — El cuerpo del opositor ruso encarcelado Alexey Navalny debe ser entregado a su familia “inmediatamente”, dijo este sábado su portavoz Kira Yarmysh, acusando a los funcionarios rusos de mentir para retrasar el proceso. El feroz crítico del presidente de Rusia Vladimir Putin, de 47 años, murió el viernes después de sentirse
Continue ReadingBy DAVID GINSBURG AP Sports Writer COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — The Hall of Fame basketball coach Lefty Driesell has died. His family says Driesell died Saturday at his home in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Driesell’s folksy drawl belied a fiery on-court demeanor. He rebuilt struggling programs and won 786 games over parts of five decades.
Continue Reading Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Kansas City continúa de luto después de un tiroteo masivo en el mitin de victoria de los Chiefs en el Super Bowl que dejó a una madre de dos hijos muerta y a más de 20 personas heridas, incluidos niños, mientras los investigadores trabajaban para descubrir exactamente cómo se desarrolló el
Continue ReadingBy SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Protestors took the streets in Senegal’s capital Saturday to keep the pressure on President Mack Sall to hold elections quickly. Hundreds of people walked and biked through downtown Dakar chanting “Macky dictator” while others called for the liberation of opposition prisoners in jail. After the country’s
Continue ReadingBy Jordan Valinsky and Eva Rothenberg, CNN New York (CNN) — Starbucks has opened its first cafe designed to give customers with disabilities a “more accessible store experience,” the company announced Friday in a news release. The move is part of a wider inclusivity initiative that Starbucks has undertaken to design easily navigable retail spaces
Continue Reading By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — On July 20, 1969, the world watched as humankind landed on the moon for the first time. But the perfect touchdown of the Eagle lunar lander by NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong was anything but easy. As he and fellow astronaut Buzz Aldrin flew over the intended landing site, Armstrong
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