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By HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — For months, Andrea studied for her master’s degree in library sciences between dancing naked at clubs in Seattle. But then she was sexually assaulted at work and slapped by a customer — and nobody stepped in to help. Now, she and hundreds of other strippers in Washington
Continue ReadingBy HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — For months, Andrea studied for her master’s degree in library sciences between dancing naked at clubs in Seattle. But then she was sexually assaulted at work and slapped by a customer — and nobody stepped in to help. Now, she and hundreds of other strippers in Washington
Continue ReadingBy FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s Cabinet has agreed to back a move in Parliament to abolish the death penalty. The punishment was last used in the southern African nation nearly 20 years ago. Zimbabwe is one of more than a dozen countries in Africa and more than 50 across the
Continue ReadingBy Patrick Rail Click here for updates on this story TORONTO (CTV Network) — As a crushing housing stock shortage, record prices and skyrocketing rents spur an exodus from Canada’s biggest cities, the federal government announced almost $100 million in new funding to tackle rent affordability. One researcher is warning, however, that although the additional
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, NICK INGRAM and MARK VANCLEAVE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — An ignitable cake burns away a Kansas City Chiefs logo to reveal pop superstar Taylor Swift ‘s image underneath. Prayer candles feature the Grammy winner and her star tight end boyfriend Travis Kelce. Sweatshirts are emblazoned with “Kelce’s Best Catch”
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, NICK INGRAM and MARK VANCLEAVE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — An ignitable cake burns away a Kansas City Chiefs logo to reveal pop superstar Taylor Swift ‘s image underneath. Prayer candles feature the Grammy winner and her star tight end boyfriend Travis Kelce. Sweatshirts are emblazoned with “Kelce’s Best Catch”
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BAUDER and EMMA BURROWS Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin has been interviewed by former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, the Kremlin confirmed Wednesday. It is Putin’s first interview to a Western media figure since his full-scale invasion of Ukraine two years ago. Carlson had released a video from Moscow on Tuesday in
Continue ReadingBy Richard Quest and Joe Minihane, CNN (CNN) — There’s a phrase that the locals love to use in Zanzibar, one that sums up life on this archipelago of 50 islands just off the coast of East Africa: hakuna matata. It means “no worries,” (as fans of “The Lion King” will know) and it’s a
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — In his bid for U.S. Senate in Ohio, Trump-endorsed Republican Bernie Moreno casts himself as a “political outsider.” But Moreno served on two government boards at entities that boosted his blockchain company while he served. Moreno’s campaign says he was recruited to the voluntary positions
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol reiterated that the country would not seek its own nuclear deterrent in the face of threats from nuclear-armed North Korea as he vowed efforts to sharpen nuclear deterrence strategies with ally United States to calm security jitters in the
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN (CNN) — More children die from guns than anything else in the United States, but relatively little funding is available to study how to prevent these tragedies. From 2008 to 2017, about $12 million in federal research awards were granted to study pediatric firearm mortality each year – about $600 per
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By Dakin Andone, Andy Rose and Dianne Gallagher, CNN (CNN) — The nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy group wants prosecutors to bring federal and state hate crime charges against a man arrested in the stabbing of a 23-year-old Palestinian American man Sunday evening in Texas. The victim, identified by his father as Zacharia
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have found the best evidence yet of a vast, young ocean beneath the icy exterior of Saturn’s Death Star lookalike mini moon. The French-led team analyzed changes in Mimas’ orbit and rotation and reported Wednesday that a hidden ocean 12 to 18 miles
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urielblanco (CNN Español) — Sebastián Piñera Echenique, expresidente de Chile, murió el martes en un accidente de helicóptero en la región de Los Ríos, en el sur del país. Piñera era el piloto de la aeronave. “Con profundo pesar comunicamos el fallecimiento del expresidente de la República Sebastián Piñera Echenique. Durante la tarde de este
Continue ReadingBy JULIE WATSON and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Crews were searching for a Marine Corps helicopter carrying five troops from Nevada to California that was reported overdue early Wednesday as an historic storm continued drenching California. The Marines were flying a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from Creech Air Force Base,
Continue ReadingBy JULIE WATSON and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Crews were searching for a Marine Corps helicopter carrying five troops from Nevada to California that was reported overdue early Wednesday as an historic storm continued drenching California. The Marines were flying a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from Creech Air Force Base,
Continue ReadingBy ABDUL SATTAR and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Bombs ripped through two separate political offices in southwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least 30 people, officials said, the day before the country was set to elect a new parliament. The attacks in Baluchistan province — home to a low-level insurgency and
Continue ReadingBy GABE STERN and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Even without Donald Trump on Nevada’s Republican ballot, Nikki Haley was denied her first victory. The indignity of a distant second-place finish behind “none of these candidates” was a fresh blow for Haley, facilitated by the staunch Trump allies who lead Nevada’s
Continue ReadingBy RICHARD COLOMBO Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Some Taylor Swift fans in Tokyo spent thousands of dollars to attend the pop superstar’s first performance Wednesday after her latest Grammy win and the announcement of a new album. Fans have been watching to see whether the singer will finish the Japan part of her Eras
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of New York Community Bancorp fell another 11% Wednesday after the bank’s credit rating got downgraded to “junk” and investors worried that regional lender could suffer the same fate Silicon Valley Bank did last year. NYCB’s shares have been in a steep decline since
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