ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria has inaugurated a gigantic mosque on its Mediterranean coastline after years of political upheaval transformed the project from a symbol of state-sponsored strength and religiosity to one of delays and cost overruns.Built by a Chinese construction firm throughout the 2010s, the “Great Mosque of Algiers” features the world’s tallest minaret,
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — New Yorkers continue to celebrate the Lunar New Year with a parade in the city’s historic Chinatown. While the symbolic new lunar cycle ended earlier this week with the full moon, Manhattan’s parade was scheduled for the weekend. On Sunday, revelers took to the streets of the borough’s traditional Chinatown for
Continue ReadingBy Daniela Cado Click here for updates on this story MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — Barbershop harmony is rooted in African American traditions of the late 1800s in the south. This type of storytelling through songs isn’t too common now-a-days but one local group has stayed active for the past 35 years, The Midwest Vocal Express.
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Piesko Click here for updates on this story MILLINGTON, Michigan (WNEM) — A local classic car enthusiast is preparing for his second auto show in less than a year, and he’s only 11-years-old. “Nobody else really in my class does this! My dad started working on his car and I thought it was
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Zachary B. Wolf, CNN (CNN) — The tech industry sold Americans a bill of goods, promising to change the world for the better but instead harvesting everyone’s data to build powerful empires. That’s the message in a fascinating new memoir, “Burn Book,” by the tech journalist Kara Swisher, who hosts a multitude of
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By Erin Hassanzadeh Click here for updates on this story ELY, Minnesota (WCCO) — Every year, biologists take flight to count moose in Minnesota. They’re in the process of doing it right now in the Superior National Forest near Ely. WCCO wondered how the state’s largest wild animal is faring in such an usual winter.
Continue ReadingBy STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — The Austrian government says ans 84-year-old Austrian man who traveled to Afghanistan last year and was arrested there has been released by the country’s Taliban rulers. The Austrian Foreign Ministry in a statement Sunday identified the man as Herbert Fritz and said he arrived in Doha, Qatar
Continue ReadingBy Dawn White Click here for updates on this story EULESS, Texas (KTVT) — A Tarrant County woman is one of the most decorated Polynesian track and field stars in United States history. Her physical and mental strength are helping to keep her alive almost three decades after her heyday. Eileen Vanisi’s mother emigrated from
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KTVT By Dawn White Click here for updates on this story EULESS, Texas (KTVT) — A Tarrant County woman is one of the most decorated Polynesian track and field stars in United States history. Her physical and mental strength are helping to keep her alive almost three decades after her heyday. Eileen Vanisi’s mother emigrated
Continue ReadingBy CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s celebrity owl Flaco died from a traumatic impact, zoologists confirmed a day after he reportedly flew into a building, with further testing planned to determine if the Eurasian eagle-owl may have been sick. What happened in Flaco’s final hours is top of mind
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 15 Catholic worshippers were killed in a Burkina Faso village on Sunday when gunmen attacked a community as they gathered for prayers in the country’s conflict-hit northern region, church officials said. The violence in the village of Essakane was a “terrorist attack” that left
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — The US government’s top humanitarian aid official will travel to Israel, the West Bank, and Jordan this week in an effort to address the humanitarian crisis in Gaza that is veering into catastrophe. US Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Samantha Power will meet with Israeli, Palestinian Authority and Jordanian
Continue ReadingBy DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia has sent a protest note after the Croatian foreign minister called President Aleksandar Vučić a Russian “satellite” in the Balkans. It’s the latest spat between the two neighbors that have been at odds for most of the time since the bloody breakup of Yugoslavia in
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Washington (CNN) — The US Supreme Court is set to make a pivotal decision about what Americans can see on social media as it takes up two cases this week that could transform the internet as we know it. On Monday, the court will consider arguments on whether to give Texas
Continue ReadingBy SONJA SMITH Associated Press WINDHOEK, Namibia (AP) — Namibian President Hage Geingob has been laid to rest in the country’s Heroes’ Acre cemetery following a state funeral attended by African leaders, the German president and Princess Anne, the sister of Britain’s King Charles III. Geingob died earlier this month at the age of 82
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS BEAUMONT and MEG KINNARD Associated Press TROY, Mich. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley says it’s not “the end of our story” despite Donald Trump’s easy primary victory in South Carolina, her home state where the onetime governor had long suggested her competitiveness with the former president would show. Defying calls from
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CNN By Camila DeChalus, Sam Fossum and Alex Marquardt, CNN (CNN) — Negotiators have come to an “understanding” on the broad contours of a potential deal to release hostages held by Hamas in exchange for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan told CNN Sunday. An Israeli delegation, including Mossad
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG, WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An Israeli military offensive in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah could be “delayed somewhat” if a deal is reached for a weekslong cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday, and claimed that total victory in the
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By John Blake, CNN (CNN) — At first glance, it looks ordinary. It’s a traditional brick house perched near the corner of a sleepy suburban cul-de-sac with a mini-basketball court out back. It could be Anywhere USA. But some of the biggest names in music have come to this home in Atlanta, Georgia, to meet
Continue ReadingKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that 31,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in action in the two years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion. Zelenskyy said that the number was far lower than estimates given by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government. “31,000 Ukrainian military personnel have been killed in this
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