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By Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — St. Patrick’s Day at the White House is ordinarily a moment for celebration, with the fountains dyed green and a crystal bowl of shamrocks exchanged as a symbol of friendly ties between the United States and Ireland. There will still be shamrocks this year, but Israel’s war in
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By Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN (CNN) — Gaza has received its first batch of humanitarian aid by sea as international powers step up efforts to bring in much needed supplies to the besieged enclave. The ship – run by Spanish charity Open Arms – left Cyprus around 3:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday and arrived at the shores of
Continue ReadingBy MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Top Brazilian military leaders declared to police that former President Jair Bolsonaro presented them a plan to reverse the results of the 2022 election he lost, but they refused and warned him they would arrest him if he tried it, according to judicial documents released Friday.
Continue Reading By Niamh Kennedy, Nadeen Ebrahim and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — The first aid ship carrying much-needed food has reached the shoreline of central Gaza as part of new efforts to ease a humanitarian crisis in the besieged enclave. Workers have been unpacking the 200 tons of food aid on smaller boats off the shore
Continue ReadingBy JOSHUA A. BICKEL and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press LAKEVIEW, Ohio (AP) — Blaine Schmidt sifted through the broken glass and splintered wood throughout his Ohio home Friday, salvaging a guitar and a bundle of diapers. His couch and a crib had been ripped apart by one of many tornadoes that tore through the central
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After a swarm of bees attacked the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament, viewers are looking for ways to protect their homes from the bees. Putting the Bee in BNP. I knew this match had some buzz around it. Didn't know it had this much. Wow! 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝@KESQ @KenjiitoKESQ @Tarp1969 @Qassignmentdesk #TennisParadise #IndianWells #BeeNP https://t.co/sWAY05BVQP— Blake Arthur
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Franciotti Click here for updates on this story BALTIMORE (WBAL) — The African penguins at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore are in danger of going extinct in the wild, which is one reason why the breeding program is so important. Jen Kottyan, the curator of birds at the Maryland Zoo, is in charge
Continue ReadingBy Madison Monroe Adams Click here for updates on this story LEHIGH ACRES, Florida (WBBH) — A Lehigh Acres woman is thanking God that she’s still alive after being shot inside her home 10 times. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office said they arrested 59-year-old Glenn White for shooting a woman inside her home off Hollywood
Continue ReadingBy Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — Taylor Swift’s “Eras Tour” concert film is now available to stream in its entirety on Disney+. The extended cut of “Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version)” clocks in at around three and a half hours and includes her performance of “Cardigan” from her 2020 hit album “Folklore,”
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal from a student group that has been blocked from staging a drag show at a public university in Texas. The justices did not comment Friday in refusing to issue an order that would have allowed Spectrum WT — a group for LGBTQ+ students and
Continue ReadingBy MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Former Polish prime minister Jarosław Kaczyński has told a special parliamentary committee that he believes Poland needed advanced spyware but he wasn’t interested in how or against whom it was used. Kaczyński testified Friday about the purchase and allegedly illegal use of spyware by the government
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A coroner’s investigation into the death of a man in Los Angeles last month revealed that he was a suspect in a 2008 Washington state child rape who was believed to have jumped to his death from a bridge on Puget Sound years ago, authorities said. Christian Robert Basham was living
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — A coroner’s investigation into the death of a man in Los Angeles last month revealed that he was a suspect in a 2008 Washington state child rape who was believed to have jumped to his death from a bridge on Puget Sound years ago, authorities said. Christian Robert Basham was living
Continue Reading By Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Three people were killed and 27 people injured in a “terrorist attack” at a hotel near Somalia’s presidential palace on Thursday, the country’s state broadcaster Somalia National Television (SNTV) has reported. According to SNTV, five armed gunmen attacked the SYL Hotel in the capital Mogadishu on Thursday night. All
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With St. Patrick’s Day coming up this weekend, President Joe Biden is dwelling on one of his favorite subjects: Ireland. Biden played host to Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar at the White House and then attended a lunch at the U.S. Capitol. The two
Continue ReadingBy Forrest Sanders Click here for updates on this story MT. JULIET, Tennessee (WTVF) — It seems we’re always reading articles now about how people are less neighborly. A couple said that’s certainly not true of where they live, and they’re sharing a story to prove it. Find a place where you can be surrounded
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — An official says a rubber dinghy carrying migrants has sunk off Turkey’s northern Aegean coast, leaving at least 22 people dead. Gov. Ilhami Aktas says coast guard personnel on Friday rescued two migrants from the sea while two others reached the shore by themselves. It was not clear how many people
Continue ReadingBy Chris Arnold Click here for updates on this story TOOELE, Utah (KSTU) — Despite new details on what led to the arrest of a 9-year-old Tooele boy following the shooting death of his father, questions still remain about the incident and what, if anything, can be learned from what sparked it. A search warrant
Continue ReadingBy MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Top Brazilian military leaders declared to police that former President Jair Bolsonaro presented them a plan to reverse the results of the 2022 election he lost, but they refused and warned him they would arrest him if he tried it, according to judicial documents released Friday.
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Catholic activist in Belarus has been handed a three-year prison sentence on charges that Western diplomats have denounced as politically driven, the latest move in the authorities’ sweeping crackdown on the country’s civil society. Thirty-three-year-old Uladzislau Beladzed taught the catechism at the city’s Cathedral of
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