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By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The mother of a 5-year-old girl who was killed in 2019 and whose body remains missing, has asked a New Hampshire probate judge to declare the girl legally dead and to be appointed as administrator of her estate. Crystal Sorey took the first steps in preparation
Continue ReadingBy Brittany Whitehead Click here for updates on this story ASHEVILLE, North Carolina (WLOS) — A local community is rallying behind a baby boy after he was diagnosed with a rare genetic disease. Sunday, March, 10, The Orange Peel hosted ” Rockin’ for Rudy,” a musical fundraiser for a music-loving baby whose family is in
Continue ReadingBy CARLOS MUREITHI and DANA BELTAJI Associated Press Europe is facing growing climate risks and is unprepared. That’s according to the European Environment Agency’s first-ever risk assessment about the impact of climate change on the continent. It says the continent is the fastest-warming in the world and is prone to increasing extreme heat, downpours and
Continue ReadingBy Justin Berger Click here for updates on this story TRYON, North Carolina (WLOS) — “The tree fell right through the roof and I could see sky,” Kathy Alyea said Sunday, March 10, when she shared her story with a News 13 crew during her stay at a rehabilitation facility more than three weeks after
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The special counsel who impugned the president’s age and competence in his report on how Joe Biden handled classified documents will himself be up for questioning this week. Robert Hur is scheduled to testify before a congressional committee on Tuesday as House Republicans
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — King Felipe VI of Spain says victims of terror attacks are a symbol of the constant need to guard freedom and the rule of law against threats. The monarch spoke Monday at a ceremony marking the 20th anniversary of one of Europe’s deadliest extremist attacks. Felipe told officials attending the European Remembrance
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By Emma Tucker and Andi Babineau, CNN (CNN) — A now-former forensic scientist with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation manipulated or omitted DNA test results in hundreds of cases, an internal affairs investigation found, which prompted a full review of her work during her nearly 30-year career at the agency. The CBI released the findings of
Continue ReadingBy Barbie Nadeau and Sammy Mncwabe, CNN (CNN) — Italian soccer club US Lecce has fired manager Roberto D’Aversa for allegedly headbutting a Verona player after their Serie A match on Sunday. Following Lecce’s 1-0 home defeat, videos circulating online show D’Aversa walking towards opposing player Thomas Henry and then appearing to strike him with
Continue ReadingVENICE, Fla. (AP) — Florida wildlife officials say a sperm whale that became famous after beaching itself on a sandbar has died. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said in a statement that the whale died around 3 a.m. Monday. Police and wildlife officials began trying to free the whale from the shallow sandbar
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are slipping Monday as Wall Street prepares for a report on inflation that could show how realistic its hopes for easier interest rates are. The S&P 500 was 0.2% lower in afternoon trading, coming off just its third losing week in the last
Continue ReadingCNN By Katie Bo Lillis, Natasha Bertrand, Oren Liebermann and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Russia appears on track to produce nearly three times more artillery munitions than the US and Europe, a key advantage ahead of what is expected to be another Russian offensive in Ukraine later this year. Russia is producing about 250,000
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA O’MALLEY and INGRID LOBET Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Heat pumps that fit in an apartment window could make a big impact in reducing greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change. Heat pumps are a highly efficient technology that has been outshipping gas furnaces in recent years, but they have mainly
Continue ReadingJAMEY KEATEN and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A U.N.-backed commission says five years after the Islamic State group lost the last sliver of land it once controlled in Syria, nearly 30,000 children of militants and their supporters from various nationalities are suffering abuses in camps, prisons and rehabilitation centers in the war-torn
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has unveiled a groundbreaking project for the upcoming Venice Biennale of Art: It is mounting a multimedia installation inside Venice’s Giudecca women’s prison. It’s being created with the active participation of inmates and artists and will be open to the public under strict security
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — Porsche today introduced the most powerful production, or mass-produced, car it has ever made. The electric 1,093-horsepower Taycan Turbo GT, coming to market this summer, has already set two race track speed record for an electric car. It even beat one set by a Tesla Model S by a gigantic 18 seconds. High horsepower
Continue ReadingBy Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — After six weeks out of the sport, ski star Mikaela Shiffrin made a triumphant return from injury to win a record-equaling eighth World Cup slalom season title in Åre, Sweden, on Sunday. The win ties the American with Lindsey Vonn and Ingemar Stenmark, who both clinched eight crystal globes
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — A group of climate activists including Greta Thunberg have blocked the entrance to the Swedish parliament, advocating for sweeping reforms to tackle climate disasters. Some 40 activists on Monday held signs reading ”Climate Justice Now” as they sat in front of at least two entrances to the 349-seat Riksdagen, including the main
Continue ReadingKINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is scheduled to meet with Caribbean leaders in Jamaica on Monday as part of an urgent push to solve the spiraling crisis in Haiti, while pressure grows on Haiti’s Prime Minister Ariel Henry to resign or agree to a transitional council. It was not clear
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer BRUSSELS (AP) — Some of the Belgium soccer players taking part in the European Championship this summer could well resemble a world-famous reporter. According to leaks on various specialised websites, the team’s Euro 2024 change kit is a tribute to the intrepid Belgian reporter and comic-book legend Tintin. The
Continue ReadingBy FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 20 progressive groups are coming together to forcefully reject pro-Israel groups’ efforts to primary challenge liberal members who’ve been critics of Israel’s military offensive in Gaza. The new coalition is called Reject AIPAC. It includes Jewish peace organizations and Arab American and Muslim groups that
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