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By FERNANDA PESCE Associated Press TULTEPEC, Mexico (AP) — Every year, in the first week of March, hundreds of giant paper-mache bulls stuffed with fireworks are erected in the front yards of the Mexican town of Tultepec. Thousands of restless fingers carefully cut, pasted and painted the colorful patterns that brought the “toritos” to life
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Armed men broke into a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria early Saturday and seized 15 children as they slept, police told The Associated Press, about 48 hours after nearly 300 students were taken hostage in the conflict-hit region. School abductions are common in Nigeria’s northern region,
Continue ReadingSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s lawmakers have granted a request by President Nayib Bukele for the 24th consecutive one-month extension of an anti-gang emergency decree. The vote in congress means that the country will have spent a full two years under the decree by March 27. The measure suspends some rights. Bukele
Continue ReadingROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire attorney general says police shot and killed a man during a foot chase after he was taken down by a police dog and pulled a weapon. State Attorney General John Formella says New Hampshire state police troopers killed Joseph Russell, 36, during the pursuit with the Rochester Police
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include a new album from pop princess Ariana Grande, a docuseries on National Geographic that follows female leaders of the animal kingdom and the Emma Stone-led “Poor Things” landing on Hulu, just in time for the Academy Awards. Also, Theo James stars in Guy Ritchie’s
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By Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — The US has joined several other countries in airdropping aid into Gaza, which is grappling with a humanitarian crisis. With aid deliveries on land falling far short of the numbers needed to ward off famine in the enclave, it is hoped these airdrops will provide a lifeline to people
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a $460 billion package of spending bills approved by the Senate in time to avoid a shutdown of many key federal agencies. The legislation’s success gets lawmakers about halfway home in wrapping up their appropriations work for the 2024 budget year.
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A Sudanese paramilitary group battling the country’s military in a nearly yearlong ruinous conflict has endorsed a resolution by the U.N. Security Council calling for a cease-fire during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The Rapid Support Forces said Saturday that it hopes the resolution will help
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — After a winter barrage of award shows — the Emmys, the Golden Globes, the Grammys — the grandaddy of them all, the Academy Awards, are around the corner. The 96th Oscars may be a coronation for “Oppenheimer,” which comes in with a leading 13 nominations, though other films, including “Barbie,” “Killers
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — After a winter barrage of award shows — the Emmys, the Golden Globes, the Grammys — the grandaddy of them all, the Academy Awards, are around the corner. The 96th Oscars may be a coronation for “Oppenheimer,” which comes in with a leading 13 nominations, though other films, including “Barbie,” “Killers
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, Ted Barrett, Morgan Rimmer and Kristin Wilson, CNN (CNN) — President Joe Biden signed a package of six government funding bills into law Saturday, a day after lawmakers raced to fund critical government departments and agencies through the remainder of the fiscal year. The spending bills – backed by the top Democrats and
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Update – 3/11/24 9:05 PM The Riverside County Coroner’s office has identified one of the three people killed in the fire. On Monday, the coroner announced Phillip Pape, 46, of Cathedral City was among the three dead along with an unnamed Cathedral City male and female. The coroner’s office said the unnamed man and woman’s
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — An official at Spanish soccer club Sporting Gijón has apologized for a video meant to commemorate International Women’s Day that sparked widespread criticism. The short video featured a young girl painting a woman symbol on its field. But the opening sequence showed the girl on her hands and knees removing the original
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, Jason Morris, Nick Valencia and Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is already facing a charged legal battle to bar her from prosecuting the election subversion case she brought against former President Donald Trump and more than a dozen allies in Georgia. Now, she’s facing at least two new
Continue Reading By Caitlin Stephen Hu, David Culver, David von Blohn and Lacey Russell, CNN Port-au-Prince (CNN) — They have the calm of people who have lived through terrible things. But they are just kids. As gangs rampage in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, several children and teenagers tell CNN they have been orphaned, wounded, raped and even recruited by members of these armed
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Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Es esa época del año otra vez. Te despiertas y ves que el reloj de tu cocina marca las 8 a.m., aunque juras que la alarma estaba programada para las 7. Estás convencido de que llegas tarde al trabajo. Pero espera, uf. No te quedaste dormido. Es el horario de verano.
Continue ReadingBESSEMER, Ala. (AP) — A new plea hearing has been set for an Alabama woman accused of falsely telling police she was abducted last summer after stopping her car to check on a toddler wandering near a highway. Carlee Russell’s two-day disappearance, and her story of being abducted, captivated the nation before police called her
Continue ReadingSKOWHEGAN, Maine (AP) — Crime scene tape surrounds the Skowhegan Indian, a local landmark in Maine, after an assault by Mother Nature. The towering wooden sculpture is missing part of its face and arm, as well as a spear. The damage is believed to have been caused by wild weather and a windstorm. The 62-foot
Continue Reading By Lauren Kent, Amy Cassidy and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — The Irish government conceded on Saturday that it had lost two referenda to change what it called “sexist” language in the constitution in an embarrassing defeat. Ireland went to the polls on Friday in votes deliberately timed to coincide with International Women’s Day to
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KEALY and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press DUBLIN (AP) — Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar conceded defeat Saturday as two constitutional amendments he supported that would have broadened the definition of family and removed language about a woman’s role in the home were headed toward rejection in early vote tallies. Varadkar, who pushed the
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