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By Jessie Yeung and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — Are K-pop stars allowed to love? The answer is still a resounding “no” in some quarters – with K-pop singer Karina from the group Aespa posting a handwritten apology online after her reported relationship drew outcry from many of her more fervent followers.
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — China’s exports and imports for the first two months of the year beat estimates, an indication that demand may be improving as Beijing attempts to speed up its economic recovery. Customs data released Thursday showed exports for January and February grew 7.1% from a year earlier,
Continue ReadingHONOLULU (AP) — Bernardo da Silva finished with 18 points and 12 rebounds to help Hawaii hold off Cal State Northridge 72-70 on Wednesday night. Da Silva made 6 of 10 shots from the floor a 6 of 14 from the free-throw line for the Rainbow Warriors (18-13, 10-9 Big West Conference). Justin McKoy and
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds lost in a shootout to the San Diego Gulls 4-3 at Pechanga Arena in San Diego, Ca. In a high scoring affair, both the Firebirds and Gulls scored in each period. Devin Shore got the scoring started for Coachella Valley and Ryan Winterton not only tallied one, but two goals on
Continue ReadingBy Jacob Lev and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California, the night before he was scheduled to face Canadian Milos Raonic in the first round, he announced on social media Wednesday. In an announcement on X, the 22-time Grand Slam winner
Continue ReadingBy Pau Mosquera and Oscar Holland, CNN (CNN) — Gabriel García Márquez’s last novel, “Memories of My Melancholy Whores,” was published 20 years ago, but the late Colombian author’s legacy did not end there. After his death in 2014, an unfinished work — consisting of up to five drafts that the winner of the Nobel
Continue ReadingBy Natasha Bertrand, CNN (CNN) — Two Filipino seafarers are among the dead after a Houthi ballistic missile struck a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden, marking the first fatal attack by the Iran-backed militant group in its ongoing assaults in the Red Sea. At least three crew members were killed and four others injured in the attack
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were trading mixed Thursday, after Wall Street recovered some losses from the day before. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 momentarily reached a record high in early trading but slipped later to finish at 39,598.71, down 1.2%. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rose nearly 0.4% to 7,763.70. South
Continue ReadingBy BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Corruption is a key issue in Portugal’s early general election on Sunday. Portugal’s center-left Socialist Party and center-right Social Democratic Party have alternated in power for decades and are expected to collect most of the 10.8 million potential votes this time. But both are tainted by
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — Goalkeeper Alyssa Naeher made three saves and converted a penalty herself in a shootout after a rain-soaked 2-2 draw with Canada on Wednesday night, earning the United States a spot in the CONCACAF Women’s Gold Cup final. The United States advanced 3-1 on penalties and will play Brazil in the title
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Jamal Mashburn Jr. scored 19 points, JT Toppin had a double-double and New Mexico beat Fresno State 79-58 on Wednesday night. Mashburn shot 5 for 13 (4 for 5 from 3-point range) and 5 of 6 from the free-throw line for the Lobos (22-8, 10-7 Mountain West
Continue ReadingBy JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Once again, most Americans will set their clocks forward by one hour this weekend, losing perhaps a bit of sleep but gaining more glorious sunlight in the evenings as the days warm into summer. Where did this all come from, though? How we came to move the
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Now that jurors in New Mexico have convicted a movie weapons supervisor of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust,” attention will turn to the actor’s own trial. Baldwin, the lead actor
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Now that jurors in New Mexico have convicted a movie weapons supervisor of involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust,” attention will turn to the actor’s own trial. Baldwin, the lead actor
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Climate change and a yearslong drought have forced Morocco’s famous public baths to close a few days a week in an effort to save water. The public baths called hammams for centuries have been urban oases where men and women regardless of social class commune and
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE and ANDREW DALTON Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The trial and conviction of a movie armorer in connection with a fatal shooting on the set of the Western movie “Rust” has given Alec Baldwin and his legal team a unusual window into how his own trial in the death could
Continue ReadingBy MORGAN LEE and ANDREW DALTON Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The trial and conviction of a movie armorer in connection with a fatal shooting on the set of the Western movie “Rust” has given Alec Baldwin and his legal team a unusual window into how his own trial in the death could
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mike Brown is starting to run out of adjectives to describe De’Aaron Fox. The Sacramento Kings coach might need a thesaurus with the type of season his high-scoring guard is having. Fox tied a career high with 44 points as the Kings continued their mastery
Continue ReadingBy JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Millions of Americans who have dropped pounds and boosted their health using popular obesity drugs like Wegovy are facing a new dilemma: What happens if they stop taking them? Many worry, rightly, that they’ll regain weight and revert to old habits. In clinical trials, patients who paused the drugs
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — An Army reservist who shot and killed 18 people in Maine last year had evidence of traumatic brain injuries, according to a brain tissue analysis by researchers from Boston University. There was degeneration in the nerve fibers that allow for communication between different
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