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By PETER SMITH Associated Press The United Methodist Church lost one-fourth of its U.S. churches in a recent schism, with conservatives departing over disputes on sexuality and theology. Now, with the approach of its first major legislative gathering in several years, the question is whether the church can avert a similar outcome elsewhere in the
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media reports a top ranking official has reaffirmed ties with North Korea during a meeting with the country’s leader Kim Jong Un in the capital Pyongyang. The visit by Zhao Leji, who ranks third in the ruling Communist Party hierarchy and heads the ceremonial parliament, comes as tensions are again
Continue ReadingBy Bryan Mena, CNN Washington (CNN) — For thousands of years, the nighttime’s daily darkness naturally told humans it was time to go to sleep. That’s an evolutionary principle embedded into our brains — and it becomes apparent for those who can’t peacefully slumber at night because of the annoying indicator light that’s part of
Continue ReadingBy TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer The first drug shown to slow Alzheimer’s disease hit the U.S. market over a year ago, but sales have lagged, major hospital systems have taken months to start using it and some insurers have rejected coverage. Doctors also expect some patients will hesitate to take Leqembi due to its
Continue ReadingBy JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer A bird flu outbreak in U.S. dairy cows has grown to affect more than two dozen herds in eight states, just weeks after the nation’s largest egg producer found the virus in its chickens. Health officials stress that the risk to the public is low and that the U.S.
Continue ReadingWASHBURN, Maine (AP) — Police in Maine say an officer accused of lying about a missing-person case has been charged with several crimes. They include falsifying a report in which he claimed he had taken the missing man to a hospital. Court records indicate Washburn Police Sgt. Chandler Cole resigned after being charged with aggravated
Continue ReadingBy DIDI TANG and DAKE KANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Stephen Garrett, a 27-year-old graduate student, always thought he would study in China, but the country’s restrictive COVID-19 policies made it nearly impossible and now he sees interest among fellow scholars wane even after China reopened. Common concerns, he said, include restrictions on academic
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press SCHNECKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump’s rally in northeast Pennsylvania, an area President Joe Biden considers home turf, will be the Republican’s last one before his criminal hush money trial begins Monday. The presumptive Republican nominee is scheduled to speak Saturday night at the Schnecksville Fire Hall in Lehigh County.
Continue ReadingKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A local Kremlin-installed official blamed Ukraine for a shelling that killed 10 people, including children, in a Russian-occupied town in the southern Zaporizhzhia region. The Tokmak municipal administration reported on Telegram that the shelling struck three apartment blocks Friday evening. Five people were pulled alive from the rubble and 13 people
Continue ReadingBy RICK RYCROFT Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — A man stabbed six people to death at a busy Sydney shopping center Saturday before he was fatally shot, police said. Eight people, including a 9-month-old, were injured in the attack. The 40-year-old suspect began stabbing people at the Westfield Shopping Centre in Bondi Junction, which is
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CNN By Sandi Sidhu, Teele Rebane and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Six people have been killed and several others injured, including a nine-month-old baby, in a mass stabbing at a busy shopping mall in Sydney, Australian police said. Police were called to Westfield Bondi Junction on Saturday afternoon local time following reports of multiple
Continue ReadingBy Phil Mattingly and Andrew Seger, CNN (CNN) — In the more than 370 days between his first indictment and his first criminal trial, Donald Trump unleashed rhetorical warfare as predictable as it was extreme. The familiar slash and burn playbook, sharpened over decades in business and eight years in politics, has shaped an overlapping
Continue ReadingPITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh officials say a large group of river barges broke loose and floated down the Ohio River, damaging a marina and causing bridge closures before the boats were pinned to the riverbank or went over a dam downstream. Pittsburgh Public Safety says police, fire and emergency medical services responded late Friday. There
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Commandos from Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard rappelled down from a helicopter onto an Israeli-affiliated container ship near the Strait of Hormuz and seized the vessel Saturday, the latest in a series of attacks between the two countries. The Middle East had braced for potential
Continue ReadingBy ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press It’s water festival time in Thailand where many are marking the country’s traditional New Year, splashing each other with colorful water guns and buckets in an often raucous celebration that draws thousands of people, even as this year the Southeast Asian nation marks record-high temperatures causing concern.
Continue ReadingBy Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — This week in travel news, we bring you hidden Edens and overlooked islands, the secret history of favorite foods, plus the men who survived job loss and marriage failure – and started wonderful new lives on the other side of the world. New horizons, second chances Life was looking
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — The college admissions process is usually stressful, but problems with a new FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) form have made this year even more chaotic. A botched rollout of the new application – which must be submitted if a student wants to qualify for certain loans,
Continue ReadingCNN By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — The college admissions process is usually stressful, but problems with a new FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) form have made this year even more chaotic. A botched rollout of the new application – which must be submitted if a student wants to qualify for certain
Continue ReadingSYDNEY (AP) — A man stabbed six people to death at a busy Sydney shopping center Saturday before he was fatally shot, police said. Multiple people, including a small child, were also injured in the attack. The suspect stabbed nine people at the Westfield Shopping Centre in Bondi Junction, which is in the city’s eastern
Continue Reading By Athena Jones, CNN (CNN) — Cabrini University hoped to save itself. Enrollment at the small, Catholic liberal arts college in Radnor, Pennsylvania, had fallen more than 60 percent since 2016, putting the tuition-dependent school with a small endowment under serious financial pressure. When Helen Drinan arrived to serve as interim president in June 2022,
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