By Lisa Morrow, CNN (CNN) — Turkey is rich with ancient wonders. Straddling Europe and Asia, the country has been at the heart of numerous empires, which have left behind archaeological attractions to rival its many natural wonders. But not everything sits above ground, basking in Turkish sunshine. Less obviously visible but equally impressive are
Continue ReadingBy Jack Bantock, CNN (CNN) — You know the drill by now. A golf tournament is staged. After four rounds the tournament concludes. Scottie Scheffler poses with the winner’s trophy. Just a week on from conquering a windswept Masters, the world No. 1 mastered the elements once more at a stormy RBC Heritage to reel
Continue ReadingBy JIM VERTUNO, ACACIA CORONADO and NICK PERRY Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — With graduations looming, student protesters doubled down early Thursday on their discontent of the Israel-Hamas war on campuses across the country, with multiple arrests made at campuses in Massachusetts and California as universities have become quick to call in the police
Continue ReadingBy JIM VERTUNO, ACACIA CORONADO and NICK PERRY Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — With graduations looming, student protesters doubled down early Thursday on their discontent of the Israel-Hamas war on campuses across the country, with multiple arrests made at campuses in Massachusetts and California as universities have become quick to call in the police
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN BOULANDIER, MICHAEL HUDAK Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WSVN) — Crews have gotten the upper hand on a grass fire in South Miami-Dade that led to the hours-long closure of the Florida Turnpike during rush hour. More than 15 Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units responded to the area of Southwest
Continue ReadingBy Joseph Ataman and Amarachi Orie, CNN (CNN) — The blades of the windmill atop the famous Parisian dancehall the Moulin Rouge fell off overnight, damaging the facade of the building, it was reported Thursday. The falling blades tore off the first three letters – “MOU” – of the venue’s sign, but they were replaced
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By Jordan Valinsky, CNN New York (CNN) — College campuses across the United States have erupted with pro-Palestinian protests, and school administrators are trying – and largely failing – to diffuse the situation. Tensions on US college campuses have risen since Hamas’ October 7 attack, when militants killed about 1,200 people and took more than
Continue ReadingBy JESSICA VALLEJO, SAMANTHA SOSA, CHANTAL COOK, RUBÉN ROSARIO Click here for updates on this story MIAMI, Florida (WSVN) — A couple who, police said, were involved in an apparent social media stunt that caused a scare near a day care facility in Kendall said it was all a misunderstanding, and they regret their actions.
Continue Reading By Jessie Gretener, Darya Tarasova and Christian Edwards, CNN (CNN) — A Russian deputy defense minister has been charged with taking a bribe, in the country’s highest-profile corruption scandal since President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine more than two years ago. Timur Ivanov is suspected of accepting a bribe of 1 million rubles
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian official says more than 100 inmates have escaped from a prison near the capital city of Abuja after heavy rains overnight destroyed parts of the facility, including the perimeter fence. He said that 10 of the inmates who escaped from the medium-security prison in
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Markets on Wall Street gave back some of this week’s gains early Thursday ahead of another heavy slate of corporate earnings and the government’s initial estimate of how the U.S. economy fared in the first quarter of 2024. Futures for the Dow Jones industrials and the
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Dine Out for Life is returning to Palm Springs today. Local restaurants, bars, and cafes take part in the fundraising event on behalf of DAP Health. DAP Health’s programs and services have included primary care, infectious diseases, gender-affirming care, LGBTQ+ care, mental health, dentistry, harm reduction, recovery services, affordable housing, social services, and HIV prevention, testing,
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A rapper in Iran who came to fame over his lyrics about the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini and criticizing the Islamic Republic has been reportedly sentenced to death. That’s according to his lawyer and rights activists Thursday. Confusion surrounds the death sentence purportedly issued against 33-year-old
Continue ReadingBy Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday night downplayed the 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, which led to a woman’s death, as a “peanut” compared to the demonstrations happening across the US against Israel’s actions in Gaza. In August 2017, White nationalists, neo-Nazis and other right-wing groups descended
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s foreign minister has called on NATO to increase its defense preparedness and said his government wants to be at the center of decision-making in the European Union, seeking to reestablish the country as a reliable international partner as the war in Ukraine
Continue ReadingBy Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN (CNN) — In its earliest days Buick had a reputation for engineering innovation and raw speed. Swiss-born race driver Louis Chevrolet made his name, in part, driving Buicks on race tracks around the country. In the 21st Century, though, Buick, which celebrates its 125th anniversary this year, has been a quiet
Continue ReadingBy Zachary Cohen and Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — A grand jury in Arizona has handed up an indictment against former President Donald Trump’s allies over their efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss, including the fake electors from that state and several individuals connected to his campaign. Boris Epshteyn, a former White House aide who
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump was expected to return to court Thursday morning as witness testimony in his hush money trial enters a third day. The trial resumes at the same time that the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in Washington over whether he should be immune from prosecution for actions he took during
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press VENICE, Italy (AP) — Under the gaze of the world’s media, the fragile lagoon city of Venice launched a pilot program Thursday to charge day-trippers a 5-euro (around $5.35) entry fee that authorities hope will discourage visitors from arriving on peak days and make the city more livable for its
Continue ReadingBy ABBY SEWELL Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — A top Hamas political official told The Associated Press the Islamic militant group is willing to agree to a truce of five years or more with Israel and that it would lay down its weapons and convert into a political party if an independent Palestinian state is
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