AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Twenty years on from the release of his career-making debut album, John Legend is entering uncharted territory. The R&B-pop singer tells The Associated Press that he will release his first-ever children’s album, “My Favorite Dream,” later this month. Produced by Sufjan Stevens, the record is lush, and centers
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer Wrexham is at the halfway stage of its unlikely journey to the Premier League. The next stop is League One. The Welsh club owned by actor Ryan Reynolds is hot off a successful preseason tour to the west coast of the United States and begins its domestic season on Saturday with a
Continue ReadingROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit Zoo says the birth of a gorilla at the zoo in suburban Detroit is the first in its 96-year history. The gorilla that was born Thursday doesn’t have a name yet, and the sex has not been determined. The newcomer now four other gorillas at the zoo, including
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s army has in recent months made an unrelenting effort to punch through Ukrainian defenses at selected points along the front line in eastern Ukraine. The Kremlin’s forces have sustained their slow and grinding momentum despite heavy losses of troops and armor and for only modest gains. But those
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish diplomats are working to try to free seven Polish citizens who were detained in Nigeria in what Warsaw says is a misunderstanding during protests taking place in the West African country. Six Polish students and a lecturer from Warsaw University were detained earlier in the week in the
Continue ReadingAssociated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia declared a “federal-level” emergency in the Kursk region following a large-scale incursion from Ukraine and sent reinforcements there on Friday, four days after hundreds of Ukrainian troops poured across the border in what appeared to be Kyiv’s biggest attack on Russian soil since the war began. Meanwhile, a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press VIENNA (AP) — Austrian authorities on Friday announced a third arrest in connection with the foiled conspiracy to attack three now-canceled Taylor Swift concerts, even as disappointed fans charmed Vienna by trading friendship bracelets and singing the pop star’s songs in the streets. The main suspect, a 19-year-old, planned to target onlookers gathered
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Connecticut Republicans will pick nominees in state primaries on Tuesday to challenge two longtime Democratic lawmakers, U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy and U.S. Rep. Jim Himes. The leading GOP hopefuls for each seat won the party’s endorsement at state and district conventions but not by large enough margins to avoid primaries.
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in Wisconsin will select candidates Tuesday who will compete in some of the fall’s most closely watched races. Republicans will choose a challenger to run against U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, who is seeking a third term. There are also primaries in two U.S. House districts that could be important
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After a tough summer of primaries, the progressive House members who call themselves “the Squad” are facing their final challenge next week. Rep. Ilhan Omar is on the ballot in Minnesota on Tuesday, a week after fellow Squad member Cori Bush lost her primary in Missouri. In June, Rep. Jamaal
Continue ReadingSOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Protesters have rallied outside Bulgaria’s parliament to denounce a controversial legal amendment adopted the day before that bans talk of LGBTQ+ and so-called non-traditional sexual choices in schools. Thursday’s protest was organized by feminist, LGBTQ+ and other rights groups calling for a reversal of that amendment, banning what supporters call “LGBTQ+
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Democrats will compete in Vermont’s state primary for the right to challenge four-term Republican Gov. Phil Scott in November. Esther Charlestin is an educator and former member of the Middlebury Selectboard. Peter Duval is a computer scientist and former Underhill Selectboard member who ran for governor as an independent
Continue ReadingCNN By Laura Klairmont, CNN (CNN) — Three of the four siblings in Lea Kilenga’s family were born with sickle cell, including Lea. Her eldest sister passed away from the disease when she was just 4 years old. Kilenga herself was told that she would not live beyond her 8th birthday. Sickle cell is an
Continue ReadingBy Laura Klairmont, CNN (CNN) — Three of the four siblings in Lea Kilenga’s family were born with sickle cell, including Lea. Her eldest sister passed away from the disease when she was just 4 years old. Kilenga herself was told that she would not live beyond her 8th birthday. Sickle cell is an inherited
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Millions of Americans are under tornado watches in the Northeast where post-tropical cyclone Debby is rapidly picking up speed. Flood warnings have also been extended to the US-Canada border, with forecasts calling for several inches of rain in upstate New York, Vermont and New Hampshire through Saturday. Here’s what
Continue ReadingBy Mia Alberti, CNN (CNN) — Austrian authorities have arrested an 18-year-old Iraqi national in connection with an inquiry into an alleged ISIS-inspired plot to attack a Taylor Swift concert in Vienna, the country’s interior minister said Friday. Organizers took the extraordinary decision on Thursday to cancel three Swift concerts in Austria after authorities said
Continue ReadingGABORONE, Botswana (AP) — The country of diamonds now has a gold. The people of Botswana have been given the afternoon off work Friday through a presidential decree so that they could celebrate the nation’s first gold medal at the Olympics. Sprinter Letsile Tebogo’s win in the 200 meters Thursday night in Paris was a
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Algerian boxer Imane Khelif has won a gold medal Friday at the Paris Olympics, emerging a champion from a tumultuous run at the Games where she endured intense scrutiny in the ring and online abuse from around the world over misconceptions about her womanhood. Khelif beat Yang Liu of
Continue ReadingBy Chelsea Bailey, CNN (CNN) — When Michael Brown was shot and killed by a Missouri police officer on August 9, 2014, officers left the 18-year-old’s body lying in the street under the hot August sun for four and a half hours. It was long enough for local children and his family to see him
Continue ReadingAssociated Press PARIS (AP) — AP photographer Francisco Seco explains how he took the photo of Bulgarian Stiliana Nikolova performing in the rhythmic gymnastics competition. Seco, who is based in Turkey, captured the image that makes it appear there is a headless gymnast performing. He says for him, it’s kind of a “creepy” photo, but
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