By Sam Fossum, Michael Williams and Donald Judd, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden is taking new executive action Monday to improve research on women’s health across the federal government as well as announce new actions being taken by several federal agencies as the White House seeks to increase funding for women’s health research.
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin said after extending his rule in an election that stifled opposition that Moscow will not relent in its invasion of Ukraine and plans to create a buffer zone along the border to help protect against long-range Ukrainian strikes and cross-border raids. The Kremlin’s forces have recently made
Continue ReadingBy ZIMO ZHONG and MATT OTT Associated Press Wall Street drifted higher early Monday ahead of this week’s policy decision by the Federal Reserve. Futures for the S&P 500 were 0.7% higher before the bell, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average ticked up 0.2%. Nasdaq futures jumped more than 1% after the exchange
Continue ReadingSOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has tapped the largest group in parliament, the center-right GERB-UDF coalition, to form the country’s new government. Radev handed the mandate to Maria Gabriel, the prime minister-designate under a power-sharing deal by the two main political parties, according to which each would hold the top job for
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — Police say Thailand’s immigration authorities have revoked the visas of two New Zealand tourists accused of assaulting a traffic police officer on a popular resort island in an incident widely shared online. The brothers were charged with offenses including robbery, causing physical harm to an on-duty officer, attempted bribery and driving a
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The CEO of United Airlines is trying to reassure travelers that the airline is safe despite a series of recent incidents ranging from a panel falling off a plane to an engine fire. CEO Scott Kirby said Monday that United will review safety training for all employees. Kirby says
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Shohei Ohtani may be more than just a designated hitter this season, after all. Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Monday that Ohtani — ruled out this year as a pitcher after his second surgery on his right elbow — will soon start
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin said after extending his rule in an election that had stifled opposition that Moscow will not relent in its invasion of Ukraine and plans to create a buffer zone along the border to help protect against long-range Ukrainian strikes and cross-border raids. The Kremlin’s forces have recently
Continue ReadingBy JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America College hoops fans might want to think again before pinning their hopes of a perfect March Madness bracket on artificial intelligence. While the advancement of artificial intelligence into everyday life has made “AI” one of the buzziest phrases of the past year, its application in bracketology circles is
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer With Leeds on a fast track back to the English Premier League, its American owners — including golfers Jordan Spieth and Justin Thomas — can feel happy they picked the right club and the right coach to revive it. The San Francisco-based 49ers Enterprises ownership group had its ups
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The U.N. food agency said Monday that “famine is imminent” in northern Gaza, where 70% of the remaining population is experiencing catastrophic hunger, and that a further escalation of the war could push around half of Gaza’s total population to
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Vladimir Putin has secured an unprecedented fifth term as president of Russia. The country’s election commission announced the results of an election in which he faced no serious challenges and which happened amid the strictest crackdown on opposition and free speech since Soviet times. Putin claimed Monday that the overwhelming number of
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean authorities have suspended the licenses of two senior doctors for allegedly inciting the weekslong walkouts by medical interns and residents that have disrupted hospital operations. That’s according to one of the doctors who spoke to The Associated Press. The suspensions are the government’s
Continue ReadingMADRID (AP) — Spanish police say they’ve arrested three people for the deaths of five migrants who were forced to jump off the boat they were traveling in with dozens of other migrants. A police statement on Monday said the five died late last November off the southern coast of Cádiz. They said two men
Continue ReadingCNN By Caitlin Stephen Hu, David Culver and Evelio Contreras, CNN Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — The wide road that passes in front of Haiti’s Toussaint Louverture International Airport has a post-apocalyptic stillness these days. Where cars and crowds of people once massed, only tendrils of smoke rise from smoldering piles of trash, sending a bitter
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Russia won’t relent in its invasion of Ukraine, with one of its forthcoming goals being to establish a buffer zone along the border to help protect against long-range Ukrainian strikes and cross-border raids, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. The Kremlin’s forces have recently made battlefield progress as Kyiv’s troops struggle with
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker and Ryan Young, CNN (CNN) — Eddie Parker and Michael Jenkins said they were often not believed when they tried, for months, to tell people about the grueling violence and torture they endured at the hands of six White law enforcement officers, culminating in Jenkins being shot in the mouth. Now, more
Continue ReadingBy Lauren Fox, Clare Foran, Manu Raju and Haley Talbot, CNN Negotiators are closing in on a spending deal to keep the rest of the government funded through the fiscal year, two sources familiar told CNN, but lawmakers still face hurdles to pass legislation and avert a shutdown for major agencies this weekend. Congressional negotiators reached an agreement
Continue ReadingBy KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet A 2023 report from investment firm Vanguard estimates that about a quarter of Americans age 60 and over could move to a cheaper housing market and use the equity in their homes to upsize their retirement savings — making retirement more secure and enjoyable. In 2019, for instance, those with
Continue ReadingBy EMMA BURROWS, DASHA LITVINOVA and JIM HEINTZ Associated Press President Vladimir Putin sealed his control over Russia for six more years on Monday with a predetermined landslide in an election that followed the harshest crackdown on the opposition and free speech since Soviet times. While the result was never in doubt, Russians attempted to defy
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