By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Caitlin Clark has been invited to the USA Basketball national team training camp during the Final Four in Cleveland, contingent on Iowa’s season being over. The NCAA’s Division I all-time scoring leader has earned three gold medals with USA Basketball junior teams, most recently as a member of the
Continue ReadingRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — In a February 7, 2024 story about a dengue outbreak in Brazil, The Associated Press, citing the government health ministry, reported that Brazil was the first country in the world to offer a dengue vaccine through its public health system. In fact, the Philippines was the first country to administer
Continue ReadingBy LEA SKENE and BRIAN WITTE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Massive barges carrying cranes are heading to Baltimore to begin the challenging work of removing twisted metal and concrete from the collapsed bridge that’s blocking a key shipping route. Maryland Gov. Wes Moore promised Thursday that “the best minds in the world” are working
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The Oscar-nominated documentary “Food, Inc” helped change the way many consumers think about the systems behind the things we eat. But in the 16 years since it came out, new problems have arisen and old problems got worse, magnified in part by shortages during the pandemic. They’re given a
Continue ReadingDENVER (AP) — A Denver truck driver has been convicted of five counts of vehicular homicide for crashing a semi tractor-trailer into a vehicle carrying a Wyoming family, killing all five of them. The crash happened in June 2022 on Interstate 25 north of Denver. Investigators say Jesus Puebla’s truck was traveling 76 mph when
Continue ReadingBy GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has requested federal authorities return his passport and authorize travel to Israel so he can accept an event invitation from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to visit in May. Bolsonaro’s lawyers said Thursday in a statement that the proposed trip wouldn’t
Continue ReadingBy JOHN HANNA Associated Press LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — As Kansas prepares to ban gender-affirming care for minors, students at the state’s largest university taking action. They’re trying to counter Republican efforts to roll back transgender rights by pushing to make the University of Kansas a haven for trans young people. The GOP-controlled Legislature approved
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia has vetoed a U.N. resolution in a move that effectively abolishes the monitoring by United Nations experts of U.N. sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear program, though the sanctions themselves remain in place. Russia’s vote on Thursday prompted Western accusations that Moscow was
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Caitlin Clark was invited to the USA Basketball national team training camp during the Final Four in Cleveland, contingent on Iowa’s season being over. The NCAA’s all-time Division I scoring leader has earned three gold medals with USA Basketball junior teams, most recently as a member of the 2021
Continue ReadingBy KATHLEEN FOODY, RICK CALLAHAN and COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A 22-year-old man has been charged with four counts of first-degree murder in a stabbing rampage that killed 4 people in a northern Illinois city. Winnebago County State’s Attorney J. Hanley said Christian Soto will be in court Thursday afternoon to hear
Continue ReadingBy AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is officially selling a patriotic copy of the Christian Bible themed to Lee Greenwood’s famous song, “God Bless the USA.” “Happy Holy Week!” Trump announced on social media Tuesday, during the most solemn period of the Christian calendar, the last week of the Lenten season
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A new study in Hungary shows that dogs, beyond being able to respond to commands like “sit” and “stay,” can learn to associate words with specific objects. Such a relationship with language is called referential understanding and has not been proven in dogs until now. Science
Continue ReadingBy Ella Nilsen, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration on Thursday strengthened protections of the Endangered Species Act, repealing Trump-era rules that had stripped safeguards for plants and animals that are threatened by human development and the climate crisis. The newly finalized regulations will reinstate so-called blanket rule protections for species listed as threatened with
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of 12 women at a prison in Rome on Thursday during an annual ritual meant to emphasize humility. It was the first time he washed the feet of women only, and many were in tears as the 87-year-old pontiff led the
Continue ReadingBy MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. saw the most tuberculosis illnesses in a decade in 2023. That’s according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that was published Thursday. More than 9,600 cases were reported, which is a 16% increase from 2022. Forty states
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Derek Tran advances to the general election for U.S. House in California’s 45th Congressional District.
Continue ReadingBy STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When No Labels’ critics got the loudest, it was Joe Lieberman who came to the group’s defense. The former Connecticut senator was a founding chairman of the centrist organization that focused, above all, on promoting bipartisanship in national politics. Despite its benign stated mission,
Continue ReadingBy JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The Buffalo Bills replenished their depleted defensive line needs by signing tackles Austin Johnson and DeShawn Williams to one-year contracts on Thursday. The 29-year-old Johnson has eight seasons of NFL experience, including the past two with the Los Angeles Chargers where he started all
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A fundraiser for President Joe Biden on Thursday in New York City that also stars Barack Obama and Bill Clinton is raising a whopping $25 million, setting a record for the biggest haul for a political event, his campaign said. The eye-popping amount
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Zanona and Annie Grayer, CNN Speaker Mike Johnson informed Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer that the House will send the impeachment articles against Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on April 10, according to a letter obtained by CNN, the next step in having an impeachment trial in the upper
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