By AAMER MADHANI and COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Friday that the U.S. will begin air-dropping humanitarian assistance into Gaza, a day after dozens of Palestinians were killed during a chaotic encounter with Israeli troops.The president announced the long-considered move after at least 115 Palestinians were killed and more
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV (AP) — A Ukrainian official says Russia is accumulating large forces around Chasiv Yar as it seeks to make a push on the key eastern city to the west of Bakhmut, which fell to Moscow last May. Troops from a tank unit defending that direction say they face constant
Continue ReadingBy Isabel Rosales and Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — Florida officials mislabeled the remains of two Irish nationals who died of drug overdoses, leading to a mix-up of their autopsies and the “highly probable” cremation of the wrong body, authorities said. Kane Mitchell, 30, and Luke Comiskey, 31, died in April 2022 after consuming fentanyl-laced
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday signed a short-term spending measure that keeps one set of federal agencies operating through March 8 and another set through March 22 — officially staving off a partial government shutdown that would have started on Saturday. The measure gives lawmakers some more time to draft and pass
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, CNN President Joe Biden on Friday signed a stopgap bill into law to avert a partial government shutdown at the end of the week. Congress had been confronting a pair of shutdown deadlines on Friday and March 8. To provide additional time for full-year funding bills to be finalized and passed, the stopgap measure
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Hansler and Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — The United States will begin air dropping food aid to the people of Gaza, President Joe Biden announced Friday, as the humanitarian crisis deepens and Israel continues to resist opening additional land crossings to allow more assistance into the war-torn strip. Speaking in the Oval Office,
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — The family of a 70-year-old man who died after a Detroit police officer punched him in the face, causing him to fall to the ground, is suing the former officer and the city of Detroit. The Detroit News reports the federal lawsuit filed Thursday on behalf of Daryl Vance’s family names former
Continue ReadingBy JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Yogurt sold in the U.S. can make claims that the food may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, based on limited evidence, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday. The agency agreed that there is some evidence, but not significant scientific agreement, that eating at least 2
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry has scored a tactical victory in his battles with British tabloids. Government ministers on Friday said he could use confidential documents that show payments by the publisher of the Daily Mail to private investigators who allegedly snooped on him and several celebrities. The Duke of
Continue ReadingBy Arlette Saenz, Kevin Liptak and MJ Lee, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden is expected to huddle with his senior advisers at Camp David in the coming days to fine tune and rehearse his State of the Union address, a high-stakes moment as he looks to convince voters to give him a second
Continue ReadingBy Afia Barrie, CNN (CNN) — Two people have been charged after they allegedly dumped a “fine red powder” over the US Constitution’s display case at the National Archives, the Justice Department announced Friday. Donald Zepeda, 35, and Jackson Green, 27, were charged with felony destruction of government property, according to a department news release.
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Not removing Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and others over her romantic relationship with a top prosecutor would undermine public confidence in the legal system, a lawyer for one of Trump’s co-defendants told a judge Friday. After
Continue ReadingBy LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New Jersey businessman pleaded guilty Friday to trying to bribe U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, after signing a cooperation deal with prosecutors. Jose Uribe entered the plea in Manhattan federal court to seven charges, including conspiracy to commit bribery, honest services wire fraud, obstruction of justice
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Quarterback Jordan Travis walked to the podium Friday at the NFL’s annual scouting combine in regular shoes, the next step in his recovery from the fractured left leg that ended his final college season and severely damaged Florida State’s playoff hopes. For Travis, Friday’s appearance was
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — A New Jersey businessman who was indicted alongside New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez has pleaded guilty to charges related to the bribery scheme and is cooperating with federal prosecutors in the ongoing investigation. Jose Uribe, who was indicted in the corruption scheme alongside the senator, his wife Nadine
Continue ReadingBy TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer The drugstore chains CVS Health and Walgreens plan to start dispensing an abortion pill in a few states within weeks. CVS Health will start filling prescriptions for mifepristone in Rhode Island and neighboring Massachusetts “in the weeks ahead,” spokeswoman Amy Thibault said Friday. Walgreens will begin dispensing the medication
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says a land mine exploded in central Mexico, killing four soldiers in what he called a trap likely set by a drug cartel. The soldiers were killed Thursday on the outskirts of the city of Aguililla in the embattled Mexican state of Michoacán, López Obrador said
Continue ReadingBy JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Alexander Stubb has been sworn in as Finland’s new president. He said Friday that the Nordic country “is facing a new era” after becoming a NATO member. The former prime minister replaced President Sauli Niinistö who held the job for two six-year terms. Finland joined NATO in
Continue ReadingBy HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Authorities charged a Kansas City-area man who killed a court employee trying to serve an eviction notice and a police officer who responded. Larry Acree, of Independence, Missouri, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder, one count of first-degree assault in the wounding of another officer who responded, and
Continue ReadingBy OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A military court in Somalia’s northeastern semiautonomous state of Puntland has sentenced to death six Moroccans believed to be foreign fighters for the Islamic State extremist group in Somalia. The individuals entered Somalia to cause harm to Muslims and Somalis and incite unrest in the country.
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