By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Creighton’s Isaac Traudt is playing at the highest level of college basketball while managing Type 1 diabetes. He wears an insulin pump and continuous glucose monitor under his uniform. The CGM tells him his blood glucose level at five-minute intervals. He uses Honey Stinger energy
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Russia plans to evacuate about 9,000 children from a border region because it is being shelled continuously by Ukraine, an official said Tuesday, reflecting Kyiv’s increasing focus on striking targets behind a front line that has barely shifted in recent months. The children will be moved from the Belgorod region farther
Continue ReadingBy DALIA RAMIREZ of NerdWallet For people who rely on Supplemental Security Income, or SSI, getting married can result in reduced monthly benefits and a lower amount allowed for savings. Individual SSI recipients can own up to $2,000 in resources, while couples can have a combined $3,000. Though these limits can dissuade some couples from
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Unilever, the company that makes Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, Dove soaps and Vaseline, says it’s cutting 7,500 jobs and spinning off its ice cream business to reduce costs and boost profits. London-based Unilever said Tuesday that its ice cream business, which also includes Magnum bars, has “distinct characteristics” from its other
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities say at least 13 miners have been trapped in a collapsed gold mine in far eastern Russia. Authorities in the Amur region said Tuesday that part of the mine collapsed in Zeysk district. The Emergencies Ministry reported that 13 miners have been trapped, but the regional prosecutor’s office said that
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin vows the U.S. will continue to support Ukraine’s war effort against Russia, even as the U.S. Congress remains stalled over funding for additional weapons. Austin and other defense leaders are meeting in Germany to discuss aid for Ukraine. The
Continue ReadingCOPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A cruise ship carrying more than 1,370 people should never have left a northern Norway harbor five years ago despite storm warnings, forcing a major evacuation by helicopter. Norwegian officials said Tuesday it could have developed into “the worst disasters at sea in modern times.” On March 23, 2019, the Viking
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press Bill Ford, executive chair of Ford Motor Co., and his wife Lisa Ford are raising $10 million to help ten Detroit nonprofits serving young people start endowments. Lisa Ford said Tuesday that the campaign comes alongside Ford’s investment in the refurbishment of the long abandoned rail station in Detroit, Michigan
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Medicaid recipients in Wisconsin are getting access to the first over-the-counter birth control pill. Democratic Gov. Tony Evers says Opill will start becoming available in some Medicaid-enrolled pharmacies on Tuesday and expand over the coming weeks. Evers says that will allow Medicaid recipients to easily receive
Continue ReadingBy JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer WALNUT, Calif. (AP) — Throughout his water polo career — from growing up in Long Beach to playing for UCLA and the U.S. national team — Max Irving has drawn inspiration from his father, Michael. Each of them knows what it’s like to work in front of a hostile
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker, Ryan Young, Jade Gordon and Shawn Nottingham, CNN Jackson, Mississippi (CNN) — Two White former Mississippi law enforcement officers who were members of a self-styled “Goon Squad” were sentenced by a federal judge Tuesday to prison after admitting to torturing and abusing two Black men last year – and four other White
Continue ReadingCNN, NEWS 12 WESTCHESTER, WAPT, WLBT By Emma Tucker, Ryan Young, Jade Gordon and Shawn Nottingham, CNN Jackson, Mississippi (CNN) — Jeffrey Middleton, the second former law enforcement officer among six who admitted torturing and abusing two Black men in January 2023, was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison by a federal judge Tuesday
Continue ReadingBy DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The United Nations says the number of people affected by violence in South Sudan surged by 35% in the last three months of 2023. The U.N. Mission in South Sudan documented 233 incidents of violence affecting 862 people, including 406 deaths, during that period. South
Continue ReadingBY JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken has underscored Washington’s “ironclad commitment” to help defend the Philippines in case of an armed attack against its forces. Clashes between Chinese and Filipino coast guards in the disputed South China Sea recently turned more hostile. Blinken held talks with his
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British newspaper says Prince William and his wife Kate, the Princess of Wales, have been filmed at a farm shop near their Windsor home. It’s the first reported footage of her since she had abdominal surgery for an unspecified condition two months ago. The Sun
Continue ReadingRAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The incoming Palestinian prime minister says he will appoint a technocratic government and establish an independent trust fund to oversee Gaza’s reconstruction. Mohammad Mustafa laid out wide-ranging plans in a mission statement acquired by The Associated Press on Tuesday. The plans include the kind of revitalized Palestinian Authority called for
Continue ReadingBy Simone McCarthy and Wayne Chang, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — Chinese diplomat Wang Kejian met Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Qatar, China’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday, the first meeting between a Chinese and Hamas official publicly acknowledged by Beijing since the outbreak of the war in Gaza. The meeting follows visits from Wang
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Troubled property developer China Evergrande Holding says Beijing’s stock watchdog has fined it 4.2 billion yuan ($333.4 million) for allegedly falsifying its revenue, among other allegations. The company said in a release to mainland Chinese stock exchanges that its chairman, Hui Ka Yan, was fined 47
Continue ReadingBy Betsy Klein and Arlette Saenz, CNN Las Vegas (CNN) — President Joe Biden is taking his reelection pitch to a pair of Western battleground states this week, heading to Nevada and Arizona to shore up support in key states he’s looking to defend against former President Donald Trump in November. Biden’s pitch will zero-in on efforts to
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL HILL Associated Press The average Wall Street bonus fell slightly last year to $176,500. New York state comptroller reported Tuesday that the average bonus for employees in New York City’s securities industry was down 2% from 2022. The slight dip came even as Wall Street profits were up slightly. The comptroller’s office says
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