COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s governor has declared a state of emergency in 11 counties across a swath of central Ohio struck by severe weather last week. Gov. Mike DeWine also activated the Ohio National Guard to help officials in Logan County, where three deaths were confirmed, with cleanup of storm debris on public property.
Continue ReadingBy EMMA BURROWS and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press Russians crowded outside polling stations at midday Sunday on the last day of a presidential election, apparently heeding an opposition call to protest against President Vladimir Putin in a vote that offered them no real alternatives. Putin is poised to extend his nearly quarter century of rule
Continue ReadingBy Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Rep. Jeff Jackson struck a breezy tone as he talked about the State of the Union while sitting in the kitchen where he films several of his TikTok videos. “It’s a little risky to talk about the State of the Union from your kitchen these days, but let’s give
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A prominent European far-right figure has been prevented from giving a speech at an event in Switzerland and thrown out of the region where it was taking place. Martin Sellner, who comes from Austria, said in a video posted Sunday that he had been invited by a local group to “talk about
Continue ReadingSANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The New Mexico State Police say a suspect in the shooting death of one of its officers has been captured after a confrontation with law enforcement in the Albuquerque area. The agency announced Sunday that Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office captured 33-year-old Jaremy Smith of Marion, South Carolina, in a pursuit
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden attended the annual Gridiron Club and Foundation Dinner this weekend, the first time during his presidency. It came as the 2024 election looms, and the night was jam-packed with politicians and other leaders. In one of several digs at his GOP rival, Donald Trump,
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump told an entirely fictional story on Saturday about how he had supposedly outwitted his Democratic opponents by releasing “the tape” of the 2019 phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that was a key factor in Trump’s first impeachment. Speaking at a Saturday campaign rally
Continue ReadingA drone strike at a military installation in Moldova’s breakaway republic of Transnistria has destroyed a helicopter and ignited a fire. The area’s pro-Russian authorities blamed the Sunday strike on Ukraine. Russia bases about 1,500 troops in Transnistria, nominally as peacekeepers, guarding huge Soviet-era weapons and ammunition stockpiles at the military depot on Cobasna. The
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “ Kung Fu Panda 4 ” stayed at the top of the North American box office in its second weekend in theaters. The Universal and DreamWorks Animation movie earned $30 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The franchise featuring the voice of Jack Black is responsible
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “ Kung Fu Panda 4 ” stayed at the top of the North American box office in its second weekend in theaters. The Universal and DreamWorks Animation movie earned $30 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The franchise featuring the voice of Jack Black is responsible
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze and Brian Fung, CNN (CNN) — For doctors like Eileen Barrett, a pending Supreme Court case challenging the government’s ability to communicate with social media companies isn’t principally a fight about the fraught politics of online speech. Instead, they say, it’s a matter of life and death. “I have seen countless statements
Continue ReadingCNN By Radina Gigova and Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that comments from US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer calling for new elections in Israel were “totally inappropriate.” In a Senate speech that upended longstanding US policy, Schumer — who is the highest-ranking Jewish American in the US
Continue ReadingBy Aileen Graef and Michelle Shen, CNN (CNN) — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s recent remarks calling for a new election in Israel “should be listened to because Israel’s reputation is at risk” as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza deepens. Speaking to CNN’s Dana Bash on “State
Continue ReadingCNN By Aileen Graef and Michelle Shen, CNN (CNN) — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s recent remarks calling for a new election in Israel “should be listened to because Israel’s reputation is at risk” as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza deepens. Speaking to CNN’s Dana Bash on
Continue ReadingLEVITTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a man faces murder charges in Pennsylvania and carjacking and weapons charges in New Jersey after allegedly killing three family members and evading law enforcement for hours as police mobilized in two states. Court documents indicate that 26-year-old Andre Gordon Jr. has been charged in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, with
Continue ReadingGUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A number of government and aid agencies in Haiti have reported their facilities and aid supplies have been looted as Haiti spirals into another wave of gang violence. Gangs have raged through Haiti in recent weeks attacking key institutions and shutting down the main international airport. The chaos has pushed many
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek and Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — The man suspected of fatally shooting a New Mexico State Police officer last week was taken into custody after Bernalillo County deputies shot him during a foot pursuit Sunday morning, authorities said in a news conference. The arrest of Jaremy Smith, 33, comes two days after
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer The story of March Madness figures to look a lot like the story of the regular season that led up to it: a healthy cross-section of very good teams, few dominant ones and no strong consensus on who’s the best bet to be cutting down nets at the Final
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Steve Harley, a British musician whose glam-rock band Cockney Rebel had an enduring hit with the song “Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me),” has died. He was 73. Harley’s family said Sunday that he had “passed away peacefully at home, with his family by his
Continue ReadingBy Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Six former Mississippi law enforcement officers who pleaded guilty to state and federal charges stemming from the torture and abuse last year of two Black men, one of whom was shot in the mouth, are set to be sentenced in federal court this week. The former officers, some of whom
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