By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The government’s new free electronic filing system for income tax returns is getting its first users this filing season. The IRS pilot program is known as Direct File and it’s rolling out in a limited way in 12 states. If it’s successful and scaled up for the
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE BLANN and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The sound of a large explosion reverberated around the Ukrainian port of Odesa as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Greece’s prime minister ended a tour of the war-ravaged southern city Wednesday. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said the delegations were getting into their vehicles
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A Republican official in New York City’s suburbs who prohibited girls and women’s sports teams with transgender athletes from using county facilities has asked a federal court to affirm the ban. Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman says in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that the “cease and
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — The French president is appealing to the public to collect photos, films, personal journals and testimony from witnesses to liberation from the Nazis, as the country prepares to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings in 1944. In a video message, Emmanuel Macron called on people to “share and inscribe” family
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL and TARA COPP Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden caused “fatalities” and forced the crew to abandon the vessel on Wednesday, authorities said, the first fatal strike in a campaign of assaults by the
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nikki Haley says she’s suspending her presidential campaign. Not ending, not concluding, not terminating — suspending. There are reasons candidates use that term. One of the big reasons has a lot to do with money. Under federal election law, a candidate who’s filed to run for office
Continue ReadingPaulina Nares (CNN) — Un alemán redefinió la expresión “hombre con una misión”. Según un nuevo estudio, un hombre de 62 años de Magdeburgo recibió deliberadamente 217 inyecciones de la vacuna contra el covid-19 en un lapso de 29 meses, lo que va en contra de las recomendaciones nacionales de vacunas. Eso es un promedio
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Ancient stone tools found in western Ukraine may be the oldest known evidence of early human presence in Europe, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature. The chipped stones, deliberately fashioned from volcanic rock, were excavated from a quarry in Korolevo in the 1970s.
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By Lauren Mascarenhas and Isabel Rosales, CNN Montgomery, Alabama (CNN) — Providers in Alabama are resuming some in vitro fertilization services Thursday, the day after the state’s Republican governor signed a bill into law aimed at protecting IVF patients and providers from the legal liability imposed on them by a controversial state Supreme Court ruling.
Continue ReadingCNN, POOL, WBMA By Lauren Mascarenhas and Isabel Rosales, CNN Montgomery, Alabama (CNN) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a bill into law aimed at protecting in vitro fertilization patients and providers from legal liability late Wednesday, with some clinics poised to lift a hold on certain IVF services as early as this week after
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Dozens of cities along the US coastline are sinking at alarming rates, leaving them far more exposed to devastating flooding from sea level rise than previously thought, scientists reported Wednesday. As oceans rise and the coasts sink, up to 343,000 acres of land will be exposed to destructive flooding
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels damaged a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden and forced the crew to abandon the vessel on Wednesday, authorities said, the latest in a campaign of assaults by the group over Israel’s war on Hamas in
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of former Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky. Personal Birth date: February 20, 1942 Birth place: Colbert County, Alabama Birth name: Addison Mitchell McConnell Jr. Father: Addison Mitchell McConnell Mother: Julia (Shockley) McConnell Marriages: Elaine Chao (1993-present); Sherrill Redmon (1968-1980,
Continue ReadingBy AnneClaire Stapleton, Victoria Butenko, Eleni Giokos, Christian Edwards and Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — A Russian missile exploded close to a convoy carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis during a deadly attack on the Black Sea port city of Odesa on Wednesday. The group felt the impact of the
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has endorsed Donald Trump for president. McConnell announced his decision after Super Tuesday wins pushed the GOP front-runner closer to the party nomination. It’s a remarkable turnaround for McConnell, who has blamed Trump for “disgraceful” acts in the Jan. 6, 2021,
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. job openings barely changed in January but remained at a high level, suggesting that the American job market remains healthy. The Labor Department reported Wednesday that U.S. employers posted 8.86 million job vacancies in December, down slightly from 8.89 million in January and about in
Continue ReadingPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police say a passenger shot aboard a bus in Philadelphia has died from his wounds, marking the third time in three days that someone was killed while riding, entering or leaving a SEPTA bus. The most recent shooting occurred around 6:35 p.m. Tuesday. Police say someone who apparently had just gotten off
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are steadying on Wednesday and recovering some of their sharp losses from the day before, which was Wall Street’s worst in three weeks. The S&P 500 was 0.4% higher in morning trading, a day after sharp drops for many Big Tech stocks dragged
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland has seen its most violent protest by farmers and supporters yet as some participants threw stones at police and tried to push through barriers around parliament. Several officers were injured. Police say they detained over a dozen people and prevented the protesters from getting through
Continue ReadingBy KRYSTA FAURIA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — When director Peter Farrelly set out to make what became the genre-defining rom-com “There’s Something About Mary” more than 25 years ago with his brother, Bobby, he knew it might take some convincing for a studio to open the purse strings for a boundary-pushing comedy. “People
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