By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A local official in Congo says dozens of people are dead and several are missing after two boats collided on the Congo River. The official says the boats loaded with people and goods crashed Monday about 100 kilometers east of Congo’s capital. Horrified residents watched from
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer With Arctic sea ice shrinking from climate change, many polar bears have to shift their diets to land during parts of the summer. A new study looking at Hudson Bay polar bears tries to figure out if they can keep up their roly-poly figure, which is what’s needed. Tuesday’s
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Three separate unions representing flight attendants at major U.S. airlines picketed and held rallies at 30 airports Tuesday as they push for new contracts and higher wages. The flight attendants are increasingly frustrated that pilots won huge pay raises last year while they continue to work for wages that,
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are falling Tuesday after worse-than-expected inflation data forced investors to question hopes that have sent Wall Street to record heights. The S&P 500 was 1.2% lower in afternoon trading as traders delayed their forecasts for when the Federal Reserve will deliver the cuts
Continue ReadingCNN By Raja Razek and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Sheriff’s deputies in Houston repeatedly shot at a woman after mistaking her for an intruder inside her friend’s apartment, body camera footage released over the weekend shows. The woman, Eboni Pouncy, was shot five times during the February 3 confrontation and her attorney, Ben Crump,
Continue ReadingBy TERESA M. WALKER and RALPH D. RUSSO AP Sports Writers A federal judge will rule “in short order” on a preliminary injunction requested by the states of Tennessee and Virginia to stop the NCAA from enforcing its rules governing name, image and likeness compensation for athletes. U.S. District Judge Clifton Corker originally had a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A nasty storm with 60 mph winds raked parts of the Northeast on Tuesday creating dangerous conditions on the road and snarling airports. More than 1,200 flights were cancelled before noon, mostly along the East Coast, but that is likely to spread west as the day goes on. Airlines can’t control the weather,
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Nicioli and Kristin Fisher, CNN (CNN) — A tiny surgical robot in residence at the International Space Station completed its first surgery demo in zero gravity on Saturday, developers of the technology exclusively told CNN. The robot, known as spaceMIRA — which stands for Miniaturized In Vivo Robotic Assistant — performed several operations
Continue ReadingCNN By Taylor Nicioli and Kristin Fisher, CNN (CNN) — A tiny surgical robot in residence at the International Space Station completed its first surgery demo in zero gravity on Saturday, developers of the technology exclusively told CNN. The robot, known as spaceMIRA — which stands for Miniaturized In Vivo Robotic Assistant — performed several
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — The Democratic Party has ramped up its attacks on independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in recent days, marking the first significant attempt by either party to shape voter sentiment around his candidacy ahead of a potential rematch of the 2020 election. The Democratic National Committee has taken
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — Frans Hals is the latest 17th century Dutch master to feature in a major exhibition at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. A show opening on Wednesday highlights Hals’ loose brush strokes that made him a forerunner of the impressionist movement. And it shows many of his subjects smiling,
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY, NAJIB JOBAIN and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Israel and Hamas are making progress toward another cease-fire and hostage-release deal, officials said Tuesday, as negotiations went on and Israel threatened to expand its offensive to Gaza’s southern edge, where some 1.4 million Palestinians have sought refuge. The talks continued in
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The weeks after Kaniya Harris found out she was pregnant were among the hardest in her life. Final exams were fast approaching for the college junior. Her doctors told her she had an ovarian cyst, and the risk of ectopic pregnancy was high. The wait times for
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Before there was John and Yoko — and after — there was just Yoko Ono. The Japanese-American artist became a global celebrity through her marriage to John Lennon, her partner for more than a decade until his murder in 1980, as well as her collaborator on peace-protest
Continue ReadingBy SUDHIN THANAWALA and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press CARROLLTON, Ga. (AP) — Family and friends are gathering in Georgia this week as funerals begin for three Army Reserve soldiers killed in a recent drone attack in Jordan. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp joined military officers Tuesday in the front row for the funeral of Staff Sgt.
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Valentine’s Day is tomorrow! The holiday is the #1 holiday for floral purchases. In 2024, the Society of American Florists is expecting for 250 million roses to be cut. Wade Frahm is the owner at Dr. Orchid in Palm Desert. He says the shop pre ordered 100 dozen roses. And they have been hard at
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Republican-controlled Legislature is taking another shot at passing a new legislative map before the liberal-controlled state Supreme Court does it. Tuesday marks the second time in less than a month that the Legislature has tried to enact new Senate and Assembly boundaries before the court
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Holmes, Zachary Cohen, Kara Scannell and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump is expected to attend Thursday’s hearing in the New York hush money criminal case, according to Steve Sadow, Trump’s lead attorney for the Georgia election subversion case. Trump had considered traveling to Georgia on Thursday for a
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — The United Nations’ cultural agency says Ukraine will need nearly $9 billion over the next decade to rebuild its cultural sites and tourism industry following Russia’s invasion and war. UNESCO released new statistics on Tuesday on the impact of the war that started two years ago this month. The agency estimates that
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim and Sarah El Sirgany, CNN (CNN) — Egypt is boosting its security presence at its border with the Gaza Strip, wary of a spillover of Israel’s war on Hamas onto its territory should the Israeli military begin its ground assault on the enclave’s southernmost city, Rafah, where more than half of Gaza’s
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