By 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, as talks continued in Egypt on Tuesday, with Israel threatening to expand its offensive to Gaza’s southern edge, where some 1.4 million Palestinians have sought refuge. Israeli
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tiger Woods might still be donning his familiar red polo shirt, but the iconic golfer has taken a bold leap forward with a new logo and clothing line partnering alongside a different company that could elevate his fashion identity. Woods introduced his lifestyle brand
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tiger Woods might still be donning his familiar red polo shirt, but the iconic golfer has taken a bold leap forward with a new logo and clothing line partnering alongside a different company that could elevate his fashion identity. Woods introduced his lifestyle brand
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s space agency has postponed the second test flight of its new flagship rocket H3 series planned for this week because of bad weather forecast at the launch site. Tuesday’s postponement comes as the country’s space officials scramble to ensure a successful liftoff a year after a
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Don’t feed the pandas. That’s the rule seemingly broken by a man who was banned for life from one of China’s main panda centers after throwing unspecified “objects” into an enclosure on Monday. A notice from the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding didn’t identify the objects, but said that feeding
Continue ReadingBy TIFFANY STANLEY Associated Press Nearly two-thirds of American Jews feel less secure in the U.S. than they did a year ago, according to a new national survey. The American Jewish Committee, a prominent advocacy organization, conducted the survey last fall just as the Israel-Hamas war began on Oct. 7. The number of American Jews
Continue ReadingBy Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Department of Education said Tuesday that it’s taking steps to speed up college financial aid awards for the upcoming 2024-25 school year after a bumpy rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid, known as the FAFSA. It’s the first time students and their families
Continue ReadingBy HOLLY MEYER Associated Press Feb. 14 is a holiday heavyweight this year due to a calendar collision of events. Yes, it’s Valentine’s Day, the fixed annual celebration of love and friendship, marked by cute couples, eager elementary school students — and critics who deride its commercialization. But it also happens to be Ash Wednesday,
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The head of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog has warned that Iran is “not entirely transparent” regarding its atomic program. That’s after an official who once led Tehran’s program announced the Islamic Republic has all the pieces for a weapon “in our hands.” Rafael
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The world has entered an era of increasing instability as countries around the globe boost military spending in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the Hamas attack on Israel and China’s growing assertiveness in the South China Sea. That’s the conclusion of a new report Tuesday from
Continue ReadingBy KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Tens of thousands of Indian farmers are marching toward the capital to demand guaranteed crop prices, renewing a movement from two years ago that succeeded in getting the government to repeal contentious new agricultural laws. On Tuesday, police used tear gas, detained a number of farmers
Continue ReadingBy Sabrina Souza and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — A Massachusetts judge dismissed civil claims against Harvard University and some of its employees made by families who said the college is partly responsible for a former medical school morgue manager who allegedly stole and sold human remains. The class action suit was filed in June
Continue ReadingBy John Fritze and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — When it comes to deciding whether former President Donald Trump should be booted from Colorado’s ballot, the easiest path the Supreme Court could take now may wind up causing the most chaos early next year. That’s the dire warning from a group of legal experts who fear
Continue ReadingCNN By John Fritze and Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — When it comes to deciding whether former President Donald Trump should be booted from Colorado’s ballot, the easiest path the Supreme Court could take now may wind up causing the most chaos early next year. That’s the dire warning from a group of legal experts who
Continue ReadingBy Annie Grayer, Clare Foran and Kristin Wilson, CNN The House of Representatives, by an extremely narrow margin, voted Tuesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the first Cabinet secretary to be impeached in almost 150 years. The result came one week after the stunning loss House Republicans suffered when they last tried to
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia has put Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas on a wanted list, an official register showed Tuesday, as tensions soar between Russia and the West over Ukraine. Kallas’ name appeared on the Interior Ministry’s register of people wanted in connection with criminal charges. It didn’t specify what charges Kallas was facing. It
Continue ReadingBy NINIEK KARMINI and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — When Indonesians cast their votes on Wednesday for a new president in one of the world’s biggest elections, the stakes will also be high for the United States and China. The Southeast Asian nation is a key battleground economically and politically in a
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — European benchmarks slipped and Asian shares mostly finished higher on Tuesday as investors awaited an update on U.S. consumer inflation that might help set the Federal Reserve’s policy on interest rates. France’s CAC 40 slipped nearly 0.2% to 7,678.07. Germany’s DAX shed 0.3% to 16,982.64. Britain’s
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Firefighters in Sweden are struggling for the second day to put out a blaze at a water park that’s under construction at one of the country’s biggest amusement centers. One park employee is missing and 16 people, mainly workers, were slightly injured in the blaze in the popular Liseberg amusement complex in
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, CNN (CNN) — The special election to replace former Rep. George Santos in New York’s 3rd Congressional District, an emerging battleground that could serve as a bellwether for other suburbs this fall, appears to be headed for a neck-and-neck finish after two months of campaigning bolstered by millions in outside spending. The
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