By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Experts say the number of monarch butterflies at wintering areas in Mexico dropped by 59% this year to the second lowest level since record keeping began. The experts blame pesticide use and climate change. The butterflies’ migration from Canada and the United States to Mexico and
Continue ReadingBy JULIE WATSON and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Marine Corps helicopter that had been missing with five troops aboard as an historic storm continued drenching California was found Wednesday morning in a mountainous area outside San Diego. The aircraft was located just after 9 a.m. by civil authorities near
Continue ReadingBy TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jacob Assaraf lost a bet, so he had to go through classes at Hebrew Academy on Wednesday wearing a suit instead of more casual attire. Turns out, that wasn’t the most unusual part of his day. Members of the boys and girls basketball teams
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Nicioli, CNN (CNN) — After using artificial intelligence to uncover the first word to be read from an unopened Herculaneum scroll, a team of researchers has revealed several nearly complete passages from the ancient text, giving insight into philosophy from almost 2,000 years ago. The Herculaneum scrolls are hundreds of papyri that survived
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time in more than two decades, Mexico last year surpassed China as the leading source of goods imported to the United States. The shift reflects the growing tensions between Washington and Beijing as well as U.S. efforts to import from countries that are
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Uber posted its first full-year profit since going public in 2019 and its stock hit an all-time high Wednesday as strong bookings in the final quarter of the year pushed profit and revenue beyond Wall Street expectations. Like its final year as a private company, the last time Uber
Continue ReadingFORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — As officers tried to get a would-be bank robber in Florida to surrender, the man decided instead to take two hostages. Then he put one of them in a headlock and held a knife to her throat — and that’s when a sheriff’s sniper ended it. The 36-year-old attempted robber
Continue ReadingBy JULIE WATSON and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Marine Corps helicopter that had been missing with five troops aboard as an historic storm continued drenching California was found Wednesday morning in a mountainous area outside San Diego. The aircraft was located just after 9 a.m. by civil authorities near
Continue ReadingBy ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Pro Picks is a weekly column where AP Pro Football Writer Rob Maaddi shares his picks for upcoming games. For all previous Pro Picks, head here. ___ The underdog Kansas City Chiefs are playing for history against the San Francisco 49ers. No team has
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has voiced skepticism about the possibility of the Republican-controlled Legislature passing new legislative maps that the Democrat proposed. Evers was asked about Republican Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu floating the possibility earlier Wednesday of the Senate voting on the Evers maps. Evers
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — When writer-director Laura Chinn was a teenager in 2005, her mother moved her and her terminally ill brother to Florida. The idea was for him to spend his last days in hospice in peace. Instead, the place was mobbed by protesters and media because,
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — Marine helicopter carrying 5 troops found in San Diego mountains and rescue efforts underway amid snow, military says.
Continue ReadingCNN By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Khan Younis (CNN) — The stale, damp air inside the tunnel smells of sewage. The walls are slimy, and they feel like they are closing in. When the light goes off, everything is plunged into complete darkness. Inside this maze of tunnels under Khan Younis, there is a narrow room
Continue ReadingBy MARK SHERMAN and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has scheduled a special session to hear arguments over whether former President Donald Trump is ineligible to be president again and can be kept off the ballot. The case will be argued Thursday. It stems from a section of the 14th
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By Chandelis Duster, CNN (CNN) — Results from the largest survey of transgender people in the United States were released Wednesday, revealing key insights into their lives and experiences at a time when trans rights have increasingly come under attack. The 2022 US Transgender Survey Early Insights report, conducted by the National Center for Transgender Equality,
Continue ReadingBy SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been 12 years since a pair of conservative writers compared a prominent climate scientist to a convicted child molester for his depiction of global warming. Now, a jury is about to decide whether the comments made against Michael Mann were defamatory. Mann rose to fame for
Continue ReadingBy BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese politicians told The Associated Press that foreign diplomats have put forward proposals to bring calm to the volatile Lebanon-Israel border, in parallel with the ongoing Gaza cease-fire negotiations. The politicians who spoke on condition of anonymity Wednesday said the proposals include a pullback by the militant
Continue ReadingBy Sean Lyngaas, CNN Washington (CNN) — Cybercriminals extorted a record $1.1 billion in ransom payments from victim organizations around the world last year despite US government efforts to cut off their money flows, crypto-tracking firm Chainalysis said in a report released Wednesday. The surge in ransom payments, which nearly doubled the $567 million by
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Thursday in the historic efforts to disqualify former President Donald Trump from office because of his role in the January 6, 2021, insurrection. The case revolves around the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban,” a relic of the Civil War that hasn’t been
Continue ReadingBy GABE STERN and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Even without Donald Trump on Nevada’s Republican ballot, Nikki Haley was denied her first victory. The indignity of a distant second-place finish behind “none of these candidates” was a fresh blow for Haley, facilitated by the staunch Trump allies who lead Nevada’s
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