By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Two ships traveling in Middle East waters were attacked by suspected Yemen Houthi rebel drones early on Tuesday, authorities said, the latest assaults in the Iranian-backed fighters’ campaign of targeting vessels over Israel’s war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The first attack happened in
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive arm is shelving an anti-pesticide proposal in yet another concession to farmers after weeks of protests that blocked major capitals and economic lifelines across the 27-nation bloc. Although the proposal had languished in EU institutions for the past two years, the move by
Continue ReadingKazakhstan’s president has appointed his chief of staff as the new prime minister a day after he dismissed the Central Asian nation’s government. A presidential decree announcing the Cabinet’s resignation Monday didn’t explain the reason for it. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev had criticized the ministers last year and blamed the Cabinet for failing to stem inflation
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s interior minister says two people have been shot dead while trying to attack a courthouse in Istanbul. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said the man and woman were killed during an “attempt to attack” a security checkpoint at the Caglayan courthouse on Tuesday. He said six people were hurt, including three police
Continue ReadingBy Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will lose Nevada’s nonbinding Republican primary to “none of these candidates,” an embarrassing defeat in a contest that did not feature former President Donald Trump on the ballot. The outcome likely reflects many GOP voters’ preference for Trump in a state that gives them
Continue ReadingBy CHANELLE BESSETTE of NerdWallet Some financial planning can help if you have a pay raise on the horizon. A boost in income can benefit all kinds of financial goals, whether you want to upgrade some parts of your lifestyle, pay off debt, save for the future or give back to others. Personal finance experts
Continue ReadingBy JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Lawyers for four death row inmates who are out of appeals are expected to argue to the South Carolina Supreme Court that the state’s old electric chair and new firing squad are cruel and unusual punishments. Those lawyers are also expected to argue Tuesday that a
Continue ReadingBy JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — State prosecutors in Thailand say they have revived an investigation into whether former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra violated the law against defaming the monarch, a crime punishable by up to 15 years in prison. A spokesperson for the Office of the Attorney General said Tuesday that Thaksin
Continue ReadingCNN By Scott McLean, İpek Yezdani and Guray Ervin, CNN Southern Turkey (CNN) — Five days after a devastating earthquake struck southern Turkey and northern Syria last year, the world witnessed a miracle: Sezai Karabas and his 6-year-old daughter Sengul were pulled out of the rubble of his collapsed apartment block in Gaziantep province without a scratch. He may have looked like the
Continue ReadingBy KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer Toby Keith, a sometimes polarizing figure in country music who crafted an identity around his macho, pro-American swagger, has died. He was 62. The “Beer For My Horses” singer-songwriter, who was battling stomach cancer, died peacefully Monday surrounded by his family, according to a statement posted on the
Continue ReadingBy GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan report is calling for greater transparency in elections and steps to make voting easier. It says extreme partisanship in the U.S. combined with a complicated and highly decentralized voting system have led to a loss of faith in election results among some. The report released
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Two Czech climbers have been rescued from Austria’s highest mountain after holding out in a shelter for two nights as high winds prevented helicopters from getting to them. The two men informed authorities on Sunday evening that they had been injured by a rockfall on the north face of the Grossglockner. They
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE, WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pressed ahead with a diplomatic tour of the Middle East on Tuesday, meeting Egyptian leaders as part of his efforts to secure a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war in exchange for the release of hostages. Blinken’s
Continue ReadingBy Bethlehem Feleke, CNN Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) — Kenyan Christian cult leader Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and 29 other suspects were charged with the murder of 191 children on Tuesday morning by the Malindi High Court. The children’s bodies were exhumed from Shakahola forest in eastern Kenya last year where Mackenzie and his associates are accused
Continue ReadingBy TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A pair of California lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill on Tuesday to allow people 21 and older to consume psychedelic mushrooms under professional supervision as part of an agenda to tackle the state’s mental health and substance use crises. It comes after Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom
Continue ReadingBy TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A pair of California lawmakers introduced a bipartisan bill on Tuesday to allow people 21 and older to consume psychedelic mushrooms under professional supervision as part of an agenda to tackle the state’s mental health and substance use crises. It comes after Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom
Continue ReadingBy DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s National Assembly has held a tense inaugural session as the ruling nationalists ignored widespread reports that parliamentary and municipal elections held in December were marred by vote rigging and numerous other irregularities. Opposition lawmakers gathered around the speaker’s stand as the session started on Tuesday,
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Pellish and Kylie Atwood, CNN Hilton Head, South Carolina (CNN) — On a cool February night in this popular enclave for tourists and retirees to enjoy warmer winters, hundreds of Nikki Haley supporters packed into a restaurant where the former South Carolina governor repeated a familiar line. “Don’t you think it’s time we had
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — Sen. Bernie Sanders is once again taking the pharmaceutical industry to task, issuing a report Tuesday that highlights the cost of three blockbuster drugs that are far pricier in the US than in other countries. The differences are striking. The annual list price of Bristol Myers Squibb’s Eliquis, a
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — As King Charles III receives treatment for cancer, he remains Britain’s monarch and head of state. His older son, Prince William, is next in line to inherit the throne. The crown does not pass from reigning monarchs to their spouses, so Queen Camilla is not in the line of succession. After William
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