By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights has condemned Greece for violating the privacy rights of a group of women arrested and publicly identified in 2012 as HIV-positive prostitutes who allegedly endangered public health. The case was brought to the Strasbourg, France-based court by 11 Greek women,
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government is giving Northern Ireland politicians until Feb. 8 to restore their collapsed regional government. The deadline extension was announced Tuesday. A boycott by Northern Ireland’s largest British unionist party has kept the power-sharing administration on ice for almost two years. The British government is
Continue ReadingBy OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The U.S. military says that it conducted airstrikes in Somalia over the weekend that killed three al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab militants and that there were no civilian casualties. The Germany-based U.S. Africa Command said in a statement Tuesday that the strikes were done at the request of Somalia’s
Continue ReadingSYDNEY (AP) — A Russian national has been sanctioned by the U.S., U.K. and Australian governments for his role in a cyber attack that compromised the personal details of more than 10 million Australians. Client data from Australia’s largest health insurer, Medibank, was released by an extortionist in October 2022 after the company refused to
Continue ReadingBy KATHLEEN FOODY and KEN MILLER Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A man suspected of shooting and killing eight people in suburban Chicago fatally shot himself after a confrontation with law enforcement officials at a gas station in Texas, where he had no known ties, authorities said. Police in Joliet, Illinois, said on Facebook that
Continue ReadingBy John Miller and Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — The man arrested outside Taylor Swift’s New York City townhouse on Saturday for open warrants – and who admitted he was there to see the pop star – was arrested at the same location less than 48 hours later, according to a law enforcement source familiar
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Filipino fishing boat captain is protesting the Chinese coast guard’s aggression in the disputed South China Sea where he asserts that Chinese officers forcibly drove him and his men away from a disputed shoal. The fishermen reported the Jan. 12 confrontation on Tuesday to Manila’s
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Unions commanded big headlines last year, but that didn’t translate into higher membership numbers, according to government data released Tuesday. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said 10% of hourly and salaried workers were members of unions in 2023, or around 14.4 million people. That showed little movement from
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish legislators have scheduled a long-delayed vote on Sweden’s bid to join NATO, in a step that could remove a major hurdle for the previously nonaligned Nordic country’s entry into the military alliance. Turkey, a NATO member, has been dragging its feet on ratifying Sweden’s accession for more than a year,
Continue ReadingLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The pilot of a small plane was killed when it crashed at Clinton National Airport in Little Rock. Airport officials say the Cirrus SR 22 took off from the airport Sunday afternoon. The pilot declared an emergency, and then crashed north of the airport’s cargo building. The pilot was the
Continue ReadingBy WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. regulators have barred TurboTax maker Intuit Inc. from advertising its services as “free” unless they are free for all customers, or if eligibility is clearly disclosed. In an opinion and final order issued Monday, the Federal Trade Commission ruled that Intuit engaged in deceptive
Continue ReadingBy WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. regulators have barred TurboTax maker Intuit Inc. from advertising its services as “free” unless they are free for all customers, or if eligibility is clearly disclosed. In an opinion and final order issued Monday, the Federal Trade Commission ruled that Intuit engaged in deceptive
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press NARAHA, Japan (AP) — A drone almost the size of a slice of bread is Japan’s newest hope to get clearer footage of one of the reactors inside the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant where hundreds of tons of damaged fuel remain almost 13 years after the disaster. A
Continue ReadingBy Rosa Flores, Sara Weisfeldt, Josh Campbell and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Eagle Pass, Texas (CNN) — As the migrant crisis continues at the US-Mexico border and beyond, tensions between Texas and federal officials remain high. Here are the latest developments: Razor wire is still up along a contested section of the US-Mexico border a day
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, Megan Marples and Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — The Doomsday Clock that has been ticking for 77 years is no ordinary clock — it attempts to gauge how close humanity is to destroying the world. On Tuesday, the clock was again set at 90 seconds to midnight — the closest to the
Continue ReadingBy LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Cue all the “did ‘Barbie’ direct itself” snark. But Greta Gerwig not being among the five best director nominees for this year’s Oscars is one of the biggest shocks in recent memory. Here are some other major “snubs” and “surprises” from Oscar nomination morning. GRETA GERWIG SHUT OUT FOR
Continue ReadingBy LISSETTE ROMERO Associated Press PUEBLA, Mexico (AP) — A four-year-old giraffe named Benito has arrived at his new home, a large animal park in central Mexico. Now starts the hard part for the gangly post-adolescent: fitting in with the crowd of seven giraffes in his new neighborhood. The 7.5-acre (3-hectare) enclosure at the Africam
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will share the stage on Tuesday in Virginia as they campaign for abortion rights, a top issue for Democrats in an election expected to feature a rematch with Donald Trump, the former Republican president. Biden and
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer WWE’s weekly television show “Raw” will move to Netflix next year as part of a major streaming deal worth more than $5 billion. TKO Group Holdings Inc., which houses WWE and UFC, said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday that the agreement is for 10 years, with Netflix having
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By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — After stunning the world of golf by becoming the first amateur to win a PGA Tour event since 1991, 20-year-old Nick Dunlap has decided to take some well-deserved rest. The American sophomore defied the odds by winning The American Express tournament on Sunday, his achievement making headlines across the
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