QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say a powerful bomb has exploded at an election office of an independent candidate in southwest Pakistan ahead of the parliamentary elections, killing at least 10 people and wounding more than a dozen others. Local authorities said the attack happened in Pashin, a district in Baluchistan province. Jan Achakzai, the
Continue ReadingCNN By Jessie Yeung, Hanako Montgomery, Junko Ogura and Saki Toi, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — Long lines in snowy weather to buy merchandise days in advance. Hordes of fans, some from other countries, filling up the 55,000-seat Tokyo Dome, excitedly swapping homemade bracelets. People around the world feverishly calculating time zones and watching online flight
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW LEE, WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was set to meet Israeli leaders on Wednesday as Hamas put forward a detailed plan for a new cease-fire and hostage release deal, but both sides remain dug in on thus far elusive goals
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A pod of killer whales that was trapped in drift ice off Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido, prompting concern from environmental groups, has apparently safely escaped, officials said Wednesday. The killer whales, also known as orcas, were initially spotted by a local fisherman who reported them
Continue ReadingBy HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — For months, Andrea studied for her master’s degree in library sciences between dancing naked at clubs in Seattle. But then she was sexually assaulted at work and slapped by a customer — and nobody stepped in to help. Now, she and hundreds of other strippers in Washington
Continue ReadingMANILA, Philippines (AP) — A landslide has struck buses and houses in a gold-mining village in the southern Philippines and a search is underway for 27 miners. A government officials said Wednesday that eight miners survived when the landslide struck two parked buses that would have taken the miners home from work Tuesday night. It’s
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Xavier Dusell scored 23 points and Enoch Boakye recorded a double-double and Fresno State beat San Jose State 69-57 on Tuesday to hand the Spartans their sixth-straight defeat. Dusell shot 7 for 13 (6 for 10 from 3-point range) and 3 of 4 from the free
Continue ReadingSTOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — Alex Ducas scored 18 points shooting 7 for 9 including 4 for 4 from 3-point range and St. Mary’s won its 11th straight stomping Pacific 84-43 on Tuesday. Augustus Marciulionis and reserve Luke Barrett scored 12, Mitchell Saxen 11 and reserve and Mason Forbes 10 for St. Mary’s (19-6, 10-0 WCC).
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) — Reese Waters scored 15 points, making five of San Diego State’s season-high 11 3-pointers, and the 24th-ranked Aztecs cruised to a 77-64 win over Air Force on Tuesday night. The Aztecs (18-5, 7-3 Mountain West) took 5 1/2 minutes to settle in and
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In Donald Trump’s federal 2020 election interference case, all eyes are on the Supreme Court, whose next moves could determine whether the former president stands trial in Washington ahead of the November election. An appeals court panel on Tuesday unanimously rejected Trump’s claims
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer From Flamin’ Hot Cheetos to Sweet Heat Starburst, America’s snacks are getting spicier. Now, Coca-Cola wants in on the trend. On Wednesday, the Atlanta beverage giant introduced Coca-Cola Spiced, the first new permanent offering to its North American portfolio in three years. Coca-Cola Spiced and Coca-Cola Spiced Zero Sugar
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO and JULIE WATSON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A storm that parked itself over Southern California for days, unleashing historic downpours that caused hundreds of landslides, was expected to move out of the region after one final drenching Wednesday, but authorities warned of the continued threat of collapsing hillsides. One of
Continue ReadingBy STEFANIE DAZIO and JULIE WATSON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A storm that parked itself over Southern California for days, unleashing historic downpours that caused hundreds of landslides, was expected to move out of the region after one final drenching Wednesday, but authorities warned of the continued threat of collapsing hillsides. One of
Continue ReadingBy AIDA SULTANOVA Associated Press BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Azerbaijanis are voting Wednesday in an election almost certain to give incumbent President Ilham Aliyev another seven-year term, following his government’s swift reclaiming of a region formerly controlled by ethnic Armenian separatists. Aliyev, 62, has been in power for more than 20 years, succeeding his father
Continue ReadingBy DAVID HAMILTON AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When it comes to dealing with a Florida college student who uses public data and social media to track the private jets of billionaires, politicians and other celebrities, Taylor Swift apparently can’t just shake it off. In late December, Swift’s camp hit Jack Sweeney, a
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE, JONATHAN J. COOPER and GABE STERN Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nikki Haley was swamped in Nevada’s symbolic Republican presidential primary as GOP voters resoundingly picked the “none of these candidates” option on the ballot in a repudiation of the former U.N. ambassador who is the last remaining major rival
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has easily won Tuesday’s Democratic presidential primary in Nevada, his second lopsided victory in four days over a mostly unknown field of challengers. The Associated Press declared Biden the winner at 11:39 p.m. ET based on initial vote results in Washoe County, the second
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The top vote-getter in Tuesday’s Republican presidential primary in Nevada wasn’t former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, the only major candidate on the ballot still in the race. Instead, Nevada voters mounted a ballot-box protest and gave the most votes to “None of these candidates,” a ballot option
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN and MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Single mom Caitlyn Colbert watched as rent for her two-bedroom apartment doubled, then tripled and then quadrupled over a decade in Denver — from $750 to $3,374 last year. Every month, like millions of Americans, Colbert juggled her costs. Pay rent or
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Zainab al-Zein was forced to make a desperate decision: Feed her infant daughter solid foods that her tiny body may not be able to digest or watch her starve because of a lack of baby formula in the besieged Gaza Strip.
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