PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince is pleading for the release of six nuns kidnapped last week and demanding that Haiti’s government crack down on gang violence. The Archdiocese, along with the Haitian Conference of the Religious, said in a strongly worded letter released Monday that Haitians are tired of the “terror of
Continue ReadingBy John King, CNN Portsmouth, New Hampshire (CNN) — Andrew Konchek has a long list of complaints about Donald Trump. But there’s one reason he is ready, again, to set all those worrisome things aside. “I’m with Trump because he supports fishermen, you know, and obviously it’s my livelihood,” Konchek said in an interview at
Continue ReadingCNN Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN Salem, New Hampshire (CNN) — Ex-President Donald Trump is aiming to drive his last remaining rival out of the 2024 White House race on Tuesday with a resounding New Hampshire victory that would cement his control over the GOP. “Every day the Republican Party is becoming more and more
Continue ReadingBy KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — The leaders of Western Balkan countries have pledged to make full use of the European Union’s financial support plan of six billion euros (about $6.5 billion) as they continue to seek membership in the bloc. Serbia, Kosovo, Bosnia, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Albania are at
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — A judge on Monday ordered court records to be made public in the divorce involving a special prosecutor hired in the election case against Donald Trump and others and accused of having an affair with Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. The
Continue ReadingSREBRENICA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Outgoing Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has begun a two-day visit to Bosnia with a stop in Srebrenica, where he paid his respects to victims of the 1995 genocide. The Netherlands has long wrestled with the legacy of the massacre, Europe’s only acknowledged genocide since the Holocaust. Dutch troops served as
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis residents spent their fourth day boiling water for drinking, brushing their teeth and preparing food on Monday as repair crews worked to fix broken pipes in hopes of easing the stress caused by a week of sub-freezing temperatures, snow and ice in this southern city.
Continue ReadingKANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Dozens of Missouri Department of Corrections staff members are urging Gov. Mike Parson to grant clemency to a man scheduled to die in April for killing his cousin and her husband, with a former warden calling him a “model inmate.” Sixty corrections officers and other staff members signed onto a
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams says the city intends to wipe out more than $2 billion in medical debt for up to 500,000 residents. The city is working with RIP Medical Debt, a nonprofit that buys medical debt in bulk from hospitals and debt collectors for pennies on the dollar.
Continue ReadingBISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Former North Dakota state Rep. Rick Becker has announced he is running for the state’s only U.S. House seat. Becker ran unsuccessfully in 2022 as an independent for U.S. Senate, and is leading a proposed 2024 ballot initiative to eliminate local property taxes. Becker, who is a plastic surgeon, announced his
Continue ReadingBy STEVE PEOPLES, MICHELLE L. PRICE, HOLLY RAMER and JILL COLVIN Associated Press LACONIA, N.H. (AP) — As the last major challenger in Donald Trump ‘s way to the Republican nomination, Nikki Haley is hoping New Hampshire voters feel so strongly about keeping the former president away from the White House that they turn out
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Kansas State has its best ranking in 21 years after the Wildcats moved up to fourth in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll on Monday. The Wildcats, who climbed three spots, were last ranked this high in 2003. They pulled off a stellar win on Monday night, rallying to
Continue ReadingBy Em Steck and Andrew Kaczynski, CNN (CNN) — A robocall that appears to be an AI voice resembling President Joe Biden is reaching out to New Hampshire residents, advising them against voting in Tuesday’s presidential primary and saving their vote for the November general election. Audio of the call was reviewed by CNN from the anti-robocall application Nomorobo.
Continue ReadingBy Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — If you’ve ever “flipped the bird,” you have something in common with ancient Greeks. It was around 2,500 years ago that the naughty Greeks developed a phallic gesture to offend, taunt and literally poke each other. While throwing up a middle finger today clearly communicates a resounding “f**k you,”
Continue ReadingBy ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Memphis residents spent their fourth day boiling water for drinking, brushing their teeth and preparing food on Monday as repair crews worked to fix broken pipes in hopes of easing the stress caused by a week of sub-freezing temperatures, snow and ice in this southern city.
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Dior’s couture show at Paris’ Musee Rodin wove an intricate Ottoman tapestry for spring and attracted a tapestry of stars to rival it Monday. Rihanna, Natalie Portman, Elizabeth Debicki, Ali Wong, Felicity Jones, Glenn Close, Kristin Scott Thomas, Juliette Binoche, and Carla Bruni were among the
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The latest winter storm to lash Britain and Ireland has killed two motorists and left tens of thousands of people without electricity. Hundreds of trains were canceled Monday amid heavy rain and wind gusts topping 100 mph (160 kph). The U.K.’s Met Office weather service issued an
Continue ReadingSOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Five children have died and a sixth is being treated for burns after fire tore through a house in northern Indiana. The South Bend Fire Department said Monday that people including children were trapped by flames on the second floor Sunday evening. The children ranged in age from 17 months
Continue ReadingCNN By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to take up the extraordinary appeal of an Oklahoma death row inmate named Richard Glossip, a man who even the state attorney general said should not be executed. Last May the justices halted the pending execution while legal challenges played out. Glossip
Continue ReadingBy OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nearly 30,000 professors, librarians, coaches, and other workers at California State University, the largest public university system in the U.S., walked off the job Monday in a weeklong strike to demand higher wages. The stoppage across Cal State’s 23 campuses comes two weeks after CSU
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