LONDON (AP) — Royal officials say King Charles III has been diagnosed with a form of cancer and has begun treatment. Here is the statement from Buckingham Palace in full.
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A handful of centuries-old sponges from the Caribbean are causing some scientists to theorize that human-caused climate change began sooner and has warmed the world nearly a degree Fahrenheit more than most scientists previously thought. In Monday’s study, researchers figure that the world more than a decade ago blew
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill and Stephanie Busari, CNN (CNN) — A political crisis is looming in Senegal after presidential polls due to be held this month were postponed, triggering protests and a mobile internet shutdown in the country. The news of the election delay, which came as official campaigning for the February 25 elections was due
Continue ReadingBy Rob Picheta, Max Foster and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN London (CNN) — Britain’s King Charles III has been diagnosed with cancer and will step back from public-facing duties while he undergoes treatment, Buckingham Palace announced Monday. The update came after Charles, 75, attended a London hospital for a corrective procedure for an enlarged prostate last
Continue ReadingBy David Culver and Norma Galeana, CNN San Diego (CNN) — The roar of a motor ripped Jack Enright’s attention away from the waves he was videoing under a cloudless blue sky. He yanked his camera out of the ocean to refocus it on whatever was speeding towards him. “I thought it was just a
Continue ReadingCNN By David Culver and Norma Galeana, CNN San Diego (CNN) — The roar of a motor ripped Jack Enright’s attention away from the waves he was videoing under a cloudless blue sky. He yanked his camera out of the ocean to refocus it on whatever was speeding towards him. “I thought it was just
Continue ReadingPONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Jurors have found the Michigan father of a teenage boy who killed four classmates and wounded others guilty of involuntary manslaughter. Thursday’s verdict is the latest development in the shooting that happened on Nov. 30, 2021, in Oxford, Michigan, just north of Detroit. Ethan Crumbley pleaded guilty to terrorism and first-degree
Continue ReadingLONDON, Ontario (AP) — Lawyers for the five hockey players charged with sexual assault appeared before a court in Canada on Monday in the latest step in the case that dates to 2018. Attorneys representing Carter Hart of the Philadelphia Flyers, Michael McLeod and Cal Foote of the New Jersey Devils, Dillon Dube of the
Continue ReadingBy JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina woman who traveled elsewhere for an abortion just days after reaching six weeks of pregnancy wants a court to affirm that the state’s ban on the procedure should not take effect until later in a pregnancy. In a lawsuit filed Monday,
Continue ReadingBy KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago children’s hospital has been forced to take its networks offline after an unspecified digital attack. Access to medical records and communication by phone or email has been limited since the middle of last week. Lurie Children’s Hospital initially described the issue Wednesday as a network
Continue ReadingBy PATRICIA LUNA and MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Volunteers in central Chile tried to remove charred metal, broken glass and other debris Monday from neighborhoods devastated by wildfires over the past several days, as officials raised the death toll to 122. Hundreds of people remain missing. The fires appeared to have
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Justice Department says First National Bank discriminated against Black and Latino homebuyers in North Carolina for a period of at least four years, the latest in a long list of banks who have been caught redlining. The Justice Department said FNB will pay $13.5
Continue ReadingBy WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City’s casinos have no legal obligation to stop compulsive gamblers from betting, a judge ruled, dismissing a lawsuit from a self-described problem gambler who accused the Borgata and its parent company, MGM Resorts International, of plying him with offers to gamble despite knowing about
Continue ReadingBy BERT WILKINSON Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Officials say the U.S. government is increasing its urgent military assistance to Guyana as neighboring Venezuela threatens to seize a large part of the country’s territory it has long claimed. The U.S. is pledging to help Guyana buy new aircraft, helicopters, a fleet of military drones
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon lawmakers are convening for the start of a short legislative session expected to be dominated by homelessness, a housing shortage, and plans to overhaul the state’s pioneering drug decriminalization law. Lawmakers have just 35 days to pass bills after the session opened Monday. For now,
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A powerful storm fueled by an atmospheric river pounded Southern California on Monday, causing widespread flooding, turning hillsides into rivers of mud and rocks, knocking out power to many and leading to evacuation orders in some areas. About 1.4 million people in the Los Angeles area,
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A powerful storm fueled by an atmospheric river pounded Southern California on Monday, causing widespread flooding, turning hillsides into rivers of mud and rocks, knocking out power to many and leading to evacuation orders in some areas. About 1.4 million people in the Los Angeles area,
Continue ReadingBy ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An oversight board is criticizing Facebook owner Meta’s policies regarding manipulated media as “incoherent” and insufficient to address the flood of online disinformation that already has begun to target elections across the globe this year. The quasi-independent board on Monday said its review of an altered
Continue ReadingBy ALI SWENSON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An oversight board is criticizing Facebook owner Meta’s policies regarding manipulated media as “incoherent” and insufficient to address the flood of online disinformation that already has begun to target elections across the globe this year. The quasi-independent board on Monday said its review of an altered
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Agiesta and Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Most Americans want to see a verdict on the federal charges former President Donald Trump faces related to election subversion in 2020 before this year’s presidential election, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS. And looking ahead, most expect Trump to pardon himself of
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