By GABE STERN and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — President Joe Biden ‘s latest campaign swing is taking him across the country to Nevada, where the “first-in-the-West” primaries are under way with early and absentee voting. But the Democrat and his team are also using the visit to shore up support for
Continue ReadingBy GABE STERN and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — President Joe Biden ‘s latest campaign swing is taking him across the country to Nevada, where the “first-in-the-West” primaries are under way with early and absentee voting. But the Democrat and his team are also using the visit to shore up support for
Continue ReadingBy David Shortell and Stefano Pozzebon, CNN (CNN) — Vote counting is underway after polls closed Sunday in El Salvador, where the strongman president Nayib Bukele is expected to easily win a second term amid a dramatic turnaround in the country’s once-sky high levels of violence. Bukele, 42, faced little in the way of organized
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL, LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran issued a warning Sunday to the U.S. over potentially targeting two cargo ships in the Mideast long suspected of serving as forwarding operating base for Iranian commandos, just after America and the United Kingdom launched a massive airstrike campaign against
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN Associated Press NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — When he left the White House, Donald Trump was a pariah. After years of bending Washington to his will with a single tweet, Trump was, at least for a moment, diminished. He was a one-term Republican president rejected by voters and then shunned by large swaths
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — While sentencing a North Carolina man to prison for his role in the U.S. Capitol riot, a Republican-appointed judge issued a stark warning: Efforts to portray the mob of Donald Trump’s supporters as heroes and play down the violence that unfolded on Jan.
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s almost time for the Grammy Awards, the daylong celebration of music that on Sunday also marks the start of an epic week for Taylor Swift. Swift is among the contenders for the Grammys’ top prize, album of the year. SZA is the leading nominee and the “Barbie”
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s almost time for the Grammy Awards, the daylong celebration of music that on Sunday also marks the start of an epic week for Taylor Swift. Swift is among the contenders for the Grammys’ top prize, album of the year. SZA is the leading nominee and the “Barbie”
Continue ReadingCNN, YOUTUBE, GOBIERNO DE CHILE, BOMBEROS DE CHILE, AFPTV, YOUTUBE/GOBIERNO DE CHILE By Heather Chen, Marlon Sorto, Omar Fajardo, Michael Rio, Juan Paz and Benjamin Brown, CNN (CNN) — At least 64 people have been killed in Chile as forest fires rage throughout the country, with authorities warning the death toll is likely to rise.
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A British aircraft carrier that had been set to lead the largest NATO exercises since the Cold War will not set sail because of a propeller problem. The Royal Navy said the HMS Queen Elizabeth will not sail Sunday as had been planned. It will be replaced in the exercises off Norway’s
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, CNN (CNN) — All Dani Jo Carter heard was a bang. It was September 25, 2016, but it still felt like a warm, summer night. Stopped at a red light in the heart of downtown Atlanta, Carter gripped the steering wheel of the white Ford Expedition and looked to her right, where
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer At what age should kids be on social media? Should they be on it at all? If they aren’t, will they be social pariahs? Should parents monitor their conversations? Do parental controls work? Navigating social media as a parent — not to mention a child — is not easy.
Continue ReadingBy ALEXANDRE PLAZA and PATRICIA LUNA Associated Press VIÑA DEL MAR, Chile (AP) — Intense forest fires burning around a densely populated area of central Chile have caused at least 46 deaths, Chile’s president said Saturday evening, and officials said at least 1,100 homes had been destroyed. In a nationally televised address, President Gabriel Boric
Continue ReadingBy Maria Kostenko and Alex Stambaugh, CNN (CNN) — At least 28 have been killed in an attack on a building in the town of Lysychansk in the Russian-occupied region of Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, the region’s Moscow-installed head said Sunday. In a statement on Telegram, the head of self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic Leonid Pasechnik said emergency services
Continue ReadingBy BABACAR DIONE and CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — West Africa’s regional bloc has called for dialogue to resolve the political crisis in Senegal as opposition leaders reject the decision by the country’s leader to postpone the Feb. 25 presidential election. The bloc on Sunday urged Senegalese politicians to “prioritize dialogue and
Continue ReadingDENVER (AP) — Police in Colorado say at least six people were injured in an early morning shooting in Denver. The Denver Police Department says in a social media post early Sunday that investigators were at the scene of a shooting in the 5000 block of North Orleans Court. Police say six victims were located.
Continue ReadingBy HELENA ALVES and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Parisians are voting whether to muscle SUVs off the French capital’s streets by making them much more expensive to park. It’s the latest leg in a drive by Socialist Mayor Anne Hidalgo to make the host city for this year’s Olympic Games greener and
Continue ReadingEssay by Thomas Lake, CNN (CNN) — Facebook turns 20 years old today, and if you don’t like it, I’m sure you have your reasons. The numerous scandals. The loss of privacy. The time it drains away from other, better activities. And on and on. But I’ve been thinking about the role Facebook has played
Continue ReadingCNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — A pigeon suspected of spying for China has been released by Indian officials after being held for an eight-month investigation. While the bird’s case has made global headlines, “spy animals” captured and exploited by militaries are nothing new. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to
Continue ReadingANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Reliever José Cisnero and the Los Angeles Angels agreed Saturday to a $1.75 million, one-year contract. A right-hander who turns 35 on April 11, Cisnero was 3-4 with two saves and a 5.31 ERA in 63 games last year in his fifth season with Detroit, striking out 70 and walking 25
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