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By Ebony Davis, CNN (CNN) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Tuesday said she thinks President Joe Biden should resign, as it would be in “the best interest of the country.” Asked by radio host Hugh Hewitt during an interview if she believes the president should step down, Haley responded: “Yes, I do.” “I
Continue ReadingBy JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Local officials say two boats have collided on the Congo River in western Congo, but they give conflicting accounts on deaths. The chief of the Maluku municipality says no one died in Monday’s collision east of Congo’s capital. Another local official at first said dozens were
Continue ReadingBy ALBERT STUMM The Associated Press Rather than spending on store-bought chocolates for Valentine’s Day, why not make your own this year? Many recipes are simple enough for novices. And making chocolates together is a fun way to spend the evening with your Valentine. Sue Quinn is the author of “The Little Chocolate Cookbook.” She
Continue ReadingTALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge says restrictions on after-hour drop boxes may make it inconvenient to return ballots outside business hours, but they don’t keep Floridians from voting. Chief U.S. District Judge Mark Walker issued his decision on Thursday. He previously had ruled that restrictions in Florida’s 2021 election law would have suppressed
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Winter weather brings various hazards that people have to contend with to keep warm and safe. These dangers can include carbon monoxide poisoning, hypothermia and frozen pipes that can burst and make homes unlivable. Public safety officials and experts say there are multiple ways people can
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Police say five people were killed and four others are in critical condition after a drive-by shooting at a streetside bar in Puerto Rico. Authorities believe the shooting late Monday is tied to drug trafficking. Puerto Rico has long served as a transit point for multimillion-dollar drug shipments out
Continue ReadingBy Sebastian Shukla, Anna Chernova and Catherine Nicholls, CNN (CNN) — Russian authorities on Tuesday launched unprecedented criminal proceedings against Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, charges the leader of the Baltic state alleged were politically motivated. The Kremlin accused Kallas, Estonian Secretary of State Taimar Peterkop and Lithuanian Culture Minister Simonas Kairys of destroying or
Continue ReadingBy TERESA M. WALKER and RALPH D. RUSSO AP Sports Writers A federal judge said Tuesday he will rule “in short order” on a preliminary injunction requested by the states of Tennessee and Virginia to stop the NCAA from enforcing its rules governing name, image and likeness compensation for athletes as part of an antitrust
Continue ReadingBy JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A local official in Congo says dozens of people are dead and several are missing after two boats collided on the Congo River. The official says the boats loaded with people and goods crashed Monday about 100 kilometers east of Congo’s capital. Horrified residents watched from
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer With Arctic sea ice shrinking from climate change, many polar bears have to shift their diets to land during parts of the summer. A new study looking at Hudson Bay polar bears tries to figure out if they can keep up their roly-poly figure, which is what’s needed. Tuesday’s
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Three separate unions representing flight attendants at major U.S. airlines picketed and held rallies at 30 airports Tuesday as they push for new contracts and higher wages. The flight attendants are increasingly frustrated that pilots won huge pay raises last year while they continue to work for wages that,
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are falling Tuesday after worse-than-expected inflation data forced investors to question hopes that have sent Wall Street to record heights. The S&P 500 was 1.2% lower in afternoon trading as traders delayed their forecasts for when the Federal Reserve will deliver the cuts
Continue ReadingCNN By Raja Razek and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — Sheriff’s deputies in Houston repeatedly shot at a woman after mistaking her for an intruder inside her friend’s apartment, body camera footage released over the weekend shows. The woman, Eboni Pouncy, was shot five times during the February 3 confrontation and her attorney, Ben Crump,
Continue ReadingBy TERESA M. WALKER and RALPH D. RUSSO AP Sports Writers A federal judge will rule “in short order” on a preliminary injunction requested by the states of Tennessee and Virginia to stop the NCAA from enforcing its rules governing name, image and likeness compensation for athletes. U.S. District Judge Clifton Corker originally had a
Continue ReadingAssociated Press A nasty storm with 60 mph winds raked parts of the Northeast on Tuesday creating dangerous conditions on the road and snarling airports. More than 1,200 flights were cancelled before noon, mostly along the East Coast, but that is likely to spread west as the day goes on. Airlines can’t control the weather,
Continue ReadingBy Taylor Nicioli and Kristin Fisher, CNN (CNN) — A tiny surgical robot in residence at the International Space Station completed its first surgery demo in zero gravity on Saturday, developers of the technology exclusively told CNN. The robot, known as spaceMIRA — which stands for Miniaturized In Vivo Robotic Assistant — performed several operations
Continue ReadingCNN By Taylor Nicioli and Kristin Fisher, CNN (CNN) — A tiny surgical robot in residence at the International Space Station completed its first surgery demo in zero gravity on Saturday, developers of the technology exclusively told CNN. The robot, known as spaceMIRA — which stands for Miniaturized In Vivo Robotic Assistant — performed several
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Pellish, CNN (CNN) — The Democratic Party has ramped up its attacks on independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in recent days, marking the first significant attempt by either party to shape voter sentiment around his candidacy ahead of a potential rematch of the 2020 election. The Democratic National Committee has taken
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — Frans Hals is the latest 17th century Dutch master to feature in a major exhibition at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. A show opening on Wednesday highlights Hals’ loose brush strokes that made him a forerunner of the impressionist movement. And it shows many of his subjects smiling,
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY, NAJIB JOBAIN and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Israel and Hamas are making progress toward another cease-fire and hostage-release deal, officials said Tuesday, as negotiations went on and Israel threatened to expand its offensive to Gaza’s southern edge, where some 1.4 million Palestinians have sought refuge. The talks continued in
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