KCAL, KCBS, WCBS, WVLT, CNN By Nick Watt, CNN (CNN) — “I’m not getting a fat check!” joked Kelly R as she helped her daughters with homework in the kitchen of their Los Angeles home. “But I’m hoping that the kids will benefit. That’s the biggest thing that I was worried about. All kids benefitting.”
Continue ReadingHARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Pennsylvania state courts agency says some of its online systems are disabled after its website was hit by a cyberattack, although officials say it didn’t appear to compromise any data. Chief Justice Debra Todd says in a statement issued Sunday that the attack is being investigated by the federal government.
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The organizer of a soccer match featuring Inter Miami in Hong Kong was dealing with backlash from both angry fans and the government after widespread disappointment that Lionel Messi didn’t play in the game. The much-hyped exhibition match on Sunday ended with fans booing Inter Miami
Continue ReadingBy ILLIA NOVIKOV and SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he is thinking about dismissing the country’s top military officer as part of a broader leadership shakeup, a possibility that has shocked the nation fighting a war to end Russia’s invasion and also worried Ukraine’s Western allies. Zelenskyy
Continue ReadingBy BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s government has restricted access to the mobile internet as opposition leaders and supporters launched protests against President Macky Sall’s decision to postpone the Feb. 25 presidential election. Federal lawmakers are set to debate a bill that recommends an election delay of up to six months.
Continue ReadingBy Clare Foran, Kristin Wilson and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson is overseeing one of the smallest House majorities in history as Congress confronts contentious fights over immigration, impeachment and government funding. The narrowly divided House majority is shifting again as a result of a new vacancy. Republicans control 219 seats
Continue ReadingBy Eric Levenson and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — A jury began deliberating Monday in the manslaughter trial of Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of the teenager who killed four people at a Michigan high school in 2021, in a novel legal case that stands as a test of the limits of who’s responsible for
Continue ReadingBy ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — World stocks were mixed on Monday, with Chinese shares again leading declines in Asia even after the market regulator in Beijing pledged to crack down on abuses and protect small investors. In European markets, Germany’s DAX was 0.1% higher at 16,927.75 and the CAC 40 in
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Chinese shares have sunk to 5-year lows even after market regulators sought to reassure jittery investors with a promise to crack down on stock price manipulation and “malicious short selling.” Benchmarks in Shanghai and Shenzhen closed lower after swinging between big losses and minor gains on
Continue ReadingBy JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A Bangladesh official says 95 members of Myanmar’s Border Guard Police have fled their posts and taken shelter in Bangladesh during fighting between Myanmar security forces and an ethnic minority army. The official says the Myanmar forces entered Bangladesh over the last two days to escape
Continue ReadingBy Chris Liakos and Laura Paddison, CNN Paris (CNN) — Parisians voted in favor of tripling the parking costs for SUVs on Sunday, following a proposal by the Paris mayor’s office, as the city aims to cut air pollution and tackle the climate crisis. Citizens were asked to decide whether there should be a specific
Continue ReadingBy BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s government has restricted access to the mobile internet as opposition leaders and supporters launched protests against President Macky Sall’s decision to postpone the Feb. 25 presidential election over an electoral dispute. The mobile internet access in the capital Dakar and other parts of the country
Continue ReadingLONDON, Ontario (AP) — Authorities scheduled a news conference for Monday to discuss a 2018 case that has led to sexual assault charges against four current NHL players and a former NHL player, all of whom were on Canada’s world junior hockey team that year. Five players from that team have been charged with sexual
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Wyndham Clark noticed the cameras starting to show up on the 12th hole, the sure sign he was making a charge. He felt the buzz of being in contention and the affection from the gallery when he walked off the 18th green at the
Continue ReadingBy ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Super Bowl opening night evolved into a wacky, circus-like spectacle long before Las Vegas had a chance to host the NFL’s biggest game. There’s no telling how wild it will be for Sin City’s media extravaganza. The Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers
Continue ReadingBy MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — A meeting scheduled in the 1980s between the NFL and sportsbook directors sparked hope in Las Vegas that their relationship would soon take a much more positive turn after decades during which the league kept the city at arm’s length. When all it turned out
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — An American porn actor who has advocated for Palestinians online during Israel’s war on Hamas traveled to Iran and visited the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran, which was abandoned after the 1979 hostage crisis. The visit by Whitney Wright as Iran imprisons Nobel Peace Prize laureate and
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The leaders of the U.K. and Ireland are in Belfast to meet Northern Ireland’s newly revived government. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Irish counterpart Leo Varadkar visited the new administration at Belfast’s Stormont Castle on Monday. Members of the assembly appointed a power-sharing government on Saturday
Continue ReadingBy ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was weighing a possible dismissal of the country’s top military officer, a prospect that has shocked the nation fighting Russia’s invasion and worried Kyiv’s Western allies. Asked whether he was considering the ouster of Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Zelenskyy told Italian
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Brazilian soccer star Dani Alves went on trial Monday a year after he allegedly sexually assaulted a young woman at a Barcelona nightclub. The 40-year-old Alves is accused of sexually assaulting the woman on the night of Dec. 30, 2022. He denies any wrongdoing. The trial
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