By NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An apparent Israeli airstrike has killed two Palestinian journalists in southern Gaza. One was the son of veteran Al Jazeera correspondent Wael Dahdouh, who lost his wife, two other children and a grandson — and was nearly killed himself — earlier in
Continue ReadingISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has named several of his party’s candidates for March’s nationwide election. The ruling party will try to recover cities lost to the opposition’s Republican People’s Party, or CHP, five years ago —  including the country’s largest city, Istanbul, and the capital, Ankara. Erdogan said parliamentarian and former
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY and GLENN GAMBOA Associated Press No matter who takes home the College Football Playoff championship Monday night in Houston, a rare nonprofit from the murky, still-developing world of Name, Image, Likeness programs is set to come out on top. Numerous NIL organizations have sprung up since a Supreme Court decision in 2021
Continue ReadingBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The Golden Globe Awards are back on Sunday, with plenty of behind-the-scenes changes aimed at cementing a yearslong comeback effort. The show is known for its boozy celebration of film and television and as an early stop for awards season contenders. Scandals have led to a membership revamp and a
Continue ReadingBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The Golden Globe Awards are back on Sunday, with plenty of behind-the-scenes changes aimed at cementing a yearslong comeback effort. The show is known for its boozy celebration of film and television and as an early stop for awards season contenders. Scandals have led to a membership revamp and a
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Election integrity activists want a federal judge to order Georgia to stop using its current election system, saying it’s vulnerable to attack and has operational issues that could cost voters their right to cast a vote and have it accurately counted. During a trial set to start
Continue ReadingBEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Hollywood is ready to party as the Golden Globes return for its annual boozy celebration of film and television’s biggest names. Here’s what you need to know about the 81st annual Globes, including how to watch, stream and follow along live on Sunday. WHAT TIME DO THE GOLDEN GLOBES START?
Continue ReadingBy MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Medics say a man driving a car with Israeli license plates was fatally shot at a busy intersection in the West Bank. The man was later identified as a Palestinian resident of Jerusalem who presumably was mistaken by the assailants as an Israeli because of the license
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has again fired artillery shells near its tense sea boundary with the South. Seoul said some 90 rounds of artillery were fired on Sunday. Meanwhile, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un mocked the South’s ability to detect its weapons
Continue ReadingBy MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Medics say an Israeli man has been fatally shot at a busy intersection in the West Bank. Sunday’s drive-by shooting came hours after a violent confrontation elsewhere in the Israeli-occupied territory left seven Palestinians and a member of Israel’s paramilitary border police dead. The events over the
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Here’s what to know about the night South African Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp more than a decade ago in a Valentine’s Day killing that jolted the world and shattered the image of a sports superstar. Pistorius, a world-famous double-amputee
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Washington plays Michigan in the College Football Playoff championship game on Monday, with the Huskies looking for their first national title since 1991 and the Wolverines going for their first since 1997. Both teams are in their first CFP title game. It will be only the third time that a pair
Continue ReadingAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Medics say an Israeli man has been fatally shot at a busy intersection in the West Bank. Sunday’s drive-by shooting came hours after a violent confrontation elsewhere in the Israeli-occupied territory left six Palestinians and a member of Israel’s paramilitary border police dead. The events over the weekend followed a
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has accused North Korea of firing artillery shells near their tense sea boundary for a third straight day. South Korea’s accusation Sunday came after the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un mocked the South’s ability to detect its weapons launches
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese prosecutors have made their first arrest in connection with a major political slush fund scandal that has rocked Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s already unpopular government. Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office on Sunday apprehended former vice-education minister Yoshitaka Ikeda on suspicion of failing to report fundraising proceeds
Continue ReadingMore than 100 residents of the Russian border city of Belgorod have evacuated to an area further from the Ukrainian border, local officials said. Ukrainian attacks on Dec. 30 in Belgorod killed 25 people. Meanwhile, Russia’s Defense Ministry said that military priests led prayer services on the front line to mark Orthodox Christmas both on
Continue ReadingVATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has baptized 16 babies in the Sistine Chapel. The ceremony, under the ceiling frescoed by Michelangelo, has become an annual tradition near the end of the Christmas holiday period at the Vatican. In Sunday’s ceremony, the pope baptized 16 babies, including a boy and girl who are twins. Francis
Continue ReadingBy Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Dog lovers, meet the Lancashire heeler – the 201st breed recognized by the American Kennel Club and the newest member of its Herding Group, the club recently announced. The breed of canine, described as one of the smallest herding and working dogs in the world, received official recognition
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Koreas says North Korea has fired artillery shells near the rivals’ tense sea boundary for a third straight day.South Korea’s military says the North fired more than 90 rounds on Sunday afternoon.It says South Korea strongly urges North Korea to halt provocative acts. Earlier,
Continue ReadingBy Nouran Salahieh, Paradise Afshar, Pete Muntean and Joe Sutton, CNN (CNN) — The missing part of the Alaska Airlines aircraft that blew off mid-flight has been found in a backyard in Portland, the National Transportation Safety Board announced. A Portland school teacher named Bob reached out to the agency after he found the missing
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