By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Arctic weather brought more misery to much of the U.S. on Saturday, especially for people unaccustomed to such bitter cold in places like Memphis, Tennessee, where residents were urged to boil water and some had no water at all after freezing temperatures broke water mains across
Continue ReadingBy EMILY SCHULTHEIS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Tens of thousands of people protested the far right in cities across Germany on Saturday, attending events with slogans such as “Never Again is Now,” “Against Hate” and “Defend Democracy.” The large crowds were the latest in a series of demonstrations that have been gaining momentum in
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A spaniel with six legs that was found abandoned in a supermarket parking lot is now like other dogs after having her extra limbs surgically removed. Ariel, who was named for “The Little Mermaid” character because her extra appendage with two paws on the end looked a flipper, ran outdoors Saturday as
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL HILL Associated Press A man convicted in a post-9/11 terrorism sting was ordered freed from prison by a judge who criticized the FBI for relying on an “unsavory” confidential informant for an agency-invented conspiracy to blow up New York synagogues and shoot down National Guard planes. U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon on Friday
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — The British navy says two of its warships have collided in a harbor in Bahrain, causing damage but no injuries. Social media video appears to show the HMS Chiddingfold reversing into the HMS Bangor as it was at a dock Thursday. Royal Navy Rear Admiral Edward Ahlgren says an investigation is underway.
Continue ReadingBRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) — A man arrested last month in Connecticut in the killing of a television news anchor’s mother in Vermont last February has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder. Forty-four-year-old Shawn Conlon was arraigned in Brattleboro on Friday. Seventy-three-year-old Claudia Voight of Windham, Vermont, died in her home on Feb. 20. She was
Continue ReadingBy Cindy Von Quednow and Jay Croft, CNN (CNN) — The family of Kristin Smart, a freshman who disappeared from a California campus in 1996, is suing the school for negligence and wrongful death, saying it botched the investigation and allowed her killer to attend the school despite previous accusations against him. Smart went missing
Continue ReadingBy Chandelis Duster, CNN (CNN) — Brad Hatch takes pride in his work as a Patawomeck Indian Tribe master eel pot maker. When Hatch works to weave split white oak into baskets used to capture the slippery creatures, he’s helping preserve a craft that has been passed down for generations. The tribe, he told CNN,
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press A senior lawmaker says Russia’s parliament will consider a law allowing for the confiscation of money and property from those deemed to spread “deliberately false information” about Moscow’s military actions. Vyacheslav Volodin, the speaker of the lower house, said the measure would apply to those calling for “extremist activities” or the
Continue ReadingBy ALBERT AJI and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — An Israeli strike on the Syrian capital on Saturday destroyed a building used by the Iranian paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, killing at least five Iranians, Syrian and Iranian state media reported. The Syrian army said the building in the tightly guarded western Damascus neighborhood
Continue ReadingLANSING, Mich. (AP) — The recently installed acting chair of Michigan’s Republican Party and others in the state GOP are suing to get the group’s former leader, Kristina Karamo, officially declared as being removed from the post. Acting Chair Malinda Pego, Michigan GOP administrative vice chair Ali Hossein and party coalitions vice chair Hassan Nehme
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In the childhood home of author Roxanna Asgarian, there were restrictions on how often the television could be on and which programs could be watched. Books were placed under a much looser set of rules. “Mom would take us to the library and gave us
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL and, SAMY MAGDY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that he “will not compromise on full Israeli control” over Gaza and that “this is contrary to a Palestinian state,” rejecting U.S. President Joe Biden’s suggestion that creative solutions could bridge wide gaps between the leaders’ views
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood, CNN (CNN) — Nikki Haley’s campaign will begin airing a three-minute TV ad in New Hampshire on Monday featuring the mother of an American college student who died in 2017 after being detained by North Korea the previous year. The ad is an effort to highlight Haley’s foreign policy experience and the
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The moon is hundreds of thousands of miles away from Earth, but humankind has played a major role in shaping it for more than six decades. In fact, human exploration has had such a significant impact in altering the lunar surface that some scientists argue it’s time to declare
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — The British navy says two of its warships have collided in a harbor in Bahrain, causing damage but no injuries. Social media video appears to show the HMS Chiddingfold reversing into the HMS Bangor as it was at a dock Thursday. Royal Navy Rear Admiral Edward Ahlgren says an investigation is underway.
Continue ReadingBY JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi has been sworn into office after a disputed December election. At the swearing-in ceremony on Saturday, he promised a huge crowd of supporters and several heads of state to unite the Central African country during his second five-year term and to protect
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — You dirty rat! In a city infamous for its gangster past, some culprit filled in a Northside Chicago neighborhood landmark affectionately called by residents the “rat hole.” The indentation in the pavement on West Roscoe Street resembles the outline of a rat, claws, tail and all. It was reported Friday on social
Continue ReadingTAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Air Force plans to expand its search for grave sites in a former Black cemetery at a base in Florida after discovering 121 potential sites already. Base spokeswoman Lt. Laura Anderson told news stations this week that a non-intrusive archaeological survey performed over the past two years at MacDill
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — A French court has convicted three police officers of “voluntary violence” towards a youth worker in a Paris suburb who suffered serious injuries to his rectum after being assaulted with a police baton during an identity check seven years ago. All three officers received suspended prison sentences, one of 12 months and
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