PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Funeral services for former first lady Melania Trump’s mother are scheduled for a Florida church not far from the family’s Mar-a-Lago estate. Private services for Amalija Knavs are scheduled for Thursday at The Episcopal Church of Bethesda-by-the-Sea. That’s the congregation former President Donald Trump sometimes attends and where he and
Continue ReadingBy JOHN MARSHALL AP Basketball Writer TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Kevin Durant sat in the front row. Bijan Robinson also was in the crowd, along with several current and former Arizona athletes. The star-studded crowd filled McKale Center to get a glimpse of Bronny James and the Wildcats wanted to put on a show of
Continue ReadingBy DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — States are seeing increased demand for their cash amid high interest rates. State treasurers say they have seen a significant increase in applications for little-known programs that use state funds to spur private investment with bargain-priced loans. Under the programs, states deposit money in
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Israel’s president and the head of ChatGPT company OpenAI will make appearances at the World Economic Forum on Thursday, the third day of the annual gathering of elites at the Swiss resort of Davos that discusses everything from conflict to computers and climate. Israeli President Isaac
Continue ReadingBy ISABELLA VOLMERT Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Five Republican candidates in Indiana are trying to stand out before an unusually crowded gubernatorial primary in May. Campaign finance reports filed Wednesday show the race could be the most expensive in the office’s history, with millions raised and spent over in the past year. The candidates
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been nearly two years since the United States and its allies froze hundreds of billions of dollars in Russian foreign holdings in retaliation for Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. That roughly $300 billion in Russian Central Bank money has been sitting untapped as the war grinds on,
Continue ReadingBy SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A second transgender candidate running for the majority Republican Ohio House could be disqualified from the ballot after omitting her former name on circulating petitions. The Mercer County Board of Elections will vote Thursday on whether Arienne Childrey, a Democrat from Auglaize County, is
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Fighting “human animals.” Making Gaza a “slaughterhouse.” “Erasing the Gaza Strip from the face of the earth.” Such inflammatory rhetoric is a key component of South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide at the U.N. world court, a charge that Israel denies. South Africa says
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Illinois is adding tens of thousands of people to its population total, and California is getting misplaced sailors on an aircraft carrier put in the right location, after successfully asking for a review of their 2020 census figures. New York City also appears to have gotten an additional 1,090 people
Continue ReadingBy JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — An explosion at a fireworks factory in central Thailand has killed about 20 people, though the devastation at the scene has made the death toll uncertain. Rescue workers say no survivors have been found. The cause of the explosion is being investigated. The Lunar New Year falls
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Federal officials have briefed a congressional committee on their investigations into a jetliner that lost a panel of its fuselage in midflight this month and revealed that airlines have inspected 40 identical Boeing planes. The Federal Aviation Administration said it will review information from those inspections of Boeing 737
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry says that the country’s air force carried out retaliatory strikes on insurgents inside Iran. It followed Iran’s attack Tuesday on Pakistani soil that killed two children in the southwestern Baluchistan province. Iran’s state media Thursday said several explosions were heard near Saravan city close to the border of Iran
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Palestinians are dying every day in Gaza’s overwhelmed remaining hospitals which can’t deal with the estimated 60,000 injured people and daily arrival of hundreds more hurt in Israeli’s military offensive, a U.N. health emergency expert said Wednesday, while a doctor with the International Rescue Committee
Continue ReadingBy Azaz Syed, Adam Pourahmadi, Helen Regan and Sophia Saifi, CNN Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) — Pakistan carried out a series of deadly military strikes on what it said were separatist militant hideouts inside Iran, in the latest incident across their shared border that has sent tensions between the two neighbors soaring. The new strikes mean
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Lazar Stefanovic scored 18 points, Brandon Williams added 13 and UCLA overcame a 15-point deficit in the second half to beat Arizona State 68-66 on Wednesday night. UCLA took advantage of a hot-tempered Arizona State team that was called for four technicals — all in
Continue ReadingBy Helen Regan and Jennifer Hauser, CNN (CNN) — Medicine for Israeli hostages and Palestinians has entered Gaza, Qatar said Wednesday, after the Gulf nation brokered a deal between Israel and Hamas to provide vital medication to the war-torn enclave. The agreement mediated by Qatar Tuesday will see medication delivered to Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza in
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Dan Steele knows what a long day in court is like. So he was extra appreciative on Wednesday that former President Donald Trump journeyed to New Hampshire after spending the day in a New York courtroom, where he sat defiantly during his trial to determine
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares traded mixed Thursday as pessimism spread among investors about any imminent interest rate cut in the United States. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei was little changed, inching down less than 0.1% to finish at 35,466.17. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.6% to 7,346.50. South Korea’s Kospi gained
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anthony Davis is already an established scorer and rebounder. The Las Angeles Lakers’ All-Star center is beginning to show he is developing into an adept passer. Davis had nine assists to finish one shy of his second triple-double in three games and the Lakers overcame
Continue ReadingCNN By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — White House National security adviser Jake Sullivan will meet Thursday with families of the Americans believed to have been taken hostage by Hamas, a White House official told CNN. Several families of American hostages are in Washington, DC, this week around the 100-day mark of their loved ones being taken after Hamas’ attack on
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