By Sean Lyngaas, CNN (CNN) — Multiple Ukrainian state agencies, including the state-owned energy company, reported cyberattacks or technical disruptions on Thursday that were affecting their IT systems and ability to communicate with the public. Naftogaz, Ukraine’s largest oil and gas company, said that a “large-scale cyberattack” on one of its data centers had knocked
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An unsanctioned tent camp is growing outside New York City’s largest migrant shelter. New immigrants trying to earn a living are also operating a makeshift bazaar, selling coffee, snacks and other items. The shelter is on Randall’s Island, where the Harlem and East rivers meet along
Continue ReadingBy JAKE OFFENHARTZ, JENNIFER PELTZ, and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump was on and off the witness stand at a jury trial Thursday in less than 3 minutes but not before breaking a judge’s rules on what he could say by claiming that a writer’s sexual assault allegations
Continue ReadingBy YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Belarusian rights group is reporting dozens more home raids and arrests in the latest intensification of a years-long crackdown on dissent in Belarus. The Viasna human rights center said Thursday that it knows of at least 159 people targeted by searches and detentions in multiple
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM and SCOTT BAUER Associated Press SUPERIOR, Wis. (AP) — President Joe Biden has returned to a deteriorating Midwestern bridge to argue that his administration is keeping its pledge to fix the critical link between the port cities in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Biden visited the John A. Blatnik Bridge at the tip
Continue ReadingBy MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials say 93 Americans have died after cosmetic surgery in the Dominican Republic since 2009. Many of the recent deaths involved a procedure known as a Brazilian butt lift. The operation has grown in popularity recently and has led to deaths in other
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan Senate deal to pair border enforcement measures and Ukraine aid faces potential collapse. Senate Republicans are increasingly wary of an election-year compromise that Donald Trump, the likely Republican presidential nominee, seems likely to oppose. Senate negotiators have been striving for weeks
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s Democratic-led state government is considering legislation that would eliminate out-of-pocket costs for abortion. Gov. Phil Murphy has called on the Legislature to back the bill before the summer. The state already has laws protecting abortion rights and requiring insurers to cover abortion, but among
Continue ReadingANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska State Troopers say a woman and five children have died in a house fire in rural northwest Alaska. Troopers said Thursday that the remains of the six have been recovered. The home was in the Inupiat village of Noovik. The bodies have been sent to the state medical examiner in
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated Press ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Unless blocked by the U.S. Supreme Court, Alabama will attempt to put a man to death with nitrogen gas Thursday night, a never before used execution method that the state claims will be humane but critics call cruel and experimental. Kenneth Eugene Smith, a 58-year-old convicted
Continue ReadingBy AMY TAXIN Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A jury on Thursday convicted a California man of murder for shooting to death a 6-year-old boy who was riding in the back of his mother’s car on a busy freeway. Jurors in Orange County found 26-year-old Marcus Eriz guilty of second-degree murder in the
Continue ReadingBy AMY TAXIN Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A jury on Thursday convicted a California man of murder for shooting to death a 6-year-old boy who was riding in the back of his mother’s car on a busy freeway. Jurors in Orange County found 26-year-old Marcus Eriz guilty of second-degree murder in the
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Law enforcement officers say Maine’s yellow flag law that allows guns to be confiscated from someone in a mental health crisis is cumbersome and time consuming. They addressed their concerns Thursday to an independent commission that is investigating a mass shooting in which an Army reservist
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — A scandal over an Italian influencer’s Christmas-cake involvement that authorities alleged misled consumers has inspired a government crackdown. The Italian Cabinet on Thursday approved proposed legislation that would provide for fines as high as 50,000 euros ($55,000) in case manufacturers don’t clearly label products to indicate just what percentage of the sales
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press A federal judge has ruled that a Pennsylvania law making it a crime to release information about teacher disciplinary complaints is an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment. The judge sided with a school board member who wanted to publicize a misconduct allegation against his son’s school psychologist without fear
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Personal Birth date: February 12, 1965 Birth place: Washington, DC Birth name: Brett Michael Kavanaugh Father: Everett Edward Kavanaugh Jr., president of a trade association Mother: Martha Kavanaugh, teacher, prosecutor and judge Marriage: Ashley (Estes) Kavanaugh Children: Liza
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and environmentalist Carole King. Personal Birth date: February 9, 1942 Birth place: New York, New York Birth name: Carol Joan Klein Father: Sydney Klein, New York City fire lieutenant Mother: Eugenia (Cammer) Klein, speech therapist Marriages: Rick Sorenson (1982-divorced); Rick
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee and former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. Personal Birth date: February 11, 1964 Birth place: Sandpoint, Idaho Birth name: Sarah Louise Heath Father: Charles Heath, a teacher Mother: Sarah (Sheeran) Heath Marriage: Todd Palin (1988-2020, divorced) Children: Trig, April
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Jeb Bush, former governor of Florida. Personal Birth date: February 11, 1953 Birth place: Midland, Texas Birth name: John Ellis Bush Father: George H.W. Bush, 41st president of the United States Mother: Barbara (Pierce) Bush Marriage: Columba (Garnica Gallo) Bush (February 23, 1974-present)
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — The first full moon of the new year, known as the wolf moon, will shine in the night sky Thursday. January’s full moon reached peak illumination at 12:54 p.m. ET, but it will appear full through Friday evening, according to NASA. Expect the bright orb to rise in the
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