CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States. Personal Birth date: August 4, 1961 Birth place: Honolulu, Hawaii Birth name: Barack Hussein Obama Jr. Father: Barack Hussein Obama, goat herder-turned-economist Mother: Stanley Ann (Dunham) Obama Soetoro, anthropologist Marriage: Michelle (Robinson) Obama (October
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer HONOLULU (AP) — The Epson Tour remains the primary path to the LPGA Tour, now with larger purses and a new wrinkle on how to get into those tournaments. The Epson Tour released its 2024 schedule on Tuesday, most noteworthy the five tournaments with $300,000 purses or more —
Continue ReadingBy MEHMET GUZEL and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — A Turkish court has convicted the son of Somalia’s president over the death of a motorcycle courier and sentenced him to 2 1/2 years in prison. It then commuted the sentence to a fine equal to $910. Mohammed Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was charged with
Continue ReadingBy MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Disney is hoping a recent decision bolstering a Florida prosecutor’s First Amendment case against Gov. Ron DeSantis helps its own free speech lawsuit against the governor. A decision last week by a three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that revived a First
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERSUALEM (AP) — State-run media in Iran said the country has launched attacks in Pakistan targeting what it described as bases for the militant group Jaish al-Adl. But state-run media outlets suddenly removed those reports, without explanation. The state-run IRNA news agency and state television said earlier on Tuesday that
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is drifting lower Tuesday in a lackluster return to trading following a three-day holiday weekend. The S&P 500 was 0.4% lower in afternoon trading and remains within 0.7% of its all-time high set two years ago. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s president has vowed to widen military operations against groups linked to Kurdish militants in neighboring Iraq and Syria, days after nine soldiers were killed in an attack on a Turkish military base in Iraq. Turkey has been carrying out airstrikes on targets in Syria and Iraq believed to be affiliated
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Nicolas Sarkozy, former president of France. Personal Birth date: January 28, 1955 Birth place: Paris, France Birth name: Nicolas Paul Stéphane Sarkozy de Nagy-Bocsa Father: Pal Sarkozy de Nagy Bocsa Mother: Andrée (Mallah) Sarkozy de Nagy Bocsa Marriages: Carla Bruni (2008-present); Cécilia Ciganer-Albeniz
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — A French lawmaker has made a striking, much-applauded comeback at the National Assembly after she accused a senator of having drugged her with the aim of sexual assault. Sandrine Josso, 48, a deputy at France’s lower house of parliament, filed a complaint against Sen. Joel Guerriau in November after she said he
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Hall of Fame hockey player Wayne Gretzky, who is the all-time leading scorer in National Hockey League (NHL) history, with 2,857 career points (894 career goals and 1,963 career assists). Personal Birth date: January 26, 1961 Birth place: Brantford, Ontario, Canada Birth
Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of former NFL running back Ray Rice, who played six seasons with the Baltimore Ravens. Personal Birth date: January 22, 1987 Birth place: New Rochelle, New York Birth name: Raymell Maurice Rice Father: Conrad Reed Mother: Janet Rice, special education teacher Marriage: Janay (Palmer)
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A California court has dismissed a lawsuit from a group of fishermen against a conservation group that added New England lobster to its list of seafood to avoid. The lawsuit stemmed from a decision by Seafood Watch to add American and Canadian lobster fisheries to its
Continue ReadingBy Ivana Kottasová, Nic Robertson, Radina Gigova and Amir Tal, CNN (CNN) — A far-right Israeli government minister has criticized a decision by the country’s military to withdraw an army division from Gaza, exposing further divides between lawmakers over the military offensive in the Palestinian enclave. National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said a “rocket
Continue ReadingBy Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Meet Retro, a cloned rhesus monkey born on July 16, 2020. He is now more than 3 years old and is “doing well and growing strong,” according to Falong Lu, one of the authors of a study published in the journal Nature Communications Tuesday that describes how Retro came to
Continue ReadingBy Christian Edwards and Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a passionate plea to leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, urging them not to allow Russia’s war in Ukraine to become “frozen.” Speaking in person at the conference for the first time since Russia launched its full-scale invasion
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Of the six women Rex Heuermann is accused of killing on Long Island, four of them were discovered bound with belts or tape and wrapped in burlap along a stretch of Gilgo Beach in 2010. A married father accused by authorities of leading a double life, Heuermann initially faced
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.S. launched a new strike against the Yemen-based Houthis on Tuesday, hitting anti-ship missiles in the third assault on the Iranian-backed group in recent days, a U.S. official said. The strike came as the Iranian-backed Houthis claimed responsibility for a missile attack against the Malta-flagged bulk
Continue ReadingBy AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer UCLA’s domination of college basketball hit its title-hogging peak with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Bill Walton in the middle. The two big men helped drive the Bruins’ unprecedented run of seven straight NCAA championships (1967-73) along with impacting the history of the Associated Press men’s college basketball poll. As the
Continue ReadingBy JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press KIBBUTZ NIR OZ, Israel (AP) — Standing in the ruins of her home in the Nir Oz farming village on the Gaza border, Sharon Alony Cunio gazed at the distant skyline of Khan Younis, the Palestinian city where Hamas militants dragged her more than three months ago. Her husband, David,
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINE FERNANDO and SUMMER BALLENTINE The Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Reproductive rights activists in Missouri agree they want to get a ballot measure before voters this fall to roll back one of the strictest abortion bans in the country and ensure access. The sticking point is how far they should go.
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