WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s political battle over state media continues as the president has filed a revised spending bill in defiance of the new pro-European Union government’s goal of freeing the media from political control. President Andrzej Duda is an ally of the previous right-wing government. He had vetoed the new government’s bill that
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Health authorities say a Greek riot police officer who was shot with a flare during fan violence in Athens three weeks ago has died in the hospital of his injuries. During the Dec. 7 clash, 31-year-old Giorgos Lyggeridis was shot in the thigh, suffering severe arterial damage. The event prompted a
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTIAN WARDLAW Edmunds Ready to go the distance, or at least as far as a plug-in hybrid can take you on electricity before using a drop of gas? Edmunds has performed the research so you don’t need to. In this article, you’ll discover the plug-in hybrids with the most electric range in five different
Continue ReadingBy NICOLAS GARRIGA and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The Eiffel Tower was closed to visitors Wednesday because of a strike over contract negotiations timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the death of its creator, Gustave Eiffel. One of the world’s most-visited sites, the Eiffel Tower is typically open 365 days
Continue ReadingBy BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ja Morant is quickly re-establishing himself as one of the NBA’s best players upon his return from a 25-game suspension and the Memphis Grizzlies are reaping the benefits. Morant has averaged 28.8 points through his first four games since returning from a ban that stemmed
Continue ReadingBy Mindy Weisberger, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of years ago, Earth’s magnetic field underwent a significant power surge over a part of the planet that included the ancient kingdom of Mesopotamia. People at the time probably never even noticed the fluctuation, but signs of the anomaly, including previously unknown details, were preserved in the mud
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s defense minister says the military has hit more than 70 sites linked to Kurdish groups in Syria and northern Iraq in aerial strikes launched in retaliation for the deaths of 12 Turkish soldiers in Iraq. Yasar Guler said Wednesday at least 59 militants were killed in the strikes as well
Continue ReadingBy Ebony Davis, CNN (CNN) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley returns to the campaign trail Wednesday for a three-day swing in New Hampshire with less than a month to close a still-yawning polling gap between her and GOP front-runner Donald Trump before the state’s first-in-the-nation primary. Haley’s visit marks her first time back in
Continue ReadingBy Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Blizzard and ice storm warnings across the Central and Northern Plains are due to expire today, but parts of the region could still see snow and freezing rain. Travel safe out there! 1. Gaza Israel’s defense minister says the country is in a “multi-arena war,” facing attacks from multiple
Continue ReadingCNN By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Blizzard and ice storm warnings across the Central and Northern Plains are due to expire today, but parts of the region could still see snow and freezing rain. Travel safe out there! 1. Gaza Israel’s defense minister says the country is in a “multi-arena war,” facing attacks from
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Bill Granger, the Australian chef, food writer and restaurant owner who brought Aussie-style food to international capitals from London to Seoul, has died. He was 54. Granger’s family said on social media Tuesday that the chef died in a hospital in London on Christmas Day. “A dedicated
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — A Russian politician calling for peace in Ukraine has lost her appeal against election officials’ refusal to accept her nomination for the country’s presidential race that President Vladimir Putin is all but certain to win. Former regional legislator Yekaterina Duntsova has called for peace in Ukraine. Russia’s Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s state-run ERT television says an air force pilot has been killed when his training jet crashed in the countryside outside an airbase near the southern town of Kalamata. The two-seater T-2 aircraft was carrying only one crew member, ERT says, and crashed as it was coming in to land Wednesday.
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlyn Schwanemann, CNN (CNN) — Although Robin Williams has been a ballet dancer for more than 60 years, she experienced a first during her performance of The Nutcracker this December. Williams said when she danced the Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, it was the first time she didn’t have to slather pink pointe
Continue ReadingBy Isabelle Chapman, CNN. Photographs by Austin Steele, CNN Columbia, South Carolina (CNN) — On a dark, drizzly morning this fall in rural South Carolina, a team of federal agents wearing tactical gear quietly assembled for a mission that was part raid, part rescue operation. The stakes were high: Agents feared the victims would be
Continue ReadingCNN By Isabelle Chapman, CNN. Photographs by Austin Steele, CNN Columbia, South Carolina (CNN) — On a dark, drizzly morning this fall in rural South Carolina, a team of federal agents wearing tactical gear quietly assembled for a mission that was part raid, part rescue operation. The stakes were high: Agents feared the victims would
Continue ReadingBy NAJIB JOBAIN, WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel launched heavy strikes across central and southern Gaza overnight and into Wednesday after broadening its offensive against Hamas to more areas where the military had told Palestinians to seek shelter earlier in the war. Residents reported heavy bombing in
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Greek air force training jet has crashed in the countryside outside an airbase near the southern town of Kalamata, leaving its pilot missing. State-run ERT television said the two-seater T-2 aircraft was carrying only one crew member, who was seen ejecting before the crash Wednesday morning. Rescue teams cordoned off
Continue ReadingBy Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Ali Hajimiri has spent a decade researching how to put solar panels in space and beam the energy down to Earth. Yet when the Caltech electrical engineering professor talks about his work, people always have three questions, usually in this order: Why not just put solar panels on Earth?
Continue ReadingBy Priscilla Alvarez and Rosa Flores, CNN (CNN) — Senior US officials held a “very productive meeting” with their Mexican counterparts Wednesday, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said, as Washington seeks help from Mexico City to drive down southern border crossings that have placed increasing pressure on President Joe Biden. “The regional challenge of migration requires
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