Abortion is going to be a major issue in the U.S. again in 2024, the second full year after the nation’s top court ended a right to abortion and making it largely a state issue. After prevailing on seven straight statewide ballot questions, abortion rights supporters are looking to ask voters to enshrine abortion rights
Continue ReadingCAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — More than 300 firefighters are battling a blaze on the slopes of a mountain near Cape Town in South Africa for a second day. Emergency services said five firefighters had been injured and two were taken to the hospital. Residents were evacuated from at least one neighborhood overnight into
Continue ReadingBY ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian court has ordered Airbnb to pay a 15 million Australian dollar ($10 million) fine, and the accommodation rental company could pay as much again in compensating customers who had been unaware they were being charged in U.S. rather than Australian dollars. Airbnb admitted making
Continue ReadingBy Olivia LaBorde, CNN (CNN) — A United States court on Tuesday sentenced a former Haitian senator to life in federal prison over his role in the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise. Joseph Joel John was sentenced by the Miami federal court after he pleaded guilty in October to three charges, including conspiring
Continue ReadingBy TAIWO ADEBAYO Associated Press OMO FOREST RESERVE, Nigeria (AP) — Men in dusty workwear trudge through a thicket, making their way up a hill where sprawling plantations lay tucked in a Nigerian rainforest whose trees have been hacked away to make room for cocoa bound for places like Europe and the U.S. Kehinde Kumayon
Continue ReadingBy ERIC HE Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Anze Kopitar had a goal and an assist as the Los Angeles Kings beat the San Jose Sharks 4-1 on Tuesday night. The Kings improved to 13-1-1 on the road, the best mark in the NHL. Trevor Moore got his team-leading 15th goal, Alex Laferriere
Continue ReadingBy Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Malaysia’s government announced Wednesday that it was imposing a ban on all Israeli owned and flagged ships, as well as any vessels headed to Israel, from docking at its ports. The announcement by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s office said the ban would take place with immediate effect and was in
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Ever since the nation’s highest court ended abortion rights more than a year ago, vaguely worded bans enacted in some Republican-controlled states have caused bewilderment over how exceptions should be applied. Supporters have touted these exemptions, tucked inside statutes restricting abortion, as sufficient enough to protect the
Continue ReadingBy TAIWO ADEBAYO Associated Press OMO FOREST RESERVE, Nigeria (AP) — Habitat for a dwindling population of critically endangered African forest elephants is under threat, a casualty of the world’s appetite for chocolate. Deforestation driven by planting cocoa, the main ingredient in chocolate, is whittling down Omo Forest Reserve, a protected rainforest in southwestern Nigeria
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press One of Pennsylvania’s leading natural gas companies is poised to drill and frack in the rural community where it was banned for a dozen years for polluting the water supply. Coterra Energy Inc. has won permission from state environmental regulators to drill 11 gas wells underneath a 9-square-mile rectangle in
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL HILL Associated Press MENANDS, N.Y. (AP) — Kaine is a big, buoyant dog looking for a home. But lately, he’s spending a lot of time at the office. Animal shelters around the U.S. are bursting at the seams amid the rising cost of living, so the gray and white 7-year-old has been staying
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Dionte Bostick scored 18 points and De’Sean Allen-Eikens scored 17 points and Cal State Northridge ended an 11-year losing streak against the Pac-12 Conference stunning UCLA 76-72 on Tuesday night. Prior to Tuesday, the last time the Matadors beat a Pac-12 school occurred Dec. 21, 2012. CSUN hadn’t won in Pauley
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — A few years back, Sage Brook Carbone was attending a powwow at the Mashantucket Western Pequot reservation in Connecticut when she noticed signs in the Pequot language. Carbone, a citizen of the Northern Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode Island, thought back to Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — Kaleb Higgins’ 28 points helped CSU Bakersfield defeat South Dakota 96-76 on Tuesday. Higgins also contributed five assists for the Roadrunners (5-6). Modestas Kancleris scored 17 points and added seven rebounds and three steals. Jaden Alexander had 11 points and shot 5 for 10, including 1 for
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jaedon LeDee’s 17 points helped San Diego State defeat NAIA-member Saint Katherine 91-57 on Tuesday night. LeDee also contributed six rebounds for the Aztecs (9-2). Reese Waters shot 6 for 10, including 3 for 3 from beyond the arc to add 15 points. Jay Pal shot 3
Continue ReadingBy JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry let fly a high-arcing 3-pointer just like those he practices time and again during his extensive pre-game routine, and swished it through the net right in front of his wild, celebratory Warriors teammates on the bench. Night-night, indeed, just as the superstar signaled
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Scientists anticipated the eruption of a volcano in southwestern Iceland for weeks, so when it happened on Monday night, it was no surprise. The region had been active for more than two years and thousands of small earthquakes rattled the area in recent weeks. Here is a
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Dontaie Allen’s 17 points helped Western Kentucky defeat Cal Baptist 73-70 on Tuesday night. Allen shot 6 for 11, including 4 for 8 from beyond the arc for the Hilltoppers (10-3). Don McHenry scored 14 points while going 4 of 15 from the floor, including 2 for
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Harry Wessels scored 20 points as Saint Mary’s (CA) beat Middle Tennessee 71-34 on Tuesday night. Wessels shot 10 of 13 from the field for the Gaels (7-5). Alex Ducas scored 13 points while shooting 5 for 8, including 3 for 6 from beyond the arc, and added five rebounds. Mitchell
Continue ReadingAnalysis by Elliott Gotkine, CNN (CNN) — From the United Nations to NGOs and even influencers, critics of the way Israel is waging war against Hamas in Gaza are not in short supply; even US President Joe Biden has decried its “indiscriminate bombing.” But if there’s one area where Israel is arguably beyond reproach, it’s in
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