By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — With a pink, week-old surgical wound etched across a few inches of her neck, medical student Sally Rohan said somehow, she’d never had a scar until now. “This is my first,” Rohan, a second-year medical student at the New Jersey-based Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine, told CNN on
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tantrums, tears, temperature, toilet accidents. These travails of childhood are familiar to any parent. But for Doron Katz Asher, the daily whims of children took on a new, frightening dimension while in Hamas captivity with her two young daughters. If the girls cried, militants would
Continue ReadingBy EVGENIY MALOLETKA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As Russian forces press forward with an attempt to capture the town of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine, The Associated Press obtained aerial footage that gives an indication of their staggering losses. A Ukrainian military drone unit near Stepove, a village just north of Avdiivka, where some
Continue ReadingINDEPENDENCE, Ore. (AP) — Police in Oregon say a small plane has crashed into power lines and killed all three people on board. The Independence Police Department says Polk County emergency services received the report of the single engine plane crash in Independence around 4:55 p.m. Saturday. Police say the initial investigation found the collision
Continue ReadingBy DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — President Aleksandar Vucic is looking to further tighten his grip on power in Serbia in an election that has been marred by reports of major irregularities during a tense campaign and during the voting day. The main contest in the parliamentary and local elections on Sunday
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A boat carrying dozens of migrants trying to reach Europe capsized off the coast of Libya, leaving more than 60 people dead, including women and children, the U.N. migration agency said. The shipwreck, which took place overnight between Thursday and Friday, was the latest tragedy in this
Continue ReadingBy WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel pressed ahead with its Gaza offensive on Sunday after a series of shootings, including of three hostages who were shirtless and waving a white flag, raised questions about its conduct in a 10-week-old war that has brought unprecedented death and
Continue ReadingBy Paradise Afshar, CNN (CNN) — Three people died when a small plane crashed in Oregon and ignited a fire on Saturday afternoon, authorities said. The single-engine plane crashed into power lines in the city of Independence shortly before 5 p.m. local time, knocking out power and sparking the small brush fire, according to the
Continue ReadingBy Nimi Princewill, CNN (CNN) — Abdoulaye Diabate faced a life-threatening bout of malaria when he was just five years old. Diabate narrowly survived the mosquito-borne disease, but cousins ages three and four were not as fortunate. Diabate, who now heads medical entomology and parasitology at Burkina Faso’s Research Institute in Health Sciences, is developing
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Fifty active duty Marines and sailors received a special holiday meal this Saturday. They enjoyed music, food and gifts all throughout the morning. Leonard Abramowitz is fan favorite amongst active duty members and veterans. Even as a veteran himself, he is giving back and serving Marines from Twentynine Palms. On Saturday, he helped put on a holiday
Continue ReadingBy CAMERON VAN TIL Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Carl Grundstrom scored the deciding goal in the ninth round of a shootout and the Los Angeles Kings beat the Seattle Kraken 3-2 on Saturday night to snap a three-game losing streak. Trevor Moore and Anze Kopitar scored in regulation for Los Angeles, which improved to
Continue ReadingBy ROY LANG III Associated Press SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — Behren Morton completed 27 of 43 passes for 256 yards and three first-half touchdowns, leading Texas Tech to a 34-14 victory over California in the Independence Bowl on Saturday night. Tahj Brooks ran for 98 yards and a score as the Red Raiders (7-6) shook
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Leaders from Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, at a special summit on Sunday marking their 50th anniversary of friendship, adopted a joint vision that emphasizes security and economic cooperation while respecting the rule of law amid growing tensions with China in regional seas. Ties
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A month ago, the Los Angeles Clippers were in a six-game skid. They’ve certainly got things figured out now. Kawhi Leonard scored 36 points and Paul George added 25 in a 144-122 rout of the New York Knicks on Saturday night for their NBA-best seventh
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Once nearly impenetrable for migrants heading north from Latin America, the jungle between Colombia and Panama this year became a speedy but still treacherous highway for hundreds of thousands of people from around the world. Driven by economic crises, government repression and violence, migrants from China
Continue ReadingBy NATHAN CANILAO Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Keegan Murray made 12 3-pointers, two shy of the NBA record, and scored a career-high 47 points in the Sacramento Kings’ 125-104 victory over the Utah Jazz on Saturday night. Murray scored a franchise-record 26 points in the third quarter and had Klay Thompson’s NBA record
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A boat carrying dozens of Europe-bound migrants capsized off the coast of Libya, leaving more than 60 people — including women and children — dead, the U.N. migration agency said. Saturday’s shipwreck was the latest tragedy in this part of the Mediterranean Sea, a key dangerous route
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Dean Keeler’s 22 points helped UC Irvine defeat South Dakota 121-78 on Saturday. Keeler added eight rebounds for the Anteaters (7-4). Devin Tillis scored 16 points and added seven rebounds. Derin Saran finished 7 of 9 from the floor to finish with 15 points. Jevon Hill finished
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The top strategist for the embattled super PAC backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ‘ campaign for the White House resigned Saturday night in the latest sign of trouble for the GOP hopeful less than one month before voting begins with Iowa’s kickoff caucuses. Jeff Roe, the
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Once nearly impenetrable for migrants heading north from Latin America, the jungle between Colombia and Panama this year became a speedy but still treacherous highway for hundreds of thousands of people from around the world. Driven by economic crises, government repression and violence, migrants from China
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