By PETER PRENGAMAN and FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Fresh off election victory, a year ago Brazilian President-elect Inacio Lula da Silva was the star of the annual U.N. climate talks. Lula promised to crack down on deforestation and turn Brazil into an environmental leader, a complete turnaround after President
Continue ReadingBy Macie Goldfarb and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The Metropolitan Nashville Police Department says it has “exhausted all possible investigative avenues” in its efforts to track down the person responsible for leaking three photos of writings from the killer of three children and three adults at a private school in March. The department announced the update
Continue ReadingBy SRDJAN NEDELJKOVIC Associated Press KYIV (AP) — City workers in Kyiv have dismantled an equestrian statue of a Red Army commander. It’s the latest Soviet monument to be removed in the Ukrainian capital since Russia launched its full-scale invasion last year. The statue of Mykola Shchors on horseback, erected in the 1950s, was taken
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Eagles security chief who was ejected in last week’s game for his role in a scuffle with 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw is barred by the NFL from the sideline for Sunday night’s game against the Cowboys, the team announced Saturday. Dom DiSandro is allowed to
Continue ReadingBy DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Eagles security chief who was ejected in last week’s game for his role in a scuffle with 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw is barred by the NFL from the sideline for Sunday night’s game against the Cowboys, the team announced Saturday. Dom DiSandro is allowed to
Continue ReadingBy UZMI ATHAR, Press Trust of India DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Many women, young people and Indigenous voices say they feel they’re relegated to mere attendance, with limited opportunities to contribute substantially to the decisive meetings, despite promises to make the talks more inclusive. But even attendance at the talks is lopsided, making
Continue ReadingBy Kit Maher, CNN West Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) — Casey and Ron DeSantis are seeking to clarify comments the Florida first lady made on Friday that appeared to encourage out-of-state voters to participate in the Iowa caucuses. “We’re asking all of these moms and grandmoms to come from wherever it might be, North Carolina,
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Activists designated Saturday a day of protest at the COP28 summit in Dubai. But the rules of the game in the tightly controlled United Arab Emirates at the site supervised by the United Nations meant sharp restrictions on what demonstrators could say, where they
Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis police say a clerk at a small grocery store died after a customer beat him and impaled him with a golf club. The 66-year-old clerk was attacked Friday at the Oak Grove Grocery, a small neighborhood store in a residential area near downtown Minneapolis. A 44-year-old suspect is jailed on suspicion
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — If you could walk the streets of medieval England, it might feel as unfamiliar as an alien environment. The culture, landscape and even languages of Middle English, Anglo-French and Latin would present a shock as you stepped into a world you might have expected to understand. In other words, it
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Activists designated Saturday a day of protest at the COP28 summit in Dubai. But the rules of the game in the tightly controlled United Arab Emirates meant sharp restrictions on what demonstrators could say, where they could walk and what their signs could portray.
Continue ReadingBy REGINA GARCIA CANO and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A century-old territorial dispute is boiling over between neighbors Guyana and Venezuela. It’s steeped in patriotism and deepened by the discovery of oil. The Venezuelan government is seizing on the disagreement to boost support ahead of a presidential election among a population
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities say 14 people are dead following a clash between gunmen from a criminal gang and residents of a small farming community in central Mexico. Police in the State of Mexico, which abuts Mexico City, say the clash occurred Friday in the hamlet of Texcaltitlan. The community is about 80
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A jury has acquitted two Indianapolis police officers of excessive force for striking two women with batons during arrests at a May 2020 protest over the murder of George Floyd by a police officer in Minneapolis. Officers Jonathan Horlock and Nathaniel Schauwecker had been charged with battery and official misconduct. They were
Continue ReadingBy ROB MAADDI Pro Football Writer The NFL has banned Eagles security chief Dom DiSandro from the sideline for one game for his role in an altercation with 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw, a person familiar with the details told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Saturday because the
Continue ReadingBy ROB MAADDI Pro Football Writer The NFL has banned Eagles security chief Dom DiSandro from the sideline for one game for his role in an altercation with 49ers linebacker Dre Greenlaw, a person familiar with the details told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Saturday because the
Continue ReadingBy LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer A woman whose fetus was unlikely to survive called more than a dozen abortion clinics before finding one that would take her, only to be put on weekslong waiting lists. A teen waited seven weeks for an abortion because it took her mother that long to get her an
Continue ReadingBy Ariel Edwards-Levy, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump narrowly leads President Joe Biden in a hypothetical 2024 presidential rematch, a new national Wall Street Journal poll finds, with Biden weighed down by relatively soft support among “disaffected Democrats.” Registered voters’ presidential preference differs across several other scenarios included in the survey, highlighting the
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press SIOUX CENTER, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidates are crossing paths again in Iowa just days after a fractious debate and with the leadoff caucuses about a month away. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy are aiming to make the campaign case Saturday
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — A week before announcing his campaign for president in May, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law a slate of bills that altered the lives of transgender people in his state. Now, with just over five weeks before Republicans begin to weigh in on the presidential nominating fight, DeSantis
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