By Jack Forrest, CNN (CNN) — Texas state Sen. John Whitmire will be the next mayor of Houston, CNN projects, after winning a runoff Saturday over US Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee to lead the country’s fourth-largest city. “While this marks the beginning of the true challenge ahead, as you all know, my only reason for running
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Shohei Ohtani’s jaw-dropping $700 million, 10-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers has some similarities to other contracts for the world’s biggest sports stars, including soccer icons Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, along with NFL quarterback Patrick Mahomes. In terms of his marketability, experts point to
Continue ReadingBy DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Shohei Ohtani’s jaw-dropping $700 million, 10-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers has some similarities to other contracts for the world’s biggest sports stars, including soccer icons Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, along with NFL quarterback Patrick Mahomes. In terms of his marketability, experts point to
Continue ReadingBy MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A recent killing spree in the Mexican border city of Tijuana could have been lifted from a TV script: enraged drug lords hunting down corrupt police officers who stole a drug shipment. According to prosecutors in the state of Baja California, a half-dozen local and state
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Divers on Sunday recovered the remains of the seventh of the eight crew members from a U.S. military Osprey aircraft that crashed off southern Japan during a training mission. The Air Force CV-22 Osprey went down Nov. 29 just off Yakushima Island in southwestern Japan while on
Continue ReadingBy KRISTIN M. HALL, PATRICK WHITTLE and GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Residents of central Tennessee communities slammed by deadly tornadoes this weekend described tragic and terrifying scenes in which one mobile home landed on top of another, roofs were ripped from houses and an entire church collapsed during a string
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JOHN RABY Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Central Tennessee residents and emergency workers are continuing the cleanup from severe weekend storms that killed six people and sent more to the hospital. Government officials confirmed that three people died after an apparent tornado struck Montgomery County north of Nashville near the
Continue ReadingBy Andrew Torgan and Daniel Wine, CNN (CNN) — Kids say the darnedest things, like “What is the atomic mass of Tennessine?” That question was posed by 6-year-old Declan Lopez, a kindergartner from New Jersey who is a member of Mensa, an international society for people with high intelligence quotients. Learn more about this pint-size
Continue ReadingBy WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For President Joe Biden, a centerpiece of his reelection campaign is trying to negatively define Donald Trump in the public’s eye. It’s a strategy that’s aimed at reminding voters about the confrontational nature of Trump’s first term and laying out what could happen if the front-runner for
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A woman has been charged with four counts of manslaughter after two sets of young twins were killed in a fire that ripped through a London home in 2021. London’s Metropolitan Police say Deveca Rose, 29, has also been charged with child abandonment. She is scheduled to appear at Croydon Magistrates Court
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — At the United Nations’ COP28 climate summit in Dubai, surveillance cameras seem to be everywhere you turn. And that has some worried. It’s unclear how the United Arab Emirates, an autocratic federation of seven sheikhdoms, uses the footage it gathers across its extensive network.
Continue ReadingBy Faith Karimi, CNN (CNN) — In the pre-dawn hours of January 29, 2022, a man was found dead in a blizzard outside a house in suburban Boston. He was wearing two shirts, blue jeans, socks and one black Nike sneaker. On the blanket of snow near his body were shards of glass and splotches of blood. His name was John O’Keefe, and
Continue ReadingREBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is discussing changes to the immigration system in exchange for providing money to Ukraine in its fight against Russia and Israel for the war with Hamas. President Joe Biden has said he is willing to make “significant compromises on the border” to meet Republican demands that the
Continue ReadingREBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is discussing changes to the immigration system in exchange for providing money to Ukraine in its fight against Russia and Israel for the war with Hamas. President Joe Biden has said he is willing to make “significant compromises on the border” to meet Republican demands that the
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Leaders from across West Africa are meeting in Nigeria in a renewed push for respect for democracy across the coup-hit region. At the meeting in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, the leaders acknowledged for the first time that their efforts to stem the tide of coups have met
Continue ReadingBy Max Foster and Radina Gigova, CNN (CNN) — Buckingham Palace released an image of the Christmas card that King Charles III and Queen Camilla will be sending out this year. The card features a photograph taken in the Throne Room at Buckingham Palace following the King’s coronation on May 6 this year, Buckingham Palace
Continue ReadingBy JARI TANNER and JAMES BROOKS Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — The children of imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi have accepted this year’s Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf in a ceremony in the Norwegian capital. Mohammadi is renowned for campaigning for women’s rights and democracy in her country. Ali and Kiana Rahmani, Mohammadi’s twin
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian authorities banned members of the late Mahsa Amini’s family from traveling to accept the European Union’s top human rights prize on her behalf, a civil rights monitor reported. Amini’s death while in police custody sparked nationwide protests in 2022 that rocked the Islamic Republic. The U.S.-based civil rights
Continue ReadingBy TARA COPP Associated Press F.E. WARREN AIR FORCE BASE, Wyo. (AP) — A new nuclear missile is coming, a gigantic ICBM called the Sentinel. It marks the largest cultural shift in 60 years in the land leg of the Air Force’s nuclear missile mission. The Sentinel will bring 21st-century connectivity for all the service
Continue ReadingHELSINKI (AP) — The children of imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi are set to accept this year’s Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf in a ceremony in the Norwegian capital. Mohammadi is renowned for campaigning for women’s rights and democracy in her country. Ali and Kiana Rahmani, Mohammadi’s twin 17-year-old children who live in exile
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