By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Talks have broken off between Hollywood actors and studios, killing any hopes that the strike by performers was coming to an end after nearly three months, as the writers strike recently did. The studios announced that they had suspended contract negotiations late Wednesday night, saying
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH KRAUSS and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says it is preparing for a possible ground operation in Gaza but that the nation’s political leaders have not yet decided on one. Lt. Col. Richard Hecht told reporters Thursday that forces “are preparing for a ground maneuver if decided.” Israel
Continue ReadingBy Nada Bashir, Kareem El Damanhoury, Ali Younes, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Rhea Mogul and Laura Paddison, CNN Gaza and Jerusalem (CNN) — Gaza’s humanitarian crisis deepened Thursday, with warnings that the population is at risk of starvation and fuel could run out within hours, as Israel continues airstrikes and withholds essential supplies from the enclave in
Continue ReadingCNN By Helen Regan, Caitlin Hu, Mohammed Tawfeeq, Akanksha Sharma and Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Gaza and Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel’s military has warned 1.1 million people living in northern Gaza to evacuate their homes, amid signs Israel is set to ramp up its retaliatory offensive against Hamas following the group’s October 7 terror attacks. “Civilians
Continue ReadingBy Devon M. Sayers and Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — The mother of three suspects charged with murdering a South Korean woman, who was beaten and starved in Georgia by members of a religious group called the ‘Soldiers of Christ,’ has been arrested in connection with the woman’s death, authorities said. The victim, 33-year-old Seehe
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military is preparing for a possible ground operation in Gaza but political leadership has not yet decided on one. Lt. Col. Richard Hecht briefed reporters Thursday as the latest Israel-Palestinian war rolled into a sixth day of fighting since Hamas launched its attack. Hamas said
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong is crediting improved relations with China for the return home this week of an Australian journalist whose three-year detention in China had strained ties. A teary-eyed Wong had greeted Cheng Lei with a hug at the airport Wednesday. “She was in
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government is convening a religious affairs council to decide whether to seek a court order to revoke legal status of the Unification Church. Its fundraising tactics and cozy ties with the governing party have triggered public outrage. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government has taken a tough
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL HILL Associated Press RAVENA, N.Y. (AP) — New York is dramatically expanding a legal marijuana market plagued by a sluggish rollout of retail stores. State regulators last Wednesday opened a 60-day window to accept general applications to grow, process, distribute and sell pot. They expect to issue more than 1,000 new licenses starting
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON and HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press A federal judge is scheduled to hear arguments in a case filed by TikTok and five Montana content creators who want the court to block the state’s ban on the video sharing app before it takes effect Jan. 1. U.S. District Court Judge Donald Molloy is
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mikko Rantanen had two goals and a pair of assists, Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and two assists and the Colorado Avalanche opened their season with a 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday night. It is the second straight year Rantanen has
Continue ReadingBy TAIWO ADEBAYO Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Many poor countries in Africa face the harshest effects of climate change: severe droughts, vicious heat and dry land, but also unpredictable rain and devastating flooding. The shocks worsen conflict and upend livelihoods because many people are farmers — work that is increasingly vulnerable in a
Continue ReadingCNN Opinion By Stephanie Griffith, CNN (CNN) — A kibbutz is more than a physical place and more than a form of cooperative living. Yulie Ben Ami says that the inhabitants of the Be’eri Kibbutz in southern Israel, where she lives, are more like extended family. Their strong bond continues, she says, even though they have
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A ticket sold in California has won the $1.76 billion Powerball jackpot. The winning ticket was sold at Midway Market & Liquor, located in Frazier Park, a community in Kern County located about 43 miles north of Santa Clarita. The winning player will have the choice between an annuitized prize worth an estimated $1.73 billion
Continue ReadingBy DAVID CRARY AP National Writer Twenty-five years have passed since gay 21-year-old college student Matthew Shepard died after being beaten and tied to a remote fence. His death has been memorialized as an egregious hate crime that helped fuel the LGBTQ+ rights movement over the ensuing years. There was slow but steady progress, notably
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Having won the nomination to be the next House speaker, Rep. Steve Scalise is heading straight into a familiar Republican problem — skeptical GOP colleagues are reluctant to give their support, denying him the majority vote needed to win the gavel. On
Continue ReadingBy JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A player in California won a $1.73 billion Powerball jackpot Wednesday night, ending a long stretch without a winner of the top prize. The winning numbers were: 22, 24, 40, 52, 64 and the Powerball 10. The winning ticket was sold at Midway Market & Liquor
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — While revealing new details about one of the most famed CIA operations of all times — the spiriting out of six American diplomats who escaped the 1979 U.S. Embassy seizure in Iran — the intelligence agency for the first time has acknowledged something else
Continue ReadingBy SEAN MURPHY Associated Press GREENWOOD, Ark. (AP) — An Oklahoma man who was freed after being imprisoned for decades on a murder conviction says there are more cases like his. Ricky Dority used his pandemic relief money to hire a private investigator, who worked to free him along with students from Oklahoma City University’s
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Thursday as investors awaited the release of U.S. consumer price data and kept a cautious watch on the war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 jumped 1.6% to 32,442.08. Sydney’s S&P/ASX 200 gained 0.1% to 7,097.50.
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