Former Santa Monica mayor dies in small plane crash on beach
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — A former mayor of Santa Monica, California, died after a small plane crash-landed and flipped upside down on a beach in…
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3 dead in Kurdish center shooting in Paris; suspect arrested
By ANGELA CHARLTON and JADE LE DELEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A man who was charged last year with attacking migrants shot and killed three…
Continue Reading Shaun Tan to Emily in Paris: Reach for books as worthy gifts
By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Books are an easy gift choice, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be fresh.…
Continue ReadingNew York Jets quarterback Zach Wilson booed off during defeat by Jacksonville Jaguars
By Ben Church, CNN Quarterback Zach Wilson endured a torrid night before eventually being benched as the New York Jets were beaten 19-3 by the…
Continue ReadingFriday flight cancellations top 5,900, disrupting holiday travel
By Forrest Brown and Karla Cripps, CNN Winter weather continues to disrupt holiday travel across the United States on Friday, leaving travelers…
Continue Reading5 things to know for December 23: Air travel, Jan. 6, Ukraine, Immigration, NASA
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN It’s the most wonderful time of the year, yes — but if your family is anything like mine, there might be some…
Continue Reading5 things to know for December 23: Air travel, Jan. 6, Ukraine, Immigration, NASA
By Alexandra Meeks, CNN It’s the most wonderful time of the year, yes — but if your family is anything like mine, there might be some…
Continue ReadingPigs are the latest casualty of Germany’s energy crisis
By Inke Kappeler, Xiaofei Xu and Anna Cooban, CNN Pig herds in Germany have shrunk to a record low as producers battle soaring input costs, adding to…
Continue Reading Xi reaffirms China’s governing principle for Hong Kong
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has reaffirmed Beijing’s commitment to follow the “one country,…
Continue Reading10 celebrity outfits that won the red carpet in 2022
Hanna Pham and Leah Dolan, CNN The 2022 red carpet circuit — filled with experimentation, self-expression and play — was one to remember. The…
Continue ReadingFriday flight cancellations top 5,900, disrupting holiday travel
By Forrest Brown and Karla Cripps, CNN Winter weather continues to disrupt holiday travel across the United States on Friday, leaving travelers…
Continue ReadingFrench serial killer Charles ‘The Serpent’ Sobhraj released from Nepali jail
By Sugam Pokharel, Alex Hardie and Duarte Mendonca, CNN Charles Sobhraj, the infamous French serial killer who inspired the award-nominated TV series…
Continue ReadingWhite House cautiously optimistic over economy in 2023: ‘Absolutely no sign’ job growth will tumble or unemployment will spike
By Matt Egan and Maegan Vazquez, CNN As Wall Street and Main Street fret about a potential recession, White House officials are projecting confidence…
Continue Reading Truck carrying Indian soldiers falls into gorge, killing 16
By WASBIR HUSSAIN Associated Press GUWAHATI, India (AP) — A truck carrying Indian soldiers has skidded off a road into a gorge in the…
Continue Reading Police locate 2nd missing Ohio infant; suspect arrested
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Police in Indianapolis have located the second of two missing infant brothers who were taken when their mother’s car was…
Continue Reading Ukraine president back in Kyiv, Russia keeps up attacks
By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sounded another defiant note on his return to…
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Ukraine president back in Kyiv, Russia keeps up attacks
By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sounded another defiant note on his return to…
Continue ReadingIn interview hours before his death, Franco Harris says ‘Immaculate Reception’ play ‘blows my mind’
By David J. Lopez, CNN Fifty years after the “Immaculate Reception” and just hours before his death, Franco Harris said it “blows…
Continue Reading Man convicted over German train knife attack that wounded 4
BERLIN (AP) — A German court has convicted a man of attempted murder and bodily harm and sentenced him to 14 years in prison over a knife attack on…
Continue ReadingHouse passes $1.7 trillion government spending bill as funding deadline looms
By Clare Foran and Kristin Wilson, CNN The House voted Friday to pass a massive $1.7 trillion spending bill that would fund critical government…
Continue Reading The peculiar Russian missile ‘cemetery’ in eastern Ukraine
By VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — The eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv has a peculiar “cemetery,” one that…
Continue ReadingThe year in sport: A fond farewell for some, a glimpse of the future for others
By George Ramsay, CNN An athlete, former jockey AP McCoy said earlier this year, is the only person who dies twice, such is the pain of walking away…
Continue ReadingCorea del Norte dispara misiles balísticos de corto alcance, dice Corea del Sur
olivertapia (CNN) — Corea del Norte disparó al menos dos misiles balísticos de corto alcance el viernes, según funcionarios de Corea del…
Continue ReadingFor first known time in public, Putin calls fighting in Ukraine a ‘war’
By Radina Gigova and Rhea Mogul, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday used the word “war” to refer to the conflict in…
Continue Reading Journalists in Somalia slam government restrictions, arrests
By OMAR FARUK Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Journalists in Somalia say the government is further restricting their work amid a significant…
Continue Reading Strikes over pay disrupt Christmas travel in UK, France
LONDON (AP) — Air travelers are facing possible delays at U.K. airports as government employees who check passports go on strike. The walkout…
Continue Reading Strikes over pay disrupt Christmas travel in UK, France
LONDON (AP) — Air travelers are facing possible delays at U.K. airports as government employees who check passports go on strike. The walkout…
Continue ReadingTwo strangers fell in love on a plane on Christmas Day
Francesca Street, CNN For Catalina Bernal Andrade, Christmas 2009 was unusual — in more ways than one. That year, Catalina’s father had…
Continue Reading Tomahawks part of Japan’s record defense spending next year
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet has approved record defense spending next year in preparation for the country…
Continue Reading Tomahawks part of Japan’s record defense spending next year
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet has approved record defense spending next year in preparation for the country…
Continue Reading Armed Arab assailant rams car into Israeli police, shot dead
By MAHMOUD ILEAN Associated Press KFAR QASSEM, Israel (AP) — Israeli police have killed an Arab assailant who rammed into them with his car after…
Continue ReadingMigrants in El Paso have trouble finding shelter as dangerously cold temperatures arrive
By Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN As freezing temperatures from a coast-to-coast winter storm arrive in El Paso, Texas, some migrants who…
Continue ReadingVandals destroy 22,000-year-old sacred cave art in Australia, horrifying indigenous community
By Jessie Yeung, CNN In a flat, arid stretch of southern Australia, the Koonalda Cave is home to art that dates back 22,000 years — a sacred…
Continue Reading Zimbabwe to have dark Christmas amid power cuts, high prices
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe has loosened restrictions on travel and gatherings with the threat from COVID-19…
Continue Reading French serial killer ‘The Serpent’ freed from Nepal prison
By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — French confessed serial killer Charles Sobhraj has been released from prison in…
Continue Reading ‘A very hard road ahead’ for China as COVID-19 cases spiral
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL, HUIZHONG WU and DAKE KANG Associated Press BAZHOU, China (AP) — Nearly three years after it was first identified in China, the…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea fires short-range ballistic missiles, South Korea says
By Yoonjung Seo, Emiko Jozuka and Jessie Yeung, CNN North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles on Friday, according to South Korean…
Continue Reading N. Korea fires ballistic missiles after US-S. Korea drills
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on…
Continue ReadingQAnon members in Japan sentenced for breaking into Covid vaccination centers
By Jessie Yeung and Tetsu Sukegawa, CNN Several members of a QAnon group in Japan were sentenced by a Tokyo court on Thursday for breaking into…
Continue ReadingSave Rohingya from starvation at sea, UN refugee agency urges Asian countries
By Rhea Mogul, CNN The plight of nearly 200 Rohingya refugees adrift in the Indian Ocean for the past month is growing increasingly desperate, the…
Continue Reading Suicide bombing in Islamabad kills 2 suspects and policeman
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Police say a powerful car bomb has exploded near a residential area in Pakistan’s capital…
Continue Reading Greece: EU’s external border is hardening, attitudes are too
By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press LYKOFI, Greece (AP) — Accompanied by a cloud of mosquitos, Police Capt. Konstantinos Tsolakidis and three…
Continue Reading Identity is complex for Lebanon’s Christian Palestinian camp
By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press DBAYEH, Lebanon (AP) — Tucked away in the hills north of Beirut below a Maronite monastery, Lebanon’s only…
Continue Reading Asian shares higher in thin holiday trading
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares rose Monday in Asia in thin post-Christmas holiday trading, with markets in Hong…
Continue Reading Asian shares higher in thin holiday trading
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares rose Monday in Asia in thin post-Christmas holiday trading, with markets in Hong…
Continue Reading Jan. 6 takeaways: From Trump’s lies to the ‘unimaginable’
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee released its final report Thursday on the…
Continue ReadingKey takeaways from the January 6 committee’s final report
By Jeremy Herb and Zachary Cohen, CNN The House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, laid out a damning case over 800-plus pages that…
Continue ReadingKey takeaways from the January 6 committee’s final report
By Jeremy Herb and Zachary Cohen, CNN The House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, laid out a damning case over 800-plus pages that…
Continue Reading Coleman scores 22, Hepa 19 as Hawaii beats Pepperdine 76-70
HONOLULU (AP) — Noel Coleman scored 22 points on 9-of-13 shooting, Kamaka Hepa made 7 of 11 from the field and finished with 19 points and Hawaii…
Continue Reading Kempe strikes in OT, Kings top Flames after giving away lead
By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Adrian Kempe scored in overtime, Pheonix Copley made 27 saves to win his fourth straight start…
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