US women’s soccer team received most online abuse at Women’s World Cup
By Ben Church, CNN (CNN) — The US women’s soccer team received more than twice the amount of abusive messages on social media than any other…
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Four women to testify at Senate hearing about sexual harassment and assault at Coast Guard Academy
By Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken, CNN (CNN) — Four women who attended the US Coast Guard Academy, including a current cadet, are expected to…
Continue Reading 4 things to watch for in CNN’s town hall with Ron DeSantis
By Eric Bradner and Steve Contorno, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is set to field questions from Iowa voters in a CNN town hall Tuesday…
Continue ReadingThousands of protesters rally in Brussels for better wages and public services
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Thousands of protesters have rallied in the capital of the European Union for better public…
Continue ReadingCongo and rebel groups agree a 3-day cease-fire ahead of the presidential vote, US says
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The White House says Congo’s security forces and rebel groups have agreed on a 72-hour…
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Harvard’s board: We unanimously stand in support of President Gay
By Matt Egan, CNN New York (CNN) — Embattled Harvard President Claudine Gay has gained the unanimous support of the university’s board,…
Continue ReadingWill declaration on fossil fuels at UN climate talks lead to action? Consider 5 previous decisions
By GAURAV SAINI, Press Trust of India and SIBI ARASU, Associated Press Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — United Nations climate…
Continue Reading US v. Trump will bring new political misery to the embattled Supreme Court, no matter what the justices do
Analysis by Joan Biskupic, CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst (CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s request to the Supreme Court on Monday…
Continue ReadingRishi Sunak gets a respite after UK lawmakers vote in favor of the Rwanda migration bill
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers have voted in favor of the government’s plan to send some asylum-seekers on a…
Continue Reading Unilever investigated in the UK over ‘green’ claims about its products
By Hanna Ziady, CNN London (CNN) — The maker of Dove soap and Cif floor cleaner is being investigated by the UK antitrust regulator over…
Continue ReadingAustralians prepare for their first cyclone of the season
BRISBANE, Australia: (AP) — Residents have begun evacuating and battening down homes and businesses as the first tropical cyclone of Australia’s…
Continue Reading Ryan Fitzpatrick: Nine teams, seven kids all born in different cities and cult status: the life of an NFL journeyman
By Ben Morse and Don Riddell, CNN (CNN) — The term ‘journeyman’ in sport can often have pejorative connotations and is often attached to an…
Continue Reading JD.com founder urges employees not to ‘lie flat’ after reaching ‘bottom’
By Michelle Toh, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — The billionaire founder of Chinese online shopping giant JD.com is rallying the troops and calling for…
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Prominent Gaza professor and writer killed in airstrike, weeks after telling CNN he and his family had ‘nowhere else to go’
CNN By Sana Noor Haq and Abeer Salman, CNN (CNN) — In October, Refaat Alareer was deliberating whether to stay at his home in the heart of…
Continue ReadingEurope’s largest rocket travels on a wind-powered cargo ship
By Jacopo Prisco, CNN (CNN) — With its four sails towering 121 feet (37 meters) over its main deck, Canopée is a cargo ship with an unusual…
Continue Reading Inside Dean Phillips’ chaotic and increasingly negative campaign against Joe Biden
By Edward-Isaac Dovere, CNN (CNN) — Dean Phillips launched his long-shot Democratic primary bid saying he wanted to “strengthen” President…
Continue Reading Turkish soccer club president quits after punching referee
By Hande Atay Alam, Homero De la Fuente and Thomas Schlachter, CNN (CNN) — The president of top-flight Turkish soccer club Ankaragücü has…
Continue ReadingJapan court convicts former soldiers in landmark sexual assault case that gripped social media
By Helen Regan, Saki Toi and Alex Stambaugh, CNN Tokyo (CNN) — A Japanese court on Tuesday found three ex-soldiers guilty of sexual…
Continue ReadingPoland’s new prime minister vows to press the West to continue helping neighboring Ukraine
By VANESSA GERA and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s newly elected prime minister, Donald Tusk, has vowed that…
Continue ReadingIsrael and US show sharp divisions over mounting casualties and future of war against Hamas
By NAJIB JOBAIN, WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel and the United States on Tuesday showed their…
Continue ReadingNew climate summit draft calls for transition away from fossil fuels, but still has ‘loopholes’
By Angela Dewan and Ella Nilsen, CNN Dubai (CNN) — A new draft of the centerpiece agreement at the COP28 climate summit in Dubai makes an…
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A bronze top hat has disappeared from a larger-than-life sculpture of Abraham Lincoln in Kentucky
By Carma Hassan and Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — For more than a decade, a large bronze top hat has rested next to a stately statue of Abraham…
Continue Reading Hayao Miyazaki tops North American box office for first time with ‘The Boy and the Heron’
By Ally Barnard and Tara Subramaniam, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — “The Boy and the Heron,” the latest work from beloved Japanese animator Hayao…
Continue ReadingA court sets aside the South African president’s recognition of the Zulu king
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A South African court has overturned President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to recognize…
Continue ReadingJapan court convicts 3 ex-servicemen in sexual assault case brought by former junior soldier
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court has convicted three former servicemen in a sexual assault case that authorities…
Continue ReadingPoor countries need trillions of dollars to go green. A long-shot effort aims to generate the cash
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A major, long-shot effort is gearing up to mobilize money to save Planet Earth…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Asian shares are mixed ahead of the Fed’s decision on interest rates
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Wednesday after Wall Street rose to its highest level since early…
Continue ReadingTurkish club president arrested and league games suspended after referee is punched at match
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish authorities on Tuesday arrested the president of a top-flight soccer club after he…
Continue ReadingCommissioners in a Montana county remove election oversight from fellow Republican
By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press A clerk and recorder who expressed doubt about the integrity of the election process during her 2022 campaign…
Continue ReadingChina’s homegrown C919 aircraft arrives in Hong Kong in maiden flight outside the mainland
By ZEN SOO AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — A Chinese C919 commercial passenger jet has arrived in Hong Kong in the Chinese-made…
Continue ReadingAs COP28 negotiators wrestle with fossil fuels, activists urge them to remember what’s at stake
By UZMI ATHAR, Press Trust of India DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As this year’s global climate talks reach a conclusion, activists are…
Continue Reading Here’s what we know about a Texas woman’s battle for an abortion
By Zoe Sottile, Ashley Killough and Ed Lavandera, CNN (CNN) — In one of the most high-profile abortion cases since the fall of Roe V. Wade, a…
Continue ReadingInside the unit deploying small explosive drones in Ukraine’s cash-strapped war
CNN By Nick Paton Walsh, Kosta Gak and Christian Streib, CNN Kherson, Ukraine (CNN) — Zip-tying old grenades and mortars to tiny, online-bought…
Continue ReadingAustralia credits improving relations with Beijing after China lifts some meat export bans
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia says China has lifted import bans on three Australian meat suppliers in…
Continue ReadingClippers hold off short-handed Trail Blazers 132-127 for 4th straight win
By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kawhi Leonard scored 34 points and the Los Angeles Clippers beat the short-handed Portland Trail…
Continue ReadingWhale seen in video with swimmers dies off Australian beach
By Angus Watson, CNN Sydney (CNN) — A sperm whale that became stranded on a sandbank at a popular beach near Perth, Western Australia on the…
Continue ReadingMalaysian leader appoints technocrat as second finance minister in Cabinet shuffle
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has appointed a technocrat as second finance minister in a Cabinet shuffle…
Continue ReadingKings set franchise record for 3s with 25 and beat Nets 131-118
By MICHAEL WAGAMAN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — DeAaron Fox had 28 points and nine assists, and the Sacramento Kings set a franchise…
Continue ReadingSuicide bomber attacks police station in northwest Pakistan, killing 23 officers and wounding 32
By RIAZ KHAN and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vehicle at a police…
Continue ReadingZelenskyy pleads for Ukraine aid at Capitol and White House, says to US: Our fight is yours
By LISA MASCARO, AAMER MADHANI and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told America his…
Continue ReadingBacklash to House testimony shines spotlight on new generation of Ivy League presidents
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The university presidents called before a congressional hearing on antisemitism last week…
Continue ReadingBostick guides Cal State Northridge over Utah Tech 80-75
NORTHRIDGE, Calif. (AP) — Dionte Bostick scored 19 points to lead all five starters in double figures and Cal State Northridge defeated Utah Tech…
Continue ReadingBattle over creating new court centers on equality in Mississippi’s majority-Black capital city
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The constitutional right of equal treatment under the law is at the center of a…
Continue ReadingHong Kong leader praises election turnout as voter numbers hit record low
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong leader John Lee on Tuesday praised the 27.5% voter turnout in the city’s weekend…
Continue ReadingWilliams scores 28 to lead San Francisco over New Orleans 85-72
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Marcus Williams scored 28 points and San Francisco beat New Orleans 85-72 on Monday night. Williams made 11 of 21 shots with…
Continue ReadingFlorida school board recommends ouster of Moms for Liberty co-founder over Republican sex scandal
By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida school board has recommended the resignation of one of its members who is…
Continue ReadingDemocratic Gov. Andy Beshear denounces politics of division at start of 2nd term in Kentucky
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear railed against the politics of division as he launched his…
Continue ReadingJournalists tackle a political what-if: What might a second Trump presidency look like?
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Even before anyone has cast a vote in a 2024 presidential primary, the attention of many political…
Continue ReadingEarly, often and unequivocally: How Whitmer’s fight for abortion rights helped turn Michigan blue
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed legislation that repealed a law requiring…
Continue ReadingHow the 2016 election could factor into the case accusing Trump of trying to overturn the 2020 race
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — To hear his lawyers tell it, Donald Trump was alarmed by Russia’s interference in the 2016…
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