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Results 1 to 30Alabama’s congressional map at stake in federal Voting Rights Act trial
2025-02-10, 19:18MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama’s congressional map is at stake in a federal trial beginning Monday to decide if the state will keep the new court-created district that led to the election of a second Black representative. A three-judge panel will decide whether congressional lines drawn by state...
USAID staffers turned away from offices even after court suspends leave order
2025-02-10, 19:18WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials and federal officers turned away scores of U.S. Agency for International staffers who showed up for work Monday at its Washington headquarters, after a court temporarily blocked a Trump administration order that would have pulled all but a fraction of workers off the job...
What experts say will help dry skin in winter
2025-02-10, 19:18(CNN) — It’s winter in the Northern Hemisphere, and for many people that means having the spotlight on your body’s largest organ—skin. In cold climates the skin can become substantially drier, and the effects can be seen all over—including a flaky scalp and peeling skin on the face and coarse...
Judge finds Trump administration hasn’t fully followed his order to unfreeze federal spending
2025-02-10, 19:18President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One as he prepares to sign a proclamation declaring Feb. 9 Gulf of America Day as he travels from West Palm Beach, Fla. to New Orleans,...
Trump’s latest tariff plans on steel, aluminum and other imports are spreading uncertainty
2025-02-10, 19:18WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump plans to on Monday formally announce 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum imports as part of an aggressive effort to remake the existing terms of world trade that so far has compounded economic uncertainty. Trump also intends this week to reset U.S. taxes on all...
DC region braces for up to 6 inches of heavy snow Tuesday
2025-02-10, 19:18Residents across the D.C. area are bracing for another round of snow as forecasters are warning the region will see several inches of fresh powder come Tuesday. Related stories What experts say will help dry skin in winter Winter storm to bring up to a foot of snow in parts of the Northeast US...
Secrecy preceded the shutdown of the consumer protection agency’s Washington headquarters
2025-02-10, 19:18WASHINGTON (AP) — Over the weekend, some staff members at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau saw a sign of trouble to come. Windows in two basement conference rooms were covered with brown paper and blue painter’s tape, concealing their occupants. Voices could be heard inside discussing...
Nearly two dozen states sue the Trump Administration to halt cuts in medical research funding
2025-02-10, 19:18BOSTON (AP) — Attorney generals from 22 states filed a lawsuit Monday against the Trump Administration for slashing funding for medical and public health research at universities nationwide. The lawsuit filed in federal court in Boston...
Fired head of the agency that protects whistleblowers sues Trump, saying he was ousted illegally
2025-02-10, 19:18WASHINGTON (AP) — The recently fired head of the Office of Special Counsel, a federal agency dedicated to protecting whistleblowers, sued President Donald Trump on Monday, saying he was illegally ousted as part of the president’s massive overhaul of the government. Hampton Dellinger was informed of...
This Valentine’s Day, consider what all types of love bring to your life
2025-02-10, 18:25Valentine’s Day is for lovers — but you don’t need a romantic soulmate to celebrate. The holiday is a chance to consider just how rich, diverse and beneficial every form of love is in the human experience, whether it comes from your family, friends, pets, neighbors or community. Three...
NYPD apologizes for mistakenly accusing 15-year-old of mass shooting at Brooklyn parade
2025-02-10, 18:25NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police apologized for mistakenly accusing a teenager of a fatal shooting at a Brooklyn parade, then failing to retract the false allegation for nearly five months, despite knowing it was incorrect. In a statement sent to news outlets Sunday, the NYPD said an image it...
GeneDx CEO wants genetic testing for every newborn
2025-02-10, 18:25GeneDx has a big market in mind for its genetic testing: every newborn baby. The 24-year-old-company wants to make the testing common at birth. The goal: Identify potential diseases or conditions so doctors can begin treating them before symptoms appear in some cases. GeneDx specializes in whole...
Two types of chocolate give this elegant loaf cake deep flavor for a Valentine’s Day treat
2025-02-10, 18:25Chocolate is a must-have for Valentine’s Day, but it needn’t be fussy. Instead of melting bars for chocolate-covered strawberries or spending money on store-bought bon bons, give your valentine an intensely rich double chocolate loaf cake with a plush, velvety crumb. Inspiration for this cake came...
Jury retires to consider its verdicts in Sam Kerr trial
2025-02-10, 17:30LONDON (AP) — A jury retired to consider its verdicts Monday in the trial of Australia soccer star Sam Kerr, who denies a charge of causing racially aggravated harassment. The 31-year-old Chelsea striker, one of the world’s top female players, called police constable Stephen Lovell “stupid and...
Space telescope spots rare ‘Einstein ring’ of light around galaxy in our cosmic neighborhood
2025-02-10, 17:30CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Europe’s Euclid space telescope has detected a rare halo of bright light around a nearby galaxy, astronomers reported Monday. The halo, known as an Einstein ring, encircles a galaxy 590 million light-years away, considered close by...
Kendrick Lamar and SZA are expanding their tour to Europe
2025-02-10, 17:30LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fresh off their Super Bowl halftime spectacle, Kendrick Lamar and SZA are expanding their upcoming tour to make stops in Europe. The additional stops announced Monday include a July 4 show in Frankfurt, Germany....
International Criminal Court opens inquiry into Italy over release of Libyan warlord
2025-02-10, 17:30THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Judges at the International Criminal Court have officially asked Italy on Monday to explain why the country released a Libyan man suspected of torture, murder and rape rather than sending him to The Hague. Italian police arrested Ossama Anjiem, also known as Ossama...
Could a rebellion in eastern Congo widen into a regional war?
2025-02-10, 17:30KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The deadly march by Rwanda-backed rebels across eastern Congo could widen into a regional conflict drawing in even more countries, analysts warn, and two neighboring nations with the most involvement in the mineral-rich area might be the key to stopping the violence. The M23...
Trump says no right of return for Palestinians in Gaza under his plan for US ‘ownership’
2025-02-10, 17:30WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Palestinians in Gaza would not have a right to return under his plan for U.S. “ownership” of the war-torn territory, contradicting other officials in his administration who have sought to argue Trump was only calling for the temporary relocation of its...
Super Bowl delivers moving tributes, memorable action and a historic presidential visit
2025-02-10, 17:30NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 in the first Super Bowl to be held in New Orleans in a dozen years. It was played amid heavy security — and with President Donald Trump in attendance — just 41 days after a man plowed a truck into New Year’s...
Trump has unleashed chaos by distraction upon the international community. That’s no accident
2025-02-10, 17:30LONDON (AP) — The Saudis are furious. The Danes are scrambling. Colombia has backed down. Mexico and Canada stand in a purgatory between tariff wars with the US and … not. China has retaliated, launching a trade war between the economic superpowers. The Brits, long proud of their “special...
Hamas accuses Israel of ceasefire violations and says it will delay next hostage release
2025-02-10, 17:30JERSUSALEM (AP) — A Hamas spokesman on Monday accused Israel of violating the ceasefire agreement with the group, including targeting Palestinians in Gaza with airstrikes, and said that next Saturday’s hostage release would be...
Ethnically split Cyprus’ rival leaders say they’re ready for UN-led meeting to restart peace talks
2025-02-10, 17:30NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The rival leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus said Monday that they’re ready to take part in a U.N.-led gathering next month that could pave the way to a resumption of formal talks after an eight-year hiatus to resolve one of the world’s most intractable disputes. But it...
New proposed bill in Maryland would turn inmates over to ICE agents
2025-02-10, 17:30In Maryland, state lawmakers are debating over a newly introduced bill that would require immigration agents to talk with some inmates in local jails and prisons. Related stories Md. pastor of church pantry: Community members ‘are scared to come get the food’ due to immigration crackdown...
Former Buckeyes coach and university president Jim Tressel nominated as Ohio lieutenant governor
2025-02-10, 17:30COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine nominated former Ohio State Buckeyes football coach and university president Jim...
Track’s proposed eligibility, transgender rules would completely ban Semenya and others
2025-02-10, 17:30Track and field moved toward adopting rules that would place athletes assigned female at birth but have higher testosterone levels, like Caster Semenya, under the same set of rules as transgender athletes who were born male and transitioned to female. World Athletics, which in 2023 banned...
‘Captain America’ actor Anthony Mackie is named grand marshal for the Daytona 500
2025-02-10, 17:30DAYTONA BEACH, Fla (AP) — Captain America is landing at The Great American Race. Actor Anthony Mackie is set to give the...
Bosnian students rally for justice, drawing inspiration from anti-graft struggle in Serbia
2025-02-10, 17:30SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Students rallied in Bosnia on Monday to demand accountability for deadly floods last year in a protest inspired by massive anti-corruption gatherings by fellow students that have paralyzed neighboring Serbia. Strikes and blockades of roads and bridges by students...
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