Jan 28 2023 — Associated Press — Memphis authorities released video footage Friday showing Tyre Nichols being beaten by police officers who held the Black motorist down and repeatedly struck him with their fists, boots and batons as he screamed for his mother and pleaded, “‘I’m just trying to go home.” The video is filled with violent moments showing the officers, who […]
Jan 27 2023 — Associated Press — A gunman opened fire Friday night near a synagogue in East Jerusalem, killing five people and wounding others before he was shot and killed, Israeli police and medics said. The shooting in the Jewish neighbourhood of Neve Yaakov followed a deadly raid by the Israeli military Thursday in the occupied West Bank that killed nine […]
Jan 25 2023 — Associated Press — Tennis champion Serena Williams and “Frozen” star Kristen Bell are among the names joining the Paw Patrol movie sequel. Toronto-headquartered Spin Master Entertainment announced the additions to the cast, which also include North West joining her mom Kim Kardashian, who was in the first movie. Distributor Elevation Pictures says “Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie” will […]
Jan 25 2023 — Associated Press — Pope Francis criticized laws that criminalize homosexuality as “unjust,” saying God loves all his children just as they are and called on Catholic bishops who support the laws to welcome LGBTQ people into the church. “Being homosexual isn’t a crime,” Francis said during an interview Tuesday with The Associated Press. Francis acknowledged that Catholic bishops […]
Jan 24 2023 — Associated Press — Documents with classified markings were discovered in former Vice President Mike Pence’s Indiana residence last week, his lawyer says, the latest in a string of recoveries of confidential information from the homes of current and former top U.S. officials. The records, which were taken into FBI custody, “appear to be a small number of documents […]
Jan 24 2023 — Associated Press — The multiverse-skipping sci-fi indie hit “Everything Everywhere All at Once” led nominations to the 95th Academy Awards as Hollywood heaped honours on big-screen spectacles like “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Avatar: The Way of Water” a year after a streaming service won best picture for the first time. Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan’s “Everything Everywhere All […]
Jan 22 2023 — Associated Press — Israel’s ambassador to Canada says he intends to leave his post early after a change in government back at home as protests mount in Tel Aviv over controversial new policies. Ronen Hoffman said on Twitter late Saturday that he is making the move due to a change in direction under the new government. “With the […]
Jan 21 2023 — Associated Press — The FBI searched President Joe Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware on Friday and located six additional documents containing classification markings and also took possession of some of his notes, the president’s lawyer said Saturday. Bob Bauer, the president’s personal lawyer, said the search of the entire premises lasted nearly 13 hours. The apparently classified documents […]
Jan 20 2023 — Associated Press — Google is laying off 12,000 workers, or about 6% of its workforce, becoming the latest tech company to trim staff as the economic boom that the industry rode during the COVID-19 pandemic ebbs. Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, the parent company of Google, informed staff Friday at the Silicon Valley giant about the cuts in an […]
Jan 20 2023 — Associated Press — Defense leaders meeting at Ramstein Air Base in Germany struggled Friday to resolve divisions over providing advanced battle tanks to Ukraine as they discussed sending more military aid to the embattled country in its war with Russia. The defense minister of Poland, which has pledged a company of 14 Leopard tanks on condition that other […]
Jan 19 2023 — Associated Press — The Biden administration said Thursday it’s time for Turkey to ratify Finland and Sweden’s applications to join NATO, bluntly saying that holdout members of the alliance should quickly approve their memberships. The State Department said Secretary of State Antony Blinken had affirmed resolute support for Finland and Sweden in phone calls with their foreign ministers […]
Jan 19 2023 — Associated Press — The Supreme Court said Thursday it has not determined who leaked a draft of the court’s opinion overturning abortion rights, but that the investigation continues. Eight months after Politico published its explosive leak detailing the draft of Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade, the court said its investigative team “has to date […]
Jan 19 2023 — Associated Press — Search for the word “climate” on Twitter and the first automatic recommendation isn’t “climate crisis” or “climate jobs” or even “climate change” but instead “climate scam.” Clicking on the recommendation yields dozens of posts denying the reality of climate change and making misleading claims about efforts to mitigate it. Such misinformation has flourished on Twitter […]
Jan 19 2023 — Associated Press — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy bared frustration Thursday on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum’s annual gathering in Davos about not obtaining enough tanks from some Western countries to help his country defend itself from Russia. Speaking by video link at a breakfast with U.S. Sen. Chris Coons, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and former […]
Jan 18 2023 — Associated Press — Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Thursday she is stepping down as New Zealand’s leader and will not contest this year’s general elections. Fighting back tears, Ardern told reporters in Napier that Feb. 7 will be her last day in office. “I am entering now my sixth year in office, and for each of those years, […]