Monthly Archives: February 2024
First US moon lander in half a century stops working a week after tipping...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The first U.S. spacecraft to land on the moon since the Apollo astronauts fell silent Thursday, a week after...
Australia’s National Rugby League following NFL model in trying to expand its footprint to...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — When Australia’s National Rugby League decided to try to expand its reach to the United States, it used a distinctly...
Georgia House passes bill requiring police to help arrest immigrants after student’s killing
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia House Republicans are backing a bill that would require every eligible police and sheriff's department to help identify undocumented immigrants,...
Brazil’s finance minister proposes global tax on the super-rich at G20 meeting in Sao...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s finance minister told his peers Thursday at a G20 meeting in Sao Paulo that countries should implement a...
Republicans criticize California’s new fast food law that appears to benefit a Newsom campaign...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in California are criticizing Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom because a new law he signed to raise the minimum...
Gunfire paralyzes Haiti as powerful gang leader says he will try to detain police...
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Heavy gunfire paralyzed Haiti’s capital Thursday, and at least four police officers were slain, as a powerful gang leader announced...
New Pac-12 Commissioner Teresa Gould: Oregon St., Wash. St, encouraged by interest in media...
New Pac-12 Commissioner Teresa Gould said Thursday the conference's two remaining members, Oregon State and Washington State, are encouraged by the interest in the...
Journalism leaders express support for media covering the Israel-Hamas war, ask for more protection
NEW YORK (AP) — Three dozen leaders at news organizations around the world have signed a letter expressing solidarity with journalists in Gaza, calling...
Missouri Republicans try to remove man with ties to KKK from party ballot
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Republican Party on Thursday denounced a GOP candidate for governor with ties to the Ku Klux Klan,...
Officials investigate rare nervous system disorder in older adults who got RSV vaccine
NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials are investigating whether there's a link between two new RSV vaccines and cases of a rare nervous system...