CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Make that seven straight races without a medal for Mikaela Shiffrin at the Winter Olympics.The American skiing standout was given the ideal platform to win the new team combined event after partner Breezy Johnson led the opening downhill leg on Tuesday.Shiffri...

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has faced the biggest crisis of his leadership because of his decision to appoint a close ally of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to the plum job of U.K. ambassador to the United States.Many warned him not to appoint Peter Man...

NEW YORK (AP) — Paramount is again sweetening its hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, while again extending the deadline for its tender offer as it scrambles for more shareholder support.On Tuesday, the Skydance-owned company said it would pay Warner shareholders an added “ticki...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Juan Pablo Guanipa, a close political ally of Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado, has been placed under house arrest, his family said on Tuesday, two days after he was released from prison.Guanipa, a former governor for the opposition, is at home in...

HIIUMAA, Estonia (AP) — Temperatures in northern Europe have been so low that citizens of Estonia can now drive across a 20-kilometer (12 1/2-mile) stretch of frozen sea linking the country’s two main islands. The so-called “ice road” connecting the islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, located i...

BRUSSELS (AP) — European lawmakers voted Tuesday to approve new immigration policies that allows nations to deny asylum and deport migrants because they either hail from a country designated safe or could apply for asylum in a country outside the 27-nation bloc.The vote at European Parliamen...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Under questioning from Democrats Tuesday, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick acknowledged that he had met with Jeffrey Epstein twice after his 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from a child, reversing Lutnick’s previous claim that he had cut ties with the late fina...

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s parliament on Tuesday approved by a majority a Cabinet reshuffle as the North African country struggles with an ailing economy and mounting pressure from regional conflicts.The shake-up affected 13 portfolios, including housing, higher education, communications, youth an...

GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — The mayor of Ecuador’s largest port city was arrested Tuesday on charges of money laundering and tax evasion, prosecutors in the South American country said.In a social media post, Ecuador’s Attorney General’s office said it detained an additional 10 people linked t...

BLAGOEVGRAD, Bulgaria (AP) — Illuminated by the flickering glow of candlelight, priests approached the tables arranged in the shape of a cross in the middle of a church, enveloped in the heady scent of incense wafting from a censer. On the tables were jars of honey, waiting to be blessed on...

More details are emerging daily from the January 30 release of more than three million pages of documents by the US Department of Justice (DOJ), exposing the extraordinary breadth of Jeffrey Epstein’s social and financial circle, which included some of the world’s most powerful people.Epstein was an American financier and convicted...

Israeli attacks on residential building, central Gaza has killed at least seven people.

Israeli attacks on residential building, central Gaza has killed at least seven people.

Israeli attacks on residential building, central Gaza has killed at least seven people.

Fresh snow blanketed the ground and the temperature hovered around 20 degrees when Will Richardson stepped from his heated vehicle to walk onto Lake Forest Beach on Lake Tahoe’s east shore.Richardson, who was out despite battling a cold, has repeated the same early-January routine for years,...

PGA TourAT&T PEBBLE BEACH PRO-AMSite: Pebble Beach, California.Courses: Pebble Beach GL (Yardage: 6,972; Par: 72). and Spyglass Links GC (Yardage: 7,071; Par: 72).Prize money: $20 million. Winner’s share: $3.6 million.Television: Thursday-Friday, 3-7 p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 1-3 p.m. (...

With record cold gripping much of North America this winter, many who find themselves with an abundance of fireplace ashes are wondering whether they can use them in the garden.Wood ashes from burned untreated wood can be beneficial for your plants — but with a few caveats.Ashes contain nutr...

Fans of Major League Baseball’s streaming package of out-of-market games learned Tuesday what ESPN’s takeover means for them.ESPN announced that MLB.TV will come at a slight discount for those who already have ESPN’s Unlimited plan, while those who don’t will pay the same price as previous s...

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Republican Sen. Susan Collins announced her reelection bid Tuesday, betting that she can hold onto her coveted Maine seat despite a renewed Democratic effort to oust her in a race that could determine control of the U.S. Senate. The campaign will test Collins’ politica...

TULKAREM, West Bank (AP) — Hanadi Abu Zant has been unable to pay rent on her apartment in the occupied West Bank for almost a year after losing her permit to work inside Israel. When her landlord calls the police, she hides in a mosque.“My biggest fear is being kicked out of my home. Where...

LONDON (AP) — Keir Starmer fights another day.After indirect fallout from the Jeffrey Epstein files sparked a dramatic day of crisis that threatened to topple him, the U.K. prime minister was saved by a pugnacious fightback and hesitation among his rivals inside the governing Labour Party ab...

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Lindsey Vonn sustained a “complex tibia fracture that is currently stable but will require multiple surgeries to fix properly” after her devastating crash in the Olympic downhill, the skier said in a social media post late Monday.Vonn posted on Instagram about...

(All times Central)Schedule subject to change and/or blackoutsWednesday, February 11COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)6 p.m.Iowa at Maryland — FS16:30 p.m.VCU at La Salle — ESPN app, ESPN Select, ESPN Unlimited, Fubo Sports7 p.m.Virginia Tech at Clemson — ACCNAmerican at Lehigh — ESPN app, ESPN Sele...

NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers unexpectedly paused their spending in December from November, closing out the holiday shopping season and the year on a lackluster tone.The report, issued by the Commerce Department on Tuesday, surprised economists who were looking for growth despite mounting concern...

MILAN (AP) — The text message that popped up on Nathan Chen’s phone underscored the enormity of the moment, its arrival shortly after the American figure skater had won his long-awaited gold medal with a soaring free skate at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.“Congratulations,” it read. “Welcome to...

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie pleaded for the public’s help at “an hour of desperation” in the search for her missing mother as the family’s latest attempts to reach the abductors failed to yield any proof she is alive or communication with the culprits.Guthrie and...

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is drafting a list of concessions that it believes Russia must make to secure any long-term peace in Ukraine, the bloc’s top diplomat said Tuesday, as U.S.-run talks to end four years of war show little sign of progress.Russian forces used cluster munitions...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Two Palestinians on bicycles were killed in an Israeli drone strike on Tuesday, hospital officials said, marking the latest deaths since an October ceasefire that hasn’t halted deadly attacks in the Gaza Strip.Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital said the two men were hi...

PARIS (AP) — A French prosecutor on Tuesday made public the identity of a 79-year-old man accused of raping and sexually assaulting 89 minors over more than five decades, launching an appeal for witnesses and possible victims in what authorities described as an unusually sprawling case spann...

BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S.-led international coalition to fight the Islamic State group has welcomed Syria in the fight against the extremists, saying that the priorities include the swift transfer of IS detainees to Iraq and third-country repatriation of families linked to IS held in two camps...

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin extended her Olympic slump with a fourth-place finish in the new team combined event at the Milan Cortina Games on Tuesday after partner Breezy Johnson led the opening downhill leg.Shiffrin, the most successful World Cup racer of all time with...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A passenger aircraft carrying up to 50 people veered off the runway at Somalia’s main airport onto the nearby shoreline Tuesday during an emergency crash-landing following a technical problem shortly after takeoff. There was no immediate word on whether there were c...

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Ariane Raedler and Katharina Huber of Austria won gold in the new team combined event at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Tuesday when Mikaela Shiffrin surprisingly crossed fourth after wasting a first-run lead by teammate Breezy Johnson.Shiffrin, the most succes...

Svitlana Zinovieva wiped icy condensation from her living room window and pointed to a smokestack rising from a central boiler heating her apartment block. There, in the distance, she had seen a Russian missile streak in and explode a few days before.“It was like fireworks,” she said. “But I knew it would soon be cold.”Not long aft...

United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer has emerged rattled but ultimately unscathed after a day and night of drama during which a key member of his Labour Party called for him to resign over revelations about a former ambassador to the US, Peter Mandelson, in the Jeffrey Epstein files.Starmer has faced more than a week of mount...

Tehran, Iran – Iranian authorities have shut down a number of privately owned businesses in the wake of deadly nationwide protests last month, even as the country’s cratering economy is hitting people and businesses hard and its government pursues a fraught diplomatic path with the United States.Neither police nor judicial authorit...

French President Emmanuel Macron warned “threats” and “intimidation” by the United States are not over despite an apparent lull in tensions, urging the EU to treat recent turbulence in the transatlantic relationship as a wake-up call to push through reforms.In an interview with several publications published on Tuesday, Macron said...

Israeli attacks on residential building, central Gaza has killed at least seven people.

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych will be allowed to wear a black armband in competition at the Milan Cortina Games, the International Olympic Committee said Tuesday, but not the helmet he wants to wear that is painted to commemorate the lives o...

LIVIGNO, Italy (AP) — A generation ago, the sight of an Olympic halfpipe podium drenched in red, white and blue was as common as fresh powder on the mountain — a fitting and expected celebration for a sport born and raised in the United States.A look at those podiums over the past decade tel...

GAINESVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A single-engine plane made an emergency landing on a busy road in a Georgia, striking three vehicles and leaving two people with minor injuries, authorities said.The Hawker Beechcraft BE-36 landed Monday on Browns Bridge Road in Gainesville, about 50 miles (80 kilomet...

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A top Israeli official said Tuesday that measures adopted by the government that deepen Israeli control in the occupied West Bank amounted to implementing “de facto sovereignty,” using language that mirrors critics’ warnings about the intent behind the moves.The st...

WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s 250th anniversary arrives at a time of deep political divisions and, in some quarters, heightened anxiety over whether representative government in the world’s oldest democracy can be sustained.Cultural institutions, sporting events, even communities are polarized...

A new wave of artists is transcending traditional notions of Christian music, drawing young global audiences to faith-based rap, Afrobeats and R&B.Often boosted by social media, many of them got their start with independent labels or by uploading self-made songs to streaming platforms. Now,...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — As rising global temperatures accelerate the melting of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, it has sparked a boom in ships taking routes that were previously impassable because they were frozen.The increase in shipping traffic in the Arctic, which received increased attent...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans’ hope for their future has fallen to a new low, according to new polling.In 2025, only about 59% of Americans gave high ratings when asked to evaluate how good their life will be in about five years, the lowest annual measure since Gallup began asking this questio...

NEW YORK (AP) — Target CEO Michael Fiddelke is reshuffling his leadership team and making other changes shortly after stepping into the top job at the retailer that has struggled operationally. Rick Gomez, the 23-year Target veteran who oversees the chain’s vast inventory of merchandise, wil...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is expected this week to revoke a scientific finding that long has been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, according to a White House official. The Environmental Protection Agency will is...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The heads of the agencies carrying out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda will testify in Congress Tuesday and face questions over how they are prosecuting immigration enforcement inside American cities.Trump’s immigration campaign has been heavily scrutinized...

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — There was only one person in the crowd at a luge event for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games Monday night who did not watch any of the runs.French artist Marc Ahr focused on the spectators to capture their reactions as their national teams triumphed or fell short,...

MILAN (AP) — Italy’s Arianna Fontana won her 12th Olympic medal and third gold at her sixth Winter Games to extend her record as the most decorated short track speedskater of all time Tuesday.Fontana and the Italian team dominated the mixed team relay final to the delight of the vocal home c...

Coca-Cola saw stronger U.S. demand in the fourth quarter despite higher prices.Global unit case volumes grew 1% for the October-December period, led by the U.S., Japan and Brazil, the Atlanta beverage giant said Tuesday. Unit case volumes also rose by 1% in North America, reversing several q...

The United States and Armenia have struck an agreement on civil nuclear cooperation, amid a push by Washington to strengthen ties with the West Asian country that was once a close ally of Moscow.Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and US Vice President JD ⁠Vance, who is on a two-day visit to the country, signed the multibillion...

An anticorruption watchdog has warned in its latest report of worsening corruption in democracies around the world, with the score of the United States slipping to its lowest, raising concerns about developments in the US and the impact of its funding cuts around the world.Berlin-based Transparency International (TI) said on Tuesda...

Ajok Ding Duot crouches on the dusty floor of a displacement camp in South Sudan’s Lakes State, cracking nuts open one by one.She and her family of 10 arrived here about two weeks ago, fleeing intensifying fighting between government and opposition forces in neighbouring Jonglei state.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3W...

Sustained gunshots have been heard near the central prison in Guinea’s capital, Conakry, according to media reports.It was unclear who was shooting or what triggered the gunfire on Tuesday. There was no immediate comment by the authorities.A witness reported seeing several military pickup trucks carrying armed security forces and a...

MILAN (AP) — Thousands of people gather each evening in Milan to watch the Olympic cauldron, inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s intricate knot patterns, as it swells and pulsates with colored light to an original soundtrack in a spectacle that is quickly becoming a focal point of the Milan-Cort...

CHENNAI, India (AP) — The United Arab Emirates won the toss and chose to bat first against New Zealand in a tough Group D game at cricket’s T20 World Cup on Tuesday.New Zealand had already crossed the first hurdle by beating Afghanistan at the same venue in a group that also features 2024 fi...

HONG KONG (AP) — Nearly five years after Hong Kong’s pro-democracy Apple Daily shut down, its founder, Jimmy Lai, jailed, the newspaper’s former staff and readers are lamenting the loss of the city’s press freedoms. Lai, 78, was sentenced Monday under a Beijing-imposed national security law...

CHICAGO (AP) — Trevor McOmber and his 14-year-old son, Tye, share a love for the Chicago Blackhawks. When Trevor was his son’s age, he watched the Blackhawks on TV, caught highlights on ESPN and read about the team in the newspaper.It’s a much different experience for Tye.“I go to YouTube wi...

MILAN (AP) — Ukrainian figure skater Kyrylo Marsak was exhausted last summer as he trained for the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Games.Drained, anxious and often unable to sleep, the 21-year-old could not stop thinking about his family back in Ukraine: His father is in the army on the front...

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Manila’s top envoy to Washington expressed confidence Tuesday that the United States will not abandon the Philippines as it fights Beijing’s assertiveness in the disputed South China Sea — even as Donald Trump and Xi Jinping seek more direct talks to resolve differ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea plans to increase medical school admissions by more than 3,340 students from 2027 to 2031 to address concerns about physician shortages in one of the fastest-aging countries in the world, the government said Tuesday. The decision was announced months aft...

MILAN (AP) — The organizing committee for the Milan Cortina Olympics is apologizing for the surface of the podium used at the Milano Ice Skating Arena that caused minor damage to the blades of figure skaters celebrating their team medals last weekend.Several of the athletes, including Madiso...

Kyiv, Ukraine – A heavy Russian Geran drone struck a fast-moving train in northern Ukraine on January 27, killing five, wounding two and starting a fire that disfigured the railway carriage.Such an attack was impossible back in 2022, when Russia started dispatching roaring swarms of Shaheds, the Geran-2’s Iranian prototypes.Recomme...

LONDON (AP) — Russian officials have no desire to halt Russia’s almost 4-year-old invasion of neighboring Ukraine and think they can “outsmart” the United States during talks with Washington about how to end the war, a senior European intelligence official told The Associated Press.Kaupo Ros...

TOKYO (AP) — Honda reported Tuesday a 42% drop in profit for the nine months through December, compared to a year earlier, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs hurt the Japanese automaker’s earnings.Tokyo-based Honda Motor Co.’s profit over the three quarters totaled 465.4 billion yen ($...

BEIJING (AP) — Liu Zhiquan was waiting for a 30-plus hour train journey to Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, some 1,242 miles (2,000 kilometers) from Beijing, where he works in construction. He’s one of the hundreds of millions expected to travel to their hometowns as part of the wor...

Australia is bracing for more demonstrations, as political leaders and civic groups appealed for calm, after police were accused of using excessive force against peaceful demonstrations against the visit of Israel’s President Isaac Herzog to Sydney.Palestine Action Group Sydney called on supporters to gather on Tuesday afternoon to...

Kyiv, Ukraine – No one was hurt when the first Russian drone hit Taira Sluisarenko’s apartment building in eastern Kyiv on the night after her 16th birthday.“I was sitting on the bathroom floor and right away felt [the explosion] shook us more than usual,” shattering windows and outer walls of apartments several storeys above hers,...

A judge in the United States has blocked the deportation of Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish Tufts University student who was arrested last year as part of a crackdown on pro-Palestinian activists, according to her lawyers.Ozturk’s lawyers detailed the decision in a letter filed at the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday.Recommended...

Hong Kong’s Chief Executive John Lee has praised the sentencing of pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai to 20 years in prison, saying he had committed “numerous heinous crimes, and his evil deeds were beyond measure”.Lee’s condemnation on Tuesday of the former Apple Daily newspaper owner came as officials in the United States, the...

A now-deleted video generated by artificial intelligence and shared by India’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Assam state, home to more than 12 million Muslims, has been widely condemned after it showed the northeastern state’s chief minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, appearing to shoot at an image of Muslims.The 17-...

Weighing up his options on a Monday morning in January, Ali Zbeedat, a longtime shopkeeper from Sakhnin, a small Palestinian-majority town in Israel’s north, decided he had had enough.Earlier that day, the widespread and organised criminality that plagues Sakhnin and countless other Palestinian towns and villages across Israel had...

Ali Larijani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, has arrived in Oman in the wake of talks held in the country between Tehran and Washington over the former’s nuclear programme, Iranian state media reported.Larijani, a close adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is due to meet Omani Foreign Min...

An Israeli air attack on a residential building in western Gaza City has killed at least four people.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Comparing social media platforms to casinos and addictive drugs, lawyer Mark Lanier delivered opening statements Monday in a landmark trial in Los Angeles that seeks to hold Instagram owner Meta and Google’s YouTube responsible for harms to children who use their products....