While Russia and the US are preparing to meet for critical strategic talks over Ukraine, residents in the rebel-controlled Ukrainian city of Donetsk claim the Ukrainian army started heavy firing on New Year's Eve. Andrey Tonky, whose house was destroyed…
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — A special exhibit at the University of Mississippi explores the motives, pressures and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism, war and genocide in Europe during the 1930s and ’40s. United States…
Take-Two Interactive, maker of Grand Theft Auto and Red Dead Redemption, is buying Zynga, maker of FarmVille and Words With Friends, in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $12.7 billion. The acquisition announced Monday would wed a powerhouse in console…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Robert Durst, the New York real estate heir sentenced to life in prison for killing his best friend, has died. He was 78. Durst was convicted of the 2000 killing of Susan Berman in September. He…
(AP) -- This year’s tax filing season will begin on Jan. 24, 17 days earlier than last year. The Internal Reveue Service warned Monday that a resurgence of COVID-19 infections on top of less funding from Congress than the Biden…
GENEVA (AP) — Senior U.S. and Russian officials have formally launched special talks aimed at defusing tensions over a Russian military buildup on the border with Ukraine. The talks are part of a flurry of diplomatic activity in Europe this…
LONDON (AP) — British police have applied for a “no-fly” zone over Windsor Castle as it reviews security arrangements at the landmark where Queen Elizabeth II has spent much of the pandemic. A restricted airspace order would prevent aircraft from…
MARYVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Law enforcement officials are investigating after three people died in a house fire in Maryville. According to news reports, the Blount County Sherriff’s Office and Blount County Fire Department responded to a house fire on Friday.…
NEW YORK (AP) — Nineteen people, including 9 children, have been killed in an apartment fire in New York City, in what the city’s fire commissioner called one of the worst blazes in recent memory. A fire official who was…
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — The president of Turkmenistan is calling for an end to one of the country’s most notable but infernal sights — the blazing natural gas crater widely referred to as the “Gates of Hell.” The desert crater…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Navy is adding two weeks to boot camp in a major overhaul aimed at improving recruits' war fighting and emergency skills while also focusing on suicide prevention and character issues such as sexual assault, hazing and…
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A government official says gunmen have released 30 Nigerian students who spent nearly seven months in captivity. They are the latest batch in the release of dozens of Kebbi state students abducted in June. Yahaya Sarki,…
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say 27 people were rescued from a floating chunk of ice that broke away from shore in the bay of Green Bay in eastern Wisconsin. The Brown County Sheriff's Office said no injuries were…
NEW YORK (AP) — A co-creator and promoter of the 1969 Woodstock music festival that served as a touchstone for generations of music fans, Michael Lang has died. A spokesperson for Lang's family says the 77-year-old had been battling non-Hodgkin…
CBS Newspath --- GOLDFISH CAN DRIVE?: Researchers at a university in Israel say they have trained goldfish to "drive." Check out the experiment and what they say it shows.
NEW YORK (AP) — Oscar-winning lyricist Marilyn Bergman has died at age 93 after a long career in which she teamed with her husband on songs including “The Way We Were." A representative says she died at her Los Angeles…
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Authorities in Virginia have positively identified the remains of two women they say were killed by a man they believe is a serial killer who used a shopping cart to transport his victims’ bodies after meeting…
LONDON (AP) — The Duchess of Cambridge is turning 40 on Sunday after having emerged in recent years as Britain’s reliable royal. The House of Windsor has faced its share of controversy, from Prince Harry and Meghan’s stormy departure to…
LONDON (AP) — Irish singer-songwriter Sinead O’Connor’s 17-year-old son has been found dead in Ireland after his mother notified authorities that he had gone missing. Police said the missing person case was closed after a body was found Friday in…
(AP) --- Hospitalizations of U.S. children under 5 with COVID-19 have soared to unprecedented levels, a worrisome trend in youngsters too young to be vaccinated. That's according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data released Friday. Since early December,…
SANFORD, N.C. (AP) - A North Carolina man has been charged in connection with the death of his wife after authorities tracked him to Tennessee, where they found his daughter unharmed after she was reported missing, police said. Brent James…
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Officials say at least 22 people, including 10 children, died in a popular mountain resort town in Pakistan after being stuck in their vehicles overnight during a heavy snowstorm. Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed says more than…
NEW YORK (AP) — Sidney Poitier made history — on the screen and off. He opened up possibilities for generations of Black actors and for generations of Black audiences. Associated Press National Writer Hillel Italie writes in an appreciation that…
NEWBERRYTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Police who pulled over a suspected drunken or drugged driver in Pennsylvania discovered a live deer that had apparently been hit and then placed in the hatchback area of her car. The animal was freed after…
NEW YORK (AP) - After CDs were first introduced in the late 1980s, it wasn't long before they surpassed vinyl as the preferred way to listen to music at home. But now you can say vinyl has, well, turned the…
NEW YORK (AP) — Sidney Poitier, the groundbreaking actor and enduring inspiration who transformed how Black people were portrayed on screen and became the first Black actor to win an Academy Award for best lead performance and the first to…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s Department of Revenue says drivers will receive newly designed license plates once they complete their annual motor vehicle registration renewals. According to a news release on Thursday, Tennessee law states that license plates may be…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Knoxville Fire Department officials say a fire that destroyed a Tennessee Planned Parenthood clinic was intentionally set. The Knoxville News Sentinel reports that officials are looking for a suspect and asked the public to provide tips…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana’s governor has pardoned the Black man whose 1892 arrest for refusing to leave an all-white railroad car sparked the ruling that cemented “separate but equal” into U.S. law for half a century. Gov. John Bel…
LONDON (AP) — A British newspaper is reporting that the Duchess of Sussex will receive the nominal sum of 1 pound after a court found that another newspaper invaded her privacy. The Guardian reported the figure on Wednesday. The 1-pound…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans have moved a step closer to having the 2020 AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year back, opening the 21-day window Wednesday for Derrick Henry to start practicing. Coach Mike Vrabel said Monday…
A father-son duo of Pennsylvania treasure hunters who believe they found a huge cache of fabled Civil War-era gold are now on the prowl for something as elusive as the buried booty itself: government records of the FBI’s excavation. Finders…
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden has created an agency to combat disinformation as the country approaches a September general election. The mission of the Swedish Psychological Defense Agency is to “defend our open and democratic society and free opinions by…
LONDON (AP) — Chrysler says it plans for its vehicle lineup to go all electric by 2028. It's the latest brand to announce a major shift away from gas-powered cars amid pressure to act on climate change. The American automaker…
SPENCER, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee officials have opened up a new $40.4 million lodge at Fall Creek Falls State Park. Gov. Bill Lee was among those on hand Tuesday for the grand opening of the facility that includes an 85-room…
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The oldest World War II veteran in the United States has died at the age of 112. Lawrence N. Brooks died Wednesday in New Orleans. He was also believed to be the oldest living man in…
LEBANON, N.H. (AP) — A German shepherd named Tinsley successfully led New Hampshire state police to the site of its owner’s rollover crash. WMUR-TV reported Tuesday that officers first thought the animal was merely lost. But thanks to Tinsley’s dogged…
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Reigning “Jeopardy!” champion Amy Schneider was robbed at gunpoint over New Year’s weekend in Oakland, California. Schneider tweeted about the robbery to her 52,000 followers, saying she was shaken up but otherwise OK. The Oakland resident…
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Police say R&B entertainer Jason Derulo was involved in a scuffle with two people at a Las Vegas Strip resort, but he was not arrested or given a summons. Las Vegas police said in a statement…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed the lawsuit of a 30-year-old man who alleged that the image of him nude as a baby on the 1991 cover of Nirvana’s “Nevermind" is child pornography. Judge Fernando Olguin granted…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A new federal court order says a Mississippi city must allow construction of a mosque. A judge filed the order Monday, two months after the American Civil Liberties Union filed a discrimination lawsuit against the city…
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal judge in Oklahoma has set a Jan. 28 date for the resentencing of “Tiger King" Joe Exotic. A federal appeals court in July ruled that Joe Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Maldonado-Passage, should…
RUTHER GLEN, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam says help is on the way to hundreds of motorists who spent a chilly night snowed in along on Interstate 95 after tractor-trailers lost control in the ice and snow and…
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes was convicted on four counts of fraud and conspiracy Monday, ending a lengthy trial that has captivated Silicon Valley. The jury found her not guilty of four other felony charges.…
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska State Troopers say a newborn baby was found abandoned in a cardboard box at a Fairbanks-area intersection, with a note indicating the child’s parent could not care for them. The troopers, in a statement, say…
NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s attorney general recently issued subpoenas to former President Donald Trump and his two eldest children in connection with an ongoing civil investigation into the family’s business practices. Attorney General Letitia James’ office said in…
JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Valley Authority claims a new solar power cooperative in West Tennessee is illegal, while supporters of the project accuse TVA of trying to maintain a monopoly. The Chattanooga Times Free Press reports that the…
LOUISVILLE, Colo. (AP) — Search teams are looking for two missing people in the snow-covered but still smoldering debris from a massive Colorado wildfire, while people who barely escaped the flames sorted through what was left after the blaze. Investigators…
(AP) --- Authorities in New Mexico say icing on a cable caused two tram cars to get stuck high up in the Sandia Mountains overlooking Albuquerque, stranding 21 people overnight. A Bernalillo County Fire Department spokesman said 20 people in…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection is planning televised hearings and a series of reports in the coming months to present its findings and bring its private interviews out into the open. The committee…
