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Norway’s King Harald V warded in hospital at Malaysia’s resort island of Langkawi
By Vincent Thian And Jan M. Olsen, The Associated Press on February 28th, 2024
LANGKAWI, Malaysia (AP) – Europe’s oldest monarch, King Harald V of Norway, remained hospitalized in Malaysia on Wednesday, in the country’s northern resort island of Langkawi, after falling ill while on vacation. Malaysian national news agency Bernama said the 87-year-old monarch was undergoing treatment at the Sultanah Maliha Hospital in Langkawi. The report cited unnamed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Out-of-control wildfires scorch Texas Panhandle and briefly shut down nuclear weapons facility
By Jim Vertuno, The Associated Press on February 28th, 2024
DALLAS – A series of wildfires swept across the Texas Panhandle early Wednesday, prompting evacuations, cutting off power to thousands, and forcing the brief shutdown of a nuclear weapons facility as strong winds, dry grass and unseasonably warm temperatures fed the blazes. An unknown number of homes and other structures in Hutchinson County were damaged ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pope Francis is taken briefly to a Rome hospital for tests after his weekly audience
By By Paolo Santalucia, The Associated Press on February 28th, 2024
VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Francis, who has been suffering from the flu, was brought to a hospital in central Rome after the papal audience on Wednesday for diagnostic testing, the Vatican said, without elaborating. The pope arrived at the Gemelli Hospital on Tiber Island in a small white Fiat 500, leaving again under escort ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pope Francis has been taken briefly to a Rome hospital after his weekly audience
By The Associated Press on February 28th, 2024
VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Francis, who has been suffering from the flu, was brought to a hospital in central Rome after the papal audience on Wednesday, arriving at the Gemelli Hospital on Tiber Island in a small white Fiat 500 and leaving again under escort in the same car after a short period. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Out-of-control wildfires scorch Texas Panhandle and pause work at nuclear weapons facility
By Jim Vertuno, The Associated Press on February 28th, 2024
DALLAS – A series of wildfires swept across the Texas Panhandle early Wednesday, prompting evacuations, cutting off power to thousands, and forcing at least the temporary shutdown of a nuclear weapons facility as strong winds, dry grass and unseasonably warm temperatures fed the blazes. An unknown number of homes and other structures in Hutchinson County ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to be held on Friday, spokesperson says
By The Associated Press on February 28th, 2024
MOSCOW (AP) – The funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died earlier this month in a remote Arctic penal colony, will take place on Friday in Moscow, his spokesperson said. His funeral will be held at a church in Moscow’s southeast Maryino district on Friday afternoon, Kira Yarmysh said Tuesday. The burial is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Out-of-control wildfires scorch Texas Panhandle, prompt shutdown of nuclear weapons facility
By Jim Vertuno, The Associated Press on February 27th, 2024
DALLAS (AP) – A series of wildfires swept across the Texas Panhandle early Wednesday, prompting evacuations, cutting off power to thousands, and forcing the shutdown of a nuclear weapons facility as strong winds, dry grass and unseasonably warm temperatures fed the blazes. An unknown number of homes and other structures in Hutchinson County were damaged ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Texas nuclear weapons facility pauses operations as wildfires spread through rural Panhandle
By The Associated Press on February 27th, 2024
CANADIAN, Texas (AP) – Rapidly moving Texas wildfires Tuesday prompted evacuation orders in small towns and shut down a nuclear facility as strong winds, dry grass and unseasonably warm temperatures fueled the blaze in the state’s rural Panhandle. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration for 60 counties as the largest fire burned nearly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bridgeport mayor wins do-over election in race marred by ballot irregularities
By Susan Haigh, The Associated Press on February 27th, 2024
Bridgeport Mayor Joe Ganim has won a do-over election in Connecticut’s most populous city, months after a judge threw out the results of the first one because of allegations of absentee ballot box stuffing during a Democratic primary. Ganim on Tuesday defeated fellow Democrat John Gomes, the city’s former acting chief administrative officer. Gomes successfully ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Biden and Trump win Michigan primaries, edging closer to a rematch
By Seung Min Kim And Corey Williams, The Associated Press on February 27th, 2024
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) – President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump won the Michigan primaries on Tuesday, further solidifying the all-but-certain rematch between the two men. Biden defeated Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips, his one significant opponent left in the Democratic primary. But Democrats were also closely watching the results of the “uncommitted” vote, as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!San Francisco apologizes to Black residents for decades of racist policies
By Janie Har, The Associated Press on February 27th, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Supervisors in San Francisco formally apologized Tuesday to African Americans and their descendants for the city’s role in perpetuating racism and discrimination. “On behalf of the City and County of San Francisco, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors offers its deepest apologies to all African Americans and their descendants who came ... Read More »
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