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Ukraine is withdrawing from Avdiivka, where outnumbered defenders held out for 4 months
By Illia Novikov And Barry Hatton, The Associated Press on February 17th, 2024
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukraine’s military chief said early Saturday that he’s withdrawing troops from the city of Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine, where outnumbered defenders have battled a Russian assault for four months. The timing is critical as Russia is looking for a morale boost ahead of the second anniversary on Feb. 24 of Moscow’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Explosion at Virginia home kills 1 firefighter and hospitalizes 9 firefighters and 2 civilians
By The Associated Press on February 16th, 2024
STERLING, Va. (AP) – An explosion possibly caused by a gas leak leveled a home in Sterling, Virginia, Friday night, killing a firefighter and injuring 11 other people, authorities said. Firefighters were called to the home on Silver Ridge Drive by a report of a gas smell shortly after 7:30 p.m. and a fiery explosion ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ukraine withdrawing from Avdiivka, where outnumbered defenders held out for 4 months
By Illia Novikov And Barry Hatton, The Associated Press on February 16th, 2024
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukraine’s military chief said early Saturday that he’s withdrawing troops from Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine, where they’ve battled a Russian assault for four months. In a short statement posted on Facebook early Saturday, Oleksandr Syrskyi said he had made the decision to avoid encirclement and “preserve the lives and health of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Japan has launched its flagship H3 rocket in a closely watched 2nd test after failed debut last year
By Mari Yamaguchi, The Associated Press on February 16th, 2024
TOKYO (AP) – A new Japanese flagship H3 rocket lifted off from a space station in southwestern Japan on Saturday, reaching a planned trajectory and successfully releasing two payloads in a key second test flight a year after its failed debut launch. The H3 rocket blasted off from a launch pad at the Tanegashima Space ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Japan has launched its flagship H3 rocket in aclosely-watched 2nd test after failed debut last year
By Associated Press, The Associated Press on February 16th, 2024
TOKYO (AP) – A new Japanese flagship H3 rocket lifted off from a space station in southwestern Japan on Saturday in a key second test flight a year after its failed debut launch. The H3 rocket blasted off from a launch pad at the Tanegashima Space Center two days after its originally scheduled liftoff which ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Donald Trump fraud verdict: $364 million penalty in New York civil case
By Michael R. Sisak, Jake Offenhartz And Jennifer Peltz, The Associated Press on February 16th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – A New York judge ruled Friday against Donald Trump, imposing a $364 million penalty over what the judge ruled was a yearslong scheme to dupe banks and others with financial statements that inflated the former president’s wealth. Trump also was barred from serving as an officer or director of any New ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Donald Trump fraud verdict: $364 million penalty in New York civil fraud case
By Michael R. Sisak, The Associated Press on February 16th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – A New York judge ruled Friday against Donald Trump, imposing a $364 million penalty over what the judge ruled was a yearslong scheme to dupe banks and others with financial statements that inflated the former president’s wealth. Trump also was barred from serving as an officer or director of any New ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Top UN court rejects South African request for urgent measures to safeguard Rafah
By The Associated Press on February 16th, 2024
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) – The top UN court on Friday rejected a South African request to impose urgent measures to safeguard Rafah in the Gaza Strip, but also stressed that Israel must respect earlier measures imposed late last month at a preliminary stage in a landmark genocide case. The International Court of Justice said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Body of deceased woman, 30 human cremains found at house after ex-funeral home owner evicted
By Amy Beth Hanson And Colleen Slevin, The Associated Press on February 16th, 2024
DENVER (AP) – The body of a woman who died in 2022 and the cremated remains of about 30 people were found at a rental house in Denver after the eviction of a former funeral home owner, Denver police said Friday. A warrant was issued for Miles Harford, 33, who owned Apollo Funeral and Cremation ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge declares a mistrial in a former Ohio deputy’s murder trial
By Samantha Hendrickson, The Associated Press on February 16th, 2024
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A judge declared a mistrial Friday in the murder trial of a former Ohio sheriff’s deputy because the jury was unable to reach a verdict. Jason Meade was charged with murder and reckless homicide in the December 2020 killing of Casey Goodson Jr. in Columbus. Meade, who is white, shot Goodson ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alexei Navalny, galvanizing opposition leader and Putin’s fiercest foe, died in prison, Russia says
By Jim Heintz, Dasha Litvinova And Emma Burrows, The Associated Press on February 16th, 2024
MOSCOW – Alexei Navalny, who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests as President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe, died Friday in the Arctic penal colony where he was serving a 19-year sentence, Russia’s prison agency said. He was 47. The stunning news – less than a month before an election that will give ... Read More »
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