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FILE - Saudi Arabia's Al Nassr Cristiano Ronaldo reacts in a match with Iran's Persepolis during their AFC Champions League soccer match at the Azadi Stadium in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. Cristiano Ronaldo has come under heavy criticism after seemingly making an offensive gesture following Al Nassr’s 3-2 victory over Al Shabab in a Saudi Pro League match on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi), File)
Cristiano Ronaldo suspended for one match over alleged offensive gesture in Saudi league game
Cristiano Ronaldo has been suspended for one match for making an alleged offensive gesture during a Saudi Arabia league game while playing for Al Nassr in the Saudi Pro League. The suspension was … more
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FILE - Students make their way through Sproul Plaza on the University of California, Berkeley, campus Tuesday, March 29, 2022, in Berkeley, Calif. Leaders of the University of California, Berkeley, denounced a protest incited Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, against an event organized by Jewish students that forced police to evacuate attendees and a speaker from Israel for their safety. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
UC Berkeley officials denounce protest that forced police to evacuate Jewish event for safety
Leaders of the University of California, Berkeley, have denounced a protest against an event organized by Jewish students that forced police to evacuate attendees and a speaker from Israel. … more
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FILE - A Burger King Whopper in a wrapper, left, rests next to a McDonald's Big Mac in a container, in Walpole, Mass., Wednesday, April 20, 2022. Food wrappers and packaging that contain “forever chemicals” that can harm human health are no longer being sold in the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
Fast-food wrappers that contain PFAS are no longer sold in the US, the FDA says
Fast-food wrappers and packaging that contain so-called forever chemicals are no longer being sold in the U.S. The Food and Drug Administration says the voluntary effort that began in 2020 between … more
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This image taken from Greenville Fire-Rescue's facebook page on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024 shows a fire in the Texas Panhandle. A fast-moving wildfire burning through the Texas Panhandle grew into the second-largest blaze in state history, forcing evacuations and triggering power outages as firefighters struggled to contain the widening flames. (Greenville Fire-Rescue via AP)
Why did the Texas Panhandle fires grow so fast?
Wildfires raging in the Texas Panhandle have been growing at a staggering rate, resulting in widespread evacuations. Republican Gov. Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration for 60 counties late … more
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FILE - The Kremlin, left, and St. Basil Cathedral, center right, are reflected in the Moskva River during sunset in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, May 20, 2020. Russia's 2024 presidential elections aren't expected to bring change to the Kremlin. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)
Everything you need to know about Russia’s 2024 presidential election
Russia’s 2024 presidential election isn’t expected to bring change to the Kremlin. With most opposition figures either in jail or abroad and many independent media outlets blocked, the Kremlin … more
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Texas wildfires threatened a nuclear weapon facility. Here is what we know
A nuclear weapons facility was forced to evacuate most of its staff due to threats from a fast-moving wildfire blazing across the Texas Panhandle. The Pantex plant, northeast of Amarillo, removed … more
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FILE - Supporters cheer as Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a primary election night party at the South Carolina State Fairgrounds in Columbia, S.C., Feb. 24, 2024. A new survey provides a sobering outlook of the world's democracies. While most citizens in two dozen countries say representative democracy is a good way to govern, they are deeply dissatisfied with the way it's working in their country. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Democracy's appeal is slipping as nations across much of the world hold elections, a poll finds
A survey of 24 democratic countries by the Pew Research Center has found that while representative democracy remains a favorite system of governance around the globe, its appeal is slipping on the … more
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FILE - Activists mark the first anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, by displaying neon signage in support of abortion access in front of the Supreme Court on June 23, 2023, in Washington. A report finds the total number of monthly abortions in the U.S. increased after state bans started kicking in in 2022. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard, File)
About as many abortions are happening in the US monthly as before Roe was overturned, report finds
The number of monthly abortions in the U.S. is similar to what it was before the nation's top court overturned the right to abortion. But how they are provided is different, a new study conducted for … more
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FILE - In this handout photo taken from video provided by the Moscow City Court on Feb. 2, 2021, Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny shows a heart symbol while standing in a defendants’ cage during a hearing in the Moscow City Court in Moscow, Russia. Navalny, who died in an Arctic penal colony on Feb. 16, spent months in punishment cells for infractions like not buttoning his uniform properly or not putting his hands behind his back when required. (Moscow City Court via AP, File)
Funeral of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to be held on Friday, his spokesperson says
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 after several locations declined to host the … more
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A Palestinian mourner bids farewell to one of three men killed by Israeli fire in Faraa refugee camp, at the morgue in the West Bank town of Tubas, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. Israeli troops shot and killed three Palestinian men including Mohammed Daraghmeh, a co-founder of the local branch of Islamic Jihad in the northern town of Tubas, early Tuesday, Palestinian health authorities said. Thee was no immediate comment from the Israeli military. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
The Latest | Families of hostages held in Gaza launch a 4-day march to demand their freedom
The families of hostages held in Gaza and their supporters are launching a four-day march from southern Israel to Jerusalem to demand their loved ones be set free. The march comes as negotiations are … more
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USDA, DOE launch renewable tech initiative
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) are launching a new initiative intended to help farmers cut costs and increase income using underutilized renewable technologies including smaller-scale wind projects. more
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The campus of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine is seen, Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024, in the Bronx borough of New York. The medical school will be tuition-free for all students from now on thanks to a $1 billion donation from former professor Ruth Gottesman, the widow of a Wall Street investor. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
$1B donation makes New York medical school tuition free and transforms students' lives
Students at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine say they can give up their part-time jobs, focus on their studies and reconsider the kind of medicine they hope to practice thanks to a generous … more
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New York Philharmonic's outgoing director Jaap van Zweden will lead a French radio orchestra
Outgoing New York Philharmonic music director Jaap van Zweden will assume the same role with Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France starting with the 2026-27 season. The French orchestra says van … more
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FILE - A bird flies past as the sun rises over the Atlantic Ocean, Jan. 3, 2024, in Surfside, Fla. A new study suggests that scientists tracking climate change may be underestimating the impacts of rising temperatures. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
Study says 2023's crazy Atlantic ocean heat, low Antarctic sea ice give glimpse of much hotter world
Off the charts “crazy” heat in the North Atlantic ocean and record-smashing Antarctic sea ice lows last year are far more severe than what Earth’s supposed to get with current warming levels. A … more
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The co-chair of Nobel Peace Prize winning Memorial Human Rights Centre Oleg Orlov stands surrounded by journalists prior to a court session for a new trial on charges of repeated discrediting Russian military, in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
A Russian court sentences the co-chair of a Nobel-winning rights group to 30 months in prison
A Moscow court has sentenced a veteran human rights advocate who spoke out against the war in Ukraine to two years and six months in prison. Oleg Orlov, 70, was taken directly into custody from the … more
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Palestinian Abdul Rahman Sharif holds the body of his four-year-old son Abdul Rahman Muamm, killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, during his funeral in Khan Younis, Monday, Feb. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)
The Latest | Biden says Israel is willing to halt war during Ramadan if a hostage deal is reached
President Joe Biden says Israel would be willing to halt its war on Hamas in Gaza during the upcoming Muslim fasting month of Ramadan if a deal is reached to release some of the hostages held by the … more
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A cyclist travels around Lake Michigan near the Adler Planetarium Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, in Chicago. A warm front is sweeping spring-like weather across a large swath of the country in what is usually one of the coldest months of the year. The rare warmup is sending people out of their homes to enjoy the winter respite but also bringing increased wildfire danger. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Why so much of the US is unseasonably hot
As a powerful winter storm dumped deep snow in parts of the West on Monday, much of the central United States was unseasonably warm. In Wisconsin, where temperatures this time of year are generally … more
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FILE - A general view shows the courtroom at the beginning of the trial of defendant Vadim K. in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. Associates of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said Monday, Feb. 26, 2024 that talks were underway shortly before his death to exchange him for a Russian imprisoned in Germany. That Russian prisoner was Krasikov. (Odd Andersen/Pool Photo via AP, File)
Who is Vadim Krasikov, a Russian jailed in Germany and linked to a possible prisoner exchange?
Vadim Krasikov’s name has come up in recent weeks in relation to prisoner swaps involving now deceased Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. … more
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What would a new Palestinian government in the West Bank mean for the war in Gaza?
The Palestinian Authority’s prime minister has announced his government’s resignation. It's seen as the first step in a reform process demanded by the United States as part of its latest … more
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A swap for Navalny was in the final stages before the opposition leader's death, an associate says
Associates of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny say talks had been underway to exchange him for a Russian imprisoned in Germany. Close Navalny ally Maria Pevchikh said in a video statement on … more
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