Solar eclipse: How to view it without hurting your eyes

04/01/2024

DALLAS— Millions of people along a narrow band in North America will look up when the sky darkens during a total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024.  When they do, safety is key. Staring directly at the sun during a…

Girl, 8, only survivor of bus crash that kills 45 Easter pilgrims

03/30/2024

MMAMATLAKALA, South Africa — An 8-year-old girl was the lone survivor after a bus full of pilgrims making their way to a popular Easter festival in rural South Africa slammed into a bridge on a mountain pass…

Instagram limits political content in new update: Here’s how to change it

03/25/2024

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Instagram has started an automatic clampdown on the amount of political content appearing in its users’ feeds, but there is a relatively quick and easy way to turn off the controls if you…

The Oscars are almost here. Here’s what to know and how to watch

03/10/2024

LOS ANGELES (AP) — After a winter barrage of award shows — the Emmys, the Golden Globes, the Grammys — the grandaddy of them all, the Academy Awards, are around the corner. The 96th Oscars may be…

Where is MH370? Malaysia may reopen search for missing plane

03/05/2024

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysian officials said Sunday, March 3, 2024, they may renew the hunt for MH370. This after a U.S. company that tried to find the plane in 2018 proposed a fresh search in the…

Astronomers spot new tiny moons around Neptune and Uranus

02/25/2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Astronomers have found three previously unknown moons in our solar system — two additional moons circling Neptune and one around Uranus. The distant tiny moons were spotted using powerful land-based telescopes in Hawaii and…

A watch that melted during the atomic blast over Hiroshima, Japan, sells for more than $31,000

02/24/2024

BOSTON (AP) — A watch melted during the Aug. 6, 1945, bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, has sold for more than $31,000 at auction. The watch is frozen in time at the moment of the detonation of an…

Taylor Swift on the winning side  anew as Chiefs top Super Bowl LVIII

02/12/2024

LAS VEGAS—With the run she’s having, how could Taylor Swift be on anything other than the winning side? Swift was smothered by her celebrity suite-mates at Allegiant Stadium when her significant other Travis Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs…

Japan’s government OKs new foreign trainee program to attract more workers as its population shrinks

02/10/2024

TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese government adopted plans on Friday to scrap its current foreign trainee program, which has been criticized as a cover for importing cheap labor, and replace it with a system it says will…

Taylor Swift announces new album, ‘Tortured Poets Department’ 

02/05/2024

LOS ANGELES— Taylor Swift used her 13th Grammy win on Sunday to announced her new album, “Tortured Poets Department,” will arrive April 19. The news arrived after U2 frontman Bono announced the award for best pop vocal album, which…

Grammys 2024: SZA, Phoebe Bridgers, ‘Barbie’ win early awards

02/05/2024

LOS ANGELES— The 66th Grammy Awards are taking place Sunday at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, and the excitement started early. The Premiere Ceremony, a pre-telecast show, began with host/songwriter Justin Tranter setting the scene — giving out the first…

Kawhi Leonard scores 31 points in Clippers win over Wizards

02/01/2024

WASHINGTON  — Kawhi Leonard scored 31 points, James Harden added 25 and the Los Angeles Clippers pulled away with a big third quarter to beat the Washington Wizards 125-109 on Wednesday night. Los Angeles outscored Washington 40-19…

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