Croatia stabbing: 7-year-old stabbed to death inside school

12/21/2024

ZAGREB, Croatia — A knife-wielding teenager walked into a school in Croatia’s capital on Friday, stabbed a 7-year-old girl to death, and wounded five more children and a teacher, authorities said. The Croatia stabbing took place around…

Spotify Wrapped is finally here. How can you see your 2024 recap?

12/05/2024

NEW YORK — It’s that time of year: Spotify has released its annual Wrapped, personalized recaps of users’ listening habits and year in audio. Spotify has been giving its listeners breakdowns of their data since 2016. And each year, it’s…

Banning social media for people under 16 in Australia: Will it work?

12/04/2024

It is an ambitious social experiment of our moment in history — one that experts say could accomplish something that parents, schools and other governments have attempted with varying degrees of success: keeping kids off social media until…

NBA-leading Cavaliers beat struggling Wizards

12/04/2024

CLEVELAND— Donovan Mitchell scored 19 points and Evan Mobley had 19 points and 10 rebounds as the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Wizards 118-87 on Tuesday night, extending Washington’s losing streak to 15. Sam Merrill and Georges Niang…

NBA: Timberwolves crush Lakers

12/03/2024

MINNEAPOLIS— Julius Randle scored 18 points and Rudy Gobert had 17 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves past the Los Angeles Lakers 109-80 on Monday night. Naz Reid and Nickeil Alexander-Walker each scored 15…

Woman driving drunk who killed bride still in wedding dress sentenced to 25 years in prison

12/03/2024

A woman who admitted to drinking and who was driving well over twice the speed limit when she smashed into a golf cart, killing a bride who had just got married at a South Carolina beach, was sentenced Monday…

Climate solution: Sails make a comeback in shipping, to dent its huge carbon footprint

12/02/2024

SAINT-MALO, France  — Had he continued working aboard fuel-powered cargo ships, Yann Jourdan reckons he’d be earning perhaps four times what he now gets as captain of a sailboat that instead uses the wind’s clean energy to transport goods…

Lithuania cargo plane crash kills one

11/25/2024

  VILNIUS, Lithuania — A DHL cargo plane crashed into a house Monday morning, November 25, 2024, near the Lithuanian capital, killing at least one person. Lithuanian’s public broadcaster LRT, quoting an emergency official, said two people…

UN: ‘Home is the most dangerous place for women and girls’

11/25/2024

UNITED NATIONS — The deadliest place for women is at home and 140 women and girls on average were killed by an intimate partner or family member per day last year, two U.N. agencies reported Monday. Globally,…

Plastic pollution treaty explainer: What to know about it

11/25/2024

A last round of negotiations on a legally binding treaty to address the global scourge of plastic pollution has opened in Busan, South Korea.  Here’s what to know about the plastic pollution treaty: READ MORE: ‘Existential challenge’: Plastic pollution treaty…

New Zealanders help to save stranded pilot whales 

11/25/2024

WELLINGTON, New Zealand— More than 30 pilot whales that stranded themselves on a beach in New Zealand were safely returned to the ocean after conservation workers and residents helped to refloat them by lifting them on sheets.…

Thanksgiving week: Forecasts warn of possible winter storms across US 

11/25/2024

WINDSOR, California — Another round of wintry weather could complicate travel leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday, according to forecasts across the U.S., while California and Washington state continue to recover from storm damage and power outages.…

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