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Pittsburgh Penguins' Mike Sullivan named U.S. men's hockey coach for 2026 Milan Olympics 05/18/2024 10:40am • Mike Sullivan was selected U.S. coach for the 2026 Milan Olympics on Saturday, an expected move that puts the two-time Stanley Cup champion in charge of the country's bid for its first gold medal since the “Miracle On Ice” in 1980. USA Hockey also announced the Pittsburgh Penguins coach will be Climate activists glue themselves at Munich airport to protest pollution caused by flying 05/18/2024 09:56am • BERLIN (AP) — Six climate activists broke through a security fence at Munich airport on Saturday and glued themselves to access routes leading to runways, temporarily shutting down flights. The activists from the group Last Generation were protesting flying as the most polluting form of transport Vietnam nominates its public security minister as new president 05/18/2024 09:23am • HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam has nominated its Public Security Minister To Lam as its new president, state media said on Saturday, after his predecessor resigned in the ongoing anti-corruption campaign that has shaken up the country’s political establishment. The Communist Party's Central Commi El plan de Sheinbaum para sacar a 7,5 millones de personas de la pobreza extrema en México y la advertencia de analistas 05/18/2024 08:51am • (CNN Español) -- De llegar a la presidencia de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, candidata del oficialismo, prometió aplicar una política social “combinada” para sacar a 7,5 millones de personas de la pobreza extrema.“Nosotros creemos en generar todos los derechos que les permita a las personas q ANÁLISIS | La misión de Julian Assange era cambiar el mundo, pero ¿a qué precio? 05/18/2024 07:53am • (CNN) -- Julian Assange inició su sitio web de denuncia de irregularidades WikiLeaks en una búsqueda de “transparencia y verdad radical”, una misión que convirtió una personalidad ya polarizadora en un personaje notorio y que le valió defensores y críticos en igual medida.La larga batalla It was once a center of Islamic learning. Now Mali's historic city of Djenné mourns lack of visitors 05/18/2024 03:49am • DJENNE, Mali (AP) — Kola Bah used to earn a living as a tour guide in Mali's historic city of Djenné, once a center of Islamic learning known for the sprawling mud-brick mosque that has been on the UNESCO World Heritage in Danger list since 2016. The Grand Mosque of Djenné — the world’s lar Here's how Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could make the first debate stage under stringent Biden-Trump rules 05/18/2024 12:10am • PHOENIX (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has long argued that the biggest hurdle of his presidential campaign is the perception that independent candidates can't win. He has looked to the debates as a singular opportunity to stand alongside Joe Biden and Donald Trump in front of a massive audience. B Angels beat Rangers 9-3 to give Ron Washington win in his 1st game as visiting manager in Texas 05/18/2024 12:02am • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Zach Neto and Taylor Ward homered, Tyler Anderson pitched two-hit ball over seven innings and the Los Angeles Angels beat the Rangers 9-3 on Friday night to give Ron Washington a victory in his first game as a visiting manager in Texas. Neto snapped a 1-all tie and put the Today in History: May 18, Mount St. Helens erupts 05/18/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Saturday, May 18, the 139th day of 2024. There are 227 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 18, 1980, the Mount St. Helens volcano in Washington state exploded, leaving 57 people dead or missing. On this date: In 1652, Rhode Island became the f After decisive loss at Alabama Mercedes plants, powerful auto union vows to return and win 05/17/2024 11:21pm • TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — A decisive vote against the United Auto Workers union at two Mercedes factories in Alabama on Friday sidetracked the UAW's grand plan to sign up workers at nonunion plants mainly in the South. But newly elected President Shawn Fain said the union will return to Mercedes and Youngkin vetoes bills on skill games, contraception and Confederate heritage tax breaks 05/17/2024 10:33pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin took action on a final batch of bills from the year's regular legislative session Friday, signing seven but vetoing 48, including closely watched measures that would have ended a tax break for a Confederate heritage organization and allowed small Conservative media personality appointed to seat on Georgia State Election Board 05/17/2024 09:52pm • ATLANTA (AP) — A media personality who co-founded a conservative political action committee has been appointed to a seat on the Georgia State Election Board, which is responsible for developing election rules, investigating allegations of fraud and making recommendations to state lawmakers. Georgi A mayoral candidate and 5 other people killed in gunfire at a campaign rally in southern Mexico 05/17/2024 09:12pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — A mayoral candidate and five other people were killed when gunmen opened fire at a campaign rally in the violence-wracked southern Mexico state of Chiapas, officials said. State prosecutors said a young girl was among the six people killed in the gunfire late Thursday, along wit Cómo escaló la ola de violencia en Chiapas, a dos semanas de las elecciones en México 05/17/2024 09:07pm • (CNN Español) -- La muerte de la candidata a alcaldesa Lucero López Maza en el municipio de La Concordia, en Chiapas, en un ataque que dejó otros cinco fallecidos, volvió a manchar de sangre la campaña electoral en el estado mexicano, donde operan grupos criminales de tráfico de drogas y de m As Japan's yakuza weakens, police focus shifts to unorganized crime hired via social media 05/17/2024 09:01pm • TOKYO (AP) — A senior member of yakuza was arrested for allegedly stealing Pokemon cards near Tokyo in April, a case seen as an example of Japanese organized crime groups struggling with declining membership. Police agents who were busy dealing with thousands of yakuza members just a few years ago