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As California voters prepare to choose their next governor in 2026, energy policy — particularly the future of oil production, refineries and gas prices — has remained a central and complex issue in the race. California gas prices are the highest in the nation and are projected to rise as oil refineries leave the state. …
NEW YORK (AP) — Mahreen Sohail’s “Small Scale Sinners,” a wide-ranging debut collection of stories set everywhere from a college campus to a training camp for child soldiers, has won the PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction. “With sharp and striking prose, ‘Small Scale Sinners’ performs the magical feat of encompassing every aspect of humanity in a …
By Khanh Vu, Phuong Nguyen and Francesco Guarascio HANOI, April 7 (Reuters) – Vietnam’s lawmakers unanimously elected Communist Party Secretary General To Lam as the country’s state president for the next five years, a parliament official said after the vote on Tuesday. The widely anticipated move marks a break from Vietnam’s traditional collective leadership system, …
TAIPEI, April 7 (Reuters) – Taiwan opposition leader Cheng Li-wun left for China on Tuesday for a “peace” mission and a potential meeting with President Xi Jinping, as a senior Taiwanese minister detailed the number of Chinese warships currently deployed around the island. Cheng, chairwoman of the Kuomintang (KMT), Taiwan’s largest opposition party, is travelling …
Michigan defeated UConn 69-63 in the NCAA men’s basketball national championship game on Monday night, ending a 26-year national championship drought for the Big Ten. The Wolverines captured the second NCAA title in school history and the first since 1989 after scoring over and swatting down opponents at a record rate during March Madness. Its …
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh is conducting emergency measles-rubella vaccinations while trying to contain an ongoing outbreak that has killed more than 100 children in less than a month. The government in partnership with the World Health Organization, the U.N. children’s agency and the Gavi vaccine alliance began working to vaccinate children age 6 months …
Watch: Trump calls Artemis II crew, congratulates them on historic trip around moon – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump spoke with the crew of the Artemis II mission on Monday as they capped off a historic day that saw them loop around the far side of the moon and begin their return to …
Artemis II loops far side of the moon, goes through planned communications blackout | Special Report – CBS News Watch CBS News The Artemis II on Monday made its trip around the far side of the moon and began its journey back to Earth. Lindsey Reiser anchored CBS News’ special coverage.
TORONTO (AP) — Blue Jays right-hander and three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer left Monday’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers after two innings, another potential blow to Toronto’s injury-hit starting rotation. Teoscar Hernández homered in the first, driving in Kyle Tucker’s walk. Scherzer’s fastball averaged 93.4 mph in a March 31 start against …
SQUAMISH, British Columbia (AP) — Authorities in British Columbia urged people to stay away from a rock face above a highway in the Canadian province where a red Volkswagen Beetle shell was suspended in an apparent prank by engineering students. BC Parks was working to remove the Beetle and expects to do so within the …