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Nikki Haley hasn’t yet won a GOP contest. But she’s vowing to keep fighting Donald Trump

The Associated Press GREENVILLE, S.C.—There are no wins on the horizon for Nikki Haley. Those close to the former United Nations ambassador, the last major Republican candidate standing in Donald Trump’s path to the GOP’s 2024 presidential nomination, are privately bracing for a blowout loss in her home state’s primary election in South Carolina on Saturday. And they cannot name a state where she is likely to beat Trump in the coming weeks. But in an emotional address on Tuesday, Haley declared, “I refuse to quit.” And in an interview, she vowed to stay in the fight ...

College Football Playoff approves 5-7 format, reduces spots for conference champions to 5

The Associated Press The field for the 12-team College Football Playoff beginning next season will comprise five conference champions and seven at-large selections after the university presidents who oversee the CFP voted unanimously Tuesday to tweak the format. The move to decrease the number of spots reserved for conference champions from six to five was prompted by realignment and the disassembling of the Pac-12. An expected vote last month was delayed at the Pac-12’s request. The original plan for the 12-team format was to have the six highest-ranked conference champions, ...

Two men charged with murder in deadly shooting at Kansas City’s Super Bowl celebration

The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Two men charged with murder in last week’s shooting after the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade were strangers who pulled out guns and began firing within seconds of starting an argument, according to court documents released Tuesday. Missouri prosecutors said at a news conference that Lyndell Mays, of Raytown, Mo., and Dominic Miller, of Kansas City, Mo., have been charged with second-degree murder and several weapons counts in the shooting that left one person dead and roughly two dozen others injured. Both men were shot during ...

With hundreds set to descend on Tahiti for Olympics, can locals protect their way of life?

The Associated Press TEAHUPO‘O, French Polynesia — Peva Levy said he felt a powerful, natural energy known as “mana” when he surfed Teahupo‘o’s waves on a piece of plywood for the first time, rushing down a crumbling white surf in front of an untouched volcanic beach several years before the steady streams of surfers started arriving when the village got its first asphalt road over fifty years ago. “It was a secret spot,” the surfer and Tahitian native remembered, as he stood on the pristine beaches of Teahupo‘o on the island’s south side, waves crashing off in ...

Stalled US aid for Ukraine underscores GOP’s shift away from confronting Russia and Putin

The Associated Press At about 2 a.m. last Tuesday, Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin stood on the Senate floor and explained why he opposed sending more aid to help Ukraine fend off the invasion launched in 2022 by Russian President Vladimir Putin. “I don’t like this reality,” Johnson said. “Vladimir Putin is an evil war criminal.” But he quickly added: “Vladimir Putin will not lose this war.” That argument—that the Russian president cannot be stopped so there’s no point in using American taxpayer dollars against him—marks a new stage in the Republican ...

Over 29,000 Palestinians have been killed in war

The Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip—Israel’s assault in Gaza has killed more than 29,000 Palestinians since Oct. 7, the territory’s Health Ministry said Monday, marking another grim milestone in one of the deadliest and most destructive military campaigns in recent history. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to continue the offensive until “total victory” against Hamas after the militants’ Oct. 7 attack on Israeli communities. He and the military have said troops will move soon into the southernmost town of Rafah on the Egyptian border, where over half ...