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Month: April 2025

Georgian-Russian sculptor Zurab Tsereteli, known for his gigantic and controversial work, dies at 91

MOSCOW (AP) — Zurab Tsereteli, a prominent Georgian-Russian sculptor known for colossal, often controversial, monuments, died early on Tuesday at 91. His assistant Sergei Shagulashvili told Russia’s state news agency Tass that Tsereteli suffered cardiac arrest. Tsereteli was born on January 4, 1934, in Georgia, which was part of the Soviet Union at the time,

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Georgian-Russian sculptor Zurab Tsereteli, known for his gigantic and controversial work, dies at 91

MOSCOW (AP) — Zurab Tsereteli, a prominent Georgian-Russian sculptor known for colossal, often controversial, monuments, died early on Tuesday at 91. His assistant Sergei Shagulashvili told Russia’s state news agency Tass that Tsereteli suffered cardiac arrest. Tsereteli was born on January 4, 1934, in Georgia, which was part of the Soviet Union at the time,

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The top producer at ’60 Minutes’ has quit. He says he can no longer run the show as he always has

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — With his show involved in a bitter dispute with President Donald Trump, the top executive at the storied CBS News show “60 Minutes” abruptly resigned on Tuesday while saying he’s losing the freedom to run it independently. Bill Owens, executive producer of television’s most popular

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Great Plains News Digest

The following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US-CARBON CAPTURE REDUCED ROUTE Midwest carbon capture pipeline seeks additional time on permitting application in South Dakota SUMMARY:

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Great Plains News Digest

The following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US-CARBON CAPTURE REDUCED ROUTE Midwest carbon capture pipeline seeks additional time on permitting application in South Dakota SUMMARY:

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Great Plains News Digest

The following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US-CARBON CAPTURE REDUCED ROUTE Midwest carbon capture pipeline seeks additional time on permitting application in South Dakota SUMMARY:

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Great Plains News Digest

The following AP stories are planned for today or have moved. For text, photos, video, live and audio plans beyond the next 24 hours, please visit Coverage Plan. —————————— IOWA – NEW AND DEVELOPING – NEWS —————————— US-CARBON CAPTURE REDUCED ROUTE Midwest carbon capture pipeline seeks additional time on permitting application in South Dakota SUMMARY:

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Rubio unveils a massive overhaul of the State Department that would cut staff and bureaus

By FARNOUSH AMIRI, MATTHEW LEE and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio unveiled a massive overhaul of the State Department on Tuesday, with plans to reduce staff in the U.S. by 15% while closing and consolidating more than 100 bureaus worldwide as part of the Trump administration’s “America First”

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Rubio unveils a massive overhaul of the State Department that would cut staff and bureaus

By FARNOUSH AMIRI, MATTHEW LEE and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio unveiled a massive overhaul of the State Department on Tuesday, with plans to reduce staff in the U.S. by 15% while closing and consolidating more than 100 bureaus worldwide as part of the Trump administration’s “America First”

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The top producer at ’60 Minutes’ has quit. He says he can no longer run the show as he always has

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — With his show involved in a bitter dispute with President Donald Trump, the top executive at the storied CBS News show “60 Minutes” abruptly resigned on Tuesday while saying he’s losing the freedom to run it independently. Bill Owens, executive producer of television’s most popular

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South Dakota panel rejects permit for an $8.9 billion carbon capture Midwest pipeline

By SARAH RAZA Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The massive carbon capture pipeline in the Midwest was thrown into uncertainty Tuesday after South Dakota’s Public Utility Commission denied its route permit application. The commission voted 2-1 to deny the application by Iowa-based Summit Carbon Solutions, with Commissioner Kristie Fiegen saying it was “not

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South Dakota panel rejects permit for an $8.9 billion carbon capture Midwest pipeline

By SARAH RAZA Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The massive carbon capture pipeline in the Midwest was thrown into uncertainty Tuesday after South Dakota’s Public Utility Commission denied its route permit application. The commission voted 2-1 to deny the application by Iowa-based Summit Carbon Solutions, with Commissioner Kristie Fiegen saying it was “not

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