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CNN has reported, citing sources familiar with her plans, that Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley will announce her exit from the presidential race. Haley, who emerged as the sole rival to former President Donald Trump in the Republican primary campaign, faced a setback on Super Tuesday, winning only 43 of the Republican delegates compared to Trump's 764.

Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley secured her first victory over former President Donald Trump in the Republican primary, prevailing in Washington, DC. The Hill projections on Monday revealed that Haley garnered 1,274 votes compared to Trump's 676, marking a significant turn in the 2024 Republican presidential campaign.

Kansas City, Missouri, was marred by tragedy as a local radio DJ, Lisa Lopez-Galvan, lost her life in a shooting incident following the celebratory Super Bowl parade. Confirmed by KKFI radio station and reported by People magazine, Lopez-Galvan, a mother of two, fell victim to the violence, leaving behind a devastated community.

British architect and urban planner David Chipperfield won the 2023 Pritzker Prize, organizers of the profession's most prestigious award announced on March 7.

The 69-year-old was honored for "timeless modern design that confronts climate urgencies, transforms social relationships and reinvigorates cities," they said in a statement.

Actor Annie Wersching, best known for playing FBI agent Renee Walker in the series "24" and providing the voice for Tess in the video game "The Last of Us," has died. She was 45.

Wersching passed away on Jan. 29 morning in Los Angeles following a battle with cancer, her publicist told The Associated Press. The type of cancer was not specified.

On Friday, the court granted the request brought by Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, both republicans

American grandmaster Hans Niemann, in the latest move in a scandal that has rocked the world of chess, filed a lawsuit on Thursday against Magnus Carlsen after the Norwegian world champion accused him of cheating.

A series of "once-in-a-millennium" rainstorms have lashed the United States in recent weeks, flooding areas baked dry by long-term droughts, as human-caused climate change brings weather whiplash.

And scientists warn that global warming means once-rare events are already much more likely, upending the models they have long used to predict possible disasters, with worse to come.

More than 50 US and Japanese warplanes flew over waters off Japan this week amid rising tensions with China and Russia

Major automaker Ford will cut its North American vehicle production next week due to a semiconductor shortage, U.S. media reported on Feb. 5.

Ford plans to suspend production of vehicles including the Ford Bronco, the popular F-150 pickup and the new Mustang Mach-E electric vehicle at its plants in Michigan, Illinois and Mexico, according to outlets including CNBC.