Month: January 2022

HOUSTON (AP) — The mother of a 2-year-old girl whose body was found in a Houston bayou in 2020 has pleaded guilty for her role in the child’s…

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will deliver his first State of the Union address on March 1, the White House…

BERLIN (AP) — A Berlin teacher has been convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison for the killing of another man that the court said was…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in Mexico’s Gulf coast state of Veracruz say a heap of nine bodies has been found piled on a roadside. The…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Wisconsin lawmakers are pushing for tougher bail policies after a man who is charged with driving his SUV through a…

By SAM METZ AP / Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — The challenges facing former U.S. Sen. Dean Heller as he runs for Nevada governor were on…

By ASTRID SUÁREZ Associated Press CALI, Colombia (AP) — For the first time in years, Víctor Escobar stopped taking most of the medicines needed…

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Hundreds of Novak Djokovic’s supporters have gathered at a rally in downtown Belgrade to protest his confinement in…

BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — Former players David Cone and Eduardo Perez are joining Karl Ravech to form a new broadcast team for ESPN’s “Sunday Night…

By LINDSEY TANNER and MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writers Hospitalizations of U.S. children under 5 with COVID-19 have soared to unprecedented levels, a…

MOSCOW (AP) — As Kazakhstan struggles to cope with an increasingly violent uprising this week, it has turned for help to a Russian-led security…

BERLIN (AP) — Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer’s office says he has tested positive for the coronavirus after apparently being infected by a…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia gubernatorial candidate David Perdue and his campaign are challenging a new state law that…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s Culture Ministry launched an investigation Friday following the online release of a short film showing two men…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sidney Poitier, who played roles of such dignity and intelligence that he transformed how Black…

By DAVID EGGERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A ballot drive being launched in Michigan would protect a woman’s right to an abortion…

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A Portuguese court has acquitted a former defense minister but convicted 11 others in connection with the theft of weapons…

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators are shortening the time that people who received Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine have to wait for a booster —…

CHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester City player Benjamin Mendy has been released from prison on bail ahead of his trial on rape charges, which has…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Governors across the U.S. took sweeping action during earlier surges of the COVID-19…

BOSTON (AP) — Prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into the Boston area’s public transit agency to determine whether there was a…

By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer Novak Djokovic isn’t alone in having his visa canceled after flying in for the Australian Open without the…

By MATTHEW LEE and LORNE COOK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and NATO are roundly rejecting Russian demands that the alliance…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press MAKURDI, Nigeria (AP) — More than 100 people have been killed in three days of violence in Nigeria’s troubled…