Month: June 2022

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden says parents and teachers must “speak up” and demand that Congress pass gun…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal appeals court says the NAACP has no standing to sue a Mississippi…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press POINT PLEASANT BEACH, N.J. (AP) — Two Jersey Shore towns plan to have extra police on hand this weekend even though…

UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Two Uvalde city police officers told a sheriff’s deputy that they passed up a fleeting chance to shoot the gunman for…

SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A restaurant created by KFC founder Harland Sanders for his wife decades ago is for sale. The Claudia Sanders Dinner House…

By The Associated Press Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming…

By MICHAEL PHILLIS, SETH BORENSTEIN and BRITTANY PETERSON RED LODGE, Montana (AP) — Just three months ago, the Yellowstone region like most of the…

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian President Pedro Castillo appeared before national prosecutors to answer questions regarding an ongoing investigation in…

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors have accused a Las Vegas man of committing a hate crime by killing one person and wounding five at a mass…

By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (AP) — About 20 students at a Michigan high school where four students were killed in a…

By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says Florida doctors will be able to order COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5…

By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Securities and Exchange Commission moved closer Friday to a final rule that would…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s military says a Russian warship has violated its territorial waters. The Defense Command of the Danish armed…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Entertainment Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Hard to think of a better way for Paul McCartney to celebrate his 80th…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has imposed sanctions on Nicaragua’s state-owned gold mining company and the…

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday asked that a statewide grand jury be set up to examine networks that illegally smuggle…

PARIS (AP) — French film actor and amateur race car driver Jean-Louis Trintignant has died at age 91. Trintignant earned acclaim for his starring…

LAKE OZARK, Mo. (AP) — Former NASCAR driver Clint Bowyer was involved in a crash that killed a pedestrian in southwest Missouri earlier this month.…

MADRID (AP) — Officials say some 9,000 hectares of wooded hill land in northwestern Spain have been burnt by a wildfire that forced the evacuation…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A legal official says a court in military-ruled Myanmar has sentenced a close colleague of ousted…

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican narcos’ fascination with exotic animals was on display this week after a spider…

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Making his first public appearance since the House committee investigating the Jan. 6…

By VESELIN TOSHKOV Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — After just seven months in office, and now reduced to heading a minority government,…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — An international watchdog says it will keep Pakistan on a so-called “gray list” of countries…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — For decades, it was accepted wisdom in the casino industry that eliminating smoking…

GENEVA (AP) — The organizer of the Eurovision Song Contest says that it will start talks with the BBC on possibly holding next year’s event in…

By BERENICE BAUTISTA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — What is art? Do awards make you a better artist? Are blockbuster movies only for…

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — President Vladimir Putin has said at Russia’s showpiece investment conference that the country’s economy will…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer U.S. airlines canceled high numbers of flights for a second straight day on Friday as they tried to recover from…