Month: January 2023

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Northern California residents are bracing for another round of powerful storms. A weather…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Unless Missouri Gov. Mike Parson grants clemency, Amber McLaughlin, 49, will become the first…

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — At least 500 migrants have arrived in the Florida Keys over the last several days in what the local sheriff’s office…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House will convene Tuesday to elect a speaker for the new Congress. The majority of the…

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African officials say the death toll from an explosion of a tanker truck on Christmas Eve near eastern Johannesburg has…

A suspected gas explosion a few hours into the new year demolished two Philadelphia row homes and sent several people to the hospital. Fire…

By SELLO MOTSETA Associated Press GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — An arrest warrant has been issued in Botswana for former President Ian Khama on a…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SANTOS, Brazil (AP) — Thousands of mourners, including high school students and supreme court justices, began…

By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Democrat Marcy Kaptur is set to become the longest-serving woman in congressional history…

By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Emergencies such as power outages or severe weather can happen at any time and can be costly. Unplanned hotel stays,…

CAIRO (AP) — An ancient wooden sarcophagus that was featured at the Houston Museum of Natural Sciences was returned to Egypt after U.S. authorities…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Lise Nørgaard, a screenwriter who penned the popular epic television drama “Matador” about the lives of ordinary…

THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A 29-year-old woman has been arrested in connection with the death of her baby daughter in northern Greece. The…

By GIADA ZAMPANO and FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI ‘s body, his head resting on a…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Thousands of people in the Philippines remained in emergency shelters in the wake of devastating Christmas flooding, as…

By FELIPE DANA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces fired rockets at a facility in the eastern Donetsk region where Russian…

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top court says the government’s surprise decision in 2016 to demonetize high-value…

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Katie Hobbs took the oath of office to become Arizona’s 24th governor and the first…

RENO, Nevada (AP) — Jeremy Renner suffered blunt chest trauma and orthopedic injuries in a snow plow accident in Reno, Nevada, on Sunday, a…

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Two children have been killed and five other civilians wounded in a blast in a village in Indian-controlled Kashmir a day…

By COURTNEY WALSH Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Two helicopters collided in an Australian tourist hotspot, killing four people and…

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Republicans and Democrats are being forced to confront critical questions about the…

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Both political parties are opening the new year confronting critical questions about…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family waved to throngs of New Year’s well-wishers from the…

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israeli forces killed two Palestinians, including a man claimed by an armed group as a member, during a confrontation…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press MACAO (AP) — Only a few tourists crisscrossed the wavy black and white paving of Macao’s historic Senado…

By ALBERT AJI and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian army says missile strikes by Israel’s military have put the…