Month: January 2023

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The United States Embassy in the tiny Central American nation of Belize on Sunday confirmed the death of a U.S. citizen there…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Ten guards and four inmates were killed early Sunday when gunmen in armored vehicles attacked a state prison in Ciudad Juarez…

By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Governor Kathy Hochul was sworn in for her first elected term on…

LONDON (AP) — The U.K. division of climate change protest group Extinction Rebellion says its activists would temporarily stop blocking busy roads,…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press Democrat Michelle Lujan Grisham has officially started her second term as New Mexico governor. She promised…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was sworn in for second term as the state’s 49th…

SUPAI, Ariz. (AP) — President Joe Biden has approved a disaster declaration made by the Havasupai Tribe in northern Arizona, freeing up funds for…

NEW YORK (AP) — “Avatar: The Way of Water” is the box office king for a third straight week, and shows no sign of slowing down. James…

By ASTRID SUÁREZ Associated Press BUCARAMANGA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia and Venezuela are opening a key bridge linking the countries that had been…

COOKE CITY, Mont. (AP) — Two people were killed in New Year’s Eve avalanches in Montana and Colorado after heavy snow blanketed much of the…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Residents of a Northern California community were ordered to evacuate ahead of imminent flooding, and evacuation warnings…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Supreme Court has halted provisions of a new law that would eliminate cash bail for criminal defendants,…

NEW YORK (AP) — Jeremiah Green, the founding drummer for the rock band Modest Mouse, has died just days after the band announced he had been…

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — The chief of the European Union has visited Croatia to celebrate the “immense achievements” of the newest EU member…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The election contests of 2022 may have been held and decided, but Ohio’s political…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Nearly 300 domestic and international flights at the Manila airport in the Philippines have been either delayed,…

OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — Officials are investigating a fatal police shooting in a Olathe, Kansas, on New Year’s Eve. Olathe police said in a news…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press ROME (AP) — Dubai has ended its 30% tax on alcohol sales in the sheikhdom and made its required liquor licenses…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press CHRISTIANSTED, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) — President Joe Biden and top administration officials will open a…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Libyan authorities say they have found 18 bodies buried in a mass grave in the central coastal city of…

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer After the best semifinal day in the nine-year history of the College Football Playoff, the title game…

JERUSALEM (AP) — The tourism minister of Israel’s new hardline government has promised to invest in the West Bank, calling the occupied area…

By MARIA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press RAPA NUI, Chile (AP) — Rapa Nui – the remote Chilean territory in the mid-Pacific widely known as…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — There was no tolling of the bells of St. Peter’s Basilica, no solemn announcement by a…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SANTOS, Brazil (AP) — Pelé. Santos, Brazil. Over decades, adoring fans around the world mailed thousands of…