Month: February 2023

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of U.S. mass killings linked to extremism over the past decade was at least…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats recently celebrated the 100th judicial confirmation of Joe Biden’s presidency and…

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In the year since Russia invaded Ukraine, disinformation and propaganda have emerged as key…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles judge on Thursday sentenced Harvey Weinstein to 16 more years in prison…

By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Missouri attorney general called Wednesday for the resignation of St. Louis’ elected…

SYDNEY (AP) — Australian national carrier Qantas has posted an underlying pre-tax half-year profit of 1.43 billion Australian dollars ($978…

By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press The Biden administration said Wednesday it is considering the first-ever lease sale for offshore wind energy…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Emperor Naruhito has expressed deep sorrow for the suffering of people in conflicts…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose has unveiled legislation that would clarify and…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Senate on Wednesday approved a reform of the country’s electoral institute, a move that opponents say will undercut…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers are having their first public hearing on a proposal to penalize some…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Philippine mayor says a search team has reached the crash site on a restive volcano of a…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death 35 years ago of an…

BEIJING (AP) — A 6.8 magnitude earthquake shook a lightly populated, remote part of Tajikistan early Thursday near China’s far western Xinjiang…

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Charges are mounting against a “Dances With Wolves” actor who is accused of sexually abusing and…

By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press A central Florida television journalist and a little girl were fatally shot Wednesday afternoon near the scene of a…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press A Texas man who threatened U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Twitter after he stormed the U.S. Capitol…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Steve Bannon’s latest legal trouble: a lawsuit alleging he stiffed his former lawyers out of…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The many faces and inspirations of David Bowie are getting a permanent home in London. Britain’s…

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska lawmaker with a history of incendiary remarks has been censured by the state…

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Google is blocking some Canadian users from viewing news content in what the company says is a test run of a potential…

By BILL BARROW Associated Press PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Chad Loshbaugh and his seventh-grade son, Theo, were starting a historical tour for their winter…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ukraine’s foreign minister is urging the world’s nations as the anniversary of…

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Opponents of embattled New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell say they have enough signatures from a…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The state of Michigan is asking a judge to release a man who has served nearly 21 years of a life…

By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona’s former attorney general suppressed findings by his investigators who…

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Lawmakers in Colorado and at least five other states are proposing bills to roll…

By TOM DAVIES Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Republican lawmakers have voted to prohibit Indiana University from using any state…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press A former law partner of Alex Murdaugh testified at his double murder trial Wednesday that more than a dozen…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Five employees of an environmental consulting firm died when a small airplane they were…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia lawmakers are watering down a bill to allow heavier trucks on state highways after widespread…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Three Republican House members are among those joining the call for a moratorium on the…