Month: March 2023

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Tens of thousands of Texans from the bustling Dallas-Fort Worth area routinely drive across the Red River to gamble in glitzy, Las Vegas-style tribal casinos or to relax at cabins or swim and ski in lakes that dot southern Oklahoma. Soon, they could come north for

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain has reasserted its sovereignty over the Falkland Islands after Argentina pulled out of a cooperation agreement and demanded new talks over the South Atlantic territory that sparked a 1982 war between the two countries. The pronouncement came after Argentine Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero said on Twitter

By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV Associated Press KHROMOVE, Ukraine (AP) — Pressure from Russian forces mounted Saturday on Ukrainians hunkered down in Bakhmut, as residents attempted to flee with help from troops who Western analysts say may be preparing to withdraw from the key eastern stronghold. A woman was killed and two men were badly wounded by

By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The director of a hospital in a disputed city in the Somaliland region says at least 145 people have been killed in more than two months of fighting between anti-government fighters and Somaliland security forces after local elders declared their intention to reunite with Somalia. The

By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — The head of the U.N.’s nuclear agency said Saturday that Iran pledged to restore cameras and other monitoring equipment at its nuclear sites and to allow more inspections at a facility where particles of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade were recently detected. But a

By KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA Associated Press CHIANG RAI, Thailand (AP) — To the chant of Buddhist prayers, friends and family of one of the soccer boys rescued from a flooded cave in northern Thailand in 2018 bid farewell to their teammate who died in the U.K. last month. The shrine for Duangphet “Dom” Phromthep was decorated

By NICOLAS GARRIGA and BARBARA SURK Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Organizers of next year’s Paris Olympics promised relatively modest prices and egalitarian access to events, thanks to an online system meant to revolutionize ticket sales and bring the masses to stadiums and arenas for as little as $26. As the month-long opening round of

By JARI TANNER Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Estonia is preparing to hold a general election that will determine whether it can sustain its high level of support for Ukraine. The small Baltic nation has provided Ukraine with more weapons than any other country relative to the size of its economy. Prime Minister Kaja

By TOM KRISHER and MARK THIESSEN Associated Press TOK, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s rugged and frigid interior, where it can get as cold as minus 50 Fahrenheit (minus 46 Celsius), is not the place you’d expect to find an electric school bus. But here is Bus No. 50, with a cartoon horse decal on its

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KRYVYI RIH, Ukraine (AP) — The pops of welding torches and the piercing whine of angle grinders fill the spacious production floor at a steel plant in central Ukraine. Instead of producing and repairing mining equipment, a team of workers is busy building metal bunkers for front-line troops. The team

BEIJING (AP) — China says increases in its defense budget have been “appropriate and reasonable” and are aimed at meeting the complex security challenges and for China to fulfill its responsibilities as a major country. A new budget is set to be announced on the opening day of the rubber-stamp legislature’s annual session on Sunday.

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Sherrod Brown has survived a decade of statewide Democratic losses in Ohio by building a reputation as the rare person in his party who can still connect with the white working-class voters who have increasingly shifted to Republicans. But as he heads into what could be

By PAUL J. WEBER and KEN MILLER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas was censured Saturday in a rare move by his state party over votes that included supporting new gun safety laws after the Uvalde school shooting in his district. The Republican Party of Texas voted 57-5

ITALY, Texas (AP) — News reports say three children have been killed and two other children wounded in an attack at a home in Texas on Friday afternoon. KTVT-TV reports paramedics responded to a call at a home in Italy, Texas, around 4 p.m. and two people were transported to hospitals by helicopter. WFAA-TV reports

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer A year after Will Smith smacked him on the Academy Awards stage, Chris Rock finally gave his rebuttal in a forceful stand-up special, streamed live on Netflix, in which the comedian bragged that he “took that hit like Pacquiao.” The 58-year-old comedian on Saturday night performed his first stand-up

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) — Walterboro native Danny Murdaugh is ready for his small South Carolina town to return to normal following the double murder trial of a distant relative that drew global attention and sullied his family’s surname. He lamented the “circus” brought to Walterboro by the six-week

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A prosecutor says three Indianapolis men have been convicted of murder and other charges in the fatal shooting of three young men and a young woman found slain in a ransacked apartment. Marion County Prosecutor Ryan Mears said Friday that Cameron Banks, Desmond Banks and Lasean Watkins were convicted of four counts

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Two senior clergymen in Jerusalem have consecrated the holy oil that will be used to anoint King Charles III during his May 6 coronation, as the Anglican Church seeks to underscore the monarchy’s long history and the royal family’s links to the Middle East. The oil was

By ASTRID SUÁREZ Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Gustavo Petro has asked prosecutors to investigate accusations made against his brother and one of his sons that appear to go against his campaign pledges to promote peace and fight corruption. Petro, an ex-guerrilla who was elected as Colombia first leftist president last year,

By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said Friday that he plans to sign a measure that would effectively ban abortion clinics from operating in the state, meaning hospitals will soon be the only places where they can be provided in the state. After passing through the state

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Child protective services had opened an investigation of a Utah man over alleged child abuse and threats to his family just weeks before he killed seven of his family members and then himself, new documents reveal. Caseworkers were at the Haight house in the small town of Enoch on Dec.

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Defense attorneys for a man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death asked the Idaho Supreme Court on Friday to keep a gag order in place, saying a challenge to the order filed by 30 news organizations is premature and that media coverage

By JILL COLVIN and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Leading Republicans took veiled jabs at Donald Trump at an annual gathering of conservatives as they urged a party course correction ahead of the 2024 presidential contest. But their refusal to call him out by name underscored the risks faced by

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A judge has sentenced an Iowa man convicted of killing his parents and sister to three consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole. Judge Lars Anderson sentenced 22-year-old Alexander Ken Jackson on Friday after his conviction in January of three counts of first-degree murder in the June 15, 2021,

NEW YORK (AP) — A man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to a federal hate crime conspiracy charge in a series of antisemitic assaults in New York City. Twenty-nine-year-old Saadah Masoud of Staten Island was sentenced Friday by Judge Denise Cote. Masoud was arrested last June after authorities said

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska; Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson. __ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, and Jim Himes, D-Conn.; Gov. Chris Sununu, R-N.H. __ CBS’ “Face the Nation” — Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va.; Gov. J.B. Pritzker, D-Ill.; Rep. Brad Wenstrup,

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal jurors in New York are preparing to start deliberations on the fates of two former Fox executives accused of paying millions of dollars in bribes to gain broadcasting rights to soccer’s biggest matches, including the World Cup. From the start, U.S. prosecutors depicted the