Month: May 2023

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A top Russian official who faces sanctions in the West over Moscow’s war on…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s ongoing medical struggles have raised a sensitive…

By KAT STAFFORD Associated Press From birth to death, Black Americans fare worse in measures of health compared to their white counterparts. They…

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Authorities say U.S. Border Patrol agents answering reports of gunfire shot and killed a man on a…

LONDON (AP) — Several dozen youths pelted police with objects and set cars and trash bins ablaze in Cardiff in local unrest that erupted after two…

By KAT STAFFORD Associated Press FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Constance Guthrie is not yet dead, but her daughter has begun to plan her funeral. It…

By ANNIE MA Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — To her students who need the most support, India Strother is rarely just “Ms. Strother” —…

By KAT STAFFORD Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Amid the balloons, cake and games at his best friend’s birthday party on a farm,…

By KAT STAFFORD Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Angelica Lyons knew it was dangerous for Black women to give birth in America. As a public…

By VALERIA OLIVARES, The Dallas Morning News DALLAS (AP) — Daisy Donjuan’s family never saw the value in college. After graduating from high…

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s push to become a bigger player in the clean energy market is in the spotlight…

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two Ukrainian war veterans who lost limbs in the 2014 war with Russia have taken part in a…

PHOENIX (AP) — A judge on Monday dismissed the only remaining legal claim in Republican Kari Lake’s challenge of her loss in last year’s…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has extended his order temporarily stopping the Mississippi Supreme…

By RICK RYCROFT and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — About 20,000 cheering fans have welcomed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a…

By ACHMAD IBRAHIM and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press BOGOR, Indonesia (AP) — Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has met his Indonesian counterpart,…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper is embarking on a campaign to beat back…

By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A man who was walking on tidal mud flats with friends in an Alaska estuary got stuck up…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — E. Jean Carroll, the advice columnist who won a $5 million sexual abuse and defamation award…

LAKES OF THE FOUR SEASONS, Ind. (AP) — A hand grenade exploded as a family went through a grandfather’s belongings in Indiana, killing a man…

By CARLOS VALDEZ Associated Press LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Pope Francis has sent one of his top sex crimes investigators to Bolivia at a time when…

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Taxpayers in metro Phoenix are approaching a milestone in their financial pain from a 2013…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers announced Monday that a satirical LGBTQ+ group called the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence will again be…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California officials say they believe communities living near an ancient freshwater lake…

By AAMER MADHANI and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s decision to allow allies to train Ukrainian…

NEW YORK (AP) — About 160 resident physicians have gone on strike over what they called low pay at a public hospital in New York City. Elmhurst…

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota officials are planning a new state park along a scenic gorge near the Canadian border. The Legislature recently…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A school shooter serving a life sentence without parole for killing a first grader on a…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — Todd Haynes’ “May December” is a delicious and disquieting drama laced with comedy…

By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A group of parents at a Christian school in Nashville that recently suffered a school…

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska woman pleaded guilty Monday to burning and concealing a fetus after she took medication…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A popular Orlando restaurant that regularly features drag shows filed a federal lawsuit against the state of Florida and Gov.…

By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press SANTIAGO XALITZINTLA, Mexico (AP) — At the edge of this town near the Popocatepetl volcano, away from the din of…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — President Joe Biden approved an emergency declaration as an intensifying Super Typhoon…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Ray Stevenson, who played the villainous British governor in “RRR,” an Asgardian warrior in the “Thor” films,…

By BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Authorities could temporarily seize firearms and background checks…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A lawsuit has been filed against medical transport provider American Medical Response West, saying the ambulance company’s…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators have approved a new nasal spray to reverse overdoses due to fentanyl…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — An independent autopsy released by lawyers for the family of a man who died in a bedbug-infested…

By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Oakland Athletics broadcaster Glen Kuiper was let go by NBC Sports California after using a…

HOLLY, Mich. (AP) — A team of wranglers — including one on horseback — chased down and captured a wayward steer named Lester across several…