Month: May 2023

By MARK SHERMAN and EMILY SWANSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Confidence in the Supreme Court sank to its lowest point in at least 50 years…

By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press A man has been indicted by a grand jury on charges of stealing a pair of ruby red slippers worn by Judy Garland…

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press LIMASSOL, Cyprus (AP) — A U.S. Navy commander says there is “no significant change” in the conduct of…

HONOLULU (AP) — An energy storage farm could replace Hawaii’s last coal-fired power plant that closed in 2022 after 30 years. The AES…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Prosecutors say a woman has agreed to a 52-year prison sentence after pleading guilty in the 2021…

By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press AUBERVILLIERS, France (AP) — Renowned actor Forest Whitaker, who has portrayed a dictator, a Mafia hitman, a…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes has asked a federal judge to allow her to…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Many patients in Nigeria are left without health care as the association of doctors in…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — CNN said Kaitlan Collins will host a new hourlong show at the center of the prime-time lineup,…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — About 50 migrants have been kidnapped by a gang in northern Mexico, the latest in a series of mass abductions. President Andrés…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A senior South African government minister denied Wednesday there was extensive corruption…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is strengthening a rule aimed at controlling and cleaning up…

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Pale Male, a red-tailed hawk who brought a touch of the wild to swanky Manhattan as he nested…

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — More than 5,000 soldiers and 500 police have encircled a small town in northern El Salvador after President Nayib…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors in Minnesota have dropped sex abuse charges against R. Kelly. They alleged that…

ATLANTA (AP) — A former state House member and a former South Fulton city council member are heading to a runoff in Georgia House District 68.…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A grand jury has indicted a man who was already charged in the stabbing deaths of four…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish court has convicted nine people, including two former activists of the governing Law and Justice party, of using…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Writers’ group PEN America and publisher Penguin Random House sued a Florida…

By SEUNG MIN KIM and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An optimistic President Joe Biden declared Wednesday he is confident the U.S.…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, were trailed in their…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Wednesday that Illinois can, for now, keep in place a new law that bars the sale of certain semiautomatic…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The top federal prosecutor in Massachusetts, who has…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed bills Wednesday that ban gender-affirming care for…