Month: November 2023

By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Residents in a Brazilian community descended from runaway slaves ini Rio de Janeiro have…

PELLA, Iowa (AP) — Voters in a small Iowa city have narrowly decided not to support giving their City Council more power over their local library.…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A man accused of assaulting a woman at a U.S. research station in Antarctica last year…

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — More than 400 earthquakes have been detected beneath Washington’s Mount St. Helens in recent months, though there are no…

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu didn’t elaborate when he said this week that Israel…

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Senate has approved lifting a 36-year-old moratorium on new…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has set a January execution date for what could be the nation’s first death…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Supreme Court is refusing to bar former President Donald…

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Angels hired Ron Washington to be their new manager Wednesday, turning to a…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Newsman Bob Woodruff has returned to the Iraqi roadside where a bomb nearly killed him while on…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press GREENBELT, Md. (AP) — A jury is set to decide the perjury case against a former top prosecutor for the city…

By ÉDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — About 3,000 migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti have blocked traffic…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The “Macbeth”-inspired immersive theater experience “Sleep No More” that is hosted…

DETROIT (AP) — Detroit police say a suspect is in custody in the fatal stabbing of a Detroit synagogue leader. Samantha Woll’s death has…

By BROOKE SCHULTZ and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Liberal and moderate candidates have won seats in polarizing…

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The deputy director of the new gun violence prevention office at the White House has been in…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The family of a prominent Palestinian activist is fighting Israel’s arrest of the young…

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland officials have approved a settlement that includes reforms to the state medical…

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of Democratic lawmakers are urging President Joe Biden to take steps to protect…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The day that panda lovers have been dreading has finally come. The National Zoo’s three…

LUMBERTON, N.C. (AP) — The sheriff’s office in a southeastern North Carolina county where two deputies were seriously wounded while…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Wednesday for a united and…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The number of homeless families seeking emergency shelter in Massachusetts is nearing a…

By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Nashville district attorney is calling on the Tennessee legislature to make it easier…

By JIM MUSTIAN and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal jury convicted two longtime U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration…

By DAVID BILLER Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Federal Police in Brazil say they’ve foiled a terror plot and arrested two people…

By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press A Russian news agency is reporting that the country is preparing to send a battalion of Ukrainian prisoners of war…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation into alleged…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams defended members of his campaign staff while addressing a room…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Democratic governors across the country are sending a joint letter to leaders in…

By The Associated Press Hundreds of Azerbaijani soldiers have paraded through the capital city of the Karabakh region that came under full control of…

By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The race to add two-way baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani in a blockbuster free agency…

NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — A man convicted of shooting and wounding a New Hampshire bishop and assaulting the bride and groom in 2019 has played his own…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans will issue subpoenas on Wednesday to members of President Joe Biden’s…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The office of Gov. Janet Mills says Maine’s government is going to cover the cost of…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has announced he will require private concessionary railway companies to offer passenger service. If…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican David Owen defeated Democrat Susanna Gibson in a Virginia House of Delegates race that drew attention after…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters threw their support behind abortion rights in Ohio, Virginia…