Month: December 2023

By JACK DURA and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The 42-year-old son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer is scheduled for his…

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian police have put prominent Russian-American journalist Masha Gessen on a wanted…

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Friday the newest member of…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York can continue to enforce laws banning firearms in sensitive locations, a federal appeals court ruled Friday in its first…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts’ attorney general has filed a lawsuit accusing a white nationalist group of civil…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — University of Nebraska officials have unveiled a plan for a $450 million renovation of its…

By DAVID A. LIEB and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Some Republican Missouri lawmakers are renewing their call to…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Pennsylvania man described by authorities as the lead defendant in a drug distribution and human smuggling case has pleaded…

By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A judge has found the New Hampshire publisher of a weekly community newspaper guilty of…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Scotland’s highest civil court has upheld the British government’s move to block a landmark…

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — An extremely rare white leucistic alligator has been born at a Florida reptile park. Gatorland Orlando said Thursday that…

NEWARK N.J. (AP) — Authorities in New Jersey say two nurses and a medical resident were stabbed inside a pediatric intensive care unit. The…

By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer U.S. regulators have approved two gene therapies for sickle cell disease. Doctors hope they can cure the painful…

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Thursday made his first public appearance outdoors since being stricken by bronchitis two weeks ago, which forced him…

ROMEOVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Police say the suspect in the September shooting deaths of a suburban Chicago family was in a relationship with one of the…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis man who spent 11 years behind bars for a killing before his conviction was overturned is suing the city and detectives…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott gave $2.1 billion in donations since November 2022, she said in an online post,…

NEW YORK (AP) — Spotify’s chief financial officer, Paul Vogel, is leaving next year, the music streaming service said — just days after the…

By LOU KESTEN Associated Press It’s been a terrific year for video games. Developers hit their stride on the PlayStation 5 and Xbox X/S consoles,…

By EDNA TARIGAN and RAHMAT MIRZA Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s president says his government blames a surge in human…

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The president of Harvard University has apologized for her remarks at a congressional…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fourteen years ago, Tony Shalhoub said goodbye to one of his most beloved creations — the…

BOSTON (AP) — An official menu for a state banquet that bears the signature of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong has been auctioned for $275,000.…

Slovakia’s President Zuzana Caputova says she will seek to block the new government’s plan to return the prosecution of major crimes from a…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A bold, innovative project begun nearly a generation ago to erect a…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden are headed to California for six fundraising…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The publishing world made plenty of news in 2023, but not only because of the books themselves.…

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa helicopter pilot is back in the air, two weeks after a waterfowl smashed through the windshield of his chopper and…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees has unanimously approved the next…

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The International Olympic Committee says some Russian athletes will be allowed to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s state media say top leaders held an annual planning meeting where they agreed to step up spending to help rev up the…