Month: December 2023

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Masters champion Jon Rahm bolted for Saudi-funded LIV Golf on Wednesday for what’s believed to be more money…

By ED WHITE Associated Press A judge has handed down the last sentences involving a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Shawn Fix of…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Levi Strauss & Co. says that its CEO will step down in January and hand over the…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Greek policeman has been severely injured as a mob of volleyball fans poured out of an Athens arena and attacked riot…

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Black people make up about 38% of Mississippi’s population. But a new study says…

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer A salmonella outbreak tied to tainted cantaloupe has now killed eight people _ three in the U.S. and five in…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, says American Jews are “feeling alone” and “in pain” as he…

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON and JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s recreational marijuana users…

By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Voting rights groups say election officials in Mississippi’s…

DETROIT (AP) — More than 1,000 workers at Volkswagen’s Tennessee factory have signed cards authorizing a vote to be represented by the United…

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say a St. Paul, Minnesota, police officer and a suspect were both injured in a shooting. The St. Paul Police…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press Gov. Andy Beshear says state-run disaster relief funds that funneled millions in charitable donations to tornado-…

BERLIN (AP) — A union representing German train drivers is calling its members to strike for 24 hours this week, following the breakdown of talks…

By WAFAA SHURAFA, JACK JEFFERY and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press MUWASI, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel has designated a small slice of mostly…

By BERT WILKINSON GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana’s government says five military officers aboard a military helicopter that crashed near the…

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Hundreds of people have rallied in the Slovak capital against the new government’s plan to close the special…

By DANIEL SHAILER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Environmental watchdogs have accused a Mexico-based startup of violating international trade…

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Officials say a 28-year-old man is in police custody after allegedly firing two rounds from a shotgun outside a Jewish temple…

By JOHN RABY and AARON BEARD AP Sports Writers CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed by a group of states alleges the NCAA’s transfer…

By AVET DEMOURIAN Associated Press YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to exchange prisoners of war and work toward signing…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN AP Sports Writer The Paris 2024 organizing committee president says he still wants the surfing competition at next year’s…

By JIM VERTUNO and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A man suspected of killing six people earlier this week in a shooting…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former California police chief has been sentenced to more than 11 years in prison for…

By MARIA VERZA and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The United States and Mexico have agreed to monitor foreign investments and…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico City residents regaining composure after the capital was rattled by a moderate  magnitude earthquake. The U.S.…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Martin Scorsese will be honored with the prestigious David O. Selznick Achievement Award in February, the Producers…

By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When the U.S. military took the extraordinary step of grounding its fleet of V-22 Ospreys this…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Longtime former Philadelphia labor leader John “Johnny Doc” Dougherty and a codefendant have been convicted of using more…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An attorney for Jonathan Majors sought to cast doubt on his ex-girlfriend’s claim she…

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America A second-term Democratic congresswoman is not going to seek reelection to the U.S. House as long…

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills edge rusher Von Miller declined to take questions at his locker a week…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The U.S. government is entering a new era of collaboration with Native American…

By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Moscow court has extended the pre-trial detention of three lawyers who once…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen launched missiles and hit three commercial ships…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Rapper Kodak Black was arrested in South Florida on cocaine possession and other charges. Broward County jail records…

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two former students are suing Sarah Lawrence College. They argue that the New York school failed…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The United Nations says at least three of every four Africans can’t afford a healthy diet…