Month: December 2023

By PAUL J. WEBER and JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas prosecutor is dropping most of the charges levied against police…

By AARON BEARD AP Basketball Writer It is Arizona’s turn to sit atop The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball poll. The…

Officials say the city of Detroit is on track to record its fewest yearly homicides in nearly six decades. Through Nov. 30, Detroit had recorded 228…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A man accused of pretending to be a federal agent and offering gifts and free apartments…

By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration has halted construction of a temporary…

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — 76ers guard Kelly Oubre Jr. is set to return to the lineup about a month after he said he was…

Russian media outlets are reporting that President Vladimir Putin plans to visit the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia this week.  Russian state…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Family members of three Black people who were killed this summer at a Dollar General store by a shooter who had posted…

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s outgoing government says it will not support the signing of a long-delayed trade deal between the…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys’ 41-35 victory over the Seattle Seahawks on Thursday night set a record as the most-streamed game in…

The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Protesters marching in Philadelphia against the bombardment of Gaza chanted about genocide Sunday outside…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A female tourist from Boston was killed Monday by a shark while paddleboarding in the…

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press More than $950,000 has been raised for the recovery of one of the three college students of Palestinian descent who…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities say the bodies of five university students have been found stuffed in a vehicle on a dirt road in…

By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — After three vessels were struck by missiles fired by Iranian-back Houthis in Yemen,…

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Wildlife officials have captured hundreds of invasive carp from the Mississippi River near Trempealeau, Wisconsin. The…

WOODSTOCK, Ala. (AP) — A man who appeared in the hit podcast “S-Town” died after being shot by police during a weekend standoff. The…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO and JUAN ARRAEZ Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has the victory he was…

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio state Senate Republicans are proposing vast changes to a…

RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say human remains found in rural Indiana in 1982 have been identified as those of a Wisconsin woman who was 20…

By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Attorney Gloria Allred has confirmed that she is representing the family of the girl Oklahoma…

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer A prominent disinformation scholar is accusing Harvard University in a whistleblower disclosure of muzzling her…

CAIRO (AP) — The United States has imposed sanctions on three Sudanese individuals accused of undermining “peace, security and stability” in…

PARIS (AP) — A spokesperson for France’s civil aviation safety agency says a small twin-engine plane was forced to make an emergency landing in…

NEW YORK (AP) — Bitcoin is once again having a moment. On Monday, the world’s largest cryptocurrency soared past $41,000 for the first time in…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press MANASSAS, Va. (AP) — A judge is dismissing felony charges against a former northern Virginia elections official…

KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii (AP) — Officials say a U.S. Navy jet has been moved from a coral reef in an environmentally sensitive Hawaii bay where it got…

By The Associated Press A storm is dropping a mix of rain and snow on parts of New England, with some locations recording more than a half-foot of…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police say a man who had tried to steal merchandise from a department store returned 15 minutes later and stabbed…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Government and military officials in Nigeria say an army attack that used drones to target…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government has announced tough new immigration rules it says will reduce the number of…

By ZENEL ZHINIPOTOKU and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — International judges have rejected a demand by prosecutors for a…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is demanding that the issue of Ukraine’s membership in the…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett’s company decided not to move forward with an expedited trial on its…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press The 2024 Republican presidential primary field has narrowed. North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum dropped out of the race on…

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva have both expressed hope that negotiations about a…