Month: January 2024

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Employees from a Ukrainian arms firm conspired with defense ministry officials to embezzle almost $40 million earmarked to buy…

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — An appeals court in Bangladesh has granted bail to Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, who had been sentenced earlier to six…

HELSINKI (AP) — Voters in Finland were electing a new president Sunday at an unprecedented time for the Nordic nation that is now a NATO member…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran says it has successfully launched three satellites into space, the latest for a program that…

By NAJIB JOBAIN and WAFAA SHURAFA Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The secretary-general of the United Nations on Sunday called on…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Four people are dead following what police in Los Angeles have characterized as a murder-suicide. The Los Angeles Police…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The 2002 killing of Run-DMC’s Jam Master Jay has stood for years as one of the hip-hop…

By PAUL WISEMAN and MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Attacks on ships in the Red Sea by Yemen’s Houthi rebels have unraveled a…

By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A white officer in suburban Detroit lied to a Black pedestrian by identifying an officer from…

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A bat descended on the court and delayed play after Victor Wembanyama made a 3-pointer two minutes into the San Antonio Spurs’…

By AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. negotiators are making progress on a potential agreement under which…

By ZEKE MILLER, COLLEEN LONG and MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) — President Joe Biden is bidding to salvage a border…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says that North Korea has fired several cruise missiles from waters off an eastern military…

By JONATHAN J. COOPER and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has praised Texas Gov. Greg Abbott…

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon weekly newspaper that had to lay off its entire staff after its funds were…

By FERNANDO LLANO Associated Press ACULCO, Mexico (AP) — Bullfighting is under siege in many parts of Mexico, and some of its biggest supporters…

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — A snowboarder spent 15 hours trapped overnight inside a ski lift gondola amid freezing temperatures at a Lake Tahoe…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press A judge has ordered the Los Angeles Police Department to get rid of photos of legal documents that were allegedly…

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Revelers clad in pirate finery have packed the waterfront in Tampa, Florida, to celebrate the arrival of a flotilla of boats for…

SPRINGDALE, Utah (AP) — A man died of a suspected heart attack while hiking a strenuous trail in Utah’s Zion National Park, authorities said…

CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities have identified two teenage boys who were fatally shot Friday by masked suspects as they and other students were leaving…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press It’s been three weeks since three Kansas City fans joined friends to watch the Chiefs play the Los Angeles…

PIEDMONT, S.C. (AP) — Authorities in South Carolina are investigating the fatal shooting of a man by sheriff’s deputy. The Greenville County…

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals has named Barry Keoghan, best known for his roles in “Dunkirk,” “The…

MARION, Ind. (AP) — A truck hauling zebras and camels for a series of weekend circus performances caught fire early Saturday on a northeastern…

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — The Russian city of St. Petersburg has marked the 80th anniversary of the end of a nearly 900-day siege by Nazi…

By DAVID B. CARUSO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For years, Donald Trump hurled insults at E. Jean Carroll, saying the advice columnist…

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A district attorney in Tennessee has dropped charges against country singer Chris Young stemming from an encounter with…

LONDON (AP) — Climate activist Greta Thunberg has joined a march in southern England to protest the use of private jets and the expansion of an…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s coast guard says its officers ordered a Japanese fishing vessel and several patrol ships in waters surrounding tiny…

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The U.S. government is condemning the decision of Venezuela’s highest court to block the presidential candidacy of…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer ASPEN, Colo. (AP) — Two years after exploding onto the world stage at the Beijing Winter Games, Eileen Gu is more…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s train drivers’ union is ending its six-day strike early and is back in talks with the country’s railway…

BALTIMORE (AP) — Authorities say crash involving multiple vehicles has closed all lanes on the heavily-traveled U.S. 50 Bay Bridge in Maryland and…