Month: January 2024

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s state Senate is creating a special committee to investigate Fulton County District Attorney…

TIMONIUM, Md. (AP) — Maryland Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger says he won’t seek a 12th term in Congress. The 77-year-old Democrat has represented…

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The government of ethnically split Cyprus has promised breakaway Turkish Cypriots a…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis man who gained notoriety for pointing a gun at social justice demonstrators as they marched past his home is trying to…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is taking a strong stand against a bipartisan Senate deal to pair…

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The National Football League has urged teams for years to hire more minority head coaches.…

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire veteran has admitted to faking his need for a wheelchair for 20 years to claim more than $660,000 in benefits…

By The Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin is pledging to make public the findings of Moscow’s investigation into the crash of a…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of lawmakers is raising concerns over a series of recent U.S. military…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations’ top court issued a series of orders to Israel to protect Palestinians in Gaza to prevent…

By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa’s Republican governor announced in June 2022 that the state would use $75…

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City woman has been charged with concealing a corpse after officers discovered a man’s head and body parts in her…

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man who authorities say picked up a teenager awaiting trial in a homicide case after the youth escaped outside a Philadelphia…

WRENTHAM, Mass. (AP) — A second Rhode Island man charged with assault and battery and disorderly conduct in connection with the death of a fan at a…

ROSEVILLE, Mich. (AP) — Officers in a Detroit suburb found a furry surprise when they patted down a theft suspect: A tiny blue-eyed puppy zipped…

NEW YORK (AP) — JetBlue Airways says it may end its attempt to buy low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines as soon as this weekend, sending Spirit shares…

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer King Charles III is in a hospital to undergo a procedure for an enlarged prostate  — an extremely common…

UPPER MARLBORO, Md. (AP) — A woman is in police custody following a series of apparently random stabbings and pedestrians struck by a vehicle in…

Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — U.S. auto safety regulators have closed an investigation into complaints that the doors on some Ford Escapes can…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Crowned Miss Japan this week, Ukrainian-born Karolina Shiino cried with joy, thankful for the…

By MARIA SHERMAN and JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writers LOS ANGELES (AP) — Women lead the major categories at the Grammys this year,…

By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Fatih Terim is facing his next challenge in neighboring Greece after his storied career…

By MARIA SHERMAN and BERENICE BAUTISTA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Regional Mexican music is a catchall term that encompasses mariachi,…

By NICOLE WINFIELD and PAOLO SANTALUCIA Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy’s president has denounced the rise in antisemitism and delivered a…

BALTIMORE (AP) — An underground fire and an hours long power outage in downtown Baltimore snarled the morning commute and closed the city’s two…

ZURICH (AP) — Disgraced Spanish soccer official Luis Rubiales has lost his appeal against a three-year ban by FIFA for misconduct at the Women’s…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge cooled further last month even as…

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Parliament’s lower house has approved an amendment to the country’s gun law that tightens requirements for owning a…

By WAFAA SHURAFA and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes on the Nuseirat urban refugee camp in the…

By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s junta has terminated a crucial agreement it signed with local rebels which helped…

By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s weather agency says recent abnormally high temperatures for this time of year are set…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government has called off post-Brexit trade talks with Canada after discussions broke down…

LEIPZIG, Germany (AP) — Bundesliga soccer club Leipzig says it has released two players from its under-19 team after they made racist comments…

PARIS (AP) — Protesting farmers have shut down stretches of major French highways again, using their tractors to block and slow traffic to press…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press (AP) — Authorities in Denmark are working against the clock to stop a slow-moving landslide of…

Tesla is recalling nearly 200,000 vehicles in the U.S. because the backup camera may not function while the car is in reverse. The recall covers…

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is upbeat about Sweden’s chances of being ready to join the military organization by…