Month: January 2024

By MELISSA GOLDIN Associated Press Superstar Taylor Swift and her boyfriend, Kansas City Chiefs’ tight end Travis Kelce, have become the focus of a…

By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The first of two back-to-back atmospheric rivers is pushing into California, triggering…

HONOLULU (AP) — A surge of earthquakes at Kilauea’s summit is prompting scientists to raise the alert level for the Hawaiian volcano. But any…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is aiming to pass a tax cut package expanding the child tax credit for millions of…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled California residents don’t have to pay for and pass a…

BERLIN (AP) — A union has called on security staff at most of Germany’s major airports to stage a one-day strike on Thursday as it steps up…

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A review of Kentucky’s juvenile justice system has found continuing use of force issues in its detention centers and a lack…

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Fans have been wondering for days whether Taylor Swift will make it to the Super Bowl next week…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Donations poured in Wednesday to replace a decimated statue of Jackie Robinson on what would have been the…

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s City Council narrowly approved a resolution Wednesday calling for a permanent…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A defense attorney who has alleged that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has had an…

By NOAH TRISTER AP Baseball Writer Cal Ripken Jr. and Grant Hill are part of the investor group that has agreed to buy the Baltimore Orioles. So are…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press The growing issue of AI-generated deepfakes has already been a hot topic in state legislatures. Then Taylor Swift…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A Boston doctor was found not guilty Wednesday on a charge of lewd acts near a 14-year-old girl on…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Abortion-rights supporters are mounting another push to restore abortion access in…

NEW YORK (AP) — Melinda Ledbetter Wilson, the longtime wife and manager of Brian Wilson whom the Beach Boys co-founder often credited for…

By ALEXANDRA OLSON and DAVID FISCHER Associated Press Writers MIAMI (AP) — A small venture capital firm faced tough questions from conservative…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — After facing fierce criticism, the head of Oklahoma’s public schools now says his…

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — White House senior adviser John Podesta will replace John Kerry as U.S. special climate change…

SEBRING, Fla. (AP) — Officials say a sheriff’s deputy in central Florida took his own life outside the agency’s headquarters. The Highlands…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press For about 15 years, Uriel Rincon told authorities he didn’t recognize the gunman who he saw kill…

By STEPHEN GROVES, LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With time slipping to bolster Ukraine’s defenses,…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Travis Kelce is happy to have Taylor Swift on the Kansas City Chiefs bandwagon heading to…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed Disney’s free speech lawsuit against Florida…

By SUSAN HAIGH and DAVE COLLINS Associated Press A challenger to the mayor of Connecticut’s largest city says he’s staying in…

By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Minutes after beating Baltimore 17-10 on Sunday to clinch a spot in the Super Bowl, Travis Kelce…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Supreme Court has reversed the murder and kidnapping convictions of a former…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee jury has convicted six anti-abortion protesters of violating federal laws…

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has condemned media reports that the U.S. government launched an…

Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Reports have emerged that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy plans to fire the country’s popular…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A man convicted of fatally shooting two Northern California women near the Las Vegas Strip almost eight years ago has been…

By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — The streets, hotels and restaurants around the ruins of Machu Picchu — Peru’s most…

CRAWFORD, N.Y. (AP) — A harness racing trainer is accused of striking and fracturing the skull of a race horse in upstate New York, requiring the…

By GERALD IMRAY and SEBABATSO MOSAMO Associated Press PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — Israel has ignored the ruling by the U.N.’s top court…

JACK JEFFERY The Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The United States has imposed sanctions on three Sudanese firms it accuses of being directly…

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Prosecutors say a gun that a former Ohio sheriff’s deputy said a man was waving at him when he fatally shot him in the…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A lawsuit seeking to once again allow Wisconsin voters to return absentee ballots in drop…

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA and SAM METZ Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Cash-strapped Tunisia wants to borrow billions from its central bank to…

By TERESA M. WALKER and RALPH D. RUSSO AP Sports Writers The attorneys general of Tennessee and Virginia filed an antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A large study ties contaminated drinking water at North Carolina’s Camp Lejeune to an expanded…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials are revising preliminary findings on what happened to two Navy SEALs who died…