Month: February 2024

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio commission has awarded bids to frack oil and gas under…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Organizers of the longest sled dog race in the eastern United States say they are…

SEATTLE (AP) — Former NFL star Richard Sherman’s bail has been set at $5,000 following his weekend arrest for suspicion of driving under the…

Associated Press HAWLEY, Minn. (AP) — Residents of a small Minnesota town were asked to go without water as firefighters from 17 departments…

MUSKEGON, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan man who pleaded guilty in the starvation death of his disabled brother was sentenced Monday to a minimum of 30…

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine’s first new license plate in a quarter century gives homage to an old flag that’s growing in popularity and…

BY FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — An Australian tourist reported missing late last week in Zimbabwe near Victoria Falls…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan voters are poised to cast ballots in their respective presidential primaries on…

LONDON (AP) — Love letters to Pattie Boyd from both George Harrison and Eric Clapton are going up for sale at Christie’s auction house. They form…

Associated Press Microsoft announced an artificial intelligence partnership Monday with the French startup Mistral AI that could lessen the software…

By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press THE HAGUE (AP) — The United Nations top court has wrapped up historic proceedings into the legality of Israel’s…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer The Federal Trade Commission sued to block a proposed merger between grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons,…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Eric Hovde is launching his first television ad of the race…

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Shoe and sports clothing maker Adidas says it has started a third sale of the Yeezy sneakers it was left with after…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police have identified three suspects in the killing of a man on a subway car last week. Transit authorities are…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A powerful winter storm is expected to dump several feet of snow in parts of West starting Monday…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian authorities on Monday imposed an entry ban on two Russian citizens suspected of espionage for Moscow’s foreign…

By ELOGE WILLY KANEZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An official in Burundi says nine people have been killed in an attack by rebels…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Hungary’s parliament has approved Sweden’s application to join NATO, paving the way for the Scandinavian country to become the…

By ZEKE MILLER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to sit down with late-night comic Seth Meyers in New York…

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Tep Vong, the senior monk who headed Cambodia’s Buddhist community and was vital for its rejuvenation in the wake of…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s bid to join NATO — held up for almost two years — cleared its last hurdle when Hungary gave its go-ahead Monday to…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Police in Grenada say they believe an elderly U.S. couple aboard their catamaran that…

By SEUNG MIN KIM, COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will travel to the U.S.-Mexico border this…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private lunar lander is expected to cease operations Tuesday, its mission cut…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has appealed his $454 million New York civil fraud judgment, challenging a…

LONDON (AP) — You gotta have more than “Faith” to pocket the new George Michael coin. A commemorative minting rolled out on Monday ranges in…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The trial surrounding pages of draft lyrics to “Hotel California” and other Eagles hits is…

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has made clear that he remains reluctant to send Taurus long-range cruise missiles to Ukraine, pointing…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City is marking the anniversary of the 1993 bombing at the old World Trade Center that blew apart a van parked in an…

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities say a ferry carrying day laborers sank in the Nile just outside the Egyptian capital, killing at least 10 of the…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Babies born this coming Saturday could get a birthday present featuring a guy who knows how…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer On the same night Caitlin Clark was adding to her NCAA women’s basketball scoring record before a packed…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Suspected illegal loggers have shot and killed three forest rangers and wounded a fourth on patrol in central Mexico, near the…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The prime ministers of Canada and Poland have discussed boosting exports of Ukrainian grain to the world’s poorest…

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up challenges to state laws Monday that could affect how Facebook,…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece has formally agreed to participate in and lead a European Union maritime security operation in the Red Sea, to protect…

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Two officers in New York have shot and killed a man, prompting authorities to launch an investigation and his family to demand…