Month: February 2024

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — One of Mississippi’s public universities is pausing its effort to switch to a…

ATLANTA (AP) — The firing of a suburban Atlanta teacher who read a book on gender fluidity to her fifth grade class has been upheld by the Georgia…

By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former Hurricane Hilary was actually no longer a tropical storm but essentially had the same…

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican lawmakers have voted to make it more difficult to amend the…

By RONALD BLUM Associated Press The Cincinnati Opera will present an Afrofuturist-themed production next year that commemorates the Juneteenth…

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer Former talk show host Wendy Williams has been diagnosed with a rare form of dementia called frontotemporal…

By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is promising to unveil new sanctions on Iran in the coming days in…

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Don’t call them nostalgic. The bows and aprons, silken slips and twin sets that are mainstays of…

MARENGO, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say that data from an iPhone and Apple Watch helped lead police to a suspect after a woman’s body was found in…

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Drivers in eight Midwestern states will be able to fuel up with a higher blend of…

MADRID (AP) — A fire has engulfed two residential buildings in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia, injuring at least seven people. Flames can be…

By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A deadly standoff in Minnesota started with a 911 call in which the caller said “Help…

NEW YORK (AP) — The first person charged for violating a 2020 law that forbids conspiracies to taint international sports events through…

By ANTHONY McCARTNEY AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former talk show host Wendy Williams has been diagnosed with the same form of…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — When the Biden administration imposed sanctions this month against Israeli settler Yinon Levi…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Almost a year after Florida lawmakers passed a law giving Florida’s governor control over…

By The Associated Press Kirk Herbstreit and Chris Fowler are in the game. ESPN “College GameDay” analyst Herbstreit and network broadcaster…

An Ohio mother who left her 16-month-old daughter home alone in a playpen for 10 days last summer while she went on vacation pleaded guilty on…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Scientists have confirmed what became of a star that exploded in a stunning supernova visible to Earth more than…

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida is on the verge of passing one of the nation’s most restrictive bans on…

HOBE SOUND, Fla. (AP) — The PGA Tour will have to wait for the 15-year-old son of Tiger Woods. In a pre-qualifier Thursday, Charlie Woods took a 12…

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire man has been convicted of second-degree murder in the death of his 5-year-old daughter, who police believe…

Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Hydeia Broadbent, a prominent HIV/AIDS activist known for her inspirational talks in the 1990s as a young child…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The former chief of Haiti’s National Police who was recently accused in the assassination of President Jovenel…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An international investigative team says that its probe into a 2015 attack in Syria…

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Minnesota man who repeatedly attacked police officers during the U.S. Capitol riot,…

LONDON, Ontario (AP) — A Canadian man found guilty of using his pickup truck to kill four members of a Muslim family has been sentenced to life in…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A private lunar lander circled the moon while aiming for a touchdown Thursday that…

AVA, Mo. (AP) — Authorities in Missouri say a 35-year cold case killing has been solved, thanks to someone who came forward with information about…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A second in vitro fertilization provider in Alabama is pausing parts of its care to…

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota is seeking reelection. The first-term Republican senator announced his reelection…

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose this week for the third time in as many weeks,…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s lawmakers have voted to approve over-the-counter access to the morning-after pill for ages 15 and above in a…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin is asking the state Supreme Court to overturn a 174-year-old…

By BERT WILKINSON Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — The parents of two teenagers who survived a fire that killed 20 people at a high…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press LA PARAGUA, Venezuela (AP) — Families and friends have started burying loves ones who were among at least 16…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s automatic voter registration has put almost all eligible citizens on the rolls, but now…

NEW YORK (AP) — Customers of AT&T, the country’s largest wireless provider, are reporting widespread outages. Some iPhone users saw SOS…

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — U.S. authorities have accused another sanitation company of illegally hiring at least…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has taken a co-pilot’s seat in a nuclear-capable strategic bomber, a flight that appeared…