Month: March 2024

By JSARH NGARNDEY ULRICH and JESSICA DONATI Associated Press METCHE CAMP, Chad (AP) — Overcrowded refugee camps in eastern Chad are set to run out…

By The Associated Press Russia attacked electrical power facilities in much of Ukraine, including the country’s largest hydroelectric plant,…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine officials say a former Filipino congressman accused of masterminding the killings of a provincial governor…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Stocks were mixed Friday in Asia after Wall Street tapped fresh records, led by big gains in…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a deadly bombing that targeted Taliban trying to collect their salaries at…

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani court in the eastern city of Lahore has sentenced a Muslim woman to life in prison after finding her guilty of…

By DEVI SHASTRI AP Health Writer Allergy season in the U.S. is starting sooner than experts expected. Experts say climate change is leading trees and…

NEW DELHI (AP) — Supporters of an anti-corruption crusader and one of India’s most consequential politicians of the last decade in India are…

By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press HUSTOPECE, Czech Republic (AP) — Masses of white and pink blossoms in a rare almond grove in the Czech Republic…

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — A cluster of Bollywood films based on polarizing issues that promote Prime Minister Narendra…

By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers are split on how to best address the retail theft cases that have…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A nearly $1 billion Mega Millions jackpot is up for grabs, offering the prospect of instant riches for a lucky player after…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on a U.S.-sponsored resolution declaring that…

By SAM MEDNICK and MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Women slain with babies wrapped against their bodies, lifeless children…

By SAM MEDNICK and MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Women slain with babies wrapped against their bodies, lifeless children…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Cheating on your spouse is illegal in New York, but the state might soon change that. A…

By DÉBORA REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A butcher shutting down his shop barely eight months after opening it. A 72-year-old…

By BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Police Department is seeing success in more recruits…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Avian influenza is killing tens of thousands of seals and sea lions in different corners…

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona rancher is set to go on trial in the fatal shooting of a migrant on his property near…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The sun is setting on Stumpy, the gnarled old cherry tree that has become a social media…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The race is on for Congress to pass the final spending package for the current budget year and…

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s return to the stock market could be right around the corner. All eyes are on a vote Friday by shareholders of…

By The Associated Press As the world warms from human-caused climate change, fresh water for drinking, cooking and cleaning is becoming harder to get…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Vietnam’s president has resigned as the ruling communist party in the latest episode…

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The International Monetary Fund says the economic situation in debt-stricken…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Insurance giant State Farm says it will discontinue coverage for 72,000 houses and apartments in California starting this…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOBISHIMA, Japan (AP) — Japan’s space agency and its prime contractor say they hope to be able to forge a…

SYDNEY (AP) — Australia is set to provide $3 billion to British industry to support the construction of nuclear-powered submarines and ensure its…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Up to one-third of the 12,000 inmates in Los Angeles County jails can’t get to their court appearances because of a shortage…

NEW YORK (AP) — Lorrie Moore has won the prize for fiction and Judy Blume received a lifetime achievement award from the National Book Critics…

By PETER SMITH Associated Press A top Southern Baptist administrative body has selected its first permanent leader in nearly two-and-a-half years, a…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States is calling for a vote Friday on a newly revised and tougher U.N.…

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma district attorney said Thursday he doesn’t plan to file any charges in the case of Nex Benedict, the nonbinary…

By ZEKE MILLER and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Both former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden are posing the…

By SEAN MURPHY and ERIK VERDUZCO Associated Press SANDERSON, Texas (AP) — The nine hours that Texas was allowed to arrest and deport migrants who…

By The Associated Press A Russian court has rejected a lawsuit filed by the mother of Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition stalwart who died in…

By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s Senate has voted overwhelmingly to reject legislation to ratify a 2017 trade deal…

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey says he will not run in the Democratic primary as he faces federal corruption charges,…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 108,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in 2022. That’s according to final figures…