Month: March 2024

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Singer-songwriter Eric Carmen, who fronted the power-pop 1970s band the Raspberries and…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyer has asked a federal appeals court to toss out her sex…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Karl Wallinger, the multi-instrumentalist and solo force behind the band World Party and former…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas is no longer allowing residents to use “X” instead of male or female on…

By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Legislation that would ban some citizens of China from owning farmland in Georgia is advancing…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers failed to garner the 30 votes needed Tuesday to override Gov. Jim…

By The Associated Press Haiti’s future is being planned on two tracks — one involving traditional political power, the other focused on the power…

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Associates of the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny reported on Tuesday night that the politician’s close ally and…

BY MAYSOON KHAN and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s budget season has begun. Democrats who control the state…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers, meet your latest lobbyists: online influencers from TikTok. The platform is once…

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) — Scott Peterson appeared virtually in court, nearly 20 years after he was convicted of killing his pregnant wife, Laci,…

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Advocates for some 200 wild horses roaming North Dakota’s Theodore Roosevelt National Park…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer U.S. lawmakers are threatening to ban TikTok but also say they are giving its Chinese parent company a…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer The sun is about to pull another disappearing act across North America, turning day into night during a total…

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian police say several passengers are being held hostage in a bus in Rio de Janeiro, and two were injured from…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former Las Vegas-area elected official accused of killing an investigative journalist will not go on trial next week. A Nevada…

By TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Kenyan official says his government is halting plans to deploy at least 1,000 police officers…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States is spearheading the first United Nations resolution on artificial…

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has met with the powerful International Brotherhood of Teamsters and…

By ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s a now-familiar ritual in Washington: a federal…

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Republican Rep. Ken Buck has announced that he’ll resign next week, narrowing his party’s…

By JEFF McMILLAN, ANDREW DeMILLO and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Florida’s state government and LGBTQ+ advocates have settled a lawsuit…

NEW YORK (AP) — David Mixner, a longtime LGBTQ+ activist who was an adviser to Bill Clinton during his presidential campaign and later called him…

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — More than three dozen people allege in lawsuits filed this week that they were sexually abused as…

By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Uvalde police chief who was on vacation during the Robb Elementary School shooting has…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani authorities have barred visitors to the country’s imprisoned former Prime Minister…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina trial judges have struck down portions of a new law that would have…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Two top Kansas Republican Party officials are facing internal calls to resign over a viral…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Rights groups in Belarus say that authorities there have detained at least 12 lawyers…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Attention on Princess Kate has reached levels not seen since she married Prince William in a…

By ANDREW DALTON and TIM REYNOLDS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Labor strife remains an issue in Hollywood after two major strikes were…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s top public health agency is expanding a program that tests international travelers…

RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont day care provider convicted of manslaughter in the death of an infant in her care was sentenced on Tuesday to three…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Beyoncé is full of surprises — and on Tuesday, dropped yet another one. Her forthcoming…

By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It’s been a common refrain when seeking proof that someone’s story or some event…

CHICAGO (AP) — Enrique Mazzola extended his contract as music director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago through 2030-31 as the company announced a…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A prominent journalist in western Mexico has been abducted by armed men and hasn’t been seen since, prosecutors said…

By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon will rush about $300 million in weapons to Ukraine after finding…

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s Supreme Court has ordered prosecutors to resume an investigation into the…

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — It’s been nearly 13 years since two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon…