Month: April 2024

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has vowed to boost social spending, develop infrastructure…

CHICAGO (AP) — Eight people were shot including a young girl who was killed in what Chicago police believe was gang-related violence on the…

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel on Sunday hailed its successful air defenses in the face of an unprecedented…

By PATRICK ONEN Associated Press MUKONO, Uganda (AP) — In a forested area outside Uganda’s capital, a few dozen youth gather around a…

By RICK RYCROFT and KEIRAN SMITH Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — A police officer and several bystanders are being hailed for running “towards…

By The Associated Press Israel hailed the success of its defenses in the face of an unprecedented attack by Iran involving hundreds of drones,…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudan has been torn by war for a year now, torn by fighting between the military and the notorious…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — More than half of the estimated 7.7 million Venezuelans who have left their homeland…

Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media report that two people have been detained following the capsizing of a tourist boat on a river…

By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press GRANTS PASS, Oregon (AP) — A pickleball game in this leafy Oregon community was suddenly interrupted one rainy…

By MAYSOON KHAN and CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press New York lawmakers are proposing rules to humanely drive down the population of rats and other…

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s history-making criminal trial is set to start Monday with a simple but extraordinary procedural step that is…

By JONATHAN J. COOPER and MARC LEVY Associated Press Former President Donald Trump is endorsing U.S. Senate candidate David McCormick of…

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Four people are dead after the vehicle they were traveling in was struck by a train in rural Idaho Saturday, authorities said.…

SYDNEY (AP) — Police have identified the assailant who stabbed six people to death at a busy Sydney shopping center before he was fatally shot by a…

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A California woman with a history of convictions for driving under the influence has been sentenced to 15 years to life in…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler made one last birdie and let out one big exhale Saturday on a wild day of…

NEW YORK (AP) — Artist and award-winning children’s book author Faith Ringgold has died. Her daughter, Barbara Wallace, told the New York Times…

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A conservative Utah State Board of Education member who faced calls to resign after lawmakers said she bullied a student on…

JERUSALEM (AP) — An incoming attack by Iranian drones and ballistic missiles poses the latest challenge to Israel’s air defense system, which…

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Local news reports say a small boat full of decomposing corpses has been spotted by fishermen off Brazil’s northeastern…

By GABRIELA MOLINA Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Pope Francis has sided with a group of Peruvian villagers who have complained that…

By The Associated Press Iran launched its first full-scale military attack against Israel on Saturday, sending drones toward Israel. Iran’s…

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has launched a one-day blitz to gain access to the…

WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — The sequel has turned out to be just as good for Wrexham. The Welsh team co-owned by actor Ryan Reynolds has clinched…

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Southern California Marine accused of having sex with a missing 14-year-old girl found in his Camp Pendleton barracks room last…

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus says it’s suspending processing all asylum applications by Syrian…

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Gnomes, those quirky statues that people put in their gardens, are flying off the shelves at…

CERESCO, Neb. (AP) — A veteran Nebraska police officer was killed when his cruiser was struck by another vehicle after he made a traffic stop. The…

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A small earthquake has shaken the Southern California desert near where the Coachella music festival is being held this…

CUSTER, S.D. (AP) — Authorities said they’re investigating a case of domestic violence that ended with a man dead and a woman injured in…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Federal authorities are asking for the public’s help in tracking down two men seen damaging rock formations at a national…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden is cutting short a weekend stay at his…

By PAT EATON-ROBB and DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Thousands of fans lined the streets of Hartford, Connecticut, to…

READING, Pa. (AP) — Conjoined twins Lori and George Schappell, who pursued separate careers, interests and relationships during lives that defied…