Month: April 2024

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a supervisor who managed security at a South Carolina prison…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Oil and gas companies will have to pay more to drill on public lands and satisfy stronger…

By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic donors covered more than $1 million in legal fees racked up by attorneys…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A local court in Nigeria has handed a six-month imprisonment to a popular transgender woman…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Abortion was already a major issue in U.S. elections in 2024. An Arizona Supreme Court ruling elevated it more.…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed a bill that would require law enforcement agencies…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A video released by Ukraine’s state emergency services show that rescue workers have pulled five puppies from underneath…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press LONG BEACH TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — A post-mortem examination of a whale that washed ashore on New Jersey’s Long…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in a new Alabama congressional district at the center of an ongoing legal and political…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is again reassuring the Philippines the U.S. commitment to the…

By GRAHAM LEE BREWER and AARON MORRISON Associated Press For many people old enough to remember O.J. Simpson’s murder trial, his 1994 exoneration…

By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — Lawmakers in at least 12 states are debating bills that would legalize…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Flash flooding caused by relentless heavy rains that soaked western Pennsylvania has spurred numerous rescues and evacuations in…

By JERRY HARMER and JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) — Thailand’s foreign minister says he has urged Myanmar’s…

BERLIN (AP) — Berlin’s zoo is celebrating the 67th birthday of Fatou the gorilla, its oldest resident, who it believes is also the oldest gorilla…

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City man has been charged with murder and robbery after a human head and body parts were found in a Brooklyn apartment…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Tennessee say a police officer and an 18-year-old suspect were fatally shot in an exchange of gunfire that injured…

By STEPHANY MATAT and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — Lawyers for two co-defendants of former President Donald Trump in the…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer sentiment about the U.S. economy has ticked down but remains near a recent…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s government says that the killing of a Polish aid worker by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza was “murder” and demands…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Three people have been killed during a shootout between militiamen and police officers in Ethiopia’s capital in a rare case…

HOUSTON (AP) — Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Houston has halted its liver transplant and kidney transplant programs. The Houston…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As PEN America begins its annual spring tradition of high-profile events, the organization…

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is headed to his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, to talk about who he…

MAPLE GROVE, Wis. (AP) — An 18-year-old who triggered a bonfire explosion that injured more than a dozen people at a backyard gathering in eastern…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A review of the Bank of England’s economic forecasting undertaken by the former chair of the U.S.…

By ALI JABAR and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — A prominent Iraqi Christian religious leader who left Baghdad amid a political dispute…

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United Nations say heavy rains pounding different parts of Kenya have led to the deaths of at least 13 people and…

MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin says that a draft agreement between Russia and Ukraine negotiated in 2022 could serve as a starting point for prospective…

By JESSICA DONATI Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — State television in Niger has broadcast footage of Russian military trainers arriving in…

By TERESA MEDRANO Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Capitalizing on an impressive moment in Spanish-language music, Uruguayan singer-songwriter Jorge…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo has announced an investigation into suspected Russian…

MADRID (AP) — Authorities in southeastern Spain say the bodies of four women have been found in a rubber dinghy boat floating off the coast near…

By NICOLE WINFIELD and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican says Pope Francis will visit Indonesia, East Timor, Papua…