Month: April 2024

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Harvard University announced Thursday that it is reinstituting standardized tests as a…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A subsidiary of Japanese-based Fujifilm Corp. plans to expand further a massive…

MADISONVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police in Kentucky say an 8-year-old boy died of a fentanyl overdose and not from an allergic reaction last month. The…

By BEN FINLEY NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — Prosecutors in Virginia say that a criminal investigation into staff members at a school where a 6-year-old…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities say that nearly 12,000 houses have been flooded in a region that borders Kazakhstan as water levels in the Ural…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers are considering criminalizing adults who help minors receive…

By STEPHANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The former longtime interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani has been charged…

By The Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson’s story represents one of the most dramatic falls from grace in the history of American pop…

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A convicted murderer who was released early from a Texas prison in 1993 and now faces two new…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press Officials say a massive missile and drone attack has destroyed one of Ukraine’s largest power plants and damaged…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Days after a New York judge expanded a gag order on Donald Trump meant to curtail…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Thirteen members of the Hasidic Jewish community have pleaded not guilty to charges stemming…

By DEVI SHASTRI and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press There have been 17 times as many U.S. measles cases in the first three months of this year compared…

By LINDA DEUTSCH Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — If there was ever a murder case perfectly suited for media and public consumption it was the…

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Some Muslim and Arab American leaders have grown frustrated with the…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer Four railroads have asked federal appeals courts to throw out a new rule that would require two-person train crews in…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Since the day they were founded, the Olympics have had a confusing relationship with money. The games were supposed…

By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Experts say messages by two influential Taliban leaders in Afghanistan this week showed…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Ann Walsh Bradley says she won’t seek another term next year, setting up a high-stakes…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife will be tried…

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shop for a home now or hold out for possibly lower mortgage rates? That’s a question…

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose to its highest level in five weeks, a setback for…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The commanding officer of an Army reservist responsible for the deadliest shooting in Maine…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says his country is demanding that the United Nations expel Ecuador from the world body as part of a…

By The Associated Press Reaction has started to pour in on the death of O.J. Simpson after battling prostate cancer. He was 76. Simpson’s…

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — The Italian Coast Guard says it has rescued 22 people and recovered nine bodies after a smugglers’…

NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — Officials say 55 U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadets have been disciplined for sharing homework answers in violation of…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Union officials say steelworkers at Britain’s largest steel production plant have voted to go on…

MADRID (AP) — The Portuguese Catholic Church says it will pay some form of compensation to victims of sex abuse by clergy. The country’s…

By LINDA DEUTSCH AP Special Correspondent LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ten things to remember about O.J. Simpson, the NFL running back-turned actor who was…

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A special prosecutor has been assigned to look into whether Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones should…

By MICHAEL FLEEMAN Associated Press EDITOR’S NOTE: The first week of the O.J. Simpson case in mid-June 1994 moved quickly, with reporters racing to…

MADRID (AP) — Spain on Thursday will deport more than 60 Bolivians who arrived last week by cruise ship in the northeastern port of Barcelona. The…

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press Prosecutors say the man accused of starting a fire outside U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Vermont office has had past…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — O.J. Simpson, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the International Monetary Fund says strong economic activity in the United States…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The wife of Julian Assange said Thursday her husband’s legal case “could be moving in the right…