Month: May 2024

ST. PAUL, Minnesota (AP) — Minnesota officially unfurled its new state flag atop the capitol for the first time Saturday on statehood day. The new…

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Democrats are trying to decide which Senate candidate is best positioned to beat…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — President Joe Biden is running for reelection on a record and an agenda, and…

By SOPHENG CHEANG and GRANT PECK Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The leader of a recently formed Cambodian opposition party has been…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s military and allied armed groups have staved off an attack by a paramilitary group and Arab…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s hard-liners have won most of the remaining seats in an election run-off to give them full control over…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Donald Trump is known for leveling constant and often personal attacks on top rivals such as…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press FORT LIBERTY, N.C. (AP) — U.S. special operations commanders are having to do more with less and they’re…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press MALMO, Sweden (AP) — A Dutch public broadcaster has reacted angrily after the Netherlands’ contestant in…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has visited the country’s border with Belarus and…

By GRAHAM LEE BREWER Associated Press Many college and city leaders have blamed outside organizers for recent protests at universities around the…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces began a renewed ground assault in Ukraine’s northeast, killing and injuring several people and forcing…

The Associated Press With a majority of Americans preferring to live in  their own homes as long as possible, experts stress the importance of…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Living at home as long as possible is preferred by a vast majority of adults over 50.…

By RAHIM FAIEZ Assocaited Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Flash floods from seasonal rains in Afghanistan have killed hundreds of people and injured a…

By TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Winnie Makinda says she is facing the worst crisis and lowest moment of her life because of the…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press MALMO, Sweden (AP) — It’s time for many people to don sequins and spangles — and for others to pick up protest…

By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAM MEDNICK and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel ordered new evacuations in Gaza’s southern city…

By JAMES BROOKS Associated Press COPENHAGEN (AP) — A Danish Michelin-starred chef has teamed up with the Florida-based startup Space Perspective to…

By ANNA FURMAN Associated Press Over the past two decades, Gee’s Bend quilts have captured the public’s imagination with their kaleidoscopic…

By TED SHAFFREY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The women’s section of Rikers Island is getting a redesigned and more kid-friendly…

By JEFF McMURRAY Associated Press Smarter vehicles could mean some of the most dramatic changes for the traditional traffic signal since the yellow…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — To the casual viewer, competing at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show might look as simple as…

By KIM CHANDLER and TOM KRISHER Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — After 20 years at the Mercedes-Benz factory in Alabama, Brett Garrard said…

By ALMA SOLÍS Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama is on the verge of a dramatic change to its immigration policy that could reverberate…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The alleged sexual encounter at the center of Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial got a…

By STEVE PEOPLES and MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Donald Trump is heading to the Jersey Shore after a long week in court.…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A promising start has given way to challenging political realities for supporters of a…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE and ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press ELDORADO DO SUL, Brazil (AP) — More heavy rain is forecast for Brazil’s already…

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s youngest son, Barron Trump, won’t be serving as a Florida…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s ruling party presidential candidate slipped up during a campaign speech Friday and said President Andrés Manuel…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised another test firing of a new multiple…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Somalia is asking the United Nations to terminate its political mission in the country,…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — The families of five Hawaii men who served in a unit of Japanese-language linguists…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu has agreed to approve or deny applications to carry guns in public within four…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A statue of the late Rev. Billy Graham set to stand inside the U.S. Capitol to represent North Carolina will be unveiled…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press EAST MEADOW, N.Y. (AP) — A New York judge has struck down a Long Island county’s order banning female…

By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Entertainment broadcaster Sam Rubin has died at age 64. The Los Angeles news station KTLA says in a…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Mike Dunleavy has issued a state disaster declaration for southwest Alaska communities that have experienced flooding…

By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press FAIRHOPE, Ala. (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has told attendees at a judicial conference that he…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer Sean “Diddy” Combs is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that he and two other men raped a…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s Republican Party has removed one of its officers after a judge found he voted illegally…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge in Texas temporarily halted a plan by the Biden administration to lower late…

KING CITY, Calif. (AP) — Police have arrested three people in connection with a March shooting in rural central California that killed four people…

By REBECCA SANTANA and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration is expected to try to partially end a…