Month: May 2024

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — One of the two Black lawmakers briefly expelled from Tennessee’s GOP-controlled…

CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Eta Aquarid meteor shower, remnants of Halley’s comet, peaks this weekend. And with…

By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press TOMS RIVER, N.J. (AP) — The murder trial of a New Jersey dad charged in the death of his 6-year-old son has…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Google’s preeminence as an internet search engine is an illegal monopoly propped up…

By STEPHEN GRAHAM Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Berlin’s government is offering to give away a villa once owned by Adolf Hitler’s…

NORWALK, Conn. (AP) — Workers have begun removing a bridge over a Connecticut highway that was damaged in a fiery crash involving a gasoline tanker…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An armed person shot and killed by Indianapolis police after allegedly pointing a weapon at other people has been identified as…

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China has publicized for the first time what it claims is an unwritten 2016 agreement…

HOUSTON (AP) — Torrential rain inundated southeastern Texas on Friday, forcing schools to cancel classes and closing numerous highways around…

Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Congolese army says a bomb at a refugee camp in eastern Congo has killed at least 5 people, including…

By COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press A wave of student protests has spread across U.S. campuses over the last two weeks, led by students who have…

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition war monitor and pro-government media oulets say suspected members of the Islamic State group have attacked three…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s president has postponed next week’s planned reopening of schools until…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A U.K. High Court judge has ruled that the government acted unlawfully when it approved a plan to meet…

MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian activist has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for attempting to set fire to a military conscription office in protest…

PARIS (AP) — French police have peacefully removed dozens of students from a building at the Paris Institute of Political Studies, known as…

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president and foreign minister say they have pressed British Foreign Secretary…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A radical Norwegian Islamist who is suspected of complicity in the deadly shooting at…

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say a blast from an improvised explosive device has killed three people and wounded seven in southwestern…

By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The race for the White House tops the ballot Tuesday in Indiana’s presidential and state…

By JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama’s Supreme Court has rejected a constitutional challenge to the candidacy of leading…

By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s Supreme Court has upheld the two-year prison sentence of a labor union…

LONDON (AP) — Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was turned away from a polling station after forgetting to bring ID to vote in the…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is arguing that a fractured democracy can have…

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump will return to court as his hush money trial enters its 11th day. Friday will cap a frenzied second week of witness…

BEIJING (AP) — China has dispatched a vice premier to oversee recovery efforts and urged better safety measures after a highway collapse killed at…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian military authorities say two military personnel will face a court martial over the…

By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Last year at the Kentucky Derby, Eddie Olczyk did what every horse racing fan and handicapper has done at one point —…

By BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Larry Demeritte has run horses on Kentucky Derby day in the past, just never in the big…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nippon Steel says it has postponed the expected closing of its $14.1 billion takeover of U.S.…

By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Hundreds of people are laying flowers and lighting candles to commemorate the victims of…

By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Roughly 100,000 immigrants who were brought to the U.S. are expected to enroll in the Affordable…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s government says it is relaxing its restrictions on abortion for the first…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will awardthe Presidential Medal of Freedom to a diverse group of 19…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The King’s Trust has celebrated its new name, an update of King Charles III’s long-running…

SYDNEY (AP) — Germany says Russia will face consequences after accusing its military intelligence service of masterminding an “absolutely…

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A bus has plunged into a rocky ravine in northern Pakistan after its driver lost control, killing at least 15 people and…

By The Associated Press Dror Or, a 49-year-old held captive in Gaza, has died, the Hostages Families Forum said Friday. Or marks the 38th hostage…