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PARIS (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping is kicking off a three-country trip to Europe with the continent divided over how to deal with…
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping is kicking off a three-country trip to Europe with the continent divided over how to deal with…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press The fight to allow same-sex marriage and gay clergy has defined much of the last half-century for major mainline Protestant…
Continue ReadingBy PETER SMITH Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — It took just a few days for United Methodist delegates to remove a half-century’s…
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — Israel says a major crossing point used to deliver humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip has come under fire, forcing it to close.…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s New York criminal trial is full of terms you don’t typically hear in a…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A teenager has surrendered to police over an attack on a candidate from the party of Chancellor Olaf Scholz that has fueled concern…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Virtually every day of his hush money criminal trial, Donald Trump talks…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The American refugee program long served as a haven for people fleeing violence around…
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press Police surrounded a pro-Palestinian encampment early Sunday at the University of Southern…
Continue ReadingLONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Police say a shooting in the Los Angeles area injured seven people, including four who were listed in critical condition.…
Continue ReadingTEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his government has voted unanimously to shutter the offices of the…
Continue ReadingKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — As Ukraine marked its third Easter at war, Russia launched a barrage of drones concentrated in Ukraine’s east where the…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Law enforcement authorities say a driver has died after crashing a vehicle into a gate at the White House. The U.S. Secret…
Continue ReadingBy MAKIYA SEMINERA and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Since Florida enacted a six-week abortion ban, clinics in several…
Continue ReadingBy JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s Tenderloin neighborhood is notorious for its open-air drug use and…
Continue ReadingBy DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — They’re hallmarks of American history: protests, rallies, sit-ins, marches, disruptions. They…
Continue ReadingBy JIM HEINTZ Associated Press Just a few months short of a quarter-century as Russia’s leader, Vladimir Putin on Tuesday will put his hand on…
Continue ReadingBy MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press KIBBUTZ MEFLASIM, Israel (AP) — When Hamas fighters invaded southern Israel on Oct. 7, the militant group that…
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It was a frigid winter morning when authorities found a Native American man dead…
Continue ReadingBy JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panamanians head to the polls to vote in an election that has been consumed by unfolding drama…
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Millions of voters in England have voted in local elections, the last big test before a looming U.K.…
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO and LEKAN OYEKANMI Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — High waters flooded neighborhoods around Houston on Saturday following heavy…
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III’s decision to be open about his cancer diagnosis has helped the new monarch…
Continue ReadingBy ZELIPHA KIROBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Students at a school next to Kenya’s largest dumpsite are on a mission to try to…
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Asspciated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian officials say a 16-year-old boy armed with a knife has been shot dead by…
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Juro Kara, who helped shape Japan’s postwar avant-garde theater, defiantly yet playfully…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Frank Stella, a painter, sculptor and printmaker whose constantly evolving works served as landmarks of the minimalist and…
Continue ReadingBy HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Attorneys for a New Hampshire man who prevailed in a landmark lawsuit over abuse at a…
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Worshippers including President Vladimir Putin have packed Moscow’s landmark Christ the Savior Cathedral for a night-time…
Continue ReadingTBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Several thousand Georgians have marked Orthodox Easter with a candlelight vigil outside Parliament in the capital, Tbilisi.…
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Shareholder proposals are usually uneventful at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting, but…
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY Associated Press MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — Burt Rutan was alarmed to see the plane he had designed was so loaded with fuel that the wing…
Continue ReadingBy CLAIRE GALOFARO AP National Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — When Lori Hennesy imagined her outfit for the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby, she…
Continue ReadingBy SELLO MOTSETA Associated Press MOLEPOLOLE, Botswana (AP) — At least 44 people who died in a horrific bus crash during Easter weekend in South…
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — The state prosecutor’s office says three bodies recovered in an area of Mexico’s Baja California are likely to be those…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press The WNBA debuts of Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso were widely watched on a social media livestream from a fan who stepped in…
Continue ReadingNORWALK, Conn. (AP) — Workers have demolished a bridge over a Connecticut highway that was damaged in a fiery crash involving a gasoline tanker…
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan and India have decried remarks by U.S. President Joe Biden describing them as…
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Berkshire Hathaway says its first quarter profit plummeted on the paper value of its…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A zebra that has been hoofing through the foothills of western Washington for days was recaptured Friday evening, nearly a week…
Continue ReadingBy ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Madonna will give a free concrete on Copacabana beach, turning its vast stretch of sand…
Continue ReadingMOUNT HOREB, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say a student who was killed by police outside a Wisconsin school pointed a pellet rifle at officers and had…
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Boeing has locked out its private force of firefighters who protect its aircraft-manufacturing plants in the Seattle…
Continue ReadingBy PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press Protesters chanted anti-war messages and waved Palestinian flags during the University of Michigan’s…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Some U.S. universities that have been roiled by protests over the Israel-Hamas war have taken steps to contain disruptions…
Continue ReadingMEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A former security guard has been convicted of first-degree murder in the shooting of an unarmed Black man during a dispute at…
Continue ReadingCONROE, Texas (AP) — A Texas police officer has died of injuries he suffered when a tornado struck his home. The Conroe Police Department announced…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Russian state media say Moscow has put Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on its wanted list, citing the interior…
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — Airport security officers in Miami found a slithering surprise last week. It was a bag of snakes hidden in a passenger’s pants.…
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — London Mayor Sadiq Khan has won a historic third term in office. The win announced Saturday marks…
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — Christian Orthodox worshippers in Jerusalem have thronged the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in one of the most chaotic gatherings…
Continue ReadingCREVE COEUR, Mo. (AP) — A 79-year-old Missouri man is accused of killing a woman in her suburban Chicago home — a crime that happened nearly six…
Continue ReadingBy MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The student protest movement disrupting university campuses, classes and graduation ceremonies…
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — A British-Palestinian surgeon who volunteered in Gaza hospitals says he was denied entry to France to speak at the French Senate. The…
Continue ReadingThe United States is gearing up for Cinco de Mayo. Music, all-day happy hours and deals on tacos are planned at venues across the country on Sunday…
Continue ReadingBy RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan’s diplomat in India who was appointed before the Taliban seized power in 2021 and…
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Boeing is finally poised to launch astronauts to the International Space Station for…
Continue ReadingBy LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — Waiting in a long post office line with the latest shipment of “abortion aftercare kits,”…
Continue ReadingBy LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer NAMPA, Idaho (AP) — Waiting in a long post office line with the latest shipment of “abortion aftercare kits,”…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — It was Election Day last November, and one of Georgia’s top election officials saw that…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A candidate for Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party in next month’s European elections was beaten up and seriously injured while…
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Crucial witnesses took the stand in the second week of testimony in Donald Trump’s hush…
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s national weather center says the country has recorded its wettest April since 1961. The weather service said on…
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Kevin Spacey, the Oscar-winning actor, has denied new allegations of inappropriate behaviour from men…
Continue ReadingBy SAM MEDNICK and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A delegation of the Palestinian militant group Hamas was in Cairo on…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — A Chinese truck driver has been praised in local media for parking his vehicle across a highway and preventing more cars from…
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The 150th Kentucky Derby has a couple early favorites, such as Fierceness and Sierra Leone.…
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — London takes center stage as the counting of votes is underway in the capital city’s mayoral contest,…
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian village of Ocheretyne has been battered by fighting, drone footage obtained by…
Continue ReadingBy DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUNA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan has removed recently imposed taxes and fees that had triggered the suspension…
Continue ReadingBy EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tanzania’s power distributing company has announced a major blackout for most parts of…
Continue ReadingBy JUAN A. LOZANO and LEKAN OYEKANMI Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston area was under threat of worsening flood conditions Saturday, a…
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations food agency is waring Sudan’s warring parties that there is a…
Continue ReadingBy CHEVEL JOHNSON RODRIGUE Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and producer PJ Morton comes home with a new…
Continue ReadingBy BETH HARRIS AP Racing Writer LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Derby turns 150 years old this Saturday. America’s longest continuously…
Continue ReadingBy VALERIE GONZALEZ and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas and his wife have been…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press As the U.S. government moves toward reclassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug, there may be little immediate…
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Tens of thousands of people are expected to flock to Omaha, Nebraska, to soak up wisdom from…
Continue ReadingBy SEUNG MIN KIM, JILL COLVIN and CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It hasn’t happened in almost anyone’s lifetime:…
Continue ReadingBy ERIK VERDUZCO and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A deadly shootout in Charlotte that left five dead illustrates how…
Continue ReadingBy EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Officials say 14 people are dead after a flood and landslide hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi…
Continue ReadingSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — A late-season storm is expected to hit the Sierra Nevada this weekend, bringing rain and mountain snow to Northern…
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii lawmakers are wrapping up a legislative session that heavily focused on addressing…
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Israel-Hamas war demonstrations at the University of Mississippi turned ugly when…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Reporter SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged the auditing firm hired by Trump…
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court has reversed lower court rulings that held the Arizona Republican Party responsible for more than $27,000…
Continue ReadingBy MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican forensic examiners are at a remote site in Baja California where three bodies were…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — New York’s attorney general’s office has released police body camera footage showing New York City police officers shooting and…
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The NCAA and major college conferences are considering a possible settlement of…
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — A judge is forcing the Hawaii attorney general’s office to turn over documents,…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Boeing is already facing questions about quality and safety of its aircraft, and now it has a labor showdown on…
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Israel this week briefed Biden administration officials on a plan to evacuate Palestinian…
Continue ReadingBy KIM CHANDLER Associated MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama judges are standing by a decision that frozen embryos are children under a state law.…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark.; Mayor Eric Adams of New York; Lina Khan, chair of the Federal Trade…
Continue ReadingBy ANITA SNOW Associated Press TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona’s new heat officer said Friday that he is working with local governments and nonprofit…
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — A judge has denied pretrial release for a 22-year-old man charged with murder in the fatal shooting of an off-duty Chicago police…
Continue ReadingCHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Federal investigators say they discovered disconnected and missing hardware aboard a helicopter that crashed in 2022,…
Continue ReadingA federal report says safety lapses at the Oregon State Hospital contributed to recent patient-on-patient assaults. Oregon Public Broadcasting…
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Leaders of Georgia’s Fulton County say they had no legal power to control District Attorney Fani…
Continue ReadingTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Republican National Committee is suing to stop Nevada from being able to count mail…
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