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By MARCO UGARTE Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Marco Ugarte has been a photographer based in Mexico City for over 30 years. He covered the…
Continue ReadingBy MARCO UGARTE Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Marco Ugarte has been a photographer based in Mexico City for over 30 years. He covered the…
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG and RAVI NESSMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is railing against…
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH and CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio is expected to star in this year’s big races for state…
Continue ReadingCAIRO (AP) — The European Union has announced a $8 billion aid package for cash-strapped Egypt amid concerns that economic pressure and conflicts…
Continue ReadingBy MARCO DI MARCO Associated Press GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Lava from a volcanic eruption in Iceland flowed Sunday toward defenses around the town…
Continue ReadingBy EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer The story of March Madness figures to look a lot like the story of the regular season that led up to it: a healthy…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Police say an early morning shooting in Washington, D.C., killed two people and wounded five others. Metropolitan Police…
Continue ReadingBy DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan’s government is closing down all schools starting Monday as the country…
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s campaign has amassed $155 million in cash on hand for the 2024 election,…
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — A traffic accident in southern Afghanistan has left at least 21 people dead and 38 others injured. The accident occurred on Sunday…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Ukraine has launched a new massive wave of drone attacks as Russians cast ballots on the final day of a presidential vote set…
Continue ReadingRussian President Vladimir Putin is poised to extend nearly a quarter century of rule for six more years on Sunday after wrapping up an election that…
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Judge Juan M. Merchan looked across his high-ceilinged courtroom, facing the defendant in a…
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Usher was named entertainer of the year at the 55th annual NAACP Awards on…
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin voters are set to decide whether to make it unconstitutional to accept private grant…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press People in North Carolina may have a little more riding on this year’s NCAA men’s and women’s…
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Hamas’ unprecedented raid on southern Israel has prompted a legal predicament: How…
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Voters are set to cast their ballots to decide competitive U.S. House races during the Illinois…
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden attended the annual Gridiron Club and Foundation Dinner this weekend, the…
Continue ReadingBy JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels saw an explosion detonated near a…
Continue ReadingBy SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — Bengaluru in southern India is witnessing an unusually hot February and March, and in the…
Continue ReadingGUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The government of Guatemala says the offices of its honorary consul in Haiti have been ransacked. Friday’s attack was…
Continue ReadingBy DALATOU MAMANE Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s junta says the U.S. military presence in the country is no longer justified after…
Continue ReadingALBUEQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico State police are seeking a suspect they have now identified in the shooting death of one of their officers.…
Continue ReadingBEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state media say Israeli airstrikes have hit several sites in southern Syria wounding a soldier. The Britain-based Syrian…
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — The former elections director for a rural Arizona county who resigned last year because a flap over the hand-counting of ballots has…
Continue ReadingGRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A volcano in Iceland has erupted for the fourth time in three months, sending orange jets of lava into the night sky.…
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD and JILL COLVIN Associated Press VANDALIA, Ohio (AP) — Former President Donald Trump claimed that he — not President Joe Biden —…
Continue ReadingALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The police department in Albuquerque, New Mexico, says a fourth officer has resigned during an investigation into alleged…
Continue ReadingCARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has become his party’s official nominee for July’s highly anticipated…
Continue ReadingBy AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Maui’s mayor says he is prioritizing housing, evaluating evacuation routes and hiring more…
Continue ReadingPORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — A late-night fight at a New Hampshire diner has led to an assault charge against a former police officer and arrest…
Continue ReadingBy AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Americans rely on Medicaid when fighting diseases. But there’s a catch. Often, states…
Continue ReadingRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he’s “not afraid of any trial,” a day after documents released by…
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK ORSAGOS Associated Press LAKEVIEW, Ohio (AP) — A day and a half after deadly tornadoes ripped through part of the central U.S.,…
Continue ReadingANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan defensive line coach Greg Scruggs has been suspended indefinitely while the football program and athletic…
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tesla and a Black man who worked at the company’s California factory have settled a discrimination case that drew attention…
Continue ReadingABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Defense officials say at least 16 soldiers, including four officers, have been killed in southern Nigeria while responding to…
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a fatal crash in San Antonio, Texas, that involved a Ford electric vehicle…
Continue ReadingBy FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Want to cash in on some of that St. Patrick’s Day luck? You may want to buy a…
Continue ReadingFAIRLESS HILLS, Pa. (AP) — Authorities have issued a shelter-in-place order following the shooting of multiple people in a suburban Philadelphia…
Continue ReadingHELSINKI (AP) — Media reports in Latvia say that the country’s state security service has started criminal proceedings against an European…
Continue ReadingMARBLEHEAD, Mass. (AP) — A mountaineer, author and filmmaker who co-directed and co-produced a 1998 IMAX documentary about climbing Mount Everest…
Continue ReadingBy DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After the pandemic, young Chinese are again looking to study abroad. But the decades-long run that…
Continue ReadingSOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarians have lined the streets of Sofia to bid farewell to the late Orthodox Patriarch Neophyte. The spiritual leader of…
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Steven Mnuchin is a former U.S. Treasury secretary who said this week that…
Continue ReadingBy DEVNA BOSE AP Health Writer As rural hospitals continue to struggle financially, a new type of hospital is slowly taking root, especially in the…
Continue ReadingHOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Police in South Florida say they’ve arrested a woman believed to be the mother of an infant found dead in a trash bin…
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and Israeli officials were quick to express outrage after Senate Majority Leader…
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian navy says it has intercepted a bulk carrier that was hijacked by Somali pirates and demanded they surrender. The navy…
Continue ReadingBy COREY WILLIAMS, GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, MARIAM FAM and DARREN SANDS Associated Press DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — While Muslim students remain a…
Continue ReadingBy RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s military says a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden truck into a…
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — India has announced its general elections will start on April 19 and results are expected on June 4. The voting will stretch over…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Vaughan Gething has won the Welsh Labour Party leadership contest and is set to become the first Black leader of Wales’…
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Stalled talks aimed at securing a cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas are expected to…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A union representing many German train drivers and the main national railway operator have resumed negotiations in a bitter dispute…
Continue ReadingINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — One person is dead and five others suffered injuries in a shooting at an Indianapolis bar. WXIN-TV reports Indianapolis Metro…
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani says the upcoming Major League Baseball opener…
Continue ReadingKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian regional governor says two people have been killed in Ukrainian shelling of the city of Belgorod, close to the…
Continue ReadingBy DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Alexei Navalny’s team is used to working independently. The most potent foe of…
Continue ReadingVoters across Russia cast ballots Saturday on the second day of an election set to formalize six more years of power for President Vladimir Putin,…
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Mice that were accidentally introduced to a remote island near Antarctica 200 years…
Continue ReadingBy SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California lawmaker is trying to get the state Legislature to…
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY Associated Press MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — An independent commission has been reviewing the events leading up to Maine’s deadliest…
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court has sentenced 12 people to prison Saturday over the storming of the city’s…
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Visitors to New Orleans might be surprised to know that Irish immigrants are part of a city…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — America’s largest St. Patrick’s Day parades are being held Saturday. While the St. Patrick’s Day holiday is March…
Continue ReadingBy GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — When the wife of Nevada Senate candidate Sam Brown spoke about an abortion she…
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s sprawling home outside downtown Wilmington, Delaware, has…
Continue ReadingBy LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press TikTok creators across the country are expressing frustration over a bill passed by the U.S. House of…
Continue ReadingBy DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — If it’s March, and it’s green, it must be St. Patrick’s Day. The day honoring the patron…
Continue ReadingBy REGINA GARCIA CANO and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado faces a choice on…
Continue ReadingBy VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ plan to arrest migrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally is on hold…
Continue ReadingBy RUSS BYNUM Associated Press The 40-hour workweek has been standard in the U.S. for more than eight decades. Now some members of Congress want to…
Continue ReadingBy EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Some 1.4 million Haitians are on the verge of famine, and more than 4…
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s new ride is a Russian luxury limousine gifted…
Continue ReadingBy MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Those walking through the milling streets of downtown Mexico City were greeted with a strange…
Continue ReadingBy BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The University of Maryland has lifted its suspension of most fraternities and sororities…
Continue ReadingDENVER (AP) — One of three teens charged with starting a house fire in Denver that killed five members of a Senegalese family has been sentenced to…
Continue ReadingPORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Airport officials say a Boeing 737-800 was found to have a missing panel after a United Airlines flight arrived at its…
Continue ReadingBy STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Twenty-two historic artifacts that were looted following the Battle of Okinawa in World War II have…
Continue ReadingOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A judge has appointed a special master to oversee a federal women’s prison in California known for rampant sexual…
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON and COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A weekly ski trip for about 50 women from the Denver area turned into an…
Continue ReadingBy BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky House has voted to defund diversity, equity and inclusion offices at public…
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors have wrapped up their case against an Afghan refugee in the first of…
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER ATLANTA (AP) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can prosecute Donald Trump on charges that he…
Continue ReadingBy ANITA SNOW The Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A Navajo state senator in Arizona says she’s hoping for final approval of her bill to…
Continue ReadingBy RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware State Police are asking a judge to dismiss several claims in a lawsuit filed by the…
Continue ReadingBy JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge presiding over a lawsuit challenging the quality of health care in Arizona’s…
Continue ReadingMADISON, Ind. (AP) — A prosecutor says a southern Indiana woman fatally shot her three children before turning the gun on herself last December.…
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s governor has approved an overhaul of social media laws meant to protect…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — White House national security spokesman John Kirby; Reps. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, and Ro Khanna,…
Continue ReadingBy OMAR AKOUR and LEO CORREA Associated Press Two AP journalists aboard an American aid flight to Gaza observed the wreckage to the strip’s…
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence says he will not be backing Donald Trump in the 2024 election.…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Delays in Donald Trump’s criminal cases are increasing the possibility…
Continue ReadingBy JACK DURA Associated Press South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has signed a bill allowing signers of ballot initiative petitions to revoke their…
Continue ReadingBy DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris says it’s “absurd” that the federal government…
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump White House official Peter Navarro appealed to the Supreme Court Friday to allow him…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A top-of-the table English Women’s Soccer League game with a crowd of nearly 33,000 has suffered a delayed kickoff in London…
Continue ReadingASHTABULA, Ohio (AP) — A fast-moving fire damaged a commercial freighter at a port in eastern Ohio. But no injuries were reported. The Coast Guard…
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