Wisconsin voters to decide on banning private money to help fund elections
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin voters are set to decide whether to make it unconstitutional to accept private grant…
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By 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 Reading How should Israel bring to justice the perpetrators behind the worst attack in its history?
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Hamas’ unprecedented raid on southern Israel has prompted a legal predicament: How…
Continue Reading Illinois primary features competitive congressional races in the Chicago area
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Voters are set to cast their ballots to decide competitive U.S. House races during the Illinois…
Continue Reading Biden says at DC roast that of 2 presidential candidates, 1 was mentally unfit. ‘The other’s me’
By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden attended the annual Gridiron Club and Foundation Dinner this weekend, the…
Continue Reading Ukraine appeals to citizens under Russian occupation to ignore Putin’s ‘pseudo elections’
By Andrew Carey, Olga Voitovych, Maria Kostenko, Josh Pennington and Darya Tarasova, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine’s government has told citizens…
Continue Reading Niger ends military agreement with US, calls it ‘profoundly unfair’
By Mitchell McCluskey and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Niger’s military government announced that it has ended an accord with the US that…
Continue Reading A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has targeted a ship in the Gulf of Aden
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels saw an explosion detonated near a…
Continue Reading India’s Bengaluru is fast running out of water, and a long, scorching summer still looms
By SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — Bengaluru in southern India is witnessing an unusually hot February and March, and in the…
Continue Reading Fire devastates historic studio in ‘Hollywood on the Nile’
By Kareem El Damanhoury, Eyad Kourdi and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — A major fire ravaged the 80-year-old iconic Al-Ahram Studio in Cairo,…
Continue Reading Iceland volcano erupts prompting evacuation of Blue Lagoon
CNN By Mariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — Iceland’s world-famous Blue Lagoon and the nearby town of Grindavik were evacuated on Saturday following a…
Continue Reading Guatemala says offices of its honorary consul in Haiti have been ransacked
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The government of Guatemala says the offices of its honorary consul in Haiti have been ransacked. Friday’s attack was…
Continue Reading Niger’s junta says US military presence is no longer justified
By 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 Reading Authorities are seeking a suspect now identified in a New Mexico state police officer’s killing
ALBUEQUERQUE, 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 Reading Israel strikes several sites in Syria, wounding a soldier, Syrian military says
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state media say Israeli airstrikes have hit several sites in southern Syria wounding a soldier. The Britain-based Syrian…
Continue Reading A local Arizona elections chief who quit in a ballot-counting dispute just got a top state job
PHOENIX (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 Reading Pennsylvania man suspected of killing 3 people is in custody, police say
WPVI, CNN By Jeff Winter, Sarah Dewberry, Michelle Watson and Braden Walker, CNN (CNN) — Andre Gordon, the man accused of killing three people…
Continue Reading A volcano in Iceland is erupting for the fourth time in 3 months, sending plumes of lava skywards
GRINDAVIK, 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 Reading Iceland volcano erupts prompting evacuation of Blue Lagoon
By Mariya Knight, CNN (CNN) — Iceland’s world-famous Blue Lagoon and the nearby town of Grindavik were evacuated on Saturday following a…
Continue Reading Trump campaigns for GOP Senate candidate Bernie Moreno in Ohio
By MEG KINNARD and JILL COLVIN Associated Press VANDALIA, Ohio (AP) — Former President Donald Trump claimed that he — not President Joe Biden —…
Continue Reading A fourth Albuquerque, New Mexico, police officer has resigned amid probe of unit
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The police department in Albuquerque, New Mexico, says a fourth officer has resigned during an investigation into alleged…
Continue Reading Venezuela ruling party officially makes Maduro its candidate in the July presidential election
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has become his party’s official nominee for July’s highly anticipated…
Continue Reading Montana man pleads guilty to wildlife trafficking charges in scheme to clone and sell sheep
By Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Over the course of nearly a decade, a Montana ranch owner and at least five other people conspired to clone…
Continue Reading Maui’s mayor prioritizes housing and vows to hire more firefighters after Lahaina wildfire
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Maui’s mayor says he is prioritizing housing, evaluating evacuation routes and hiring more…
Continue Reading Vessel ‘accidentally discharged’ 500 gallons of diesel fuel off Northern California coast, Coast Guard says
By Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — A US Coast Guard vessel “accidentally discharged” about 500 gallons of diesel fuel off the coast of Northern…
Continue Reading New Hampshire diner fight leads to charges against former police officer, allegations of racism
PORTSMOUTH, 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 Reading State Medicaid offices target dead people’s homes to recoup their health care costs
By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Many Americans rely on Medicaid when fighting diseases. But there’s a catch. Often, states…
Continue Reading Brazil’s Bolsonaro ‘not afraid of any trial’ over accusations he plotted to remain president
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro says he’s “not afraid of any trial,” a day after documents released by…
Continue Reading Long recovery ahead for some in path of deadly tornados in central U.S.
By PATRICK ORSAGOS Associated Press LAKEVIEW, Ohio (AP) — A day and a half after deadly tornadoes ripped through part of the central U.S.,…
Continue Reading Michigan suspends defensive line coach Gregg Scruggs following drunk driving arrest
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan defensive line coach Greg Scruggs has been suspended indefinitely while the football program and athletic…
Continue Reading Former Tesla worker settles discrimination case, ending appeals over lowered $3.2 million verdict
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tesla and a Black man who worked at the company’s California factory have settled a discrimination case that drew attention…
Continue Reading 4 officers were among 16 soldiers killed in southern Nigeria during fighting between communities
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Defense officials say at least 16 soldiers, including four officers, have been killed in southern Nigeria while responding to…
Continue Reading US to investigate Texas fatal crash that may have involved Ford partially automated driving system
DETROIT (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a fatal crash in San Antonio, Texas, that involved a Ford electric vehicle…
Continue Reading Pennsylvania man suspected of killing 3 people is in custody, police say
By Jeff Winter, Sarah Dewberry, Michelle Watson and Braden Walker, CNN (CNN) — Andre Gordon, the man accused of killing three people in Falls…
Continue Reading Russian border region closes malls and schools as Ukrainian attacks escalate
By Andrew Carey, Maria Kostenko and Josh Pennington, CNN (CNN) — All schools and colleges in parts of the Russian region of Belgorod will be…
Continue Reading Mega Millions jackpot soars to $875 million. Powerball reaches $600 million
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Continue Reading Authorities order residents to shelter in place after shootings in suburban Philadelphia township
FAIRLESS HILLS, Pa. (AP) — Authorities have issued a shelter-in-place order following the shooting of multiple people in a suburban Philadelphia…
Continue Reading Latvia starts criminal proceedings against an EU Parliament lawmaker suspected of spying for Russia
HELSINKI (AP) — Media reports in Latvia say that the country’s state security service has started criminal proceedings against an European…
Continue Reading David Breashears, mountaineer and filmmaker who co-produced Mount Everest documentary, dies at 68
MARBLEHEAD, Mass. (AP) — A mountaineer, author and filmmaker who co-directed and co-produced a 1998 IMAX documentary about climbing Mount Everest…
Continue Reading Starship’s monumental third flight ends unexpectedly
By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Each time SpaceX’s Starship system leaps off the launchpad, it unleashes an unmistakable roar over South…
Continue Reading The Princess of Wales controversy has only gotten worse
CNN By AJ Willingham, CNN (CNN) — The public absence of Catherine, Princess of Wales, has grown from a niche royal watcher concern to an…
Continue Reading After the pandemic, young Chinese again want to study abroad, just not so much in the US
By DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After the pandemic, young Chinese are again looking to study abroad. But the decades-long run that…
Continue Reading Both James and Jennifer Crumbley were found guilty. But they took different paths to get there
By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Of the 15 witnesses who testified for the prosecution in James Crumbley’s manslaughter trial, all but one had…
Continue Reading New Mexico State Police officer fatally shot ‘in cold blood’ by driver he tried to help, police say
By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — A New Mexico State Police officer was fatally shot “in cold blood” early Friday when he offered to help the…
Continue Reading A state trooper is investigating the death of a Boston police officer. Now, he’s accused of policy violations
By Faith Karimi and Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — A state trooper investigating the death of a Boston police officer is now under investigation…
Continue Reading Bulgarians bid farewell to Orthodox Patriarch Neophyte
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarians have lined the streets of Sofia to bid farewell to the late Orthodox Patriarch Neophyte. The spiritual leader of…
Continue Reading Interest in TikTok, distressed NY bank has echoes of Mnuchin’s pre-Trump investment playbook
By 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 Reading A new kind of hospital is coming to rural America. To qualify, facilities must close their beds
By 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 Reading DNA and investigative work help identify murder victim in Connecticut nearly 50 years later
By Zenebou Sylla, CNN (CNN) — Nearly 50 years after the skeletal remains of two homicide victims were found in a shallow grave, one of the…
Continue Reading Man, woman arrested in connection to dead baby found in Florida trash bin
HOLLYWOOD, 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 Reading Schumer’s rebuke of Netanyahu exemplifies US leaders skirting an unwritten rule on allies’ elections
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and Israeli officials were quick to express outrage after Senate Majority Leader…
Continue Reading India’s navy intercepts a bulk carrier hijacked by Somali pirates
NEW 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 Reading Fasting at school? More Muslim students in the US are getting support during Ramadan
By COREY WILLIAMS, GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, MARIAM FAM and DARREN SANDS Associated Press DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — While Muslim students remain a…
Continue Reading Date set for largest democratic election in human history
By Rhea Mogul, Sania Farooqui and Kunal Sehgal, CNN (CNN) — Polls in the world’s largest democracy India will open on April 19, the…
Continue Reading 7 soldiers killed in a suicide truck bombing and shootout in northwest Pakistan
By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s military says a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden truck into a…
Continue Reading India announces multi-phase general elections starting April 19 with results expected on June 4
NEW 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 Reading Wales will get its first Black leader after Vaughan Gething wins a Welsh Labour Party contest
LONDON (AP) — Vaughan Gething has won the Welsh Labour Party leadership contest and is set to become the first Black leader of Wales’…
Continue Reading Cease-fire talks with Israel and Hamas expected to restart
By 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 Reading German railway operator resumes talks with train drivers’ union in a long dispute
BERLIN (AP) — A union representing many German train drivers and the main national railway operator have resumed negotiations in a bitter dispute…
Continue Reading Suspect charged with murder in connection with Indianapolis nightclub shooting that left 1 dead, 5 others injured
By Andy Rose and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — A suspect is facing murder and other charges in connection with an early Saturday Indianapolis…
Continue Reading Early morning shooting at an Indianapolis bar kills 1 person and injures 5, report says
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — One person is dead and five others suffered injuries in a shooting at an Indianapolis bar. WXIN-TV reports Indianapolis Metro…
Continue Reading Why axolotls seem to be everywhere — except in the one lake they call home
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Continue Reading New Dodger Ohtani says Seoul MLB games will be ‘great memories’ for him and wife
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani says the upcoming Major League Baseball opener…
Continue Reading Russian officials say Ukrainian shelling kills 2 in a border city and drones target an oil refinery
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian regional governor says two people have been killed in Ukrainian shelling of the city of Belgorod, close to the…
Continue Reading Russia says it killed large number of Ukrainian soldiers with ‘vacuum bomb’ in claim Kyiv calls nonsense
By Brad Lendon, Manveena Suri, Josh Pennington and Sophie Jeong, CNN (CNN) — Russia says it killed large numbers of Ukrainian soldiers with a…
Continue Reading Residents in Indiana and Ohio are surveying the damage after tornadoes collapsed homes and left at least 3 dead
CNN By Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Residents are surveying the damage to their homes as cleanup efforts continue this weekend after several…
Continue Reading Residents in Indiana and Ohio are surveying the damage after tornadoes collapsed homes and left at least 3 dead
By Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Residents are surveying the damage to their homes as cleanup efforts continue this weekend after several tornadoes…
Continue Reading Hong Kong jails 12 people over the storming of the legislature in 2019
By Sarita Harilela and Sophie Jeong, CNN Hong Kong (CNN) — A Hong Kong court on Saturday sentenced 12 people to between 54 and 82 months in…
Continue Reading With Navalny dead, his allies keep fighting to undermine Putin’s grip on power
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Alexei Navalny’s team is used to working independently. The most potent foe of…
Continue Reading Russians cast ballots on Day 2 of an election preordained to extend Putin’s rule
Voters 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 Reading A warming island’s mice are breeding out of control and eating seabirds. An extermination is planned
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Mice that were accidentally introduced to a remote island near Antarctica 200 years…
Continue Reading What makes people happy? California lawmakers want to find out
By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California lawmaker is trying to get the state Legislature to…
Continue Reading Brazil’s ex-president Bolsonaro presented coup plot to military leaders, court documents allege
By Kareem El Damanhoury and Julia Vargas Jones, CNN São Paulo, Brazil (CNN) — Former President Jair Bolsonaro presented top Brazilian military…
Continue Reading What to know about the Maine mass shooting commission report
By NICK PERRY Associated Press MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — An independent commission has been reviewing the events leading up to Maine’s deadliest…
Continue Reading Hong Kong jails 12 people for over the storming of the legislature in 2019 protests
By 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 Reading When it’s St. Patrick’s Day in New Orleans, get ready to catch a cabbage
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Continue Reading America is getting green and giddy for its largest St. Patrick’s Day parades
NEW YORK (AP) — America’s largest St. Patrick’s Day parades are being held Saturday. While the St. Patrick’s Day holiday is March…
Continue Reading Abortion story from wife of Nevada Senate hopeful reveals complexity of issue for GOP candidates
By 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 Reading The Hur interview transcript offers a window into the life of ‘frustrated architect’ Joe Biden
By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s sprawling home outside downtown Wilmington, Delaware, has…
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By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press TikTok creators across the country are expressing frustration over a bill passed by the U.S. House of…
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By 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 Reading Venezuelan opposition leader faces deadline for standing down in race against Maduro
By REGINA GARCIA CANO and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado faces a choice on…
Continue Reading United Airlines flight discovered to be missing external panel after landing safely in Oregon
By Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — A United Airlines flight was discovered to be missing an external panel on the aircraft after it landed in…
Continue Reading How Texas’ plans to arrest migrants for illegal entry would work if allowed to take effect
By VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ plan to arrest migrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally is on hold…
Continue Reading Bernie Sanders wants the US to adopt a 32-hour workweek. Could workers and companies benefit?
By 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 Reading Hunger soars and aid dwindles as gangs in Haiti suffocate the country
By 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 Reading Law enforcement had probable cause to take Maine gunman into custody and remove his firearms before shooting, report says
By Emma Tucker, CNN (CNN) — Law enforcement officers had probable cause to confiscate the firearms from Robert Card and take him into…
Continue Reading North Korea’s Kim enjoys a Russian luxury limousine gifted by Putin as the two nations expand ties
By 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 Reading Hundreds of people in Mexico City stretch out for a ‘mass nap’ to commemorate World Sleep Day
By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Those walking through the milling streets of downtown Mexico City were greeted with a strange…
Continue Reading ‘Been there before’: Haitian community leaders urge caution as Florida deploys troops to halt potential migrant surge
CNN By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Eliantes Jean Jacques, a Haitian immigrant who has lived in Florida for more than three decades, is long…
Continue Reading Inside Haiti: A lucky few escape, while millions face gang rule, hunger and chaos
By Caitlin Stephen Hu, David Culver, Evelio Contreras and Tara John, CNN Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) — In a city silenced by gangs, everyone…
Continue Reading University of Maryland lifts suspension on most fraternities and sororities amid hazing probe
By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The University of Maryland has lifted its suspension of most fraternities and sororities…
Continue Reading Teen gets 40 years in prison for Denver house fire that killed 5 from Senegal
DENVER (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 Reading Boeing plane found to have missing panel after flight from California to southern Oregon
PORTLAND, 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 Reading 22 artifacts looted after the Battle of Okinawa returned to Japan
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Twenty-two historic artifacts that were looted following the Battle of Okinawa in World War II have…
Continue Reading Judge appoints special master to oversee California federal women’s prison after rampant abuse
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A judge has appointed a special master to oversee a federal women’s prison in California known for rampant sexual…
Continue Reading Weekly ski trip turns into overnight ordeal when about 50 women get stranded in bus during snowstorm
By 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 Reading GOP Kentucky House votes to defund diversity, equity and inclusion offices at public universities
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky House has voted to defund diversity, equity and inclusion offices at public…
Continue Reading Jurors weigh fate of Afghan refugee charged with murder in a case that shocked Muslim community
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors have wrapped up their case against an Afghan refugee in the first of…
Continue Reading What to know about judge’s ruling allowing Fani Willis to stay on Trump’s Georgia election case
By KATE BRUMBACK and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER ATLANTA (AP) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis can prosecute Donald Trump on charges that he…
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