Baltimore port to open deeper channel, enabling some ships to pass after bridge collapse
By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Officials in Baltimore plan to open a deeper channel for commercial ships to access the city’s…
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Dutch intelligence sees the wars in Gaza and Ukraine as triggers for terrorist threats
By MOLLY QUELL Associated Press ZOETERMEER, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch national intelligence agency says threats targeting the Netherlands are…
Continue Reading Chicago woman convicted of killing, dismembering landlord, hiding some remains in freezer
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago woman has been convicted of killing and dismembering her landlord and putting some of victim’s remains inside a freezer…
Continue Reading Spanish judge freezes a bank account of Piqué’s company amid probe into Saudi deal to host Super Cup
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A Spanish judge has ordered a bank account of a company run by former Barcelona player…
Continue Reading Murder charges filed against woman who crashed into building hosting birthday party, killing 2 kids
BERLIN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Second-degree murder charges have been filed against a Michigan woman who smashed her SUV into a boat club that was…
Continue Reading Moscow court rejects Evan Gershkovich’s appeal, keeping him in jail until at least June 30
MOSCOW (AP) — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich will remain jailed on espionage charges until at least late June, after a Moscow court…
Continue Reading The European rights court rules Turkey’s jailing of a UN judge after a coup attempt was unlawful
ISTANBUL (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights says a United Nations judge was unlawfully jailed after he was arrested in Turkey following a…
Continue Reading African leaders spearhead efforts to tackle terrorism across the continent
By Nimi Princewill, CNN Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) — African leaders discussed anti-terrorism solutions on the continent during a high-level security…
Continue Reading United Methodists open first top-level conference since breakup over LGBTQ inclusion
By PETER SMITH Associated Press Thousands of United Methodists are gathering in Charlotte, North Carolina, for their big denominational meeting,…
Continue Reading Google fires more workers who protested its deal with Israel
By KELVIN CHAN and WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writers Google fired at least 20 more workers in the aftermath of protests over technology the…
Continue Reading US new home sales surged in March despite elevated mortgage rates
Sales of newly built single-family homes in the United States soared in March despite mortgage rates remaining elevated that…
Continue Reading Spain reopens a probe into a Pegasus spyware case after a French request to work together
MADRID (AP) — A Spanish judge has reopened a probe into the suspected spying on the cellphone of Spain’s prime minister after receiving a request…
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Mental Health Monday: Farmers facing a crisis
Imagine going to work unable to control the environment and outcome despite your best efforts. Well, it’s something farmers deal with every single…
Continue Reading Biden will assail Florida’s 6-week abortion ban as he tries to boost his reelection odds
By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is traveling to Florida to assail the state’s upcoming six-week abortion…
Continue Reading A memorial opens on the site of a Nazi concentration camp for Roma after a pig farm was removed
PRAGUE (AP) — A new memorial has opened in the Czech Republic on the site of a former Nazi concentration camp for Roma, capping a process that took…
Continue Reading NFL draft has been on tour for a decade and the next stop is Detroit, giving it a shot in spotlight
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — The NFL draft has taken the show on the road for a decade, giving cities around the country a chance…
Continue Reading Qatari emir in Nepal, expected to tackle migrant conditions and Nepali student held hostage by Hamas
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — The emir of Qatar has landed in Nepal on his first-ever visit to the South Asian country, after visiting Bangladesh and…
Continue Reading What life was like for animals in America before people learned to love pets
By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — More than 100 years before Morrissey declared that “meat is murder,” before PETA supporters disrupted runway…
Continue Reading Aboriginal spears taken by Captain Cook in 1770 are returned to Australia’s Indigenous people
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Four Aboriginal spears that were taken to England by Captain James Cook more than 250 years ago have…
Continue Reading Trump to meet with senior Japanese official after court session Tuesday in hush money trial
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is meeting with another foreign leader while he’s in New York for…
Continue Reading Richmond Mayor Stoney drops Virginia governor bid, he will run for lieutenant governor instead
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democratic Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney says he’s dropping his bid for Virginia governor in 2025 and will instead run for…
Continue Reading Abortion returns to the spotlight in Italy 46 years after it was legalized
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni’s far-right-led government wants to allow anti-abortion groups…
Continue Reading A well-known figure in a German far-right party tells his trial he is completely innocent
BERLIN (AP) — One of the best-known figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party has said at his trial on charges of using a Nazi slogan…
Continue Reading After 4 decades in music and major vocal surgery, Jon Bon Jovi is optimistic and still rocking
By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Bon Jovi is marking its 40th anniversary. A new docuseries called “Thank You,…
Continue Reading Columbia switches to hybrid learning amid protests over Israel’s war in Gaza
NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University’s main campus will switch to hybrid learning for the rest of the semester amid protests over Israel’s war…
Continue Reading Police in Bosnia arrest 23 people suspected of being part of global drug kingpin’s ‘inner circle’
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Law enforcement authorities say they have arrested 23 people in Bosnia suspected of belonging to a “global…
Continue Reading Prince Louis photo released to mark sixth birthday
By Lauren Said-Moorhouse and Max Foster, CNN (CNN) — Britain’s Prince and Princess of Wales have released a new photo of Prince Louis to mark…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for April 23: Trump trial, Gaza, Ukraine, Health care privacy, Dubai floods
CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — NASA has regained communication with Voyager 1, the most distant spacecraft from Earth, after a five-month…
Continue Reading 5 things to know for April 23: Trump trial, Gaza, Ukraine, Health care privacy, Dubai floods
By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — NASA has regained communication with Voyager 1, the most distant spacecraft from Earth, after a five-month…
Continue Reading ‘Catch and kill’ will be described to jurors in Donald Trump’s hush money trial as testimony resumes
By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ, ERIC TUCKER and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A longtime tabloid publisher was expected…
Continue Reading The UK pledges $620 million in new military aid for Ukraine
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The U.K. has pledged an additional $620 million in new military supplies for Ukraine, including long-range missiles and four…
Continue Reading Germany arrests aide to far-right MEP on suspicion of spying for China
By Chris Stern, Stephanie Halasz and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — German authorities have arrested an aide to a high-ranking, far-right member of…
Continue Reading The Latest | ‘Catch-and-kill’ strategy to be a focus as testimony resumes in Trump hush money case
NEW YORK (AP) — A veteran tabloid publisher was expected to return to the witness stand Tuesday in Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial.…
Continue Reading Swedish customs seize around 1.4 tons of cocaine in one of the country’s largest-ever drug busts
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Swedish customs official has told local media the group made one of the country’s biggest-ever cocaine seizures…
Continue Reading Wall Street is looking to Tesla’s earnings for clues to Musk’s plan to restore company’s wild growth
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer Faced with falling global sales and a tumbling stock price, Tesla has slashed prices again on some of its electric…
Continue Reading South Korean sentenced to 14 months in jail for killing 76 cats
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean man has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for killing 76 cats in one…
Continue Reading Police clear out a migrant camp in central Paris. Activists say it’s a pre-Olympics sweep
By JADE LE DELEY and NICOLAS GARRIGA Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French police have evicted migrants from a makeshift camp in Paris a few steps…
Continue Reading Human rights groups condemn UK plan to send asylum-seekers to Rwanda after Parliament backs new law
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s plans to send some asylum-seekers to Rwanda were swiftly condemned by international…
Continue Reading Aung San Suu Kyi’s son casts doubt on reports of her move to house arrest from ‘barbaric’ prison
By Helen Regan, CNN (CNN) — Reports of deposed former Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s move to house arrest are “questionable,” her son…
Continue Reading A powerful volcano is erupting. Here’s what that could mean for weather and climate
By Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — When Mount Ruang in Indonesia underwent multiple explosive eruptions last week, volcanic gases were…
Continue Reading A Russian strike on Kharkiv’s TV tower is part of an intimidation campaign, Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says
By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says a Russian missile strike that smashed a…
Continue Reading New Delhi chokes as trash mountain fire spreads hazardous fumes
By Rhea Mogul and Noemi Cassanelli, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — India’s capital choked on toxic fumes Tuesday, as a thick and pungent haze spread…
Continue Reading At least 5 people have died while crossing English Channel, hours after UK approved deportation bill
PARIS (AP) — At least 5 people have died while crossing the English Channel, according to French media, hours after the UK approved the migrant…
Continue Reading Legendary rugby league star Wally Lewis appeals for concussion and CTE awareness support
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A legendary rugby player has cited the fear and anxiety that has invaded his life among the reasons for urging the…
Continue Reading Trump could avoid trial this year on 2020 election charges. Is the hush money case a worthy proxy?
By GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump faces serious charges in two separate cases over whether he…
Continue Reading $8 billion US military aid package to Taiwan will ‘boost confidence’ in region: president-elect
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s President-elect Lai Ching-te says an $8 billion defense package…
Continue Reading German EU lawmaker’s aide is arrested on suspicion of spying for China
BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors say a man who works for a German lawmaker in the European Parliament has been arrested on suspicion of spying for…
Continue Reading Australia and Papua New Guinea leaders trek toward WWII South Pacific battleground
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia and Papua New Guinea’s prime ministers have begun trekking into the South…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian stocks track Wall Street gains ahead of earnings reports
By ZIMO ZHONG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Asian share benchmarks were mostly higher Tuesday after U.S. stocks clawed back a chunk of their…
Continue Reading The Latest | Tent compound rises in Khan Younis as Israel prepares for Rafah offensive
By The Associated Press Satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press appear to show a new compound of tents being built near Khan Younis in the…
Continue Reading ‘I have nothing against moms’: Comedian Arj Barker defends move that’s caused controversy in Australia
By Kathleen Magramo, CNN (CNN) — What should a comedian do when a baby cradled in its mother’s arms starts making noises in the middle of a…
Continue Reading North Korea claims it tested new command-and-control system in simulated nuclear counterstrike
By Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — North Korea claims it tested a new nuclear weapons command-and-control system Monday, with the…
Continue Reading Facing pressure from rights groups, World Bank suspends funding for Tanzania tourism project
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A U.S.-based rights group says the World Bank has suspended funding for a tourism project in Tanzania that allegedly caused…
Continue Reading Indian teenager becomes youngest challenger for world chess title, will face reigning champion from China
By Andrew McNicol, CNN (CNN) — Teenage Indian chess prodigy Gukesh Dommaraju, better known as Gukesh D, became the youngest player to claim the…
Continue Reading Indian opposition accuses Modi of hate speech after he calls Muslims ‘infiltrators’
By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s main opposition party is accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of hate speech…
Continue Reading From pop to politics, what to know as Sweden prepares for the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — It’s springtime in Europe — time for the annual blossoming of spectacle and sound known as the…
Continue Reading Writer Leonardo Padura chronicles life in Cuba as his detective ‘alter ego’ solves gripping crimes
By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuban writer Leonardo Padura has managed to turn his series of detective novels into a social…
Continue Reading North Macedonia to elect president after campaign focused on hot-button issue of EU membership
By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Voters are going to the polls in North Macedonia this week for the first…
Continue Reading As Blinken heads to China, these are the major divides he will try to bridge
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken is starting three days of talks with senior Chinese…
Continue Reading 2 Malaysian military helicopters collide and crash while training, killing all 10 people on board
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s navy says two military helicopters collided and crashed during a training session, killing all 10 people…
Continue Reading What to know about the Supreme Court case about immunity for former President Trump
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has scheduled a special session to hear arguments over whether former…
Continue Reading Malaysian navy helicopters collide in mid-air, killing 10 crew
Story by Reuters Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — Two Malaysian navy helicopters collided in mid-air during a rehearsal for a naval parade on Tuesday,…
Continue Reading Columbia University sets midnight deadline for talks to dismantle protest encampment
By Elizabeth Wolfe, Kelly McCleary and Matt Egan, CNN (CNN) — Columbia University President Minouche Shafik announced Tuesday evening that…
Continue Reading Aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan heads to Senate for final approval after months of delay
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is returning to Washington on Tuesday to vote on $95 billion in war aid to…
Continue Reading Pennsylvania’s primary will cement Casey, McCormick as nominees in battleground US Senate race
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s primaries will cement the lineup for a high-stakes U.S. Senate race…
Continue Reading New federal rule bars transgender school bathroom bans, but it likely isn’t the final word
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A new rule from President Joe Biden’s administration blocking blanket policies to keep transgender students…
Continue Reading New federal rule bars transgender school bathroom bans, but it likely isn’t the final word
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A new rule from President Joe Biden’s administration blocking blanket policies to keep transgender students…
Continue Reading Starbucks takes on the federal labor agency before the US Supreme Court
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments in a case filed by Starbucks against the National Labor…
Continue Reading Global plastic pollution treaty talks hit critical stage in Canada
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press Thousands of negotiators and observers representing most of the world’s nations are gathering in the…
Continue Reading America’s child care crisis is holding back moms without college degrees
By MORIAH BALINGIT and SHARON LURYE of The Associated Press and DANIEL BEEKMAN of The Seattle Times AUBURN, Wash. (AP) — After a series of…
Continue Reading With graduation near, colleges seek to balance safety and students’ right to protest Gaza war
By JOCELYN GECKER and STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — The University of Michigan is informing students of the rules for…
Continue Reading Elon Musk accuses Australia of censorship after court bans violent video
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Tech billionaire Elon Musk accused Australia of censorship after an Australian judge…
Continue Reading US advances review of Nevada lithium mine amid concerns over endangered wildflower
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — The Biden administration has taken a significant step in its expedited environmental review of…
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By MORIAH BALINGIT and SHARON LURYE of The Associated Press and DANIEL BEEKMAN of The Seattle Times AUBURN, Wash. (AP) — After a series of…
Continue Reading Haiti health system nears collapse as medicine dwindles, gangs attack hospitals and ports stay shut
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — On a recent morning at a hospital in the heart of gang territory in Haiti’s…
Continue Reading Trump called this visa ‘very bad’ for Americans. Truth Social applied for one
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The social media company founded by former President Donald Trump applied for a business visa…
Continue Reading ‘Our artillery is starving’: $60bn US military aid can’t come soon enough for Ukraine
By Andy Carey and Tim Lister, CNN Kyiv, Ukraine (CNN) — Soldiers on the front lines in Ukraine say the final approval in the US Congress of a…
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During the search for the suspect that shot and killed Ada County Deputy Tobin Bolter, the Boise Police Department was able to locate him in a Boise…
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Chad Daybell trial day 9
The Chad Daybell Trial continues with Day 8 at the Ada County…
Continue Reading MLB players’ union asks court to confirm arbitration decision against Bad Bunny firm
NEW YORK (AP) — The baseball players’ association has asked a federal court to confirm an arbitrator’s decision denying an attempt by a…
Continue Reading Tensions between Beijing and Washington are the biggest worry for US companies in China, report says
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer A report by the American Chamber of Commerce in China says that simmering tensions between Beijing and…
Continue Reading Blood found in suspect’s home does not appear to match mutilated college student Sade Robinson, amended complaint says
By Raja Razek and Jennifer Feldman, CNN (CNN) — Blood evidence found in the home of Maxwell Anderson, the man accused of killing and mutilating…
Continue Reading In Vietnam, farmers reduce methane emissions by changing how they grow rice
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press LONG AN, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam aims to transform its rice sector, making it more resilient to climate change…
Continue Reading Chicago Bears schedule a Wednesday announcement on new stadium near lakefront
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears have scheduled a Wednesday news conference to announce plans for “a state-of-the-art, publicly owned enclosed…
Continue Reading Judge in Kohberger murder case allows surveys of potential jurors to continue ‘without modification’
The judge in the case against Bryan Kohberger, accused of killing four University of Idaho students in the fall of 2022, is allowing surveys…
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Pocatello Parks and Recreation Department making major progress on ongoing projects
Major progress is being made in multiple projects for the Pocatello Parks and Recreation…
Continue Reading Seattle hospital won’t turn over gender-affirming care records in lawsuit settlement with Texas
By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is dropping a request for a Seattle hospital to hand over records…
Continue Reading Oklahoma police say 5 found dead in home, including 2 children
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City police are investigating the deaths of five people, including at least two children, inside a home on the…
Continue Reading Judge OKs phone surveys of jury pool for man charged in 4 University of Idaho student deaths
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Defense attorneys for a man charged in the deaths of four University of Idaho students can…
Continue Reading Judge OKs phone surveys of jury pool for man charged in 4 University of Idaho student deaths
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Defense attorneys for a man charged in the deaths of four University of Idaho students can…
Continue Reading Advocates, man who inspired film ‘Bernie’ ask for air conditioning for him and other Texas inmates
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A legal battle over a lack of air conditioning in Texas prisons is bringing together advocates on…
Continue Reading Arizona judge declares mistrial in the case of a rancher accused of fatally shooting a migrant
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona judge has declared a mistrial in the case of rancher accused of fatally shooting a Mexican…
Continue Reading Trial opens for former Virginia hospital medical director accused of sexual abuse of ex-patients
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press NEW KENT, Va. (AP) — A Virginia prosecutor says a former longtime medical director of a Virginia hospital that…
Continue Reading Philippine troops kill 12 suspected Muslim rebels in clash that wounded seven soldiers
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine troops have killed the leader of a small Muslim rebel group and eleven of his men blamed for past bombings…
Continue Reading Milwaukee man charged in dismemberment death pleads not guilty
SOUTH MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee man charged with killing and mutilating a woman whose body parts washed up on a beach along Lake Michigan has…
Continue Reading UK passes controversial bill to send asylum seekers to Rwanda after two years of challenges
By Luke McGee, CNN (CNN) — The UK parliament has finally passed a contentious bill that will allow the government to send asylum…
Continue Reading California announces first new state park in a decade and sets climate goals for natural lands
By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will open its first new state park in a decade this…
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Celebrating Earth Day through Dance: The INL and Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Join Forces
April 22nd marks earth day throughout the world. To mark the occasion the INL and the Shoshone-Bannock tribes have teamed up to celebrate through…
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Keeping Idaho’s roads clean
“[These volunteers] have saved the state as much as $25…
Continue Reading Mississippi lawmakers move toward restoring voting rights to 32 felons as broader suffrage bill dies
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi legislators advanced bills Monday to give voting rights…
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