Month: April 2023

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of whistling at her —…

By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer By comparing the genetic blueprints of an array of animals, scientists are gaining new insights into our own species…

By LISA BAUMANN and MANUEL VALDES Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state has enacted legal protections for people who travel there…

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The world’s oceans have suddenly spiked much hotter and well above record levels in the last few weeks,…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The first years of the pandemic saw a huge decline in high school students having sex, according…

By DAN SEWELL Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Jerry Springer, the onetime mayor and news anchor whose namesake TV show featured a three-ring…

BERLIN (AP) — Berlin’s first conservative mayor in 22 years has taken office following a state election in which he capitalized on discontent in…

By JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A lawyer says a for-profit company that ran a Texas jail along with other defendants has agreed to…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyer sought Thursday to pick apart a decades-old…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s culture ministry says pets will soon be allowed into more than 120 archaeological sites across the country,…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A European judicial team is pressing on with its corruption probe of Lebanon’s embattled Central…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Lawmakers from Pakistan’s ruling party have overwhelmingly backed Prime Minister Shahbaz…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators in Kansas have enacted what may be the most sweeping transgender…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s navy seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers are set to begin a second round of debate on a bill that would ban…

By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — Country superstar and newly minted Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Dolly…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The government’s report Thursday that the economy grew at a 1.1% annual rate last…

By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer A diabetes drug being tested for weight loss is poised to further upend obesity care. Drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co.…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s High Court has ruled that part of a strike by thousands of nurses planned for next week…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A court in Norway has sentenced a former contractor of Russian military company the Wagner Group to 14 days in jail for…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials tell The Associated Press the number of reported sexual assaults across the…

By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping faces daunting obstacles if he is serious about trying to help end the…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Ukraine’s prime minister said he asked Pope Francis during a private Vatican audience…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister says Tehran wants Lebanon’s rivals to reach an agreement to elect a…

LONDON (AP) — Traveling to the FA Cup final at Wembley Stadium in London just got much harder for fans of the two Manchester clubs. The British…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press ABOARD BRP MALABRIGO (AP) — A Chinese coast guard ship blocked a Philippine patrol vessel steaming into a disputed…

By MOSHE EDRI and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday shrugged off Disney’s lawsuit…

By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Human rights organizations are urging Thailand to improve conditions in its immigration…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — At Michigan State University, children of employees can spend Thursday seeing what it’s like…