Tensions build around Jerusalem shrine after Syria rockets
By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli warplanes and artillery struck targets in Syria following rare rocket fire from the…
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8 people missing in fiery collapse of Marseille building
By ELAINE GANLEY and BISHR EL TOUNI Associated Press MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Eight people remained missing after the building they lived in…
Continue Reading Once everywhere, Saddam’s image scrubbed from Baghdad
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Of his countless stories of his life as a hairdresser in Iraq, the one…
Continue Reading Governor comments after cops killed in traffic stop shooting
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says “our hearts are heavy” a day after two police officers were killed in a shooting during a…
Continue Reading Blumenthal breaks leg at UConn parade, to undergo surgery
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said he expects to undergo surgery to repair a broken leg he suffered Saturday during a victory…
Continue Reading As tiger count grows, India’s Indigenous demand land rights
By SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — It was a celebratory atmosphere for officials gathered just hours away from several of…
Continue Reading 3 taken to hospital after Delaware mall shooting
CHRISTIANA, Del. (AP) — A Delaware mall shooting left three people injured and forced shoppers to evacuate as police investigate. Delaware State…
Continue Reading Browns’ Watson scheduled to give deposition in civil lawsuit
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer As Deshaun Watson prepares for his second season with Cleveland, his legal troubles in Houston linger. The Browns…
Continue Reading After strike, LA school district workers approve labor deal
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Unified School District workers have approved a labor deal following a three-day strike over wages and staffing that…
Continue Reading Ukraine brings back 31 children from Russia amid war
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of a Ukrainian rescue organization said Saturday that the organization has brought back 31 children from Russia,…
Continue Reading Texas gov. seeks to pardon Army sergeant convicted of murder
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Saturday that he is seeking to pardon a U.S. Army sergeant who was convicted of murder in the 2020…
Continue Reading Taiwan threat from China serious, House GOP chairman says
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Select Committee on China said Saturday the U.S. must…
Continue Reading Ben Ferencz, last living Nuremberg prosecutor of Nazis, dies
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Ben Ferencz, the last living prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials, who tried Nazis for genocidal war crimes and…
Continue Reading Competing abortion pill rulings sow broad alarm, confusion
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and KEN MILLER Associated Press Emma Hernandez is defiant even if she fears what may come in the latest stage of the…
Continue Reading Cyclist Ethan Boyes dies after being struck in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Award-winning cyclist Ethan Boyes died after being struck by a car at a national park in San Francisco, the U.S. Park Police…
Continue Reading Yemen: Saudis free 13 Houthis as Omani officials visit Sanaa
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels say Saudi Arabia released 13 war prisoners. The Houthis say the prisoners…
Continue Reading Grand Canyon delays opening of North Rim due to snowfall
NORTH RIM, Ariz. (AP) — The public will have to wait a little longer to visit the North Rim at Grand Canyon National Park this year. Like other…
Continue Reading Israelis protest judicial overhaul despite violence surge
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Thousands of Israelis gathered for a weekly demonstration against the government’s contentious judicial overhaul plans…
Continue Reading Israeli military retaliates after rockets fired from Syria
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said its forces attacked targets in Syria early Sunday after six rockets…
Continue Reading At least 44 people killed by jihadis in Burkina Faso’s north
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Burkina Faso’s government says that at least 44 people were killed by Islamic…
Continue Reading Memphis Zoo bids farewell to panda ahead of return to China
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Visitors at the Memphis Zoo said goodbye Saturday to giant panda Ya Ya during a farewell party ahead of her departure back to…
Continue Reading Pope Francis returns to public eye for Easter vigil Mass
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis returned to public view on Saturday, presiding over Easter vigil Mass…
Continue Reading What does 1870s Comstock Act have to do with abortion pills?
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A 19th century “anti-vice” law is at the center of a new court ruling that threatens…
Continue Reading Show stopper: Singalong fans ejected, ‘Bodyguard’ halted
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — A British performance of “The Bodyguard” musical ended in unrequited love for some audience members who…
Continue Reading Jazz saxophonist, teacher Edward “Kidd” Jordan dies at 87
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Jazz saxophonist and music teacher Edward “Kidd” Jordan died in his sleep Friday, surrounded by family at his New Orleans…
Continue Reading Police: Fleeing father dropped toddler who died in brook
CLARKSBURG, Mass. (AP) — Police say a 2-year-old boy from Vermont found dead in a brook may have been dropped there by his father as he fled the…
Continue Reading Court backs teacher firing over transgender students’ names
By KATHLEEN FOODY The Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — An Indiana school district did not violate a former music teacher’s rights by pushing…
Continue Reading Whirling disease detected at New Mexico fish hatchery
SANTA ROSA, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico wildlife managers say they will have fewer rainbow trout to stock in lakes and rivers around the state this…
Continue Reading Mobile home park residents form co-ops to save their homes
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — When Gadiel Galvez learned that the owner of his mobile home park south of…
Continue Reading Thousands of doctors plan to walk off job again in England
LONDON (AP) — The British public health system is warning that a planned four-day strike by tens of thousands of doctors could lead to the…
Continue Reading Estonia PM’s party clinches new coalition government deal
By JARI TANNER and KOSTYA MANENKOV Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Estonia’s Prime Minister Kaja Kallas says her center-right Reform…
Continue Reading Afghan religious scholars criticize girls’ education ban
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan religious scholars Saturday criticized a ban on female education, as a key Taliban minister warned clerics not…
Continue Reading Report: Florida officials cut key data from vaccine study
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — An analysis that was the basis of a highly criticized recommendation from Florida’s surgeon general cautioning young men…
Continue Reading Berlusconi’s doctor says he’s responding well to treatment
ROME (AP) — Silvio Berlusconi’s doctor, who is treating him for a lung infection, said Saturday that the former Italian premier is responding…
Continue Reading Iowa won’t pay for rape victims’ abortions or contraceptives
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Attorney General’s Office has paused its practice of paying for emergency contraception — and in rare…
Continue Reading Abortion pill order latest contentious ruling by Texas judge
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Texas judge who sparked a legal firestorm with an unprecedented…
Continue Reading Unemployment fell to 3.5% under Biden. For how much longer?
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden keeps seeing good economic news and bad public approval ratings. The…
Continue Reading Small towns reclaim abandoned ski areas as nonprofits
By BRITTANY PETERSON ASSOCIATED PRESS CUCHARA, Colorado (AP) — It’s been the longest wait, their whole lives, in fact. But Race Lessar and Landen…
Continue Reading China health officials lash out at WHO, defend virus search
By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese health officials defended their search for the source of the COVID-19 virus and lashed out…
Continue Reading Ukraine’s coal miners dig deep to power a nation at war
By VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press DNIPROPETROVSK OBLAST, Ukraine (AP) — Deep underground in southeastern Ukraine, miners work around the…
Continue Reading Iraq, Syria’s Kurdish leader condemn attack on airport
By SALAR SALIM Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — The commander of the main U.S.-backed force in Syria and Iraq’s presidency have condemned what…
Continue Reading Truck crashes into pedestrians in Kenya, killing 10
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A truck has crashed into pedestrians and motorcycle taxis near western Kenya’s border…
Continue Reading US deploys guided-missile submarine amid tensions with Iran
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Navy has deployed a guided-missile submarine capable of carrying up to 154 Tomahawk missiles to the…
Continue Reading Biden’s ancestral hometowns prepare warm Irish welcome
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press BALLINA, Ireland (AP) — Joe Blewitt is just about the busiest man in Ballina. His phone rings constantly with…
Continue Reading In Africa’s Okavango, oil drilling disrupts locals, nature
By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — In Africa’s Okavango delta, drilling for oil exploration, as well as human-caused…
Continue Reading Tennessee becomes new front in battle for American democracy
By TRAVIS LOLLER, ADRIAN SAINZ and GARY FIELDS Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee has become a new front in the battle for the…
Continue Reading China flies fighter jets near Taiwan after leader’s US trip
By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China sent warships and dozens of fighter jets toward Taiwan on Saturday, the Taiwanese government…
Continue Reading Police: 6 people wounded in shooting on South Carolina beach
ISLE OF PALMS, S.C. (AP) — Gunfire erupted on a South Carolina beach during a “senior skip day” event involving numerous teenagers Friday,…
Continue Reading Mexican artisans create ‘Judas’ figures for others to burn
By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — After two months of hard work assembling and painting devil-like cardboard figures…
Continue Reading No threat found after University of Oklahoma shots reported
NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — A report of shots fired sent dozens of police cars to the University of Oklahoma Friday night and the campus was locked down…
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