US conducts 1st evacuation of its citizens from Sudan war
By ZEKE MILLER, COLLEEN LONG, MATTHEW LEE and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of Americans fleeing two weeks of deadly…
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Louis Vuitton turns Seoul bridge into massive runway
By JUWON PARK Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Louis Vuitton transformed a bridge spanning the Han River into a massive runway for its…
Continue Reading Spain is 1st Black woman to lead South Carolina Democrats
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Christale Spain, a longtime party operative, has been elected as chair of South Carolina’s…
Continue Reading Life-size sculpture of euthanized walrus unveiled in Norway
HELSINKI (AP) — A walrus that became a global celebrity last year after it was seen frolicking and basking in a Oslo fjord before it was euthanized…
Continue Reading Jill Biden uses workout to honor military kids’ sacrifices
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden has welcomed military families to the White House lawn for a workout…
Continue Reading Wrongfully convicted Kansas man to get $7.5 million payment
OSKALOOSA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas man who spent 16 years in prison for a rape and murder he didn’t commit will receive $7.5 million from the…
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Forte, Angel of Empire finish major Kentucky Derby workouts
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Derby points leader Forte clocked 49.80 seconds over four furlongs in the last major workouts for several Derby…
Continue ReadingWhat do Mormons believe?
By AJ Willingham, CNN Mormonism is a religion practiced by millions around the world. And yet, many who are unfamiliar with it sometimes rely on…
Continue Reading 210 migrant bodies wash up on Tunisia coast in under 2 weeks
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s coast guard says that under two weeks it has recovered around 210 bodies…
Continue Reading Judge in Catholic bankruptcy recuses over church donations
By JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press A federal judge overseeing the New Orleans Roman Catholic bankruptcy recused himself in a late-night reversal that…
Continue Reading AP Interview: Pelosi says Ukraine, democracy ‘must win’
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — “We thought we could die.” The Russian invasion had just begun when Nancy…
Continue Reading Dust to dust? New Mexicans fight to save old adobe churches
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press CORDOVA, New Mexico (AP) — Ever since missionaries started building churches out of mud 400 years ago…
Continue Reading Russian court fines war critic who asked for prison instead
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Russia has convicted a woman from a Siberian city over social media posts…
Continue Reading Dust to dust? New Mexicans fight to save old adobe churches
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press CORDOVA, New Mexico (AP) — Ever since missionaries started building churches out of mud 400 years ago…
Continue Reading‘Mom, these bad men have me’: She believes scammers cloned her daughter’s voice in a fake kidnapping
By Faith Karimi, CNN Jennifer DeStefano’s phone rang one afternoon as she climbed out of her car outside the dance studio where her younger…
Continue ReadingA California woman is found guilty of lying to police that a couple tried to kidnap her children
By Taylor Romine, CNN A jury in California has convicted a woman of lying to authorities about a couple attempting to kidnap her children at a Bay…
Continue Reading Police officer, wife found dead in their North Carolina home
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say a police officer and his wife were found shot to death in their North Carolina home after the officer…
Continue ReadingTexas man allegedly shot and killed a man who scammed him of $40 in parking fees. Then he resumed his date
By Andy Rose and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A Texas man who was allegedly scammed of $40 in parking fees while on a date shot and killed the man who posed…
Continue ReadingNeighbors asked a man to stop firing a rifle outside. He then opened fire on them, killing 5 people, a Texas sheriff says
By Raja Razek, Andy Rose and Ray Sanchez, CNN A gunman is still at large after allegedly fatally shooting five people, including a child, in a…
Continue Reading As battle for Sudan continues, civilian deaths top 400
By NOHA ELHENNAWY and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Gunfire and heavy artillery fire has persisted in parts of Sudan’s capital…
Continue Reading 3 killed, 1 wounded in Philadelphia shooting; 2 in custody
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two teenagers have been charged with firearms and related offenses following the slaying of three people and the wounding of a…
Continue Reading Judge rules against Google, allows antitrust case to proceed
By MATTHEW BARAKAT AP Business Writer ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal judge has rejected a motion from Google to toss out the government’s…
Continue Reading Erdogan unveils Turkey’s first astronaut on election trail
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country’s first astronaut will travel to the International Space Station by…
Continue Reading Counselor and inmate stabbed at private prison in Indiana
NEW CASTLE, Ind. (AP) — A female mental health counselor and a male inmate have been stabbed by another inmate during an attack at a private prison…
Continue Reading Texas mass shooting suspect could be anywhere, sheriff says
By JUAN A. LOZANO and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press CLEVELAND, Texas (AP) — The search for a Texas man who allegedly shot his neighbors after they…
Continue Reading Pope in Hungary meets with Ukrainian refugees, Russian envoy
By NICOLE WINFIELD and JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Pope Francis plunged into both sides of Russia’s war with…
Continue Reading Nevada governor’s support for ambitious bills is uncertain
By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — At the end of a hearing for a bill that would further expand coverage…
Continue Reading Ukraine welcomes EU deal on continued farm exports
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Ukraine has welcomed the European Union’s hard-fought deal to keep farm exports flowing into and…
Continue Reading A veto and a switch: Kansas to see no big tax cuts this year
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — No big tax cuts are coming for Kansas residents even though the state treasury is bulging…
Continue Reading After killings, calls to protect S. Africa’s whistleblowers
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An accountant working on a high-profile corruption case was killed along with his son by…
Continue Reading US ex-security adviser calls for closer ties with Taiwan
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A former U.S. national security adviser called for deeper interaction between his country and Taiwan during a visit Saturday…
Continue Reading Royal Drama: King’s fractious family on stage at coronation
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III lives in a palace, travels in a chauffeur-driven Bentley and is one of Britain’s…
Continue Reading Russian official: Ukrainian drones strike Crimea oil depot
By DAVID RISING Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A massive fire erupted at an oil depot in Crimea after it was hit by two of Ukraine’s…
Continue Reading Betts and Muncy, both new dads, power Dodgers past Cards 7-3
By DOUG PADILLA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — New fathers Mookie Betts and Max Muncy powered the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 7-3 victory over…
Continue Reading NYC transit agency pulls the brake on Twitter service alerts
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Shortly after midnight Thursday, several New York City subway trains slowed to a crawl as…
Continue Reading NYC transit agency pulls the brake on Twitter service alerts
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Shortly after midnight Thursday, several New York City subway trains slowed to a crawl as…
Continue Reading Lakers obliterate Grizzlies 125-85, advance to 2nd round
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James made sure the Lakers had the appropriate urgency for a closeout playoff game.…
Continue Reading A’s met by fans in Oakland with chants of `Sell the team!’
By MAX MILLER Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Just 6,423 fans showed up for the Athletics’ first home game since announcing a deal for…
Continue Reading Oklahoma’s top education official embraces culture wars
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — When Oklahoma’s newly elected Republican head of public schools campaigned for the job last…
Continue Reading Facing revolt, GOP spares ethanol in drive to cut spending
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are touting their debt limit package as a first step toward fiscal…
Continue Reading Chargers pick up Herbert’s 5th-year option, decline Murray’s
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Chargers exercised their fifth-year option on Justin Herbert on Friday as…
Continue Reading Zooey Zephyr row spotlights rise of GOP far-right caucuses
By MATTHEW BROWN and SAM METZ Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The banishment of transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr from Montana’s…
Continue Reading Georgia’s Kemp veers from Trump, but state GOP not moving on
By JEFF AMY Associated Press BUFORD, Ga. (AP) — A slate of Georgia Republicans led by Gov. Brian Kemp handily won reelection last year over…
Continue Reading Presidential battleground states weigh more election funding
By JAMES POLLARD and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Ahead of the 2024 presidential election, officials in several…
Continue Reading Frustration grows over wait on OxyContin maker’s settlement
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press More than a year after OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma reached a tentative settlement over the toll of opioids that…
Continue Reading GOP split dooms scaled-back Kansas ‘school choice’ plan
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kansas who say parents need alternatives to public schools couldn’t…
Continue Reading Ashok holes out for eagle, leads by 1 at LA Championship
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Aditi Ashok made enough good swings to balance out her mistakes on a difficult day at Wilshire Country Club, shooting a 1-under…
Continue Reading Political prisoners share how Jimmy Carter saved their lives
By MICHAEL WARREN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter tried like no president ever had to put human rights at the center of American…
Continue Reading Monk, Fox lead Kings past Warriors 118-99 to force Game 7
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Sacramento Kings challenged themselves to play with the very identity that got them…
Continue Reading Biden commutes sentences of 31 convicted of drug crimes
By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of 31 people convicted of nonviolent drug crimes…
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