Month: April 2023

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…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — When Oklahoma’s newly elected Republican head of public schools campaigned for the job last…

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are touting their debt limit package as a first step toward fiscal…

By MATTHEW BROWN and SAM METZ Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The banishment of transgender lawmaker Zooey Zephyr from Montana’s…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press BUFORD, Ga. (AP) — A slate of Georgia Republicans led by Gov. Brian Kemp handily won reelection last year over…

By JAMES POLLARD and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Ahead of the 2024 presidential election, officials in several…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press More than a year after OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma reached a tentative settlement over the toll of opioids that…

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kansas who say parents need alternatives to public schools couldn’t…

By MICHAEL WARREN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter tried like no president ever had to put human rights at the center of American…

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of 31 people convicted of nonviolent drug crimes…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Hugh Evans highlighted a staggering new statistic to explain why this year’s Global Citizen…

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jack is back. Los Angeles Lakers superfan Jack Nicholson was watching at courtside for the…

Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Time to say goodbye. Seven lions, a bear, a camel and even a porcupine left Puerto Rico’s lone…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis police officer has been shot and wounded during a mental health-related welfare check at an apartment complex. Police…

By LISA BAUMANN Associated Press Outspoken abortion provider LeRoy “Lee” Carhart has died. Clinics for Abortions & Reproductive Excellence in…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The sister of a woman killed in what prosecutors say was a doomsday-focused plot told jurors…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The powerful sister of North Korea’s leader says her country would stage more…

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California man accused of killing three teenage boys by intentionally ramming their car after they played a…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Prosecutors say the mother charged in a triple murder case took part in a complex conspiracy…

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada’s government has made a new contract offer to the country’s biggest public workers union as thousands of federal…

MIAMI (AP) — An Arizona man was charged in South Florida with illegally smuggling diamonds into the United States. Guilherme Cipriani, 41, of…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some engineers for the Federal Aviation Administration wanted to ground the Boeing 737 Max soon after a second deadly crash, but…

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state media say Suspected Israeli airstrikes have targeted the Syrian province of Homs. Syria’s state news agency, SANA,…