New York man sentenced to 3 months in prison for threats to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — A judge has sentenced a New York man to serve three months in prison for making threatening phone calls to Republican…
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Niger’s junta invites Mali and Burkina Faso to aid its defense, asks the French ambassador to leave
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Niger’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the French ambassador has been asked to leave…
Continue ReadingParis booksellers won’t let their street stands along the Seine be removed for the 2024 Olympics
By YOUCEF BOUNAB Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Paris booksellers who work on the banks of the River Seine for decades are refusing to leave during…
Continue ReadingJason Mraz is feeling free and curious — in music and in love
By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Jason Mraz is freer than ever, and that liberation has allowed his curiosity to get the…
Continue ReadingDemocrats accuse tax prep firms of undermining new IRS effort on electronic free file tax returns
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats are accusing big tax preparation firms including Intuit and H&R…
Continue ReadingGeorge Soros’ Open Society Foundations intend to cut programs in Europe, worrying grantees
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press Open Society Foundations plan to significantly curtail their work in Europe and lay off much of their staff there.…
Continue ReadingNorth American grassland birds in peril, spurring all-out effort to save birds and their habitat
By TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press POTTER, Neb. (AP) — When Reed Cammack hears the first meadowlark of spring, he knows his family has made it…
Continue ReadingDutch foreign minister is the ‘right man’ to fill European Commission post, prime minister says
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte says the foreign minister of the Netherlands is “the right man” to to fill a…
Continue ReadingA Marine Corps pilot has died in the crash of a combat jet near a military air station in San Diego
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Marine Corps pilot was confirmed dead Friday after the crash of a combat jet near a San Diego base, the service said in a…
Continue ReadingTexas prosecutor says he will not seek death penalty for man in slayings of 2 elderly women
McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — A Texas prosecutor says he won’t seek the death penalty for a man convicted of killing two elderly women and suspected…
Continue ReadingSpain busts record 9.5 tons of cocaine hidden in a banana shipment from Ecuador
Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spanish customs agents and National Police said they confiscated the country’s biggest cocaine haul to date of 9.5…
Continue ReadingWest Virginia can restrict abortion pill sales, judge rules, despite FDA approval that it’s safe
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that West Virginia can restrict the sale of the abortion…
Continue Reading7 tornadoes confirmed as Michigan storms down trees and power lines; 5 people killed
By COREY WILLIAMS and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — At least seven tornadoes touched down in Michigan as part of…
Continue ReadingLegionnaires’ disease kills 7 people in a strategic Polish city on the Ukrainian border
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s internal security officers are searching for the source of an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease which…
Continue ReadingFire at a Texas prison forces inmates to evacuate, but no injuries are reported
By KEN MILLER and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press An official says a fire at a Texas state prison did not affect the chamber where condemned inmates…
Continue ReadingIndia’s Modi visits Greece, the first visit to the country by an Indian prime minister in 40 years
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The prime ministers of India and Greece have pledged to boost their countries’ trade, business and defense ties during a…
Continue ReadingSupermodel Bella Hadid criticized Israel’s far-right security minister. Now he’s lashing out at her
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s far-right national security minister lashed out at supermodel Bella Hadid on…
Continue ReadingAfter Maui officials named 388 people unaccounted for in fires, many called to say they’re OK
By REBECCA BOONE, BEATRICE DUPUY, GENE JOHNSON and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Within a day of Maui County releasing…
Continue ReadingJudge asks if poverty qualifies for Biden policy letting migrants from 4 countries into US
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A federal judge is questioning whether living in poverty would be enough to qualify someone for a…
Continue ReadingLebanon’s interim central bank chief vows not to lend money to government, calls for economic reform
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s interim central bank governor has called on the country’s ruling class to quickly…
Continue ReadingFrench former President Nicolas Sarkozy to go on trial over Libya financing for 2007 campaign
PARIS (AP) — French investigative magistrates have ordered former president Nicolas Sarkozy and 12 others to go on trial on charges that his 2007…
Continue ReadingAP Election Brief | What to expect in Mississippi’s runoff primaries
By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Mississippi voters will head back to the polls Tuesday to resolve a handful of state legislative…
Continue ReadingTaiwan’s vice president accuses China of attempting to influence upcoming elections
By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s vice president and front-runner in upcoming presidential elections has…
Continue ReadingDanish government to present draft law making it illegal to burn the Quran or other religious texts
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Danish government will propose a law that would make it illegal to desecrate any…
Continue ReadingBiden and Harris will meet with King’s family on the March on Washington’s 60th anniversary
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will observe Monday’s 60th…
Continue ReadingDutch Supreme Court confirms immunity of former Israeli officers over a deadly 2014 Gaza airstrike
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch Supreme Court has upheld a ruling that a Palestinian man cannot sue…
Continue ReadingAs temperatures climb across the globe, track and field athletes try to keep cool
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Everyone in track and field is constantly looking for ways to keep cool in an era of rising…
Continue ReadingZimbabweans anxiously wait for election results as African observer missions note voter intimidation
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabweans are waiting anxiously for the outcome of general elections as dozens of armed…
Continue ReadingThe death toll from wildfires in Greece this week rises to 21 after another victim is found
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities battling a major wildfire in northeastern Greece that has been described as…
Continue ReadingPlayers credit the NFL and union with doing a better job of teaching when sports betting isn’t OK
By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Detroit wide receiver Jameson Williams and Tennessee right tackle Nicholas…
Continue ReadingKremlin denies role in plane crash believed to have killed Russian mercenary leader Prigozhin
By The Associated Press The Kremlin on Friday rejected allegations it was behind a plane crash that is presumed to have killed mercenary leader…
Continue ReadingNorway to spend $6 million a year stock-piling grain, citing pandemic, war and climate change
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway will spend 63 million kroner ($6 million) per year until the end of the decade on filling up emergency stocks…
Continue ReadingUK police are investigating the deaths of 88 people linked to Canadian self-harm websites
LONDON (AP) — British police are investigating the deaths of 88 people who bought products from Canada-based websites allegedly offering lethal…
Continue ReadingUN Geneva complex shuts briefly after ‘intruder’ breaks into security perimeter in ‘minor’ incident
GENEVA (AP) — The sprawling U.N. compound in Geneva was briefly shut down after an intruder broke through the security perimeter. A U.N.…
Continue ReadingDutch brewer Heineken sells its Russian operations for 1 euro, taking a 300-million-euro hit
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch brewer Heineken has completed its withdrawal from Russia, 18 months after Moscow launched its full-scale…
Continue ReadingNerve agents, poison and window falls. Over the years, Kremlin foes have been attacked or killed
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The attacks range from the exotic — poisoned by drinking polonium-laced tea or…
Continue ReadingAustralian, US, Filipino forces practice retaking an island in a drill along the South China Sea
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Australian and Filipino forces, backed by U.S. Marines, have practiced retaking an island…
Continue ReadingUNICEF says a year on from Pakistan’s catastrophic floods, millions of children still need support
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations children’s agency is warning that a year on from Pakistan’s…
Continue ReadingSan Antonio shooter wounds 2 officers during car pursuit, police say
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) — Texas police say a suspect shot and wounded two Texas officers during a car pursuit before the suspect barricaded himself…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Wall Street ends higher and breaks a 3-week losing streak
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street closed higher, breaking a 3-week losing streak, after the head of the Federal Reserve…
Continue ReadingItalian leader tones down divisive rhetoric but carries on with pursuit of far-right agenda
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — When Giorgia Meloni was running to become Italy’s first far-right head of government of…
Continue ReadingSpain soccer head won’t resign for kissing player at World Cup. Team won’t play until he goes
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Less than a week after winning the Women’s World Cup, Spain’s national team players…
Continue ReadingAP WAS THERE: A 1953 CIA-led coup in Iran topples prime minister, cements shah’s power
By The Associated Press In August 1953, a CIA-backed coup toppled Iran’s prime minister, cementing the rule of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi for over…
Continue ReadingBiden’s shift on F-16s for Ukraine came after months of internal debate
By AAMER MADHANI and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s decision to allow allies to train Ukrainian forces…
Continue ReadingA CIA-backed 1953 coup in Iran haunts the country with people still trying to make sense of it
By NASSER KARIMI and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Seventy years after a CIA-orchestrated coup toppled Iran’s prime…
Continue ReadingEurope is cracking down on Big Tech. This is what will change when you sign on
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Starting Friday, Europeans will see their online life change. People in the 27-nation European…
Continue ReadingFormer residents of New Hampshire’s youth center demand federal investigation into abuse claims
By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Frustrated former residents of New Hampshire’s only youth detention center are pushing…
Continue ReadingWhat is Stockholm syndrome? It all started with a bank robbery 50 years ago
By KARL RITTER and JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — It’s a common term these days, deployed to describe the bond that victims…
Continue ReadingCivil case over Cardinal Pell abuse allegations allowed to proceed against church in Australia
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian court has allowed a civil case to proceed against a Catholic archdiocese…
Continue ReadingGOP support for gun restrictions slips a year after Congress passed firearms law
By COLLEEN LONG and LINLEY SANDERS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican support for gun restrictions is slipping a year after Congress…
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