Centuries-old angels uncovered at Boston church made famous by Paul Revere
Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Straddling the scaffolding high up in a historic Boston church, murals conservator Gianfranco Pocobene is working to…
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Southern Africa elections brought big changes in 2024
Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — In Southern Africa, where democracy remains relatively stable, elections held in 2024 saw long-governing…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea’s opposition party vows to impeach acting president
Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s main liberal opposition party said Tuesday it will seek to impeach acting leader Han…
Continue Reading20 years after the Indian Ocean tsunami, a boy found in the mud embraces being known as ‘Baby 81’
Associated Press KURUKKAL MADAM, Sri Lanka (AP) — Pulled from the mud as an infant after the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, and reunited…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Wall Street rallies ahead of Christmas
AP Business Writer Technology stocks led a broad rally on Wall Street Tuesday during a holiday-shortened trading session ahead of Christmas. The…
Continue ReadingBiden vetoes once-bipartisan effort to add 66 federal judgeships, citing ‘hurried’ House action
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday vetoed a once-bipartisan effort to add 66 federal district judgeships, saying…
Continue ReadingBiden will decide on US Steel acquisition after influential panel fails to reach consensus
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A powerful government panel has failed to reach consensus on the possible national security risks of a nearly…
Continue ReadingBiden signs defense bill despite objections to ban on transgender health care for military children
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed the annual defense authorization bill into law despite his objections to language…
Continue ReadingEl Salvador’s Congress approves ending ban on metals mining
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s Congress has approved a law that would lift the country’s seven-year-old ban on mining for…
Continue ReadingProsecutors withdraw appeal of dismissed case against Alec Baldwin in fatal movie set shooting
Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico prosecutors won’t pursue an appeal of a court’s decision to dismiss an involuntary…
Continue ReadingUN investigative team says Syria’s new authorities ‘very receptive’ to probe of Assad war crimes
Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. organization assisting in investigating the most serious crimes in Syria said Monday the…
Continue ReadingLatest challenge to North Carolina’s power-shifting law focuses on state elections board control
Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and Gov.-elect Josh Stein have filed another lawsuit against a GOP-inspired law…
Continue ReadingTexas GOP Rep. Kay Granger set back by health challenges in last months in Congress, office says
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The office of Republican Rep. Kay Granger of Texas says she is having “unforeseen health challenges. A statement…
Continue ReadingInside the state and federal charges against the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A triptych of criminal charges paints a searing, sometimes disparate portrait of the man accused of ambushing and…
Continue ReadingJudge rules Arkansas law allowing criminal charges against librarians is unconstitutional
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge has struck down key parts of an Arkansas law that would have allowed criminal charges against librarians…
Continue ReadingAs TikTok bill steams forward, online influencers put on their lobbying hats to visit Washington
AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers are facing their latest lobbyists — online influencers from TikTok. The platform is once again…
Continue ReadingBill Clinton is hospitalized with a fever but in good spirits, spokesperson says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton was admitted Monday to MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington after developing a…
Continue ReadingAdnan Syed’s lawyers seek to reduce his prison sentence
Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Attorneys for Adnan Syed, whose legal case was chronicled in the hit podcast “Serial,” are seeking to…
Continue ReadingMajor storm pounds California’s central coast, blamed for man’s death and partially collapsing pier
Associated Press SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — A major storm pounded California’s central coast on Monday, bringing flooding and high surf that was…
Continue ReadingNew Jersey fines firms $40K for sports betting violations
Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey gambling regulators have handed out $40,000 in fines to two sportsbooks and a tech company…
Continue ReadingLegendary drug lord Fabio Ochoa is deported to Colombia and walks free after 20 years in US prisons
BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — One of Colombia’s legendary drug lords and a key operator of the Medellin cartel has been deported back to the South…
Continue ReadingHarris Dickinson toys with ambiguity in ‘Babygirl,’ and keeps a secret from Nicole Kidman
AP Film Writer The English actor Harris Dickinson has been making waves in Hollywood since his feature film debut seven years ago in the indie…
Continue ReadingDiversion and youth prevention are a focus of West Virginia’s initial opioid settlement awards
Associated Press Child advocacy centers, recovery housing and diversion programs in West Virginia will receive grants as part of the initial round of…
Continue ReadingBurt, the huge Australian crocodile who had a cameo in ‘Crocodile Dundee,’ dies at 90
Associated Press Burt, the huge crocodile that rose to fame with a cameo in the movie “Crocodile Dundee” and continued to impress visitors with…
Continue ReadingA history of the Panama Canal — and why Trump can’t take it back on his own
Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is decrying rising shipping fees Panama has imposed to use the Panama Canal.…
Continue ReadingCanadian PM Justin Trudeau is not expected to announce a decision on his future over the holidays
Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — A source says embattled Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is not expected to announce a decision on his future…
Continue ReadingCommunity remembers teacher killed in Wisconsin school shooting as Christian with Southern roots
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Family and friends are saying their final farewells to a substitute teacher killed in a school shooting in…
Continue ReadingOfficer fatally shot in a North Carolina supermarket, suspect in custody, police say
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say a police officer has been fatally shot in a North Carolina supermarket and a suspect has been taken into…
Continue ReadingPresident-elect Trump wants to again rename North America’s tallest peak
Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump says he wants to revert the name of Alaska’s Denali back to Mount McKinley. Trump’s…
Continue ReadingInside the Gaetz ethics report, a trove of new details alleging payments for sex and drug use
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ethics Committee’s long-awaited report on Matt Gaetz documents a trove of salacious allegations,…
Continue ReadingStarbucks strike expands, closes nearly 60 US stores
AP Business Writer A five-day strike by Starbucks baristas had closed 59 stores as of Monday afternoon, according to the union organizing the…
Continue ReadingCompany official charged in 2022 oil-chemical discharge into Michigan’s Flint River
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A chemical company official has been charged in connection with the unauthorized discharge of oil that left a miles-long dark,…
Continue ReadingJudge reinstates Ecuador’s vice president after deeming her suspension unconstitutional
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — An Ecuadorian judge has reinstated Vice President Verónica Abad to her role and lifted the five-month suspension imposed…
Continue ReadingProsecutors: Brooklyn businessman will plead guilty to conspiracy charge in case against Mayor Adams
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a Brooklyn real estate magnate working with a Turkish government official to funnel…
Continue ReadingNigerian agency ‘failed completely’ to clean up oil damage despite funding, leaked files say
Associated Press As it crossed the Niger Delta in 2021, a satellite imaged acres of bare land. The site outside the city of Port Harcourt was on a…
Continue ReadingFAA probes holiday drone show accident that injured a boy in Florida
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration has launched an investigation into why several drones collided and fell from the sky…
Continue ReadingHundreds march in Croatia for safer schools after a student is killed in a knife attack
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Hundreds walked in silence in Croatia’s capital on Monday, seeking action after a pupil was killed and three other…
Continue ReadingUN publishes new death toll for massacre of older people and Vodou religious leaders in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The United Nations has raised the death toll of a recent massacre in which dozens of older people and Vodou religious…
Continue ReadingRelief, defiance, anger: Families and advocates react to Biden’s death row commutations
Associated Press COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) — Victims’ families and others affected by crimes that resulted in federal death row…
Continue ReadingOne of the world’s most active volcanoes — Hawaii’s Kilauea — is erupting again
HAWAII VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK, Hawaii (AP) — Lava is bubbling through the crust of one of the world’s most active volcanoes, which is Kilauea,…
Continue ReadingMarianne Jean-Baptiste tests our limits of empathy in ‘Hard Truths’
AP Film Writer Of all the movie protagonists you might have seen this year, none is quite like Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s Pansy in Mike Leigh’s…
Continue ReadingFormer NFL great Michael Vick introduced as Norfolk State’s football coach
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Michael Vick has been introduced as Norfolk State’s football coach, a homecoming for the former NFL star and a splashy,…
Continue ReadingFormer Greek royal family expresses ‘deep emotion’ after regaining citizenship
Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Members of Greece’s former royal family have expressed “deep emotion” after being granted Greek…
Continue ReadingNebraska governor’s prognosis is good after falling from a horse
Associated Press Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen’s doctors say they are pleased with his prognosis after the governor was injured by a horse bucking…
Continue ReadingTennessee and Auburn remain 1-2 in AP Top 25 poll featuring 10 SEC teams
AP Basketball Writer Tennessee and Auburn remained Nos. 1-2 atop The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll. It’s a fitting spot…
Continue ReadingFrance has a new government. Now it must fix the budget while avoiding collapse
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron’s office announced a new government Monday, after the previous Cabinet collapsed in a historic vote…
Continue ReadingAlbania opposition activists rally on streets of Tirana to demand government steps aside
Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s main opposition party has blocked the capital Tirana’s main intersections in an…
Continue ReadingOn Football: Falcons and Buccaneers flip spots atop the NFC South and playoff races tighten up
AP Pro Football Writer The 49ers, Cowboys and Cardinals are out of the playoff race. The Falcons took control of their hopes and the Colts, Dolphins…
Continue ReadingFollowing controversy, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore receives Bronze Star for Army service 18 years ago
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore has received a Bronze Star for his deployment to Afghanistan 18 years ago. The governor received the…
Continue ReadingUSC up to No. 4 in women’s AP Top 25 after win over UConn. UCLA, South Carolina, Notre Dame stay 1-3
AP Basketball Writer Southern California jumped to No. 4 in The Associated Press women’s college basketball poll on Monday after edging UConn.…
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