Gangs in Haiti launch fresh attacks, days after a new prime minister is announced
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Gangs in Haiti have laid siege to several neighborhoods in the capital, burning homes…
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Head of Greek extreme far-right Golden Dawn party is granted early release from prison
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The head of Greece’s extreme far-right Golden Dawn party has been granted conditional early release from prison. He had…
Continue ReadingDentist accused of killing wife tried to plant letters suggesting she was suicidal, police say
DENVER (AP) — A Colorado dentist charged with killing his wife by putting poison in her protein shakes is now accused of asking a fellow jail…
Continue ReadingExxon Mobil deal with Pioneer gets FTC nod, but former Pioneer CEO Scott Sheffield barred from board
WASHINGTON (AP) — Exxon Mobil’s $60 billion deal to buy Pioneer Natural Resources has received clearance from the Federal Trade Commission, but…
Continue ReadingJill Biden recognizes her fellow teachers at a swanky White House dinner for answering ‘a calling’
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden has honored her fellow educators by hosting the 2024 national and state…
Continue ReadingWhat defines a heartbeat? Judge hears arguments in South Carolina abortion case
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s ban on abortions after roughly six weeks is back in court and centered…
Continue ReadingA North Carolina man is charged with mailing an antisemitic threat to a Georgia rabbi
MACON, Ga. (AP) — A North Carolina man is charged with mailing an antisemitic threat to a rabbi in Georgia. A federal indictment unsealed Thursday…
Continue ReadingBillie Jean King is getting the Breakfast of Champions treatment. She’ll appear on a Wheaties box
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Billie Jean King is a 39-time Grand Slam champion and an equal rights champion — and now she’s getting the Breakfast of…
Continue ReadingTiger Woods gets special exemption to US Open at Pinehurst
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Tiger Woods is headed to the U.S. Open after receiving the first of what likely will be many special exemptions.…
Continue ReadingNATO members ‘deeply concerned’ by activities such as sabotage on alliance soil. They blame Russia
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO countries say they are deeply concerned by a campaign of hybrid activities on the military alliance’s soil they attribute to…
Continue ReadingPennsylvania man convicted of kidnapping a woman, driving her to a Nevada desert and suffocating her
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Pennsylvania man who authorities say killed his girlfriend in a Nevada desert has been convicted. A jury in U.S. District Court…
Continue ReadingBritney Spears and Sam Asghari are officially divorced and single
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writers LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears and Sam Asghari are officially divorced and single. The dissolution of…
Continue ReadingMan arrested in fatal shooting of Chicago police officer who was heading home from work
CHICAGO (AP) — Police say a 22-year-old man has been arrested in the fatal shooting of a Chicago police officer who was slain while off-duty and…
Continue ReadingKentucky judge declines, for now, to lift ban on executions
By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky judge won’t remove an injunction that has blocked executions in the state…
Continue ReadingMan who bragged that he ‘fed’ an officer to the mob of Capitol rioters gets nearly 5 years in prison
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Georgia business owner who bragged that he “fed” a police officer to a mob of rioters…
Continue ReadingNorth Carolina bill ordering sheriffs to help immigration agents closer to law with Senate vote
By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A House bill ordering North Carolina sheriffs and jailers to comply with federal…
Continue ReadingPennsylvania nurse who gave patients lethal or possibly lethal insulin doses gets life in prison
By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI Associated Press A Pennsylvania nurse who administered lethal or potentially lethal doses of insulin to numerous patients pleaded…
Continue ReadingTexas man sentenced to 5 years in prison for threat to attack Turning Point USA convention in 2022
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A Texas man who made an online threat of a mass attack on a convention of young conservative activists in Florida in 2022 was…
Continue ReadingHalle Berry shouts from the Capitol, ‘I’m in menopause’ as she seeks to end a stigma and win funding
By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Halle Berry is joining a group of bipartisan senators to push for legislation that would put…
Continue ReadingA wild orangutan used a medicinal plant to treat a wound, scientists say
By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — An orangutan appeared to treat a wound with medicine from a tropical plant— the latest…
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