‘HELP’ sign on beach points rescuers to men stuck nine days on remote Pacific atoll
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press The U.S. Coast Guard says three men stranded on an uninhabited Pacific atoll survived for over a week before being…
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A Palestinian is killed as Israeli settlers rampage in his village and troops fire on stone-throwers
By JACK JEFFREY and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Dozens of Israeli settlers stormed into a Palestinian village in the…
Continue ReadingRussia test-launches an intercontinental ballistic missile
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military says it has conducted a successful test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile. Russia’s Defense…
Continue ReadingProminent surgeon says he was denied entry to Germany for a pro-Palestinian conference
By JACK JEFFERY and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A prominent British-Palestinian surgeon who volunteered in Gaza hospitals during…
Continue ReadingNo link between Ozempic, Wegovy and suicide, EU drug regulators say
By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Drug regulators in Europe have found no evidence that popular diabetes and weight-loss drugs like Ozempic and…
Continue ReadingMan charged in slaying after woman’s leg found at Milwaukee-area park
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A 33-year-old man has been charged in the slaying of a woman whose leg was found on the beach of a lakefront park near Milwaukee.…
Continue ReadingAP Decision Notes: What to expect in Michigan’s state house special elections
By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Michigan Democrats hope to restore their slim majority in the state House of Representatives when…
Continue ReadingMaine lawmakers approve shield law for providers of abortion and gender-affirming care
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press The Democratic-controlled Maine Legislature has approved a bill that would protect health care workers who provide…
Continue ReadingBrazil court says government must compensate victims of stray bullets in police raids
By GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) — The Brazilian Supreme Court has ruled that the state must compensate victims of…
Continue ReadingJury convicts Memphis, Tennessee, man of raping a woman a year before jogger’s killing
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man has been found guilty of raping a woman a year before he was charged with kidnapping and killing a school…
Continue Reading1 dead and 13 injured in semitrailer crash at a Texas public safety office, with the driver jailed
By LEKAN OYEKANMI and ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press BRENHAM, Texas (AP) — A Texas semitrailer driver rammed a stolen 18-wheeler through the…
Continue ReadingRobert MacNeil, creator and first anchor of PBS ‘NewsHour’ nightly newscast, dies at 93
By DAVE BRYAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Robert MacNeil, who created the even-handed, no-frills PBS newscast “The MacNeil-Lehrer…
Continue ReadingA police officer and an 18-year-old suspect are killed by gunfire in Memphis
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Tennessee say a police officer and an 18-year-old suspect were fatally shot in an exchange of gunfire that injured…
Continue ReadingProsecutors: South Carolina prison supervisor took $219,000 in bribes; got 173 cellphones to inmates
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A supervisor who managed security at a South Carolina prison accepted more than $219,000…
Continue ReadingThe O.J. Simpson case forced domestic violence into the spotlight, boosting a movement
By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Thirty years ago, women’s rights advocates working to pass the 1994 Violence Against…
Continue ReadingThe return of horse-drawn caissons to Arlington National Cemetery is delayed for at least months
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army says it will not restart the use of horse-drawn caissons at Arlington National…
Continue ReadingOil and gas companies must pay more to drill on federal lands under new Biden administration rule
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Oil and gas companies will have to pay more to drill on federal lands and satisfy stronger…
Continue ReadingDemocratic donors paid more than $1M for Biden’s legal bills for special counsel probe
By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic donors covered more than $1 million in legal fees racked up by attorneys…
Continue ReadingNigerian transgender celebrity jailed for throwing money into the air, a rare conviction
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A local court in Nigeria has handed a six-month imprisonment to a popular transgender woman…
Continue ReadingTennessee governor signs bill requiring local officers to aid US immigration authorities
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has signed a bill that would require law enforcement agencies…
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