Rights group says Israeli strike on Gaza building killed 106 in apparent war crime
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Human Rights Watch says an Israeli strike on an apartment building in Gaza last October killed…
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Athletics announce plans to play the next 3 seasons in minor league park near Sacramento
By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Athletics will leave Oakland after this season and play temporarily at a minor…
Continue ReadingPresident Macron says France and its allies ‘could have stopped’ the 1994 Rwanda genocide
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says France and its allies could have stopped the 1994 Rwanda…
Continue ReadingFree blue checks are back for some accounts on Elon Musk’s X. Not everyone is happy about it
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk’s X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has begun restoring…
Continue ReadingSouth Carolina governor undergoes knee surgery for 2022 tennis injury
By MAKIYA SEMINERA Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has undergone a minor elective knee surgery for a…
Continue ReadingMan guilty of murder after rookie British police officer was killed in an armed robbery in 2005
LONDON (AP) — A man has been convicted of murder after a British police officer on the job for nine months was shot dead in an armed robbery nearly…
Continue ReadingSerbia police arrest 2 men accused of hitting a 2-year-old girl with their car and dumping her body
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Police say a 2-year-old Serbian girl whose disappearance last month gripped the nation died after being hit by a car and…
Continue ReadingIn the coliseum of American over-the-topness, WrestleMania stands alone
By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — He surveyed the Arizona crowd that had paid to catch a wrestling glimpse of the planet’s…
Continue ReadingApril nor’easter with heavy, wet snow pounds Northeast, knocks out power to hundreds of thousands
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press A major spring storm brought heavy snow, rain and high winds to the Northeast, downing trees and power lines and…
Continue ReadingAlgerians question president for calling an early election without announcing his own campaign
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s surprise decision to schedule elections earlier than expected in Algeria is…
Continue ReadingPolice say use of racial slur clearly audible as they investigate racist incidents toward Utah team
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Police investigating racist incidents directed toward the Utah women’s basketball team when they were near…
Continue ReadingSomalia orders Ethiopia’s ambassador to leave the country as diplomatic tensions rise
By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somalia has ordered Ethiopia’s ambassador to leave the country within 72 hours, and the…
Continue ReadingALS drug will be pulled from US market after study showed patients didn’t benefit
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The maker of a drug for Lou Gehrig’s disease that recently failed in a large study said…
Continue ReadingDozens of Indian workers depart for Israel to take up construction jobs
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Dozens of construction workers from India have left for Israel this week to take up jobs there as…
Continue ReadingShould you itemize or take a standard deduction on your tax return? Here’s what to know
By KATHERINE ROTH Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When you’re doing your taxes, it can sometimes be hard to know whether to itemize or take…
Continue ReadingNigeria seeks to try crypto exchange Binance executives over alleged money laundering, tax evasion
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian authorities has asked in court for cryptocurrency exchange Binance and two of its…
Continue ReadingPolice arrest 22 in EU raids linked to suspected theft of Italy’s pandemic funds worth $650 million
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Police in Italy, Austria, Romania and Slovakia have arrested 22 people as part of an…
Continue ReadingStretch of California Highway 1 that collapsed in Big Sur closes again as new storm arrives
By GODOFREDO VASQUEZ and JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press BIG SUR, Calif. (AP) — A new storm swept into California on Thursday and again forced the…
Continue ReadingAppeals court leaves hold on New Jersey’s primary ballot system in place
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal appeals court upheld a lower court judge’s ruling putting a temporary halt on New Jersey’s primary ballot design,…
Continue ReadingMexico’s likely next president is a scientist. Politics has her mostly quiet on climate threats
By DORANY PINEDA and SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Sea-level rise and increasingly ferocious storms are eroding thousands of…
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