Crowns, chest bumps and swagger: In March Madness, the handshake isn’t just for high fives anymore
By WILL GRAVES AP National Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Amani Bartlett doesn’t know exactly how she got the job as LSU’s hype woman. She…
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A Paris exhibit shows how the Olympics mirror society, from Nazi propaganda to fighting inequalities
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — An exhibit in the French capital before this summer’s Paris Olympics shows how the games have…
Continue ReadingAlabama sets May lethal injection date for man convicted of killing couple during robbery
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama has set a May 30 execution date for a man convicted in the 2004 slaying of a…
Continue Reading2 high school wrestling team members in West Virginia are charged with sexual assault
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Two West Virginia minors are facing sexual assault and other charges following an…
Continue ReadingTogo’s opposition calls for protests to stop president from signing off on a new constitution
By ERICK KAGLAN Associated Press LOME, Togo (AP) — Activists and opposition leaders in the West African country of Togo have called for protests to…
Continue ReadingQ&A: James Taylor on his 2024 U.S. tour, the possibility of new music and his legacy
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — He’s gone to Carolina in his mind and on tour for much of 2024. Not long after his 76th…
Continue ReadingDonald Trump assails judge and his daughter after gag order in New York hush-money criminal case
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump lashed out Wednesday at the New York judge who put him under a gag order ahead of…
Continue ReadingUS sanctions online media site Gaza Now and its founder for allegedly supporting Hamas
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has imposed sanctions on an online media site called Gaza Now and its founder Mustafa…
Continue ReadingBiden administration will lend $1.5B to restart Michigan nuclear power plant, a first in the US
By ED WHITE Associated Press The federal government will provide a $1.5 billion loan to restart a nuclear power plant in southwestern Michigan.…
Continue ReadingDriving along … and the roadway vanishes beneath you. What’s it like to survive a bridge collapse?
By TRISHA AHMED and VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press What’s it like to survive a bridge collapse? Survivors of past bridge failures in…
Continue ReadingUS Rep. Annie Kuster of New Hampshire won’t seek reelection for a seventh term in November
By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Annie Kuster of New Hampshire says she will not seek reelection to…
Continue ReadingA faster spinning Earth may cause timekeepers to subtract a second from world clocks
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Earth’s changing spin is threatening to toy with our sense of time, clocks and computerized society in an…
Continue ReadingHow events in Moldova’s breakaway Transnistria region raised fears of Russian interference
By STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press Since Russia invaded Ukraine two years ago, fears have risen in neighboring Moldova that it could also be in…
Continue ReadingSuspect in 3 Pennsylvania killings makes initial court appearance on related New Jersey charges
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A man accused of killing three family members in Pennsylvania has made an initial court appearance on related carjacking and…
Continue ReadingThe numbers have been drawn for an $865 million Powerball jackpot
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The numbers were drawn Wednesday night for an estimated $865 million Powerball jackpot. The numbers selected were: 37, 46,…
Continue ReadingLooking at a solar eclipse can be dangerous without eclipse glasses. Here’s what to know
By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN AP Science Writer DALLAS (AP) — Millions of people along a narrow band in North America will look up when the sky darkens…
Continue ReadingShould college essays touch on race? Some feel the affirmative action ruling leaves them no choice
By COLLIN BINKLEY, ANNIE MA and NOREEN NASIR Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — When she started writing her college essay, Hillary Amofa told the…
Continue ReadingNCAA President Charlie Baker urges states with legal wagering to ban prop bets on college athletes
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Sports Writer In the midst of March Madness, the NCAA is pushing for states with legal wagering on sporting events to…
Continue ReadingOlivia Colman and Jessie Buckley on the joys of foul language and friendship
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley play women brought together by letters in the new film “Wicked…
Continue ReadingNigerian parents finally get a chance to see their children who spent more than 2 weeks in captivity
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press KADUNA, Nigeria (AP) — Parents of more than 130 Nigerian schoolchildren who were rescued after more than two…
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