US company’s lunar lander rockets toward the moon for a touchdown attempt next week
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Another private U.S. company took a shot at the moon Thursday, launching a month…
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Trial begins for North Dakota’s effort to recoup costs of policing Dakota Access pipeline protests
By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A trial began Thursday in North Dakota’s nearly five-year-old lawsuit seeking $38 million…
Continue ReadingOn the USS Eisenhower, 4 months of combat at sea facing Houthi missiles and a new sea threat
By BERNAT ARMANGUE and TARA COPP Associated Press ABOARD THE USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (AP) — Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D.…
Continue ReadingQueen Camilla, once shunned by British public, comes to the rescue as Charles is treated for cancer
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — What a difference a few decades can make. Queen Camilla, once seen as the scourge of the House of…
Continue ReadingWarning signs mounted before Texas shooter entered church with her son, former mother-in-law says
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The former mother-in-law of the woman who opened fire at a Houston megachurch tried for years to…
Continue ReadingDispute may have led to the mass shooting after the Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade, police say
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, SCOTT McFETRIDGE and JOSH FUNK Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The mass shooting that unfolded amid throngs of…
Continue ReadingJudge expresses skepticism at Texas law that lets police arrest migrants for illegal entry
By ACACIA CORONADO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge has voiced concerns over a Texas law that would give police broad…
Continue ReadingHard work and too many statistics: An EU farmer’s frustration grows with every click of the mouse
By RAF CASERT Associated Press LEDEGEM, Belgium (AP) — On a farm in northern Belgium, not far from the hundreds of tractors blocking Europe’s…
Continue ReadingEven voters in independent-minded Maine are taking sides in a polarized nation
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s vaunted independent voters are becoming scarcer as Super Tuesday approaches.…
Continue ReadingUS to confront Trump-driven political turmoil at the Munich Security Conference
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer MUNICH (AP) — The Munich Security Conference has been long regarded as a celebration of the U.S.-led post-World…
Continue ReadingDemocrats embrace tougher border enforcement, seeing Trump’s demolition of deal as a ‘gift’
By STEPHEN GROVES and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate’s border proposal was one of the toughest bipartisan…
Continue ReadingUS secretary of state visits Albania, a key regional ally seeking European Union membership
By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Albania on Thursday to reaffirm relations…
Continue ReadingIt’s time for Northeast to prep for floods like those that hit this winter. Climate change is why
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Scientists say the back-to-back storms that lashed the Northeast in January were more of…
Continue ReadingIn fiery testimony, Fani Willis hits back at misconduct claims that threaten future of Trump case
By KATE BRUMBACK and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis took the witness stand…
Continue ReadingGreece becomes first Orthodox Christian country to legalize same-sex civil marriage
By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece on Thursday became the first Orthodox Christian country to legalize same-sex…
Continue ReadingThom Browne closes out NY Fashion Week with a black-and-white flourish and a nod to Edgar Allan Poe
By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Thom Browne, ever the master showman of American fashion, closed out New York Fashion Week on…
Continue Reading‘Our gods were locked in the basement.’ Now Nepal is pursuing sacred items once smuggled abroad
By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An unknown number of sacred statues of Hindu deities were stolen and smuggled abroad…
Continue ReadingAustralian Parliament wants WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange back home, not sent to US
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he hopes for an amicable end to the…
Continue ReadingDonald Trump stands by remarks about not defending NATO members after backlash
By MEG KINNARD and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump again said Wednesday that if he…
Continue ReadingFirst-ever February tornadoes in Wisconsin caused $2.4M in damages
EVANSVILLE, Wis. (AP) — Officials say the first tornadoes ever recorded in Wisconsin in the usually frigid month of February caused more than $2.4…
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