Louisiana folklorist and Mississippi blues musician among 2023 National Heritage Fellows
By CHEVEL JOHNSON RODRIGUE Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana folklorist Nick Spitzer and Mississippi blues musician R.L. Boyce are…
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Mexico pledges to set up checkpoints to ‘dissuade’ migrants from hopping freight trains to US border
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials have pledged to set up checkpoints to “dissuade” migrants from hopping freight trains to the U.S. border.…
Continue ReadingSeattle police officer put on leave after newspaper reports alleged off-duty racist comments
SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle police officer has been placed on administrative leave after Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz said Friday he listened to…
Continue ReadingBritain uses UN speech to show that it wants to be a leader on how the world handles AI
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Britain is pitching itself to the world as a ready leader in shaping an international…
Continue ReadingUNGA Briefing: Nagorno-Karabakh, Lavrov and what else is going on at the UN
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — It’s Day 5 of the U.N. General Assembly high-level meeting that brings world leaders together at U.N. headquarters in New…
Continue ReadingCanadian police officer slain, two officers injured while serving arrest warrant in Vancouver suburb
COQUITLAM, British Columbia (AP) — Authorities in British Columbia say a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer has been shot to death and two other…
Continue ReadingFBI is investigating alleged abuse in Baton Rouge police warehouse known as the ‘Brave Cave’
By JIM MUSTIAN and LEA SKENE Associated Press The FBI said Friday it has opened a civil rights investigation into allegations in recent lawsuits that…
Continue ReadingArizona’s sweltering summer could set new record for most heat-associated deaths in big metro
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — America’s hottest metro area is on track to set an annual record for heat-associated deaths after a…
Continue ReadingMexican president wants to meet with Biden in Washington on migration, drug trafficking
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s top diplomat, Alicia Bárcena, says President Andrés Manuel López Obrador wants to travel to Washington D.C. in…
Continue ReadingUS pledges $100M to back proposed Kenyan-led multinational force to Haiti
By MATTHEW LEE and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Biden administration is pledging $100 million to support a proposed Kenyan-led…
Continue ReadingColombia’s presidential office manipulates video of President Petro at UN to hype applause
By LEÓN RAMÍREZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Colombian government manipulated a video to alter the applause received by President…
Continue ReadingFatal collision that killed 2 pilots brings a tragic end to the Reno air show and confounds experts
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Aviation experts say it was likely a visibility issue that caused two racing pilots to collide…
Continue ReadingBiologists in slow and steady race to help North America’s largest and rarest tortoise species
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ENGLE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials have finalized an agreement with Ted Turner’s Endangered…
Continue ReadingFederal investigators will look into fatal New York crash of a bus carrying high school students
By MAYSOON KHAN and KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press Federal investigators promised a thorough investigation into what caused a charter bus carrying a…
Continue ReadingRSV vaccine recommended during pregnancy as a second option to protect newborns
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials are recommending RSV vaccinations for moms-to-be as a second option to…
Continue ReadingJailhouse letter adds wrinkle in case of mom accused of killing husband, then writing kids’ book
Associated Press PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Jailhouse writings by a Utah mother accused of killing her husband, then writing a children’s book about…
Continue ReadingJudge questions Georgia prosecutors’ effort to freeze a new law that could weaken their authority
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A judge is expressing skepticism at demands to freeze a new Georgia law that could discipline and…
Continue ReadingIowa man disappears on the day a jury finds him guilty of killing his wife
OTTUMWA, Iowa (AP) — Police are searching for an Iowa man who failed to show up at his first-degree murder trial on the day a jury found him guilty…
Continue ReadingGun violence is the ultimate ‘superstorm,’ President Biden says as he announces new federal effort
By SEUNG MIN KIM and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he is determined to stop gun violence in the U.S. as…
Continue ReadingGuest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg; Rep. Mike Turner, R-Ohio. __ NBC’s “Meet the Press”…
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