Railroad workers rescue 3-year-old from tracks in New York
TARRYTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Officials say a New York railroad conductor sprinted to scoop up a 3-year-old boy who had wandered onto the tracks. The…
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Nate Diaz surrenders after brawl; lawyer says self-defense
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Mixed martial arts fighter Nate Diaz turned himself in to police in New Orleans on Thursday to face a battery charge arising…
Continue ReadingProsecutors: Man charged with killing wife suspected affair
By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press The husband of a Massachusetts woman who has been missing since New Year’s Day suspected she was having an…
Continue ReadingFed’s Powell was tricked by fake call from Russia pranksters
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was tricked into an extended phone call in January…
Continue ReadingEarth in hot water? Worries over sudden ocean warming spike
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The world’s oceans have suddenly spiked much hotter and well above record levels in the last few weeks,…
Continue ReadingFormer New Mexico governor remembered as Hispanic role model
Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Former New Mexico Gov. Jerry Apodaca, who reorganized the state’s government into a cabinet-based system…
Continue ReadingBrittney Griner gets emotional discussing Russian detainment
By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Brittney Griner got emotional quickly. Speaking to reporters for the first time since a nearly…
Continue ReadingBebe Rexha ignites a ’70s disco inferno with album ‘Bebe’
By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Bebe Rexha has channeled the freedom, musicality and glam of the ’70s with her new…
Continue ReadingSunak says UK, Italy ‘aligned’ as he meets far-right Meloni
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has declared that Britain and Italy are “very aligned” in values as…
Continue ReadingWhite woman whose claim caused Emmett Till murder has died
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The white woman who accused Black teenager Emmett Till of whistling at and accosting…
Continue ReadingSpain bans ‘dwarf bullfighting’
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s parliament bans “comic” bullfighting events featuring dwarves dressed in costume, in a decision applauded by disability…
Continue ReadingGroup: Turkish troops shooting Syrian civilians along border
BEIRUT (AP) — An international human rights group says Turkish border guards have been indiscriminately shooting at Syrian civilians along the…
Continue Reading‘Jackass’ star Bam Margera in court, denies hitting brother
KENNETT SQUARE “Jackass” star Bam Margera surrendered to Pennsylvania State Police on Thursday morning for allegedly punching his brother during…
Continue ReadingBiden plan aims to stem border migration as restrictions end
By REBECCA SANTANA, COLLEEN LONG and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With COVID-19 immigration restrictions set to expire, the…
Continue ReadingSuit over Texas woman’s jail death settles for $7 million
By JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A lawyer says a for-profit company that ran a Texas jail has agreed to a $7 million settlement in a…
Continue ReadingKansas legislators impose sweeping anti-trans bathroom law
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Republican legislators in Kansas have enacted what may be the most sweeping transgender…
Continue Reading7,100 Native American remains could be laid to rest in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Thousands of Native American remains in Ohio could finally be laid to rest under a provision that has cleared the…
Continue ReadingJerry Springer, politician turned TV ringmaster, dies at 79
By DAN SEWELL Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — Jerry Springer, the onetime mayor and news anchor whose namesake TV show featured a three-ring…
Continue ReadingBerlin’s first conservative mayor in 22 years takes office
BERLIN (AP) — Berlin’s first conservative mayor in 22 years has taken office following a state election in which he capitalized on discontent in…
Continue ReadingNebraska lawmakers to begin 2nd round of debate on abortion
By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers are set to begin a second round of debate on a bill that would ban…
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