Oklahoma court upholds Richard Glossip’s murder conviction
By SEAN MURPHY and KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma appeals court has upheld the murder conviction of death row inmate…
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Mexican airliner suffers engine failure, safely lands
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican airline Viva Aerobus says one of its planes suffered an engine failure while covering a domestic route, but that the…
Continue ReadingTodd Haimes, who led a theater company to Broadway, dies
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Todd Haimes, who led the Roundabout Theatre Company from an off-off-Broadway company…
Continue ReadingMan accused of shooting girl, parents arrested in Florida
GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man accused of shooting and wounding a 6-year-old girl and her parents after children went to retrieve a…
Continue ReadingUS military prepares for possible Sudan embassy evacuation
By MATTHEW LEE anmd LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is moving additional troops and equipment to a Naval base in…
Continue ReadingAmazon seeks first incentive funds from Virginia HQ2 project
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Amazon is asking Virginia for nearly $153 million in state incentive payments. It…
Continue ReadingIsrael aims to sell missile defense system to Germany
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Defense Ministry says it has begun talks to sell an advanced missile defense system…
Continue ReadingBuzzFeed to close news division, cut 15% of all staff
Pulitzer prize winning digital media company BuzzFeed will shut down its news division as it cuts about 15% of its entire staff. In a memo sent to…
Continue ReadingYellen calls for better US-China relations as tensions rise
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has struck a conciliatory tone while talking about strained…
Continue ReadingHouse passes trans athlete ban for girls and women’s teams
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-led House passed a bill Thursday that would bar federally supported schools and…
Continue ReadingBook invites kids to turn native gardens into national park
By KATHERINE ROTH Associated Press First, Doug Tallamy wrote an influential book urging home gardeners to replace lawns and invasive plants with…
Continue ReadingIRS agent alleges Hunter Biden probe is being mishandled
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An IRS special agent is seeking whistleblower protection to disclose information about what…
Continue ReadingCourt documents describe grisly discovery in Maine shootings
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press WEST BATH, Maine (AP) — A Maine man who police say confessed to shooting seven people — killing four of them…
Continue ReadingUS transfers Guantanamo detainee to Algeria
By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has transferred Guantanamo detainee Said bin Brahim bin Umran Bakush back to his home…
Continue ReadingNorth Dakota governor signs law limiting trans health care
By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America North Dakota’s Republican Gov. Doug Burgum signed a bill into law that restricts transgender…
Continue ReadingAppeals court halts House interview with ex-Trump prosecutor
By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked House Republicans from…
Continue ReadingBadminton keeps barring Russia as Olympic qualifying begins
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Badminton has upheld its ban on Russian and Belarusian players in international competitions on the eve of the start…
Continue ReadingDanes lift sailing ban in Nord Stream pipeline leak area
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark says it is lifting a sailing ban in the area of the Baltic Sea around the gas leaks caused by explosions that…
Continue ReadingSpaceX giant rocket fails minutes after launching from Texas
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (AP) — SpaceX’s giant new rocket blasted off on its first test flight Thursday but…
Continue ReadingExtremists kill 20, abduct others in attack on Congo village
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A civil society group says at least 20 people have been killed and others abducted by extremists in eastern Congo’s North…
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