Palestinian teachers’ strike grows, reflecting deep crisis
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press AL-AZZA REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — In schools across the world, children are halfway into their second…
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Nashville Predators remember shooting victims, play Bruins
By KEN POWTAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — When the Nashville Predators’ team flight took off for Boston, defenseman Ryan McDonagh…
Continue ReadingMexico investigates 8 over deadly fire at migrant facility
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ and MORGAN LEE Associated Press CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities said Wednesday that eight employees or…
Continue ReadingChina threatens to retaliate if McCarthy meets Taiwan leader
BEIJING (AP) — China threatened retaliation on Wednesday if U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy meets with Taiwan’s president during her…
Continue ReadingPamela Smart, serving life, waits for chance to be heard
By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Vanessa Santiago first met Pamela Smart in 2003 as a fellow prison inmate in New York,…
Continue ReadingNashville shooting highlights security at private schools
By HOLLY MEYER and ANNIE MA Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An alarm blared and lights flashed as a heavily armed assailant stalked the…
Continue ReadingGwyneth Paltrow’s ski trial defense leans heavily on experts
By SAM METZ Associated Press PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Gwyneth Paltrow’s attorneys came close to wrapping up their case on Wednesday by relying…
Continue ReadingMyanmar junta dissolves Suu Kyi’s party, much of opposition
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military governmenttook another major step in its ongoing attempts to cripple its…
Continue ReadingTakeaways from AP’s interview with Ukraine’s Zelenskyy
By JULIE PACE, HANNA ARHIROVA and JAMES JORDAN Associated Press ON BOARD A TRAIN FROM SUMY TO KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A team of journalists from The…
Continue ReadingHawaii authorities say 33 swimmers were harassing dolphins
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii authorities on Tuesday say they have referred 33 people to U.S. law enforcement after the…
Continue ReadingUkraine’s Zelenskyy: Any Russian victory could be perilous
By JULIE PACE and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press ON A TRAIN FROM SUMY TO KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned…
Continue ReadingPoll: Cut federal spending — but not big-ticket programs
By JOSH BOAK and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In the federal budget standoff, the majority of U.S. adults are asking…
Continue ReadingBasic training without yelling: Army recruits get 2nd chance
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Last August, Daysia Holiday decided to try one more time to join the Army. She’d taken the…
Continue ReadingSenate votes to repeal Iraq War approval many see as mistake
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has voted to repeal the decades-old congressional measure that greenlighted…
Continue ReadingStarbucks’ Howard Schultz defends union stance before Senate
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Longtime Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz faced sharp questioning Wednesday before the Senate Health, Education,…
Continue ReadingPolice search for tiger stolen from home in northern Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Northern Mexico has developed such a habit of exotic animals and violence, that people not only keep tigers as pets, they steal…
Continue ReadingUS tourist shot in leg at Mexican resort of Puerto Morelos
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A U.S. tourist was shot in the leg by unidentified assailants at a resort town on Mexico’s Caribbean coast, prosecutors in the…
Continue ReadingAlabama police officer killed, another wounded
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Officials in Alabama say a Huntsville police officer has died after being shot Tuesday evening. Another officer was…
Continue ReadingFTX founder Bankman-Fried charged with paying $40M bribe
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A new indictment charges FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried with directing $40 million in bribes to…
Continue ReadingJudge orders Phoenix to clean up large homeless encampment
PHOENIX (AP) — A judge has ordered Phoenix to clean up a homeless encampment that spans nearly 10 blocks in the city’s downtown area. Maricopa…
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