Gloria Dea, 1st magician on Las Vegas Strip, dies at age 100
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Gloria Dea, touted as the first magician to perform on what became the Las Vegas Strip in the early 1940s, has died. She was 100.…
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Ethiopia’s Jemal Yimer wins Los Angeles Marathon
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jemal Yimer of Ethiopia won the men’s division of the Los Angeles Marathon. Stacy Ndiwa of Kenya took the women’s division…
Continue ReadingAllegheny D.A. seeks death penalty in officer’s killing
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Prosecutors in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania say they plan to seek the death penalty if a man is convicted of first-degree…
Continue ReadingGreek city marks 80th anniversary of Auschwitz train convoy
By COSTAS KANTOURIS and DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greece’s second-largest city of Thessaloniki has…
Continue ReadingDA leading Trump case says rhetoric won’t intimidate office
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is standing firm against Donald Trump’s increasingly…
Continue ReadingMiami Beach sets spring break curfew after 2 fatal shootings
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Miami Beach officials imposed a curfew beginning Sunday night during spring break after two fatal shootings and rowdy,…
Continue ReadingPope Benedict XVI’s aide acknowledges criticism over memoir
ROME (AP) — The longtime secretary to Pope Benedict XVI acknowledged Sunday that his tell-all memoir, published in the days after Benedict’s…
Continue ReadingSearch on for Florida boaters missing in lake near Legoland
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (AP) — Authorities searched Sunday for two boaters who were missing and believed drowned in an accident on a central Florida…
Continue ReadingLos Angeles TV meteorologist says she’s OK after fainting
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A TV meteorologist in Los Angeles was recovering Sunday after fainting on the air during a weekend newscast. Alissa Carlson was…
Continue ReadingUBS to buy Credit Suisse for nearly $3.25B to calm turmoil
By JAMEY KEATEN and KEN SWEET Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Banking giant UBS is buying troubled rival Credit Suisse for almost $3.25 billion, in…
Continue ReadingCalifornia to seek beds for mental health, drug treatment
SAN DIEGO (AP) — California voters would decide whether to fund a major expansion of housing and treatment for residents suffering from mental…
Continue Reading2 skiers missing in avalanche near Mont Blanc
ROME (AP) — Rescue teams are searching for two skiers who were caught in an avalanche near Mont Blanc on Italy’s northern border with France.…
Continue ReadingUK aims to send migrants to Rwanda in months if courts agree
By IGNATIUS SSUUNA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Britain’s government says it could start deporting asylum-seekers to…
Continue ReadingCroatian authorities destroy World War II anti-ship mine
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatian authorities have destroyed a huge anti-ship mine from World War II that was buried in the seabed near a key…
Continue ReadingGunmen kill 9 Chinese at mine in Central African Republic
By JEAN-FERNAND KOENA and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — A local official in Central African Republic says…
Continue Reading‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’ stumbles with $30.5 million debut
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “ Shazam! Fury of the Gods ” felt the fury of the marketplace in its theatrical debut this weekend. The New Line…
Continue ReadingNew law allows anti-abortion monument at Arkansas Capitol
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has signed a new law that will allow a monument near the state Capitol marking the…
Continue ReadingKazakhs vote in newly competitive parliamentary election
ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AP) — Voters in Kazakhstan have gone to the polls to choose lawmakers in the lower house of parliament which is being…
Continue ReadingNiinistö: Sweden security OK if Finland joins NATO first
HELSINKI (AP) — The Finnish president says he doesn’t think Sweden will end up in a vulnerable security situation although neighboring Finland is…
Continue ReadingI-96 reopens in Michigan after 150-vehicle pileup; 16 hurt
PORTLAND, Mich. (AP) — A stretch of interstate highway has reopened in central Michigan following a massive pileup involving 150 vehicles in…
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