US sending bridge-launchers to Ukraine for spring fight
By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has announced a new $400 million military aid package for Ukraine that for the first time…
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Oklahoma: What to expect as voters consider legal weed
By The Associated Press Voters in Oklahoma will decide Tuesday whether it should be legal to possess and grow recreational marijuana in the state.…
Continue ReadingWoman reported missing 31 years ago found in Puerto Rico
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A Pennsylvania woman who went missing more than 30 years ago in a case that stumped…
Continue ReadingChristian Thielemann leads Vienna Philharmonic US tour
By RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Christian Thielemann is leading the Vienna Philharmonic’s six-concert U.S. tour as another…
Continue ReadingHobbs vows not to carry out execution scheduled by court
By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs says corrections officials won’t carry out an execution even…
Continue ReadingAbortion clinics crossing state borders not always welcome
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI, SARAH RANKIN and HILARY POWELL Associated Press BRISTOL, Va. (AP) — The pastors smiled as they held the doors open, grabbing…
Continue ReadingBlack Vietnam vet finally awarded Medal of Honor for bravery
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 60 years after he was recommended for the nation’s highest military award,…
Continue ReadingFord to raise production as US auto sales start to recover
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Ford will increase production of six models this year, half of them electric, as the company and the auto industry start to…
Continue ReadingMan ordered to jail in Jewish Michigan threats case
By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A man charged with using social media to threaten the lives of Jewish public officials in Michigan will…
Continue ReadingUS sanctions Russian officials over dissident’s detention
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has imposed sanctions and visa restrictions on five Russian officials and an expert…
Continue ReadingGeorgia’s Stegeman Coliseum closed after ceiling piece falls
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Georgia’s Stegeman Coliseum has been closed for repairs after a small piece of concrete fell from the ceiling of the nearly…
Continue ReadingFire at Indonesian oil depot kills 17; thousands evacuated
By ACHMAD IBRAHIM Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A large fire has broken out at a fuel storage depot in Indonesia’s capital, killing…
Continue ReadingEPA mandates states report on cyber threats to water systems
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Friday said it would require states to report on cybersecurity…
Continue ReadingA decade under Maduro, migration marks Venezuelans’ lives
By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Few Venezuelans have not had their lives touched by migration over the last…
Continue ReadingLoewe mixes fashion with giant confetti cubes at Paris show
By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Fragile half-ton cubes of colored confetti lay on Loewe’s white runway at Paris Fashion Week.…
Continue ReadingAmazon pauses construction on 2nd headquarters in Virginia
By HALELUYA HADERO and MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is pausing construction of its second headquarters in Virginia…
Continue ReadingSpanish bureaucracy leaves Ukrainians waiting for cash help
By JENNIFER O’MAHONY Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Thousands of Ukrainians who fled to Spain after Russia invaded their country last year…
Continue ReadingMethane explosion at Pakistani coal mine kills 6 miners
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials say a methane explosion killed six miners at a coal mine in the country’s southwestern…
Continue ReadingStorms roll east after slamming South; 10 deaths reported
By KEN MILLER and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press A large storm system took aim at the Northeast on Friday, threatening heavy snow and coastal…
Continue ReadingUS to focus bison restoration on expanding tribal herds
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — U.S. officials will work to restore more large bison herds to Native American lands under a Friday…
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