Former NBA, NFL team owner, businessman Red McCombs dies
By KEN MILLER Associated Press A former owner of two NBA teams, an NFL franchise and longtime Texas businessman, Billy Joe “Red” McCombs has died…
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New Mexico law signed to help wildfire, flooding recovery
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed a law to use zero-interest loans to help local governments repair or…
Continue ReadingLawyers: Feds seek ‘eye for eye’ from NYC bike path killer
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for a man convicted of killing eight people along a Manhattan bike path five years ago…
Continue ReadingDeaths from jihadi attack on Burkina Faso army rise to 51
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s military says the death toll from a jihadi attack on a…
Continue ReadingSyrian president visits Oman in 1st trip abroad since quake
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian President Bashar Assad has visited the Gulf nation of Oman on his first official visit since the deadly Feb. 6 quake.…
Continue ReadingProject Veritas founder James O’Keefe out at right-wing org
MAMARONECK, N.Y. (AP) — Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe said in a speech posted online Monday that he has been removed as the…
Continue ReadingNigeria: Gunmen kill 8 police days before presidential vote
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities say suspected separatist gunmen have killed at least eight police officers over the past three days in southeast…
Continue ReadingHuey ‘Piano’ Smith, session man and hit maker, dead at 89
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Huey ‘Piano’ Smith, a top New Orleans session man, has died. Smith backed Little Richard…
Continue ReadingEgypt unveils renovated wing of oldest museum, new papyrus
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s ministry of tourism and antiquities unveiled a renovated wing of its oldest museum Monday, home to a 16-meter (52-foot)…
Continue ReadingNewborn saved from earthquake in Syria adopted by her aunt
By GHAITH ALSAYED and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press JINDERIS, Syria (AP) — A baby girl who was born under the rubble of her family’s…
Continue ReadingAP wins Polk award for coverage of Russia’s war on Ukraine
NEW YORK (AP) — Four Associated Press journalists have been honored with the George Polk Award for War Reporting for their searing coverage of…
Continue ReadingNew quake hits battered Turkey, Syria; 3 dead, hundreds hurt
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A new 6.4-magnitude earthquake has killed three people and injured more than 200 others in…
Continue ReadingBelarus to form new paramilitary force amid Ukraine conflict
MOSCOW (AP) — Belarus’ authoritarian president says the ex-Soviet nation will form a new territorial defense force amid the fighting in…
Continue Reading5-year firearms enhancement dropped in Baldwin shooting case
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press The prosecution in the case of a fatal New Mexico film-set shooting made a stark turnaround Monday, dropping the…
Continue ReadingPolish, Italian leaders discuss aiding Ukraine, strong EU
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The prime ministers of Poland and Italy have discussed military support for Ukraine and voiced agreement that the European…
Continue ReadingStudents, faculty return to Michigan State after shooting
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State University students and faculty returned to the East Lansing campus…
Continue ReadingMan arrested in Catholic bishop’s killing had worked for him
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and DAMIAN DOVARGANES Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man arrested Monday in the weekend killing of a Catholic bishop…
Continue ReadingKremlin critic in prison in northwest Russia, allies say
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Allies and family members of an opposition politician imprisoned in Russia say…
Continue ReadingMan charged in Memphis shooting that killed 1, injured 10
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A man has been charged with participating in a Memphis shooting that left one person dead and 10 others injured. According to…
Continue ReadingThree killed, including baby, in Chicago highway shooting
By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — Police in Illinois say three people have died and three more were hurt after a…
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