Michigan woman accused of fatal hit-and-run off to Thailand
OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities believe a Michigan woman fled to Thailand to avoid the consequences of a hit-and-run crash that killed a…
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Oil major TotalEnergies doubles annual profit to $36 billion
PARIS (AP) — France’s TotalEnergies SE doubled its profits in 2022, joining other international oil and gas companies in fattening their bottom…
Continue ReadingProbe into US Olympic failings stunted by red tape in DC
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer DENVER (AP) — More than 27 months since it was greenlighted by Congress, the panel established to investigate the…
Continue ReadingIn new role, Sanders demands answers from Starbucks’ Schultz
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the new chairman of the Senate committee that oversees health and labor issues,…
Continue ReadingZelenskyy flies West: If it’s Thursday, this must be Belgium
By RAF CASERT and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — A whirlwind 36 hours are taking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy from…
Continue ReadingMexico finds 14 bodies in overturned pickup truck in canal
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in northern Mexico say they have found the bodies of 14 people in an overturned pickup truck submerged in a canal.…
Continue ReadingUS, states weigh farmland restrictions after Chinese balloon
By MATTHEW BROWN and SAM METZ Associated Press HARLOWTON, Mont. (AP) — As U.S.-China relations cool amid trade disputes and espionage fears stoked…
Continue ReadingParents at school where boy, 6, shot teacher prepare to sue
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The families of two students at a Virginia elementary school where a 6-year-old shot his teacher…
Continue ReadingTrump ex-lawyer Cohen meets again with New York prosecutors
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen met yet again Wednesday with New York City prosecutors who have spent years examining…
Continue ReadingDay care in Canada struck by city bus; 2 children dead
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press A city bus crashed into a day care center north of Montreal on Wednesday, killing two children and injuring six,…
Continue ReadingShiffrin’s silver at ski worlds inspired by LeBron’s record
By ANDREW DAMPF AP Sports Writer MERIBEL, France (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin woke up to the news that LeBron James had broken the NBA scoring record…
Continue ReadingEU bishops demand release of clergy detained in Nicaragua
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — European bishops are demanding the immediate release of Nicaraguan clergy who have been detained in…
Continue ReadingGun, high-capacity magazine found inside Connecticut school
HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut teenager has been jailed on numerous charges after a fight in school led to the discovery of a gun and a…
Continue ReadingMinister: 1 in 5 crimes in Spain now committed online
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s government has pledged stronger action against cybercrime, which has come to account for about a fifth of all offenses…
Continue ReadingBrazil pushes illegal miners out of Yanomami territory
By FABIANO MAISONNAVE and EDMAR BARROS ALTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) — Armed government officials with Brazil’s justice, Indigenous and…
Continue ReadingSvitolina calls for Russians to be banned from Olympics
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian tennis player and Olympic bronze medalist Elina Svitolina has pushed for a total…
Continue ReadingIOC responds to Paris mayor on Olympic plan for Russians
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The International Olympic Committee has pushed back against the mayor of Paris by insisting there are no plans for…
Continue ReadingGermany’s Merkel receives UNESCO peace prize in Ivory Coast
By DIOMANDE BLE BLONDE and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press YAMOUSSOUKRO, Ivory Coast (AP) — Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been honored…
Continue ReadingDanish queen to undergo ‘major back surgery’
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s royal palace says Queen Margrethe II will undergo “major back surgery” later this month. The palace said…
Continue ReadingBSO plan to digitize John Williams concerts almost complete
BOSTON (AP) — An effort to digitize more than 200 Boston Pops radio broadcasts conducted by John Williams from 1979 until 1991 is almost complete.…
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