New rules would limit sugar in school meals for first time
By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer U.S. agriculture officials on Friday proposed new nutrition standards for school meals, including the first limits…
Continue ReadingAP National News
California weighs making flag football a girls’ school sport
By AMY TAXIN Associated Press California officials are considering a plan to make flag football a girls’ high school sport amid soaring popularity…
Continue ReadingUS may lift protections for Yellowstone, Glacier grizzlies
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Biden administration took a first step Friday toward ending federal protections for…
Continue ReadingShlomo Perel, Holocaust survivor, film subject, dies at 98
JERUSALEM (AP) — Shlomo Perel, who survived the Holocaust through surreal subterfuge and an extraordinary odyssey that inspired his own writing and…
Continue ReadingNew Mexico legislators may block local abortion ordinances
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A standoff over abortion in politically conservative regions of New Mexico is looming as…
Continue ReadingIn Mexico, worry that Maya Train will destroy jungle
By TERESA DE MIGUEL Associated Press CALAKMUL BIOSPHERE RESERVE, Mexico (AP) — Miguel Ángel Díaz walks slowly so his footfall on dry leaves…
Continue ReadingNFL will offer free CPR training during Super Bowl week
By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Inspired by the lifesaving medical attention Damar Hamlin received on the field during a game last month, the…
Continue ReadingMan arrested, but motive unknown in Dallas Zoo monkey theft
By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — The arrest of a 24-year-old man accused of taking two monkeys from the Dallas Zoo has shed some…
Continue Reading2 plead guilty to disrupting flight diverted to Maine
BANGOR, Maine (AP) — Two men from England have pleaded guilty to federal charges that they interfered with a flight crew during a tussle that…
Continue ReadingPakistan PM warns of ‘tough time’ to fulfill IMF conditions
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s prime minister has warned of a “tough time” as his government struggles to comply…
Continue Reading2 St. Louis police officers, suspect shot during chase
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A man is in custody and recovering from a bullet wound after shooting two St. Louis police officers who returned fire. The…
Continue ReadingStreet honoring KKK leader renamed after student-led effort
MALVERNE, N.Y. (AP) — A street that honored a leader of the Ku Klux Klan in New York has a new name after a yearslong campaign led by high school…
Continue ReadingFord returns to Formula One in partnership with Red Bull
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Ford will return to Formula One as the engine provider for Red Bull Racing in a partnership announced Friday…
Continue ReadingDr Dre, Missy Elliott, Lil Wayne honored at pre-Grammy event
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — As Lil Wayne was honored for his musical achievements, the rapper opened up…
Continue ReadingEx-pop star Gary Glitter freed from UK prison
LONDON (AP) — Former pop star Gary Glitter was released from prison in England on Friday after serving half of a 16-year prison sentence for…
Continue ReadingUkraine steps up efforts to exclude Russia from Olympics
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has stepped up efforts to lobby international sports leaders against Russian…
Continue ReadingWorld Health Organization employee released in Mali
By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — The World Health Organization says one of its employees has been released in northern Mali after…
Continue ReadingUK man admits treason over crossbow plot against queen
LONDON (AP) — A man who was arrested on the grounds of Windsor Castle with a loaded crossbow pleaded guilty to treason on Friday for planning to…
Continue ReadingFormer Kenyan policeman sentenced to death for murder
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A Kenyan former policeman has been sentenced to death for the murder of a human rights…
Continue ReadingBaltic leaders: Olympic boycott possible if Russians compete
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The prime ministers of the three Baltic countries have urged the International Olympic Committee to ban Russian athletes…
Continue Reading