Mexico to host next round of Colombian peace talks
By JORGE RUEDA AND ASTRÍD SUAREZ Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Colombian government and the nation’s largest remaining rebel…
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Youngkin sets special election to fill Rep. McEachin’s seat
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has set a special election for Feb. 21 to fill the 4th…
Continue ReadingEU reaches deal on Ukraine aid, tax on big corporations
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has reached a deal in principle to send an 18 billion euro ($18.93 billion)…
Continue ReadingFake psychic, partner sentenced in $3M fraud scheme
MIAMI (AP) — A South Florida woman claiming to be a psychic has been sentenced to federal prison along with her partner for conning a woman out of…
Continue ReadingGrand jury probing sex assaults indicts ex-superintendent
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press The former superintendent of a northern Virginia school system has been indicted on three misdemeanor charges by…
Continue ReadingEx-CNN producer pleads guilty to child sex charge in deal
By LISA RATHKE BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A former CNN television producer has pleaded guilty in federal court to using interstate commerce to entice…
Continue ReadingAlabama governor seeks more time to carry out executions
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Monday said she wants to give the state more time to carry out…
Continue Reading50 years later, sprinter Matthews welcomed back to Olympics
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer The International Olympic Committee says it will allow American gold-medal sprinter Vince Matthews back at the…
Continue ReadingSome University of California graduate students end strike
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — University of California postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers are back at work at all 10 of the university…
Continue ReadingMillions in central US brace for snow, rain and floods
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A massive winter storm blew toward the center of the U.S. on Monday, threatening…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court won’t block California flavored tobacco ban
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has refused a request from tobacco companies to stop California from enforcing a ban on flavored tobacco…
Continue ReadingAlabama women face trial for feeding, trapping stray cats
WETUMPKA, Ala. (AP) — Two Alabama women are preparing to stand trial in a city court where they’re accused of committing misdemeanor…
Continue ReadingJudge denies Pablo Lyle new trial in Miami road rage death
By GISELA SALOMON The Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A judge has declined to grant a new trial to Mexican telenovela star Pablo Lyle after he was…
Continue ReadingEnvironmentalists want jaguars reintroduced to US Southwest
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An environmental group is petitioning federal officials to help reintroduce the jaguar to the…
Continue ReadingClashes at Montenegro protests amid political tension
By PREDRAG MILIC Associated Press PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Clashes erupted on Monday during an opposition protest in Montenegro reflecting a…
Continue ReadingMexico to make last-ditch effort to solve US corn dispute
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s foreign secretary says he’ll travel this week to Washington, D.C., in an effort to resolve a dispute over…
Continue ReadingPennsylvania lifts ban on gas production in polluted village
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press One of Pennsylvania’s largest drillers will be allowed to extract natural gas from underneath a rural…
Continue ReadingPope on Mexican feast day sympathizes with migrant caravans
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has sympathized with the caravans of Latin Americans “seeking freedom and well-being” in the U.S. as he celebrates a…
Continue ReadingUSA Today suspends book bestseller list; Bookforum shutters
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — USA Today’s weekly chart of top-selling books is on indefinite hiatus after the newspaper’s…
Continue ReadingChief: Vest may have saved San Diego officer shot repeatedly
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The police chief of San Diego, California, says one of his officers was shot repeatedly by a fleeing crime suspect and may have…
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