Griner has begun serving sentence in Russian penal colony
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — WNBA star Brittney Griner has begun serving her nine-year sentence for drug possession at a…
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Antisemitic graffiti in DC suburb seen as part of a trend
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The discovery this week of violently antisemitic graffiti along a popular Maryland walking…
Continue ReadingWoman convicted in kidnapping of 3-year-old Alabama girl
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Federal jurors have convicted an Alabama woman in the death of a 3-year-old girl whose disappearance prompted a search for…
Continue ReadingJudge blocks DeSantis law on barring ‘woke’ education
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge in Florida has blocked a law pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis that…
Continue ReadingGates Foundation pledges $7B for health, farming in Africa
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Bill Gates, on a visit to Kenya, has announced his foundation will spend $7 billion to…
Continue ReadingUS sanctions Mexico’s Familia Michoacana drug cartel
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department has slapped sanctions on Mexico’s Familia Michoacana drug cartel, which it accused of…
Continue ReadingThe AP Interview: Whitmer has ‘no interest in going to DC’
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Fresh off a commanding reelection victory in one of the nation’s…
Continue ReadingJudge denies Missouri prosecutor request to halt execution
By JIM SALTER Associated Press O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man who killed a police officer still faces execution later this month after a…
Continue ReadingTrump Org.’s longtime CFO chokes up, says he betrayed trust
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s longtime finance chief choked up on the witness stand Thursday, saying he…
Continue ReadingLengthy vote counts frustrate, but don’t signal problems
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Four days after Election Day, with a bitter, high-profile race for…
Continue ReadingIndiana deputy’s gun discharges, shoots student in classroom
CLINTON, Ind. (AP) — Officials say an Indiana high school student was shot and wounded when a sheriff’s deputy’s gun accidentally discharged in…
Continue ReadingMan charged with arranging rapper Young Dolph’s killing
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A man charged with arranging the killing of Young Dolph pleaded not guilty Thursday — one…
Continue ReadingGM CEO Barra says electric vehicles to be profitable by 2025
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer General Motors says it expects its portfolio of electric vehicles to turn a profit in North America by 2025 as it…
Continue Reading‘I thought I was going to die’: Abuses widespread in Ukraine
By SAM MEDNICK and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYSELIVKA, Ukraine (AP) — For 10 days, Alesha Babenko was locked in a basement and regularly…
Continue ReadingProsecutors, defense win freedom for man in 1983 killing
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A man who spent nearly four decades behind bars for a 1983 killing has won his freedom after…
Continue ReadingThe Home Edit founders add a podcast to their growing brand
By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Clea Shearer and Joanna Teplin, the chatty, upbeat, rainbow-loving duo, already star in the Netflix reality…
Continue ReadingMedical Examiner: Slain UVA students were shot in the head
By SARAH RANKIN and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Three University of Virginia football players who were shot on a bus as…
Continue ReadingWimbledon relaxes all-white clothing rule for women
LONDON (AP) — Wimbledon is relaxing its requirement for all-white clothing to allow female players to wear colored undershorts to be more…
Continue ReadingIsraeli arrested in South Africa with weapons, torture van
Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African authorities have arrested a man reputed to be one of Israel’s most wanted gang leaders in a…
Continue ReadingIRS contractor gets more scrutiny in congressional report
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House investigators say a federal contractor that provided identity verification services for…
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