Vehicle hits 25 LA County sheriff’s academy recruits on run
By AMY TAXIN, JOHN ANTCZAK and JAE C. HONG Associated Press WHITTIER, Calif. (AP) — The driver of an SUV veered into the wrong lane and plowed…
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Pirelli’s 2023 calendar celebrates passion behind the models
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Top fashion models are used to having a camera lens trained on them. But Ashley Graham, Precious…
Continue ReadingLawmaker: Kansas should cut ties with foster care contractor
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — The head of a Kansas legislative panel wants to end the state’s contract with its…
Continue ReadingDisney picks developer for affordable housing project
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Walt Disney World has picked a developer to construct and operate an affordable housing development for which the…
Continue ReadingArizona executes man for 1980 killings of 2 people
By BOB CHRISTIE and JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona man convicted of murdering two people in 1980 was put to…
Continue ReadingTrailblazing director Euzhan Palcy returns for Oscar honor
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Director Euzhan Palcy was the first Black woman to direct a film produced by a major studio,…
Continue ReadingCouncil race in Michigan town settled by two pieces of paper
ROGERS CITY, Mich. (AP) — The election to fill a city council seat in a Michigan town has been settled by drawing two pieces of paper from a bowl,…
Continue ReadingWHO: 1st Ebola vaccines to arrive in Uganda next week
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization says he expects the first doses of Ebola vaccine targeting the strain causing the current…
Continue ReadingMI5 spy chief says Russia, China, Iran top threat list to UK
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s domestic spy chief says the country faces major security threats from the trio of…
Continue ReadingNigerian Navy detains foreign ship and 27 crew for oil theft
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian Navy official says that a foreign ship and at least 27 foreign crew members have…
Continue Reading8 years later, Dutch judges to pass verdicts in MH17 trial
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch judges are set to deliver their verdict in the trial of three Russians and a…
Continue ReadingMcConnell reelected Senate GOP leader: ‘Not going anywhere’
By LISA MASCARO, BRIAN SLODYSKO and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky has been reelected as…
Continue ReadingBuilding collapses in Kenya’s capital, killing three people
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Authorities in Kenya say that at least three people died when a building collapsed in the…
Continue ReadingHappy hygge! Scrabble dictionary adds hundreds of words
By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Here’s the sitch, Scrabble stans. Your convos around the board are about to get more…
Continue ReadingProsecutor: Witness told police UVA suspect targeted victims
By DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A witness who saw a University of Virginia student open fire on a bus returning from…
Continue ReadingRising food costs take a bite out of Thanksgiving dinner
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer In early November, Hays Culbreth’s mother sent a poll to a few family members. She said she could only afford…
Continue ReadingBennett, Nawaz replacing Judy Woodruff on PBS ‘NewsHour’
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — PBS says that Geoff Bennett and Amna Nawaz will replace Judy Woodruff on the public…
Continue ReadingBosnia inaugurates newly elected three-member presidency
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnia has inaugurated the three members of its new presidency, which for the first time in over a decade is…
Continue ReadingSick child treated after migrant bus arrives in Philadelphia
By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A bus carrying 28 migrants from Texas has arrived in Philadelphia, including a 10-year-old…
Continue ReadingFor movie fans, a gift guide that goes beyond the cinema
By LINDSEY BAHR Associated Press For the film buff in your life, there are plenty of gift options that go beyond a ticket to the movies. Those in Los…
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