Duran Duran stumbles, Dolly Parton rolls into Rock Hall
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lionel Richie soared. Pat Benatar roared. Duran Duran stumbled but stayed…
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Alvarez blasts Baker, Astros to World Series title vs Phils
By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Baseball Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Yordan Alvarez hit a moon shot that sent Space City into a frenzy, and the Houston Astros to…
Continue ReadingUK to declare bank holiday May 8 to honor King Charles III
LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom will have another reason to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III, for the government has declared a…
Continue ReadingMonarch butterflies return to Mexico on annual migration
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The first monarch butterflies have appeared in the mountaintop forests of central Mexico where they spend the winter.…
Continue ReadingNo. 1 Georgia shuts down QB Hooker, No. 2 Tennessee, 27-13
By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — In the biggest games, Stetson Bennett seems to rise to the occasion and above his often more…
Continue ReadingCoroner: 4 dead, including gunman, in Pennsylvania shooting
COGAN STATION, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a shooting in central Pennsylvania has ended in the deaths of four people, including the alleged gunman.…
Continue ReadingCarter Center to monitor midterms in Georgia’s Fulton County
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Carter Center is training nonpartisan observers to monitor midterm elections in Fulton County,…
Continue ReadingSinger-rapper Aaron Carter dies in California at age 34
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Aaron Carter, the singer-rapper who began performing as a child and…
Continue ReadingIsraeli soldiers fatally shoot Palestinian rock thrower
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry says Israeli forces have shot and killed a young man in the occupied West Bank. The…
Continue ReadingRecord $1.6 billion Powerball jackpot fans ticket sales
By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Powerball jackpot has reached a record estimated high of $1.6…
Continue ReadingGOP’s Cheney endorses Virginia Democrat Abigail Spanberger
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Rep. Liz Cheney crossed the political aisle again this election year and endorsed…
Continue ReadingFormer officer: Alabama ‘not in control’ of state prisons
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A former corrections officer said Alabama is no longer in control of its prisons and said he believes federal officials…
Continue Reading3 more migrant bodies found in Greek sea; overall toll at 26
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The bodies of three more migrants have been found in the western Aegean Sea near where an overloaded sailboat smuggling…
Continue ReadingGreece slams Turkey’s temporary entry ban on official
By COSTAS KANTOURIS and DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greece has strongly protested a decision by Turkish…
Continue ReadingTwitter users can soon get blue check for $7.99 monthly fee
By BARBARA ORTUTAY Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter has announced a subscription service for $7.99 a month that includes a blue check…
Continue ReadingOfficials: NY fire caused by lithium battery injures 38
NEW YORK (AP) — More than three dozen people have been injured, two critically, in a fire at a high-rise apartment building in Manhattan caused by…
Continue ReadingRail union approves deal offering hope of avoiding strike
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Another one of the 12 railroad unions narrowly approved its deal with the major freight…
Continue ReadingUS supports calls for external ethics probe into OAS chief
By JOSHUA GOODMAN MIAMI (AP) — The head of the Organization of American States is facing growing calls, including from the Biden administration,…
Continue ReadingManchin: Biden’s coal comments are ‘divorced from reality’
By AAMER MADHANI and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Saturday was criticized by West Virginia Sen. Joe…
Continue ReadingUS military hits al-Shabab extremists in Somalia
By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The United States military says it has carried out an airstrike in support of the Somali…
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