US defense chief in Hawaii amid distrust after fuel spill
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is visiting Hawaii this week amid lingering community…
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UN chief urges Yemen’s warring sides to renew expiring truce
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. chief is strongly urging Yemen’s warring parties to not only renew but expand a truce that expires Sunday, saying…
Continue ReadingUvalde shooting, border dominate only Texas governor debate
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press EDINBURG, Texas (AP) — Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said during a debate against Democratic challenger Beto…
Continue ReadingSmall protests appear in Havana over islandwide blackout
By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — The widespread power outage in Cuba caused by Hurricane Ian prompted several hundred people to…
Continue ReadingU.S. captives ‘prayed for death’ on brutal ride from Ukraine
By JAY REEVES Associated Press TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Even after three months of captivity that included execution threats, physical torture,…
Continue ReadingArizona judge won’t suspend ruling that halted all abortions
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona judge on Friday declined to put her order that allowed enforcement of a pre-statehood…
Continue ReadingMontana site fouled by copper smelter to get final cleanup
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A subsidiary of London-based oil giant BP agreed to finish its cleanup of a 300-square…
Continue ReadingJapan PM condemns Russian annexation of parts of Ukraine
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, in telephone call with Ukraine’s president, has…
Continue ReadingVegas survivors signal hope even as mass shootings march on
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Saturday marks five years since a gunman rained bullets into an outdoor…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea conducts 4th round of missile tests in 1 week
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Saturday test-fired two short-range ballistic…
Continue ReadingAfter #FreeBritney, California to limit conservatorships
By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a bill limiting…
Continue Reading5 slain in Texas neighborhood identified; suspect charged
McGREGOR, Texas (AP) — Officials have disclosed the identities of five people killed in a Central Texas neighborhood and the suspect in the…
Continue ReadingSome officials now say monkeypox elimination unlikely in US
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Some U.S. health officials are conceding that monkeypox is probably not going away anytime soon.…
Continue Reading5 more bodies recovered from Puget Sound floatplane crash
SEATTLE (AP) — The bodies of six of the 10 victims in a floatplane crash in Washington state’s Puget Sound have been recovered and five have…
Continue ReadingJudge rules against Abrams group in voting rights lawsuit
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge on Friday found that Georgia election practices challenged by a group associated…
Continue ReadingSupply chain issues could slow fix of Florida electric grid
By DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer Crews are starting to fix Florida’s electric grid by repairing and rebuilding where lines were damaged or…
Continue ReadingOfficial defends Mississippi Capitol Police pursuits
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi’s top law enforcement official said police officers in…
Continue ReadingMissouri man convicted of killing 2 women, 2 children
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — A suburban St. Louis man has been convicted of murder in the 2018 shooting of his girlfriend, her two children and her…
Continue ReadingNewsom relaxes refinery rules as California gas prices soar
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has called on state regulators to relax rules on oil…
Continue ReadingPlea deal for Ex-Trump adviser accused of unwanted advances
LAS VEGAS (AP) — An ex-adviser to former President Donald Trump has taken a plea deal to resolve allegations he made unwanted sexual advances to a…
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