Rules issued for those wanting to pay respects to the queen
LONDON (AP) — People wanting to pay their final respects to Queen Elizabeth II as she lies in state at the Houses of Parliament in London need to…
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Loud thunder from small Oregon storm shakes Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A single strike of lightning from a small Oregon storm and the ensuing thunder shook the city of Portland on Sunday…
Continue ReadingDeath toll in northern Mexico bus crash rises to 20
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The death toll in a northern Mexico bus crash has risen to 20, as questions emerge about whether a double-tanker fuel truck may…
Continue ReadingFormer MLB pitcher turned cop Varvaro dies in car crash
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press Anthony Varvaro, a former Major League Baseball pitcher who retired in 2016 to become a police officer in the New…
Continue ReadingVenezuelan government defends detention of US nationals
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The government of Venezuela is defending the detention of United States citizens, rejecting an earlier statement from the…
Continue ReadingMother’s boyfriend arrested in killing of California girl, 8
MERCED, Calif. (AP) — Police have arrested a suspect in the death of an 8-year-old girl whose body was found last March inside a central California…
Continue ReadingNew York woman gets prison term for altercation aboard plane
PHOENIX (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a New York woman has been sentenced to four months in prison for interfering with crew members aboard a…
Continue Reading1 dead after motorboat flips at Grand Canyon National Park
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a 67-year-old man has died after a motorboat flipped over inside Grand Canyon National…
Continue ReadingFor Elizabeth, Balmoral estate was a place to ‘be normal’
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — When the hearse carrying Queen Elizabeth II’s body pulled out of the gates of Balmoral Castle on…
Continue ReadingScaled-down festivities in Denmark for queen’s 50-year reign
HELSINKI (AP) — Scaled-down celebrations are taking place in Denmark marking 50 years on the throne by Queen Margrethe, whose reign is now…
Continue ReadingFor Oprah Winfrey, ‘Sidney’ is an act of love for Poitier
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer TORONTO (AP) — The Oprah Winfrey-produced documentary “Sidney” has arrived eight months after the death of Sidney…
Continue ReadingBorder Patrol halts tweets from agency’s West Texas region
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection has deactivated the agency’s Twitter account for the West Texas region after it…
Continue ReadingPalestinian man left beaten, bloodied by Israeli police
JERUSALEM (AP) — An amateur video shows a Palestinian man lying face down, bloody and unconscious, as an Israeli policeman kneels on his neck. The…
Continue Reading‘Barbarian’ is top film amid late-summer box office doldrums
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The horror film “Barbarian” won the weekend as the late-summer doldrums at the box…
Continue ReadingThousands protest planned Pride gathering in Serbia
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Thousands of opponents of a pan-European LGBTQ event planned for this week in Belgrade marched through the Serbian capital…
Continue ReadingBritish horse racing resumes with tribute to queen
DONCASTER, England (AP) — British horse racing has paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II as the late monarch’s favorite sport returned after a…
Continue ReadingThe queen, as imagined — from punk rock to mystery novels
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer She was everywhere and yet not really known. Over the past 70 years, authors, filmmakers, playwrights,…
Continue ReadingGreek leader says armed conflict with Turkey won’t happen
By COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greece’s prime minister says he cannot imagine that tensions with neighboring…
Continue ReadingRian Johnson unpeels ‘Glass Onion,’ his ‘Knives Out’ sequel
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer TORONTO (AP) — Three years after premiering “Knives Out” at the Toronto International Film Festival, Rian Johnson…
Continue ReadingUnions blast rail move to delay shipments before deadline
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The heads of the nation’s two largest rail unions said Sunday that the freight railroads’…
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