Man shot and killed by off-duty police in DC’s Wharf area
WASHINGTON (AP) — Police in Washington, D.C., say an off-duty police officer has shot and killed a man armed with a semiautomatic handgun in the…
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Huasos reciben bendición en Santuario Nacional de Maipu
Por GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press SANTIAGOsantiago (AP) — Con los Andes cubiertos de nieve en el fondo, docenas de huasos con ponchos…
Continue ReadingChilean cowboys gather for blessing at national shrine
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — With the snow-covered Andes shining in the background, several dozen cowboys in…
Continue ReadingFormer Australian great Lleyton Hewitt enshrined into Hall
By KEN POWTAK Associated Press NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Lleyton Hewitt paused for a moment and the word easily came to mind when he was asked how he…
Continue ReadingCargo plane operated by Ukraine carrier crashes in Greece
By COSTAS KANTOURIS and DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press PALAIOCHORI, Greece (AP) — An Antonov cargo plane operated by a Ukrainian airline crashed…
Continue ReadingSheriff: Florida woman found dead, grabbed by gators in pond
ENGLEWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida woman was found dead after falling in a pond and being grabbed by two alligators. The Sarasota…
Continue ReadingChampion driver Bobby East fatally stabbed at gas station
WESTMINSTER, Calif. (AP) — Bobby East, a three-time U.S. Auto Club national champion driver, has died after being stabbed this week at a Southern…
Continue ReadingCharges dropped against Indiana man in 2015 killings of four
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped murder and other charges against a man accused of killing four people inside an Indianapolis home in…
Continue ReadingUN decries rising death toll, rights violations in Haiti
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. human rights office on Saturday expressed concern about rising violence around Haiti’s capital, saying 99…
Continue ReadingDiesel lacking for Cuba drivers as fuel used for electricity
By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Dany Pérez had spent four days in a line of vehicles waiting to fill his truck with diesel he…
Continue ReadingUkraine on her mind as high jumper goes for gold at worlds
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — It took her three days by car to escape from Ukraine after the war started. Champion high…
Continue ReadingFrom the end of the world to your town, Elton John’s goodbye
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — I think it’s gonna be a long, long time until we see another songwriter and performer…
Continue ReadingPakistani officials: Body found of second abducted hostage
By ABDUL SATTAR Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials say that separatist insurgents in the restive southwestern Baluchistan…
Continue ReadingCroatia: Anthrax found in dead cattle in nature park
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatian authorities say anthrax has been confirmed in dozens of cattle found dead in a nature park southeast of the…
Continue ReadingGeorgia abortion law challenge now focused on ‘personhood’
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Lawyers for the state of Georgia urged a federal appeals court to allow the state’s 2019…
Continue ReadingUS agencies temporarily barred from enforcing LGBTQ guidance
By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press A judge in Tennessee has temporarily barred two federal agencies from enforcing directives issued by President Joe…
Continue ReadingRapper Kodak Black is arrested on drug charges in Florida
Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Rapper Kodak Black was arrested in South Florida on charges of trafficking in oxycodone and possession of a…
Continue ReadingUS soprano, offended by blackface, pulls out of Italy opera
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Soprano Angel Blue says she won’t perform in an opera in Italy this month because…
Continue ReadingNorth Macedonia parliament OKs deal; EU talks start July 19
By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — North Macedonia has approved a French proposal that opens the way for…
Continue Reading2 kids among 6 dead in Montana highway pileup, 8 others hurt
By STEFANIE DAZIO and SALLY HO Associated Press Two children are among the six people who died in a Montana pileup after a Friday evening dust storm…
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