Russians press assault on eastern Ukrainian city
By MARIA GRAZIA MURRU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces are pounding the city of Lysychansk and its surroundings in an all-out…
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Rescuers recover 26 dead from mudslide in India’s northeast
By WASBIR HUSSAIN Associated Press GAUHATI, India (AP) — Fresh rain and falling boulders are hampering rescuers who have pulled out 26 bodies from…
Continue ReadingSouth Africans struggle in the dark to cope with power cuts
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and SEBABATSO MOSAMO Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africans are struggling in the dark to cope with increased…
Continue ReadingVirgin Orbit rocket launches 7 US defense satellites
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Virgin Orbit rocket carrying seven U.S. Defense Department satellites has been launched from a special Boeing 747 flying off…
Continue ReadingIran’s top diplomat in Syria, slams Israel, Turkish threats
By ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Iran’s foreign minister has condemned Israel’s latest airstrike on Syria and…
Continue ReadingRussia’s messages with missiles tell West to back off
By TAMER FAKAHANY and CARA ANNA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The latest in a litany of horrors in Ukraine came this week as Russian…
Continue ReadingTexas clinics halt abortions after state high court ruling
By ACACIA CORONADO and ED WHITE Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Clinics were shutting down abortion services in the nation’s…
Continue Reading‘Revolutionary’ high court term on abortion, guns and more
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Abortion, guns and religion — a major change in the law in any one of these areas would have…
Continue ReadingTropical Storm Colin brings rain to Carolinas, weakens
MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Colin formed along the South Carolina coast on Saturday morning, bringing rain and winds, though the storm later…
Continue ReadingStrong earthquake kills 5 in southern Iran
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Five people have been killed and 44 others injured in a magnitude 6.3 earthquake in southern Iran. State television said rescue…
Continue ReadingBaby’s father charged in slaying of stroller-pushing NYC mom
NEW YORK (AP) — The ex-boyfriend of a New York City woman shot dead Wednesday as she pushed their infant daughter in a stroller has been arrested…
Continue ReadingJudge: Sheriff must post bail after anti-harassment order
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — The sheriff of Pierce County, Washington, was ordered to post $100,000 bail while he awaits trial on false-reporting charges…
Continue ReadingSheriff: People getting out of Texas trailer were work crew
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Authorities say a group of people who were spotted getting in and out of a parked semitrailer in San Antonio were part of a work…
Continue ReadingDistrust remains after Navy report on tainted Hawaii water
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and CALEB JONES Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Lauren Wright continues to be leery of the water coming out of the taps…
Continue ReadingClerks complete recount of Nevada Republican governor’s race
By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — County election officials wrapped up a two-day statewide recount of ballots in…
Continue ReadingTop election officials in Arizona county leave amid threats
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The elected county recorder and the elections director in Arizona’s Yavapai County are…
Continue ReadingUS jury finds ex-Argentine officer responsible for massacre
MIAMI (AP) — A jury in Miami has found a former Argentine naval officer responsible for a 1972 massacre of political prisoners in his homeland. It…
Continue Reading4 bound bodies found in burned-out helicopter in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in Mexico’s Gulf coast Hustaeca region say the bound bodies of four people have been found in the burned-out…
Continue ReadingTrump social media firm subpoened by feds, stock regulators
By BERNARD CONDON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s social media company and some of its employees received subpoenas from a…
Continue ReadingProsecutor won’t sue Texas AG Paxton over Jan. 6 records
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Prosecutors say they won’t move forward with a lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over his refusal to release…
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