Bulgarian finance chief gets mandate as Russia tensions soar
By VALENTINA PETROVA and STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s president has handed the mandate to try and form a…
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Maryland law expanding who can perform abortion takes effect
By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A new law in Maryland will expand access to abortion by ending a restriction that only…
Continue ReadingEssence Festival says COVID vaccine still required for entry
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The 2022 Essence Festival of Culture has clarified its admission policy, saying its coronavirus safety measures remain in place…
Continue ReadingSong by song, country star Luke Combs grows into stadiums
By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — With a string of 14 No. 1 hits, country star Luke Combs made the professional…
Continue ReadingBrazil’s da Silva hints at 1-term presidency if elected
By DÉBORA ÁLVARES Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says that he’s likely to…
Continue ReadingNY overhauls handgun rules in effort to preserve some limits
By MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York lawmakers approved a sweeping overhaul Friday of the state’s handgun licensing…
Continue ReadingEx-Georgetown coach gets 2 1/2 years in bribe scandal
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press A former Georgetown University tennis coach has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for pocketing more…
Continue ReadingThousands protest migrant deaths at Spain-Morocco border
By RENATA BRITO Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Thousands of people in several Spanish cities are protesting the deaths of at least 23…
Continue ReadingJulian Assange appeals to UK court against extradition to US
By FRANK GRIFFITHS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has appealed against the British’s government decision…
Continue ReadingExecution dates scheduled for 6 Oklahoma death row inmates
By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals set execution dates for six death row inmates just hours…
Continue ReadingHoliday-travel chaos: Airlines brace for huge weekend crowds
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The July Fourth holiday weekend is off to a booming start with airport crowds crushing the numbers seen in 2019,…
Continue ReadingPeter Schiff trying to save Puerto Rico bank under probe
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — U.S. financial analyst Peter Schiff says he will fight to be able to sell a bank he…
Continue ReadingBiden to award Medal of Freedom to Biles, McCain, Giffords
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden will present the nation’s highest civilian…
Continue ReadingMigrants walk north from southern Mexico in protest
By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Some 2,000 migrants, most Venezuelans, have walked out of the southern Mexico city…
Continue ReadingIn a small village, prayers and hope for missing migrants
By ALBA ALEMÁN, DELMER MARTÍNEZ and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press SAN MARCOS ATEXQUILAPAN, Mexico (AP) — Clutching rosaries, residents of…
Continue ReadingWVa opioid trial verdict still pending nearly a year later
By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Last July, a federal judge in West Virginia heard closing arguments in the first lawsuit to…
Continue ReadingJudge won’t dismiss parent lawsuit in Gabby Petito slaying
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit in which the parents of Gabby Petito claim that Brian Laundrie told his…
Continue ReadingAfrican officials: Monkeypox spread is already an emergency
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Health authorities in Africa say they are treating the expanding monkeypox outbreak here…
Continue ReadingMonkeypox cases triple in Europe, WHO says, Africa concerned
By MARIA CHENG and FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization’s Europe chief warned Friday that monkeypox…
Continue ReadingLawsuits filed days after deadly Missouri Amtrak crash
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The first lawsuits have been filed following an Amtrak train collision and derailment in rural Missouri that killed four…
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