Senator in 2010 deposition: 13-year-olds can consent to sex
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — U.S. Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma testified as part of a civil case into an alleged sexual…
Continue ReadingAP National News
European mayors duped into calls with fake Kyiv mayor
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The mayor of Ukraine’s capital has warned that an imposter is posing as him and…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court conservatives flex muscle in sweeping rulings
By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s sweeping rulings on guns and abortion sent an…
Continue ReadingIran and EU say Vienna nuke talks will resume in coming days
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The European Union and Iran say they have agreed to resume negotiations in Vienna in the coming days over Tehran’s tattered…
Continue ReadingBiden’s mission in Europe: Shore up alliance against Russia
By ZEKE MILLER and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press MUNICH (AP) — President Joe Biden is out to sustain the global alliance punishing Russia for…
Continue ReadingPfizer says tweaked COVID-19 shots boost omicron protection
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Pfizer announced Saturday that tweaking its COVID-19 vaccine to better target the omicron variant is safe and…
Continue ReadingTurkish state media: Detained Greek spied on border defenses
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s state-run news agency says security forces have detained a Greek citizen accused of spying for Athens’…
Continue ReadingReligious schools may face another hurdle to state tuition
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey says religious schools seeking to take advantage of a state…
Continue ReadingLoewe presents a dystopian future at Paris Fashion Week
By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Loewe thrust Paris Fashion Week into a bleak and dystopian vision of the future. The fashion house…
Continue ReadingAbortion ruling thrusts companies into divisive arena
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writers The Supreme Court’s decision to end the nation’s constitutional…
Continue ReadingTwo months of waiting, and finally a Supreme Court ruling
By The Associated Press And so, the interminable wait after the leak of the decision overturning Roe v. Wade has come to an end — nearly two months…
Continue ReadingBiden signs landmark gun measure, says ‘lives will be saved’
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Saturday signed the most sweeping gun violence bill in decades, a…
Continue ReadingModerate quake jolts southern Iranian province, killing 1
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian media are reporting that a magnitude 5.6 earthquake has struck a southern Iranian province, killing at least one person…
Continue ReadingA roof over their head: Churches use tiny homes for homeless
By HOLLY MEYER Associated Press Churches across the U.S. are tackling the big question of how to address homelessness in their communities with a…
Continue ReadingDeaths rise to 23 from mass attempt to enter Spanish enclave
By ASHIFA KASSAM and TARIK EL-BARAKAH Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Moroccan state media are reporting that the number of people who were killed…
Continue ReadingDefiant Johnson says he won’t change despite election woes
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is resisting calls from his Conservative Party to change…
Continue ReadingPolice at Arizona Capitol fire tear gas, disperse protesters
By BOB CHRISTIE and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Police fired tear gas to disperse abortion rights backers demonstrating…
Continue ReadingIraqi PM heads to Saudi Arabia, Iran for new dialogue
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s caretaker Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s office says he has arrived in…
Continue ReadingTo some defenders, gun ruling could right a racial wrong
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down New York’s tight restrictions on who can carry a…
Continue ReadingArmy Guard troops risk dismissal as vaccine deadline looms
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Up to 40,000 Army National Guard soldiers across the country — or about 13% of the force…
Continue Reading