Nipsey Hussle’s last moments detailed as murder trial opens
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles prosecutor says the killing of Nipsey Hussle was premeditated by a…
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Cuba sugar harvest only half of expected; sector in ‘crisis’
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba has produced only about half the sugar it had projected this season and authorities acknowledge that while they will cover…
Continue ReadingDNA retest concludes acquitted man likely committed murder
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida prosecutor says new DNA testing shows that a man acquitted at retrial of…
Continue ReadingBlack Death’s ancient origins traced to lake in Central Asia
BERLIN (AP) — Scientists in Europe say they have figured out the origins of the Black Death, a bacterial plague that wiped out half of the…
Continue ReadingMurder suspect dad: `If I can’t have them neither can you’
ROUND LAKE BEACH, Ill. (AP) — Prosecutors say a suburban Chicago man charged in the drowning deaths of his three young children left a note for his…
Continue ReadingNo contest plea for extorting official with explicit photos
By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A South Florida man has pleaded no contest to charges related to trying to get $5,000 from a state…
Continue ReadingLeBron trading card could fetch record price at auction
RUNNEMEDE, N.J. (AP) — LeBron James might be on the cusp of setting another record. And someone will have to pay a lot of money to make it happen.…
Continue ReadingGAO: US failed to track if arms used against Yemen civilians
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A government report says the Pentagon and the State Department failed to investigate whether…
Continue Reading2 US veterans from Alabama reported missing in Ukraine
By JAY REEVES Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Two U.S. veterans from Alabama who were in Ukraine assisting in the war against Russia…
Continue ReadingLawmaker: Report shows Oklahoma death row inmate’s innocence
By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A Republican Oklahoma state representative who is a self-described death-penalty supporter said…
Continue ReadingStates offer tax breaks, funds for chance to host World Cup
By SUMMER BALLENTINE and RONALD BLUM Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — U.S. cities and states have lined up with tax breaks and millions…
Continue ReadingNew SBC President commits to move sex abuse reforms forward
By DEEPA BHARATH and PETER SMITH Associated Press ANAHEIM, California (AP) — The new president of the Southern Baptist Convention said Wednesday he…
Continue ReadingAlaska kids served sealant instead of milk at school program
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A dozen students and two adults were served floor sealant instead of milk at a day care…
Continue ReadingCongo official: Rwanda will have war if it wants war
By JUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — A spokesman for a top military official in eastern Congo said Wednesday that if Rwanda…
Continue ReadingDetails of new military aid for Ukraine from US, allies
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The $1 billion package of military assistance the U.S. announced for Ukraine is aimed at…
Continue ReadingND governor targets fellow Republicans to mixed results
By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Republican Gov. Doug Burgum’s expensive effort to influence the GOP…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: The last-ditch plan to have Pence stop Biden win
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Capitol riot plans to focus its hearing…
Continue ReadingPolice, civil rights group in $336K accord over 2020 protest
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A city and two law enforcement agencies in a North Carolina county will pay $336,000 to a group of plaintiffs in a settlement…
Continue ReadingConfederate flag-toting man, son convicted in Capitol riot
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Wednesday convicted a Confederate flag-toting man and his son of charges…
Continue ReadingJohn Hinckley Jr. freed from court oversight after decades
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — John Hinckley Jr., who shot and wounded President Ronald Reagan in 1981, was freed from court…
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