Critical fire condition warnings issued across US Southwest
By PAUL DAVENPORT Associated Press Authorities are warning that much of the U.S. Southwest will see critical fire conditions this weekend. The…
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Sheriff: Husband suspected in killings of woman, 3 kids
BIG RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A central Michigan sheriff says a mother and her three young children were shot to death in their home and the suspected…
Continue ReadingLandslides and floods kill at least 31 in northeast Brazil
By DÉBORA ÁLVARES Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Landslides caused by heavy rains killed at least 29 people in the state of Pernambuco…
Continue ReadingAir travelers face cancellations over Memorial Day weekend
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Airline travelers are not only facing sticker shock this Memorial Day weekend.…
Continue ReadingYemen: UN talks to open roads to blockaded city inconclusive
Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Yemen’s warring parties have not reached an agreement to lift a blockade by Houthi rebels of the country’s third…
Continue ReadingRussia test-fires its latest hypersonic Zircon missile
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian navy on Saturday conducted another test of a prospective hypersonic missile, a demonstration of the military’s…
Continue ReadingNC man pleads guilty to storming Capitol to disrupt Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) — A North Carolina man has pleaded guilty to charges that he stormed the U.S. Capitol last year to disrupt Congress from certifying…
Continue ReadingSuspected serial killer charged in Missouri over 7th death
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A suspected serial killer already charged in six killings in the Kansas City and St. Louis areas has been charged with…
Continue ReadingSri Lanka police tear gas protesters opposed to president
By ERANGA JAYAWARDENA Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Police in Sri Lanka used tear gas and a water cannons Saturday to disperse…
Continue ReadingTunisian court bans travel for Islamist party chief, others
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A court in Tunisia has issued a travel ban for 34 people, including the head of the…
Continue ReadingA look at big US legal settlements amid Surfside’s $1B deal
The proposed settlement of more than $1 billion as compensation for the 98 people who died in a Florida condominium collapse is far from the largest…
Continue ReadingRapper Young Moose reaches $300K deal with city over arrest
BALTIMORE (AP) — A court settlement calls for the city of Baltimore to pay $300,000 to resolve claims that police officers planted drugs on a…
Continue ReadingJudge gives initial OK to $1B deal in Florida condo collapse
By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press A Florida judge on Saturday gave initial approval to a settlement of more than $1 billion to families who lost…
Continue ReadingChildren among 31 killed at church fair stampede in Nigeria
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A stampede Saturday at a church charity event in southern Nigeria left 31 people dead and…
Continue ReadingEx-Proud Boys leader to stay jailed until Capitol riot trial
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press The former top leader of the Proud Boys will remain jailed while awaiting trial on charges that he conspired…
Continue ReadingBiden tells Delaware grads to step up, ‘now it’s your hour’
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press NEWARK, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden has told graduates at his alma mater, the University of Delaware, that…
Continue ReadingPope, Anglican, Scottish church leaders to pray in Africa
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, the archbishop of Canterbury and a church of Scotland prelate will…
Continue ReadingUN human rights chief asks China to rethink Uyghur policies
By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The top U.N. human rights official said Saturday that she raised concerns with Chinese officials…
Continue ReadingFormer Albanian President Bujar Nishani dies at 55
By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania says former President Bujar Nishani has died at 55 following a serious health…
Continue ReadingFirst tropical storm forms off Mexico’s Pacific coast
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Agatha, the first tropical storm of the 2022 hurricane season in the Pacific, has formed off Mexico’s southern coast. The…
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