UN chief `hopeful’ of Ukraine grain deal to help food crisis
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief says that with global hunger levels at a new high, he is in…
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Family suing widow of late US lawmaker for medical expenses
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Family members of the late U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn of Minnesota say his widow, Jennifer Carnahan, hasn’t come through on a…
Continue ReadingUS stocks got close to a bear market. Here’s what that means
By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market’s slump this year briefly pulled the S&P 500 into what’s…
Continue ReadingUS case of monkeypox reported in Massachusetts man
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Massachusetts on Wednesday reported a rare case of monkeypox in a man who recently traveled to…
Continue ReadingAshley Biden positive for COVID-19, skips Latin America trip
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says Ashley Biden, the daughter of President Joe Biden and Jill Biden, has…
Continue ReadingFamily Dollar closing Arkansas facility where rodents found
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Family Dollar says it’s closing an Arkansas distribution facility that prompted a…
Continue ReadingTestimony: Clinton team did not approve lawyer’s FBI meeting
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign did not authorize a lawyer to meet with the FBI and…
Continue ReadingUS warns abortion ruling could increase extremist violence
By BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government is warning law enforcement agencies around the nation of the increased…
Continue ReadingSex abuse suit filed against Oklahoma City Catholic school
By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A group of current and former students of Mount St. Mary Catholic High School and six parents…
Continue ReadingTexas inmate who escaped bus got out of restraints, cage
CENTERVILLE, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a Texas inmate who was serving a life sentence for murder when he escaped from a transport bus last week…
Continue ReadingFederal agency sends team to probe Tesla crash that killed 3
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government’s road safety agency has dispatched a team to investigate the possibility that a…
Continue ReadingUS expands probe of schemes against Chinese dissidents
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. prosecutors are widening their case over alleged schemes to stalk and harass Chinese dissidents in the United States,…
Continue ReadingJudge: Trump administration illegally withdrew bird listing
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled the Trump administration acted illegally in 2020 when it withdrew an…
Continue ReadingLawmakers reach deal to help veterans exposed to burn pits
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional bargainers have announced a deal on legislation to boost health care services and…
Continue ReadingMan held in deadly Las Vegas lounge shooting takes plea deal
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Eleven attempted murder charges were dropped and a 44-year-old ex-convict pleaded guilty to a…
Continue ReadingHow Pa. GOP gov pick could turn election lies into action
By STEVE PEOPLES, MARC LEVY and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Doug Mastriano is not the only candidate who won a…
Continue ReadingBig dreams for new Warner Bros. Discovery in ad presentation
By DAVID BAUDER and LYNN ELBER AP Entertainment Writers In what was essentially the company’s public debut, executives at the new Warner Bros.…
Continue ReadingDoctor who fought church gunman remembered as kind protector
By AMY TAXIN and JULIE WATSON Associated Press ALISO VIEJO, Calif. (AP) — Friends and colleagues of Dr. John Cheng say they were not surprised the…
Continue ReadingFeds: National Guard members on state duty can join unions
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Department of Justice has given the green light to National Guard members on active…
Continue ReadingCardinal: Pope ordered auditor to resign over spying charge
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — A Vatican cardinal has shed light on a scandal that had sparked questions about the…
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