UN council backs UN chief’s peace effort in its first action
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has unanimously adopted its first statement since Russia’s…
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Police in Michigan chase shopper, shoot him in parking lot
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Video shows police chasing a man and shooting him twice in the parking lot of a big-box store in a Michigan city. The…
Continue ReadingNew York court halts family DNA searches for crime suspects
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York court is halting the use of a DNA crimefighting tool because state lawmakers never…
Continue ReadingOz’s ties to Turkey attacked in Pennsylvania’s Senate race
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Mehmet Oz’s rivals in Pennsylvania’s Republican primary for U.S. Senate are escalating…
Continue ReadingPalestinians facing eviction by Israel vow to stay on land
By IMAD ISSEID Associated Press JINBA, West Bank (AP) — Everything here is makeshift, a result of decades of uncertainty. Homes are made from tin…
Continue ReadingDeputies find 100 migrants inside big rig on Texas highway
GANADO, Texas (AP) — Authorities say deputies found about 100 migrants in the back of a semitrailer that had broken down on a South Texas highway,…
Continue ReadingIn abortion fight, conservatives push to end all exceptions
By REBECCA BOONE and JOHN HANNA Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Angela Housley was halfway through her pregnancy when she learned the fetus…
Continue ReadingCensus ready to study combining race, ethnicity questions
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press U.S. Census Bureau officials say they are ready to start examining changes that would combine race and ethnic…
Continue ReadingBrittney Griner detained in Russia as Mercury opens season
By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Mercury have opened the season at home against the Las Vegas Aces without star center…
Continue ReadingSheriff’s official: 4 children die in Wisconsin house fire
TOWN OF LITTLE FALLS, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say four children died with their pets in a house fire in a small town in east central Wisconsin.…
Continue Reading‘Zero-COVID’ lockdowns cancel AP exams for students in China
By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press Thousands of high school students in China are missing Advanced Placement exams that many prepared for to…
Continue ReadingPower company to pay $500K fine for deadly 2017 explosion
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida power company has agreed to pay a $500,000 fine for a 2017 explosion that left five workers dead. A plea agreement…
Continue ReadingItalian rescuers save over 100 migrants, find 2 bodies
ROME (AP) — The Italian Coast Guard has rescued more than 100 migrants and recovered two bodies after a sailboat ran aground on a beach near a…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: More pressure on the Fed from April jobs report
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Reporter WASHINGTON (AP) — Friday’s jobs report for April provided mixed signals on the economic issue…
Continue ReadingFire-ravaged New Mexico villages cling to faith, ‘querencia’
By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press Eileen Celestina Garcia raced down the mountain that overlooks her parents’ ranch home in northern New Mexico…
Continue ReadingConcerns raised over management of Mexico City’s airspace
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Pilots and airlines have expressed concerns over an increase in dangerous incidents in…
Continue ReadingMan charged in Dave Chappelle attack pleads not guilty
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The man charged in an attack on comedian Dave Chappelle during a performance at the Hollywood Bowl has pleaded not guilty to…
Continue ReadingChallenge over Marjorie Taylor Greene’s eligibility fails
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has accepted a judge’s findings and says U.S. Rep.…
Continue ReadingAbortion adds to Biden’s all-but-impossible to-do list
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is under pressure to preserve access to abortion, but he has few good…
Continue Reading‘Outsider’ looks to prevail in OR Democratic gov primary
By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Months ahead of Oregon’s Democratic primary, many believed the race…
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