Photographer Ron Galella, sued by Jackie Onassis, dead at 91
By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Celebrity photographer Ron Galella has died at age 91. A spokesperson says Galella died Saturday…
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Ukrainian band teams up with Ed Sheeran for charity single
By LOUISE DIXON Associated Press LONDON (AP) — “The sirens interrupted our sleep, grabbed in two suitcases everything that is in the past, then…
Continue ReadingNorman Mineta, transportation secretary in 9/11 era, dies
By BRIAN WITTE and TERENCE CHEA Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Norman Mineta, who broke racial barriers for Asian Americans serving in…
Continue ReadingTennessee governor won’t release records on execution error
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has refused to release records that could illuminate his decision…
Continue ReadingDefense leaders say Russia learning from mistakes in Ukraine
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Top Pentagon leaders say the U.S. has learned a great deal about Russian military shortfalls…
Continue ReadingEven as COVID cases rise, mask mandates stay shelved
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An increase in COVID-19 infections around the U.S. has sent more cities…
Continue ReadingReport: About 6M adults identify as Afro Latino in the US
By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY and ANITA SNOW Associated Press A new report by Pew Research Center says about 6 million adults in the United States identify as…
Continue ReadingWhat is Roe v. Wade, the landmark abortion access case?
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press A leaked draft of a U.S. Supreme Court decision suggests the country’s highest court could be poised to…
Continue ReadingUS to hold back Lake Powell water to protect hydropower
By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Federal water officials have announced they’ll keep hundreds of billions of gallons of…
Continue ReadingJon Yaged to succeed Don Weisberg as Macmillan CEO
NEW YORK (AP) — The CEO of Macmillan Publishers, Don Weisberg, will step down at the end of the year. Jon Yaged, currently the company’s…
Continue ReadingChange trains: Mexico favors N. Mexico over Texas
By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government is snubbing Texas and moving a proposed border rail link to New…
Continue ReadingTeen appeared to fall out of ride halfway through plunge
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A 14-year-old Missouri boy who fell to his death from a 430-foot (130-meter) drop-tower…
Continue ReadingUS abortion trends have changed since landmark 1973 ruling
By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer The landscape has changed in many ways since the Supreme Court’s landmark Roe v. Wade decision legalizing…
Continue Reading‘Still in shock.’ Abortion defenders, foes stunned by leak
By REBECCA SANTANA, EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS and CLAIRE GALOFARO Associated Press The phones inside an Alabama abortion clinic were ringing off the hook:…
Continue ReadingCops: Body in barrel in Lake Mead was man who had been shot
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The body found inside a barrel on the newly exposed bottom of Lake Mead after the lake’s level was depleted amid drought is…
Continue ReadingBond denied for former ‘American Idol’ star charged in crash
SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina judge has denied bond for a former “American Idol” contestant accused of barreling into a man with…
Continue ReadingCondors soar again over Northern California coastal redwoods
REDWOOD NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — The endangered California condor returned to soar the skies over the state’s far northern coast redwood…
Continue ReadingCDC restates recommendation for masks on planes, trains
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials on Tuesday restated their recommendation that Americans wear masks on…
Continue ReadingKey moments in Blac Chyna’s trial against Kardashians
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — To keep up with the Kardashians for the past two weeks, you would’ve had to spend…
Continue ReadingSri Lanka opposition seeks no-confidence vote on Rajapaksas
By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s main opposition party is demanding a no-confidence vote aimed at…
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