From Ukraine to Russia: Boy safer, but not closer to US dad
By AMY TAXIN Associated Press An American father is relieved to learn his 2-year-old son has safely made it out of the besieged Ukrainian coastal…
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Ukraine: Russians shift elite units to the new battleground
By DAVID KEYTON and YESICA FISCH Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities say Russia has shifted a dozen crack units from the…
Continue Reading“A very chaotic situation’: Crews tackle growing wildfires
By FELICIA FONSECA and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Destructive U.S. Southwest fires have burned dozens of homes in…
Continue ReadingSharpton demands name of officer who killed Patrick Lyoya
By DAVID EGGERT, MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and AMY FORLITI Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — The Rev. Al Sharpton is demanding that authorities…
Continue ReadingLGBTQ leader is key in blocking Kansas ban on trans athletes
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas appears unlikely to join the growing number of states banning transgender athletes…
Continue ReadingPolice: Man bites, stabs K9 dog in California
FAIRFIELD, Calif. (AP) — A man allegedly bit and stabbed a police dog in Northern California as officers tried to take him into custody. Police say…
Continue ReadingAmerican sentenced to death in China for murder of woman
BEIJING (AP) — An American man has been sentenced to death in China for fatally stabbing a 21-year-old woman who tried to break off their…
Continue ReadingAudio: McCarthy said he would urge Trump to resign
By FARNOUSH AMIRI and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy told other GOP lawmakers shortly after…
Continue ReadingFAA: Small plane crash near industrial plant east of Atlanta
COVINGTON, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say a small plane has crashed in a parking lot at an industrial park about 35 miles east of Atlanta. The Federal…
Continue ReadingPhiladelphia to end mask mandate, days after reinstating it
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Philadelphia health officials say they’re ending the city’s indoor mask mandate, abruptly reversing…
Continue ReadingSuit: Officials ignored warnings before children’s slayings
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The father of three children who were allegedly killed by their mother last year has filed a…
Continue ReadingTexas author who set series of novels along border dies
By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Romeo Rolando Hinojosa-Smith, an award-winning Texas author who began in the 1970s writing a series…
Continue ReadingCourt rules NY Democrats gerrymandered district boundaries
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A panel of five mid-level New York appellate judges have ruled that state Democrats engaged in gerrymandering when drawing new…
Continue ReadingArizona Supreme Court reinstates massive income tax cuts
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Supreme Court says the state’s voters do not have the right to reject a massive…
Continue ReadingKris Jenner testifies she had no ill feeling for Blac Chyna
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kris Jenner testified that she was happy when she heard her son Rob Kardashian was…
Continue ReadingLeaders of 2 Koreas exchange letters of hope amid tensions
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The leaders of the rival Koreas have exchanged letters expressing hope for improved…
Continue ReadingDeath sentence tossed in murders of dad, stepmom, stepsister
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The California Supreme Court has reversed the death sentence for a Los Angeles man who was…
Continue ReadingJudge blocks Montana’s transgender birth certificate law
By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana judge has temporarily blocked enforcement of a law that made it difficult for…
Continue ReadingKentucky gov asks input, weighing action on medical cannabis
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says he’ll form an advisory team as part of a broad…
Continue ReadingBiden: Public works plan can boost US that’s ‘fallen behind’
By JOSH BOAK and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — President Joe Biden opened a two-day visit to the Pacific Northwest by…
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