El Salvador president’s mass arrests ‘punitive populism’
By MARCOS ALEMÁN and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press SANTA TECLA, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s security forces have arrested more…
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IMF chief: Ukraine war and inflation threaten global economy
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the International Monetary Fund warned that Russia’s war against Ukraine was…
Continue ReadingRetail sales rise 0.5% in March amid soaring inflation
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Retail sales rose modestly in March, but higher prices for food, gasoline and other…
Continue ReadingParents get 8 weeks in prison for college bribery scandal
BOSTON (AP) — A California couple has been sentenced to eight weeks in prison after pleading guilty to paying $25,000 to cheat on their son’s…
Continue ReadingCompany settles dog-leasing allegations for more than $900K
BOSTON (AP) — A California-based finance company has agreed to pay more than $900,000 to settle allegations that it was illegally leasing dogs in…
Continue ReadingMark Ronson will remember the DJ life in upcoming book
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Before he was working with Bruno Mars, Lady Gaga, Amy Winehouse and many others, Mark Ronson…
Continue ReadingIn ad, South Carolina’s Mace presses finish for border wall
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Congresswoman Nancy Mace of South Carolina has released the first ad of her Republican…
Continue ReadingAP sources: Trump aide Stephen Miller speaks to 1/6 panel
By ERIC TUCKER and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Stephen Miller, who served as a top aide to President Donald Trump, has been…
Continue ReadingWHO: COVID cases, deaths in Africa drop to lowest levels yet
Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The World Health Organization says the number of coronavirus cases and deaths in Africa have dropped to their…
Continue ReadingUS jobless claims rise but remain near a half-century low
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits ticked up last week but remained at a…
Continue ReadingHomeschooling surge continues despite schools reopening
By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic ushered in what may be the most rapid rise in homeschooling the…
Continue ReadingFor churches hit by disasters, Easter brings promise of hope
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO, HOLLY MEYER and PETER ORSI Associated Press Easter’s message of renewal will be especially poignant this year for four U.S.…
Continue ReadingFor churches hit by disaster, Easter brings promise of hope
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO, HOLLY MEYER and PETER ORSI Associated Press Easter’s message of renewal will be especially poignant this year for four U.S.…
Continue ReadingAlly of Russia’s Navalny ordered to serve 6 months in prison
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court has replaced the parole-like restrictions on an associate of imprisoned opposition leader Alexey Navalny with a…
Continue ReadingTurkey’s central bank keeps rate steady amid high inflation
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s central bank has kept its main interest rate unchanged for a fourth month running even as surging inflation has…
Continue ReadingTalk of race, sex in schools divides Americans: AP-NORC poll
By HANNAH FINGERHUT and ANNIE MA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are deeply divided over how much children in K-12 schools should be…
Continue ReadingWoman killed by falling tree as storms hit Midwest, South
RISON, Ark. (AP) — Officials say a 20-year-old Arkansas woman was killed when a tree fell on her home as severe storms swept through the state. Her…
Continue Reading75th Cannes to feature Cronenberg, Chan-wook and ‘Elvis’
By The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — With tensions around the war in Ukraine as a backdrop, the Cannes Film Festival plans to host some 35,000…
Continue ReadingSuspect in Syria killings faces German war crimes charges
BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors say a man who allegedly launched a grenade into a crowd of civilians waiting for food in Damascus in 2014, killing…
Continue ReadingHow France’s presidential election could impact Ukraine war
PARIS (AP) — The capital of France may be thousands of miles away from the battlefields of eastern Ukraine, but what happens in French voting…
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