Kremlin crackdown silences war protests, from benign to bold
By The Associated Press Hundreds of Russians are facing charges for speaking out against the war in Ukraine since a law was passed last month that…
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Asian shares fall, trading muted with Good Friday holidays
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares have fallen in muted trading as markets close for Good Friday and other holidays.…
Continue ReadingStars on Ice back after pandemic with Olympic, world champs
By BARRY WILNER AP Sports Writer When Stars on Ice, uh, hits the ice Friday night in Estero, Florida, it will be for the first time in two years.…
Continue Reading4 South Korean women die in road accident in Australia
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Police say four South Korean women died after their car collided with a truck only weeks after they arrived in Australia…
Continue ReadingRep. Langevin: Public service has changed since Capitol riot
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — After the Capitol riot, longtime Congressman Jim Langevin said he thought for a brief…
Continue ReadingEast and Horn of Africa prep for worst drought in decades
By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Agricultural workers in the east and Horn of Africa are preparing for their most severe…
Continue ReadingPolice search for motive in Brooklyn subway suspect’s videos
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, MICHAEL R. SISAK and BERNARD CONDON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The suspect arrested in the Brooklyn subway shooting…
Continue ReadingLA political donor gets 30 years in prison for fetish deaths
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A wealthy Democratic donor has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for injecting two…
Continue ReadingExpanding drought leaves western US scrambling for water
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Federal water managers think they have a plan to keep the Rio Grande flowing this…
Continue ReadingNew Mexico wildfire kills 2 people, destroys homes
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN and PAUL DAVENPORT Associated Press A wind-driven blaze killed a New Mexico couple and has burned over 200 homes. Authorities…
Continue ReadingIndia factory fire kills 6, hospitalizes 13 with burns
By OMER FAROOQ Associated Press HYDERABAD, India (AP) — Police say a fire in a pharmaceutical factory after an explosion has killed at least six…
Continue ReadingRussia’s damaged Black Sea flagship sinks in latest setback
By ADAM SCHRECK Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The flagship of Russia’s Black Sea fleet sank after it was heavily damaged in the latest…
Continue ReadingCapitol riot defendant: I was following Trump’s instructions
By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press An Ohio man who acknowledges he joined the mob at the U.S. Capitol last year and ignored a variety of warning…
Continue ReadingOhio’s GOP governor aims to overcome anger in party base
By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s Republican governor won high marks early in the pandemic with his stay-at-home…
Continue ReadingThinking small: Biden scrounges for ways to break through
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s sweeping domestic agenda is on hold and images of…
Continue ReadingCalifornia state lawyer suing Activision Blizzard is fired
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A top California state civil rights lawyer who was pursuing a discrimination case against video game giant Activision…
Continue ReadingUN says Ukraine war threatens to devastate many poor nations
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. task force warns that Russia’s war on Ukraine threatens to devastate the…
Continue ReadingColombia president: evidence implicates ex-soldiers in Haiti
By CLAUDIA TORRENS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Colombian President Iván Duque says there is evidence and testimony that seriously implicate…
Continue ReadingA look at acts of public violence in NYC over past 40 years
NEW YORK (AP) — The shooting this week of 10 people by a man who deployed smoke grenades and fired at least 33 shots in a commuter-packed Brooklyn…
Continue ReadingTrump PAC gives $500,000 to attack Georgia’s Brian Kemp
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has given $500,000 to a group that is now running ads attacking Georgia…
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