Video: Michigan cop on Black man’s back, fatally shot him
By ANNA LIZ NICHOLS and ED WHITE Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Video shows a Michigan police officer struggling with a Black man over…
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Cities ask Netflix, Hulu, stream services to pay cable fees
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court is debating whether Netflix and other streaming services…
Continue ReadingCalifornia plan aims to triple sale of electric cars by 2026
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California wants electric vehicle sales to triple in the next four years to 35% of…
Continue ReadingGroup: Feds hid plans to weaken whooping crane protection
The Associated Press An environmental group says the Biden administration has made secret plans to weaken protection for the world’s rarest…
Continue ReadingNigeria says armed gangs in north are working with militants
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A top Nigerian official says that armed gangs attacking remote communities in Nigeria’s…
Continue ReadingSplit Cyprus seeks equal say for women in future peace talks
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The rival leaders of ethnically divided Cyprus have kicked off an initiative to give women an equal say in any renewed push…
Continue ReadingMark Meadows removed as North Carolina registered voter
By TOM FOREMAN Jr. Associated Press An elections board in a North Carolina county has removed Mark Meadows, a former chief of staff to President…
Continue ReadingFrance’s Le Pen warns against sending weapons to Ukraine
PARIS (AP) — French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has warned against sending any more weapons to Ukraine. She also called for a…
Continue ReadingDepp’s friend expresses doubts over Heard’s allegations
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press A longtime friend and next-door neighbor of Johnny Depp says Amber Heard told him Depp had hit her. But Isaac Baruch…
Continue ReadingMigrants to South Africa face threats, says Amnesty report
By ANDREW MELDRUM and FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Amnesty International says migrants in South Africa are living in fear of…
Continue ReadingDeaths of Baltimore firefighters in blaze ruled homicides
By BRYAN GALLION Associated Press Baltimore police say the deaths of three firefighters who got trapped in a burning vacant home when it partially…
Continue ReadingWHO chief: Focus on Ukraine shows bias against Black lives
By MARIA CHENG Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization slammed the global community for its almost singular focus…
Continue ReadingSouth African army extends mission against Mozambique rebels
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — A South African general says the deployment of South Africa’s military in…
Continue ReadingChemical weapons use from Syrian war stokes Ukraine’s fears
By ZEINA KARAM Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Legal and moral taboos were shattered with the use of chemical weapons during Syria’s civil…
Continue ReadingLibya’s rival officials meet in Egypt for talks on elections
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Rival Libyan officials have begun talks in the Egyptian capital on disputed constitutional arrangements…
Continue ReadingDutch ABN AMRO bank apologizes for historic links to slavery
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch bank ABN AMRO has apologized for historic links to the slave trade in the 18th and 19th centuries, including…
Continue ReadingEudora Welty letters released 2 decades after author’s death
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Department of Archives and History is allowing the public to have access to additional papers from the late…
Continue ReadingBattle over carbon capture as tool to fight climate change
BY DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer Last year, Congress pledged $3.5 billion to carbon capture and sequestration projects around the United States,…
Continue ReadingCDC extends travel mask requirement to May 3 as COVID rises
By ZEKE MILLER and DAVID KOENIG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has announced it will extend through May 3 the…
Continue ReadingTrump returning to Ohio for GOP rally ahead of May 3 primary
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is returning to Ohio to try to boost Republican candidates…
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