New Twitter biggie Musk may have thoughts on edit button
By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer Elon Musk, the billionaire Tesla CEO and power Twitter user who is now Twitter’s largest shareholder and newly…
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Ivanka Trump testifies before House Jan. 6 panel
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ivanka Trump, former President Donald Trump’s daughter…
Continue ReadingKosovo commemorates 98 slain in Rezalle massacre in 1999
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo leaders have called on Serbia to accept the genocide that its former regime committed in Serbia’s former…
Continue ReadingOklahoma state House approves bill to make abortion illegal
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma House has given final legislative approval to a bill that would make performing…
Continue ReadingTiger Woods says he’s planning to play the Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Tiger Woods says, for now anyway, he’s planning to play this week in the Masters, a little more than a year after he nearly…
Continue ReadingPope Francis to visit Lebanon in June during economic crisis
BEIRUT (AP) — The office of Lebanon’s president says Pope Francis will visit the country in June. The visit will be an apparent show of…
Continue ReadingPeru imposes, then withdraws curfew to quell price protests
By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian President Pedro Castillo has lifted a curfew he had decreed less than a day…
Continue ReadingGOP Rep. Upton, who voted to impeach Trump, won’t run again
By DAVID EGGERT and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Longtime Michigan Republican Rep. Fred Upton, who voted to impeach…
Continue ReadingCiting decreasing COVID cases, South Africa ends emergency
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — With declining cases of COVID-19, South Africa has ended its national state of disaster,…
Continue ReadingEU starts process to cut funding to Hungary over rule of law
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission will launch proceedings to suspend support payments to Hungary for breaching the 27-nation bloc’s…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Why some states still lack new voting districts
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Campaigns for Congress are underway for this year’s elections, but lingering disagreements over the final shape…
Continue ReadingCamila Alves McConaughey takes on picky eaters, with love
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Camila Alves McConaughey has co-written a new children’s book about a bunch of picky…
Continue ReadingSlovak far-right leader sentenced for sympathy to neo-Nazism
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — An appeals court in Slovakia has dismissed a lower court ruling that convicted the leader of a far-right party for the…
Continue ReadingTrial opens for police officer charged with storming Capitol
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jurors have heard conflicting explanations for why an off-duty police officer from Virginia…
Continue ReadingJudge: Jury can tour school building where 17 were murdered
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The jury that will decide whether Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz gets a death…
Continue ReadingIran stabbing attack leaves 1 dead, 2 injured at holy shrine
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state-run media says that an assailant has stabbed three clerics at the most revered Shiite site in Iran, killing one…
Continue ReadingOverall crime down in Germany, but child porn, cybercrime up
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s overall crime rate continues to decline, but the country has seen a steep increase in the distribution of child…
Continue ReadingTreasury bars Russia payments in dollars from US accounts
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department will not allow any Russian government debt payments from accounts at…
Continue ReadingWest Africa has worst food crisis in decade, aid groups say
By CARLEY PETESCH Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A group of international aid organizations says West Africa is facing its worst food…
Continue ReadingDirector of ‘Drive My Car’ surprised by Oscar, popularity
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi says he was surprised by the international popularity of his…
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