Pentagon may need more budget funding to help Ukraine
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says it may have to go back to Congress for additional money to support…
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Sheriff: Boy found dead in septic tank in apparent accident
CRESCENT CITY, Fla. (AP) — The body of a 1-year-old Florida boy who had been missing for a day has been found in a septic tank on the property…
Continue ReadingFrench campaign: Macron faces critics who call him ‘killer’
PARIS (AP) — France’s presidential campaign has officially kicked off – just 13 days before voting begins. Starting his campaign Monday,…
Continue ReadingTrial delayed for man accused in violent Wisconsin protests
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A judge has delayed the trial for a man accused of firing off a “warning shot” on the night two people were killed in…
Continue ReadingCommerce inquiry imperils solar industry, advocates say
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Commerce Department says it is investigating whether imports of solar panels from Southeast…
Continue ReadingHonduras’ Supreme Court approves extraditing ex-president
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Honduras’ Supreme Court has approved the extradition of former President Juan Orlando Hernández to the United…
Continue ReadingBrazil’s Bolsonaro shakes up administration, eying election
By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has made two major personnel changes, seeking to cap off…
Continue ReadingAttempt to free grounded Ever Forward set for Tuesday
BALTIMORE (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says crews will try to free a container ship that’s been stranded in the Chesapeake Bay for more than…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: How would billionaire income tax work?
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The “Billionaire Minimum Income Tax” included in President Joe Biden’s proposed…
Continue ReadingKentucky man indicted in mayoral candidate shooting case
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky man who police say fired a handgun at a Louisville mayoral candidate has been indicted on attempted murder and…
Continue ReadingMissouri participant in Capitol riot charged in fatal crash
UNION, Mo. (AP) — A woman photographed carrying a wooden name plate torn from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol…
Continue ReadingTourists run amid bangs at airport in Mexico’s Cancun resort
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tourists have been sent scrambling by loud bangs heard at the international airport in the Mexican resort of Cancun. Flights…
Continue ReadingTrump suit against Clinton part of longtime legal strategy
By JILL COLVIN, ERIC TUCKER and BERNARD CONDON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump last week filed a sprawling lawsuit…
Continue ReadingIllinois prison guards’ trial in fatal inmate beating opens
By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A federal prosecutor says three Illinois state prison guards brutally beat a…
Continue ReadingExperts say Mexican probe into missing students falsified
By MARIA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A group of international experts say that the Mexican government falsified investigations into…
Continue ReadingEl Salvador grabs 1,000 gang suspects, cuts food for inmates
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The government of El Salvador has arrested more than 1,000 gang suspects and ordered reductions in food for…
Continue ReadingBiden says remark on Putin’s power was about ‘moral outrage’
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he is making “no apologies” and won’t be “walking…
Continue ReadingWill Smith apologizes: ‘I was out of line and I was wrong’
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Will Smith has apologized to Chris Rock for slapping the comedian onstage at Sunday’s Oscars,…
Continue ReadingInside the Qatar control room watching over the World Cup
By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — The command center in Qatar for the upcoming World Cup is all quiet and calm. By November,…
Continue ReadingHillary Clinton to voice ‘Into The Woods’ role in Arkansas
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Hillary Clinton will play the offstage role of the Giant in a production of Stephen Sondheim’s “Into The Woods” in…
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