Maryland lawmakers to vote on new congressional map
By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland lawmakers spent their weekend redrawing the state’s U.S. House districts after a…
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‘Stand Up for Ukraine’ plan gets political, celebrity help
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s call for humanitarian help has been answered by the European…
Continue ReadingFlorida officials fight back against rowdy spring breakers
PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Rowdy spring break crowds have forced curfews and led some establishments to close their doors from Miami Beach to…
Continue ReadingBills’ new stadium deal carries $850M taxpayer tab, gov says
By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — State and county taxpayers will be asked to commit a record $850 million in public funds…
Continue ReadingBlack News Channel shuts down 2 years after going live
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Black News Channel shut down a little more than two years after it went live as the first all-day news network in the…
Continue ReadingMexico to rent out presidential jet for weddings, parties
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has now essentially given up on his quixotic bid to sell off the presidential…
Continue ReadingComedians react with horror at Will Smith’s Oscar slap
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars provoked intense opinions online, especially…
Continue ReadingBiden’s budget plan: Higher taxes on rich, lower deficits
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is releasing a budget blueprint that tries to tell voters what the diverse and…
Continue ReadingWalmart to end cigarette sales in some stores
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart will no longer sell cigarettes in some of its stores though tobacco sales…
Continue ReadingJustice Thomas joins arguments remotely after hospital stay
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Clarence Thomas participated in arguments at the Supreme Court via telephone on Monday following a hospital stay of…
Continue ReadingReport: Venezuelan army collaborated with Colombian rebels
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A report says Venezuelan soldiers conducted joint operations with Colombian rebels in the state of Apure earlier this year.…
Continue ReadingUkraine refugees near 4 million. Will exodus slowdown last?
By SRDJAN NEDELJKOVIC and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press MEDYKA, Poland (AP) — The daily number of people fleeing Ukraine has fallen in recent days…
Continue ReadingBrewer Carlsberg pulls out of Russia over Ukraine war
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish brewery group Carlsberg is pulling out of Russia, citing Moscow’s ongoing war…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court agrees to review California law on pork sales
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is agreeing to review a challenge to a California law that set certain conditions for pork sold in the state.…
Continue ReadingMinneapolis teachers OK contract; classes to resume Tuesday
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis teachers have approved a new contract to end a strike that has kept students out of their classrooms for nearly…
Continue Reading20 killed in attack on clandestine cock fight in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Twenty people are dead after gunmen burst into a clandestine cock fight in western Mexico. Prosecutors in the western state of…
Continue ReadingPakistan opposition hopes no-confidence motion will oust PM
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Opposition legislators in Pakistan have launched a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan hoping to oust Khan’s…
Continue ReadingSouth Sudan’s deputy president warns of return ‘back to war’
By DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan’s vice president is urging regional mediators to intervene to protect the…
Continue ReadingDeputies fatally shoot man wielding scissors at hospital
VERO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A 29-year-old man being held for his mental health in a Florida hospital was fatally shot after he grabbed a pair of…
Continue ReadingTaliban hard-liners turning back the clock in Afghanistan
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Taliban hard-liners are turning back the clock in Afghanistan with a flurry of repressive edicts…
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