NC lieutenant gov explains abortion decision decades ago
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s lieutenant governor and his wife have appeared in a video saying…
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US seeks tighter UN sanctions after N. Korea missile test
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States says it will seek tougher U.N. Security Council sanctions after…
Continue ReadingEU agrees on Russia sanctions so far, but energy divides
By RAF CASERT and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has preserved a sense of rarely seen unity through four…
Continue ReadingNTSB: Oklahoma teens’ car made ‘rolling stop’ before crash
By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — National Transportation Safety Board investigators say a four-seat car carrying six Oklahoma…
Continue ReadingArmed teens fighting led to Arizona outlet mall shooting
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a fight between two armed teens sparked a shooting at a suburban Phoenix outlet mall, leaving a 4-year-old…
Continue ReadingNebraska US Rep. Fortenberry found guilty in campaign probe
By BRIAN MELLEY and GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal jury has convicted U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry of Nebraska on…
Continue ReadingBiden administration files 3rd lawsuit in Texas over voting
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Biden administration has filed a third lawsuit in Texas over voting rights. The latest…
Continue ReadingNY lights up Niagara Falls, World Trade Center for Ukraine
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York plans to light up One World Trade Center, Niagara Falls and other state landmarks blue and yellow in solidarity with…
Continue ReadingDenver Broncos stadium fire torches seats, suite area
By THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Firefighters have extinguished a blaze that torched several rows of seats and a suite area at the…
Continue ReadingPeru judge bars Fujimori from leaving country once released
LIMA, Peru (AP) — A Peruvian judge has banned former President Alberto Fujimori from leaving the country for 18 months as soon as he leaves a…
Continue ReadingAttorney: Client killed on way to hearing on murder charges
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A New Orleans attorney says a 21-year-old man accused of killing a high school student and the teen’s stepsister was…
Continue ReadingSuspect in Haiti presidential slaying to be extradited to US
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The attorney for a former Haitian senator who is one of the main suspects in the…
Continue ReadingCampaigns weigh strategy options if Ohio primary is delayed
By JULIE CARR SMYTH and JILL COLVIN Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s primary election is scheduled for May 3, and it’s…
Continue ReadingOscars to celebrate ‘Godfather,’ ‘Bond’ — and ‘Bruno’
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — James Bond didn’t get an Oscar nomination this year, but that doesn’t mean he won’t be part…
Continue ReadingWoman accused of smuggling drug-soaked papers into prisons
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Federal prosecutors have alleged that a South African woman helped orchestrate a…
Continue ReadingOfficials: Tornado was New Orleans area’s 2nd strongest
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The National Weather Service says a tornado that killed a man near New Orleans was the second strongest on record for the metro…
Continue ReadingOklahoma woman arrested in 1993 killing in California
SAN CARLOS, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in Northern California say a 61-year-old woman was arrested in Oklahoma in the 1993 killing of a Northern…
Continue ReadingHomicide trial for ex-nurse’s medication error goes to jury
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The fate of a former Tennessee nurse whose patient died after she was accidentally…
Continue ReadingPutin’s demand for ruble payments? No way! say EU nations
By RAF CASERT and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — President Vladimir Putin’s threat to have “unfriendly” countries pay for…
Continue ReadingRussian officials charged in years-old energy sector hacks
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says four Russian government officials have been charged in hacks that…
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