Authorities investigate crash of LA sheriff’s helicopter
ASUZA, Calif. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the crash of a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department rescue helicopter that left six people…
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‘No city anymore’: Mariupol survivors take train to safety
By CARA ANNA and RENATA BRITO Associated Press LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — The heat on the train was as thick as the anxiety as Ukrainian survivors of one…
Continue ReadingUN Syria envoy urges constitution panel to act seriously
BEIRUT (AP) — The U.N.’s special envoy for Syria says he hopes that a committee representing the government and the opposition will work with…
Continue ReadingTrains halt across Canada as union workers strike
OTTAWA (AP) — The union and CP Rail blamed each other for a work stoppage Sunday that saw trains come to halt across Canada. More than 3,000 CP…
Continue ReadingPatriotic tattoos, billboards become popular in Ukraine
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Patriotic messages in the form of tattoos and billboards have become popular in war-torn Ukraine. One tattoo parlor in Lviv…
Continue ReadingState constitutional convention measures stoke partisan fear
By BECKY BOHRER and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Efforts are underway to build support for a constitutional convention…
Continue ReadingFirst but not last: Black girls see themselves in court pick
By ANNIE MA Associated Press For Black girls, the possibility of Ketanji Brown Jackson being the first Black woman on the Supreme Court is a moment…
Continue ReadingNo charges in shooting of man saved from South Carolina lake
WALHALLA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina officials say they won’t file charges against a boater who fatally shot a man that he helped rescue from the…
Continue Reading‘The Batman,’ still No. 1, crosses $300 million
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “The Batman” is still going strong three weeks into its theatrical run, with a tight grip on the top spot at the…
Continue ReadingMexican president opens new — and distant — airport
By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is inaugurating one of his hallmark building…
Continue ReadingAcross Europe, Ukrainian exiles pray for peace back home
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Across Europe, Ukrainians have gathered for church services to pray for peace in their…
Continue ReadingPrivate investigator says drug kingpin targeted David Ortiz
BOSTON (AP) — Private investigators hired by David Ortiz say a Dominican drug trafficker who was jealous of Ortiz and felt disrespected by him had…
Continue Reading4 teens shot, 1 killed, in gunfire at Houston birthday party
HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities say a 17-year-old boy was killed and three other teens were wounded early Sunday when a fight broke out in a Houston…
Continue ReadingAP Exclusive: US admiral says China fully militarized isles
By JIM GOMEZ and AARON FAVILA Associated Press OVER THE SOUTH CHINA SEA (AP) — A top U.S. commander says China has fully militarized at least three…
Continue ReadingLabor foe Schultz returns as Starbucks union effort grows
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer From the time he bought Starbucks in 1987 to the time he stepped down as chairman in 2018, Howard Schultz…
Continue Reading3 wounded in Miami Beach Spring Break shooting
MIAMI BEACH, Florida (AP) — Gunfire on a Miami Beach street crowded with spring breakers has left three people wounded. Police said the shooting…
Continue ReadingCampus ministries soothe, rally students shaken over Ukraine
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO, GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO and MARIAM FAM Associated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Across the United States, campus ministries of…
Continue ReadingFerry sinks near Bangladesh capital; at least 6 dead
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Rescuers have recovered six bodies after a cargo vessel hit a ferry carrying dozens of people along a river outside…
Continue ReadingNotable opinions by high court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson, has been a federal appeals court judge for less than a…
Continue ReadingTime to retool census? Some think so after minorities missed
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Policymakers and demographers have been asking whether it’s time to rethink the census after results…
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