Democratic gains in legislative maps might not last long
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The surprising advantage Democrats gained during the torturous process of rewriting the…
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‘Do the right thing’: How US, allies united to punish Putin
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden quietly dispatched a team of financial experts to NATO headquarters in Belgium…
Continue ReadingRBG, writs and recusals: Court nomination viewer’s guide
By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s become almost commonplace viewing, seeing a woman nominated for the…
Continue ReadingWhat to watch as Jackson’s Supreme Court hearings begin
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ketanji Brown Jackson has held private meetings with almost half the members of the…
Continue ReadingHistory-making Jackson set for Senate hearing for high court
By MARK SHERMAN and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the…
Continue ReadingUkraine war is backdrop in US push for hypersonic weapons
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The U.S. Navy is rushing to field its first hypersonic weapon in a race with Russia and…
Continue ReadingSpain’s ‘U-turn’ on W. Sahara sends ambassadors in and out
MADRID (AP) — Morocco has reinstated its ambassador to Spain, effectively ending a 10-month row between the two key Mediterranean neighbors after…
Continue ReadingUK-US dual citizen returned to prison in Iran after furlough
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A dual British-U.S. national released from prison last week as part of a deal…
Continue ReadingJapan PM visits Cambodia, also one of China’s key partners
By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has visited Cambodia for talks with the…
Continue Reading4 wounded in shooting in Austin, Texas; suspect in custody
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Police in Austin, Texas, say four people have been shot and wounded as the city hosts the annual South by Southwest festival.…
Continue ReadingRussia-Ukraine war: Key things to know about the conflict
Russian troops have stepped up their bombardment of the besieged port city of Mariupol, with Ukrainian officials saying a strike flattened an art…
Continue Reading‘CODA’ gains Oscar momentum with top prize at PGA Awards
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — “CODA” has won the top prize at the Producers Guild Awards, giving momentum to the…
Continue ReadingCar runs into Carnival revelers in Belgium, killing 6
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — A car has slammed at high speed into Carnival revelers in a small town in southern Belgium.…
Continue ReadingProminent Israeli rabbi mourned by thousands at funeral
JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people have participated in the funeral of a prominent ultra-Orthodox rabbi in the central Israel city of…
Continue ReadingN. Korea fires artillery into sea days after missile launch
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says North Korea has fired suspected artillery pieces into the sea. The…
Continue ReadingRussia demands Mariupol lay down arms but Ukraine says no
By CARA ANNA Associated Press LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — As it continued its barrage of the besieged city of Mariupol, Russia demanded that Ukrainians…
Continue ReadingHong Kong will review COVID-19 restrictions as cases decline
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader says the government will consider lifting strict social distancing…
Continue ReadingYemen rebels launch barrage of strikes on Saudi sites
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi state-run media says that Yemen’s Houthi rebels have unleashed a…
Continue ReadingS. Korea’s next leader to abandon Blue House for new office
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president-elect says he will abandon the current mountainside…
Continue ReadingSurrogate babies born in Ukraine wait out war in basement
By ANDREA ROSA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — At a makeshift basement bomb shelter in Ukraine’s capital, at least 20 babies born to…
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