Pope releases Vatican reform, gives weight to fighting abuse
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican has released the document laying out Pope Francis’ long-awaited reform of the Holy…
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Grassroots groups help rescue Holocaust survivors in Ukraine
By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Several grassroots groups and volunteers as far away as Los Angeles are working to extricate…
Continue ReadingRussia-Ukraine war: Key things to know about the conflict
Ukraine’s southern port city of Mariupol was again the site of intense combat as Russian forces bombarded the city, damaging a major steel plant.…
Continue Reading4 US Marines die in NATO drill when Osprey crashes in Norway
HELSINKI (AP) — Authorities say that four U.S. Marines have been killed when their Osprey aircraft crashed in a Norwegian town in the Arctic Circle…
Continue ReadingAfrica mostly quiet amid widespread condemnation of Russia
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni recently remarked that…
Continue ReadingMinister: Clearing live ordnance in Ukraine will take years
By NEBI QENA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s interior minister says it will take years to defuse the unexploded ordnance once the…
Continue ReadingUkraine’s cultural capital no longer distant from the war
By CARA ANNA Associated Press LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Until the missiles struck within walking distance of the cathedrals and cafes downtown,…
Continue ReadingRussian military slog in Ukraine a ‘dreadful mess’ for Putin
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than three weeks into his invasion of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s…
Continue ReadingGround storm forces two Iditarod mushers to seek rescue
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Two back-of-the-pack mushers had to be rescued in separate incidents from the Iditarod…
Continue ReadingFirst woman on high court, O’Connor faced little opposition
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ninety-nine to zero. That was the tally in 1981 by which the Senate made Sandra Day O’Connor…
Continue ReadingHydropower eyes bigger energy role, less environmental harm
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight locks and dams in southwestern Pennsylvania that for decades helped barges move goods…
Continue ReadingZelenskyy says siege of Mariupol involved war crimes
By CARA ANNA Associated Press LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the siege of Mariupol will go down in history for…
Continue ReadingFirefighters gain ground on Texas wildfires on Saturday
EASTLAND, Texas (AP) — Firefighters in Texas have made progress against a massive complex of wildfires that have killed one person and burned at…
Continue ReadingPoliticians, friends fondly recall late Alaska congressman
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Politicians and friends are fondly remembering Don Young. Young’s office says the Alaska Republican died Friday as…
Continue ReadingChina reports first COVID-19 deaths in more than a year
BEIJING (AP) — China’s health authorities have reported two COVID-19 deaths, the first since January 2021, as the country battles its worst…
Continue ReadingOusted Tennessee senator sentenced to probation for fraud
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge has ruled a former Tennessee state senator removed from office after being convicted…
Continue ReadingRep. Don Young, longtime Alaska congressman, dies at 88
By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Don Young, who was the longest-serving Republican in the history of the U.S. House, has…
Continue ReadingHot poles: Antarctica, Arctic 70 and 50 degrees above normal
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Parts of Antarctica Friday hit 70 degrees warmer than normal. At the same time parts of the Arctic were 50…
Continue ReadingMan to be sentenced for California kidnap once called hoax
VALLEJO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a man who kidnapped and raped a Northern California woman in a crime so bizarre that police at first accused…
Continue ReadingLos Angeles schools announce end of classroom mask mandate
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Unified School District — the largest U.S. school district still requiring masks for staff and students —…
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