Report finds unsafe conditions in New Mexico migrant jail
By BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A government watchdog has found unsanitary and unsafe conditions at a New Mexico jail used to hold…
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American gunmakers help Ukrainians fight back against Putin
By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Adrian Kellgren’s family-owned gun company in Florida was left holding a $200,000 shipment of…
Continue ReadingJohn Mayer finds renewed desire to perform as a headliner
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — When John Mayer toured with the Dead & Company band, he lost some motivation…
Continue ReadingProminent ultra-Orthodox Israeli rabbi Kanievsky dies at 94
JERUSALEM (AP) — Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky, one of the most influential leaders in Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, has died at the age of…
Continue ReadingArkansas deputy convicted in teen’s death, gets year in jail
CABOT, Ark. (AP) — A former Arkansas deputy was convicted Friday of negligent homicide and sentenced to a year in jail for fatally shooting an…
Continue ReadingWhy Renee Zellweger chose prosthetics and padding for ‘Pam’
By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Renee Zellweger stars in the new NBC series “The Thing About Pam” based on a podcast of the…
Continue ReadingUkraine war ups pressure for US oil; industry faces hurdles
By MATTHEW BROWN and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s move last week to ban oil from Russia over…
Continue ReadingDraghi leads push for common EU response to energy crisis
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Mario Draghi has hosted leaders from three fellow Mediterranean countries to…
Continue ReadingFebruary home sales fall amid higher mortgage rates, prices
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in February as competition for a near-record low number of properties…
Continue Reading3 from Nebraska dead in northwestern Oklahoma plane crash
POND CREEK, Okla. (AP) — A funeral home says a Nebraska couple and their adult daughter were killed in a plane crash in northwestern Oklahoma. The…
Continue ReadingWeighty case: Alabama man charged in theft of 70-ton crane
CLANTON, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man called a wrecker service asking to have a 70-ton crane pulled out of the woods. Now he’s charged with…
Continue ReadingFlorida bus driver hailed as hero when gunman opens fire
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A bus driver is being called a hero for barreling into the Fort Lauderdale police headquarters parking lot after a…
Continue ReadingWatchdog: Iran converts sliver of its high-enriched uranium
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has converted a fraction of its stockpile of highly enriched uranium into…
Continue ReadingPope asserts Ukraine right to defense in blasting Russia war
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is denouncing the “perverse abuse of power” on display in Russia’s war in…
Continue ReadingThailand drops pre-arrival COVID test for foreign visitors
BANGKOK (AP) — Visitors vaccinated for COVID-19 will no longer need a test before traveling to Thailand starting April 1. Health officials say…
Continue ReadingBeira in Mozambique hit by flooding after Cyclone Gombe
By ALEXANDRE NHAMPOSSA Associated Press MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Heavy rains from Cyclone Gombe are causing flooding in central Mozambique’s…
Continue ReadingItaly marks 2nd anniversary of haunting COVID-19 milestone
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy is marking the second anniversary of a tragic milestone of the coronavirus pandemic. It was…
Continue ReadingEnergy agency: 10 steps would save 2.7M barrels of oil a day
BERLIN (AP) — The International Energy Agency says the world could quickly reduce global oil demand by 2.7 million barrels a day by cutting down on…
Continue ReadingFive people die from pileups on foggy Missouri interstate
CHARLESTON, Mo. (AP) — Officials say the five people died in a series of fiery chain-reaction crashes involving dozens of vehicles in southeast…
Continue ReadingFlorida bridgetender faces manslaughter in woman’s death
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Police say a Florida bridgetender is facing a manslaughter charge in the death last month of a 79-year-old woman who…
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