St. Patrick’s Day parades turn pandemic blues Irish green
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — St. Patrick’s Day celebrations across the country are back after a two-year hiatus. That…
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Cambodian court convicts 21 opposition figures of treason
By SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A court has convicted 21 people of treason and related charges for their nonviolent…
Continue ReadingRescuers search theater rubble as Russian attacks continue
By ANDREA ROSA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Rescuers are searching for survivors in the ruins of a theater ripped apart by Russian…
Continue ReadingAs Ukraine war rages, diplomats near Iran nuclear agreement
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — As the war in Ukraine rages on, diplomats trying to salvage the languishing 2015 Iran nuclear…
Continue ReadingBiden’s China ‘pivot’ complicated by Russia’s war in Ukraine
By AAMER MADHANI and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden set out to be the U.S. president who finally completed the “Asia…
Continue ReadingTexas crash victims included new students just branching out
By COLLEEN SLEVIN and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press Jackson Zinn had a big heart and was close to his parents and two younger sisters. But…
Continue ReadingNTSB: 13-year-old drove pickup in Texas crash that killed 9
By CEDAR ATTANASIO, JILL BLEED and ANITA SNOW Associated Press HOBBS, N.M. (AP) — A National Transportation Safety Board spokesman says a…
Continue ReadingUS grew wealthier, better educated in 2nd half of 2010s
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press New data released by the Census Bureau shows the U.S. grew wealthier, better educated and poverty declined during…
Continue ReadingJussie Smollett released from county jail during appeal
By DON BABWIN and SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Jussie Smollett has been released from jail in Chicago after an appeals court agreed…
Continue ReadingSnapshots of 4 men charged in Whitmer kidnapping plot
By ED WHITE, SARA BURNETT and MICHAEL TARM Associated Press GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Jurors have unflattering snapshots so far of four men…
Continue ReadingFBI: Accused wanted ‘tyrant’ Gov. Whitmer tied up on table
By ED WHITE Associated Press A key figure in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer was secretly recorded telling an undercover FBI…
Continue ReadingHonduras judge says ex-president can be extradited to US
By MARLON GONZÁLEZ Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A judge in Honduras has ruled that former President Juan Orlando Hernández…
Continue ReadingUS families, some personnel depart Mexico consulate
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The United States has authorized the departure of families and some personnel at the U.S. consulate in the Mexican border city…
Continue ReadingEx-Congressman Victor Fazio of California dies at 79
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Victor Fazio, a Democratic congressman from California who served for 20 years and rose to become an influential leader…
Continue ReadingIrish leader tests positive for COVID during visit to DC
By ZEKE MILLER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin learned he had positive for COVID-19 while…
Continue ReadingSan Diego jury awards $85M in death of man following arrest
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A jury has awarded $85 million in the death of a man who was restrained by San Diego County sheriff’s deputies in 2015. The…
Continue ReadingTrump calls Mo Brooks ‘disappointing’ in Alabama Senate race
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has told a news outlet that Rep. Mo Brooks, his endorsed candidate in Alabama’s U.S. Senate…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Who’s a war criminal, and who gets to decide?
By COLLEEN LONG, MIKE CORDER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has flatly called Russia’s Vladimir Putin a…
Continue ReadingUN Security Council meeting again Thursday to debate Ukraine
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has scheduled a meeting on Ukraine for Thursday. It is at the…
Continue ReadingPowell and 3 other nominees to Fed posts clear Senate panel
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate Banking Committee has approved Jerome Powell’s nomination to a second…
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