Kuwait’s ex-premier, officials acquitted in corruption case
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Kuwaiti court has acquitted two former ministers and their co-defendants of…
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‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill passes in Florida, goes to governor
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida lawmakers have passed a bill to forbid instruction on sexual orientation and…
Continue ReadingDylan McDermott reinvents modern gangster on ‘Law & Order’
By JOHN CARUCCI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Dylan McDermott says his experiences as a child and later as a waiter helped him reinvent the…
Continue ReadingProud Boys leader charged with conspiracy in Capitol riot
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group was…
Continue ReadingDays of attacks kill at least 70 people in northwest Nigeria
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Members of a local defense group say that attacks in Nigeria’s northwest since Sunday…
Continue ReadingEmotions buffet NJ coastal wind project in peek at US future
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press OCEAN CITY, N.J. (AP) — If one small hearing about a single electrical cable coming ashore in a Jersey Shore town…
Continue ReadingGa. high court refuses to toss indictment against ex-officer
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s highest court on Tuesday affirmed a lower court decision that declined to quash the…
Continue ReadingUS officials reverse course on pesticide’s harm to wildlife
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials have reversed their previous finding that a widely used and highly…
Continue ReadingEU to harmonize criminalization of rape across the bloc
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive arm wants to harmonize the criminalization of rape across the 27-nation bloc…
Continue ReadingOctopus ancestors lived before era of dinosaurs, study shows
By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists have described the oldest known fossil ancestor of octopuses — an…
Continue ReadingWisconsin GOP-ordered election probe extended through April
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Republican Assembly speaker has signed a new contract with Michael Gableman, the…
Continue ReadingPakistan opposition holds major rally, demanding PM’s ouster
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Thousands of supporters of Pakistan’s key opposition party have held a big anti-government rally…
Continue ReadingAmid abortion rights threat, OB-GYNs more vocal with support
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has been defending abortion in…
Continue ReadingRussia underestimated Ukraine’s resistance, US officials say
By NOMAAN MERCHANT and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Top U.S. intelligence officials believe Russia underestimated the strength of…
Continue ReadingAs war in Ukraine intensifies, US gasoline hits record $4.17
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer The average price for gasoline in the US is hitting a record $4.17 per gallon as the U.S. bans Russian oil…
Continue ReadingFirst trial in Atlanta corruption investigation set to start
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A political consultant who was a top aide to former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed is the first person…
Continue ReadingMexico finds 11 bodies in clandestine pits near US border
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in northern Mexico say volunteer searchers have found 11 bodies in clandestine burial pits just a few miles from the…
Continue ReadingSex abuse lawsuit against Prince Andrew formally dismissed
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. judge has dismissed the sex abuse lawsuit brought by an American woman against…
Continue ReadingColombia protest leaders hope to gain seats in Congress
By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — In the spring of 2021, Colombia experienced the largest protests in decades as hundreds of…
Continue ReadingEx-U. of Michigan athlete’s protest encampment is removed
By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A camper, tent, signs and other items that represented a former University of Michigan…
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