Russia presses invasion to outskirts of Ukrainian capital
By YURAS KARMANAU, JIM HEINTZ, VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Russian military is pressing its…
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$6.25B sale of Venetian properties on Vegas Strip complete
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The more than $6 billion sale of Venetian properties on the Las Vegas Strip has been completed. The new and old owners of the…
Continue ReadingTough sanctions loom against Russia, effectiveness uncertain
By FATIMA HUSSEIN, JOE McDONALD and DAVID McHUGH Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Biden administration prepares its response to Russia’s…
Continue ReadingSyria says Israeli strike near Damascus kills 3 soldiers
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s state media says Israel fired several missiles toward Syrian military positions near the capital Damascus,…
Continue ReadingAsia shares rise after US rebound amid sanctions on Ukraine
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are higher after U.S. stocks recovered toward the end of a wild trading day, as the…
Continue ReadingRussia conflict separates GOP traditionalists from newcomers
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Divisions in a rapidly changing Republican Party are evident in the divergent responses to the…
Continue ReadingDrought, pesticides take a toll on Chile’s crucial honeybees
By EVA VERGARA Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A drought has gripped Chile for 13 years and the flowers that feed honeybees in central…
Continue ReadingAP sources: Yemen’s Houthis seize another US Embassy staffer
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Houthi rebels in Yemen are continuing to detain staffers of the former U.S.…
Continue Reading3 ex-cops convicted of rights violations in Floyd killing
By AMY FORLITI, STEVE KARNOWSKI and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Three former Minneapolis police officers have been…
Continue ReadingParents of teen charged in school shooting to stand trial
By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press A judge has ordered the parents of a 15-year-old boy charged with killing four students at his Michigan high…
Continue ReadingWintry weather disrupts travel across the heartland
DALLAS (AP) — Freezing rain and drizzle is disrupting travel from Central Texas to the Great Lakes, with ice-glazed roads leading to hundreds of…
Continue ReadingBoy’s body found in freezer; boyfriend of mother arrested
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A note that a Las Vegas schoolgirl gave her teacher saying her mother was being held captive and…
Continue ReadingRights advocates urge jet fuel sanctions against Myanmar
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Some human rights advocates are urging governments to impose sanctions against supplying…
Continue ReadingMan charged with enticing children to mutilate themselves
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Southern California man has been charged with child sexual exploitation after authorities say he convinced troubled…
Continue ReadingUncertain future for islanders who survived Tongan eruption
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The third explosion they heard sent everyone on Mango Island running. The volcanic…
Continue ReadingAmazon union organizer, 2 others arrested at NYC facility
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police say a former Amazon employee leading a push to unionize one of the online retailer’s warehouses has been…
Continue ReadingAlabama bill seeks to ban hormone treatments for trans youth
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Alabama Senate has approved a proposal that would prohibit transgender minors from…
Continue ReadingNicaragua convicts 7 more opposition leaders of “conspiracy”
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaraguan judges have convicted seven opposition leaders, including former high-level Sandinistas and three former presidental…
Continue ReadingDeputy killed, suspect wounded in Houston mall shooting
HOUSTON (AP) — An East Texas deputy constable was killed and a suspect wounded in shootings in a Houston shopping mall. The Wednesday afternoon…
Continue ReadingFlorida TV chef charged in Jan. 6 attack on US Capitol
WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials say a gluten-free TV chef has been arrested in Florida on charges related to storming the U.S. Capitol during the Jan.…
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