Migrants in Mexico square off against national guard
By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — About one hundred migrants from Haiti, Cuba and African nations threw stones and…
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US and France attack actions of Russian mercenaries in CAR
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and France are criticizing mercenaries in the Central African Republic…
Continue ReadingAlabama lawmakers advance transgender students bathroom ban
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers advanced a proposal that would bar transgender students from using…
Continue ReadingHigh court won’t get involved in Wisconsin murder case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is declining to disturb a decision that a Wisconsin man convicted of poisoning his wife should get a new trial.…
Continue ReadingFlorida GOP ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill advances in House
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida House Republicans have advanced a bill to forbid discussions of sexual…
Continue ReadingUN ends Iraq’s requirement to pay victims of Kuwait invasion
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council  has voted unanimously to end Iraq’s requirement to…
Continue ReadingIndia sends wheat to Afghanistan after deal with Pakistan
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s foreign ministry says it has sent off tons of wheat to Afghanistan to help relieve desperate food shortages, after…
Continue ReadingScreaming Trees singer, Seattle icon Mark Lanegan dies at 57
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer Singer Mark Lanegan, whose band Screaming Trees was an essential part of the Seattle grunge scene in the…
Continue ReadingMissouri senator protests punishment for wearing overalls
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri state senator punished for wearing overalls on the Senate floor has…
Continue ReadingBiden wants to cut into China’s electric battery dominance
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — President Joe Biden highlighted his efforts to counter China’s dominance of the…
Continue ReadingOscars slim down, will hand out 8 awards ahead of broadcast
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — To combat slumping ratings, the Academy Awards are undergoing a radical slimming down, with eight…
Continue ReadingAutopsy: Gunshots killed migrant in Border Patrol encounter
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Pima County Medical Examiner says an autopsy determined that an unidentified male migrant died…
Continue ReadingJosh Hamilton pleads to misdemeanor in daughter-assault case
By TERRY WALLACE Associated Press One-time Texas Rangers slugger Josh Hamilton has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor in a case arising from an…
Continue ReadingSouthern Baptist leaders apologize to sex abuse survivor
By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press A top Southern Baptist committee has publicly apologized and agreed to a confidential financial settlement with a…
Continue ReadingParton, Gabby Barrett, Jimmie Allen to perform at ACM Awards
The Associated Press Dolly Parton, Jimmie Allen and Gabby Barrett will be pulling double duty with special performances on top of their hosting…
Continue ReadingBiden interviews trio of candidates for Supreme Court
By ZEKE MILLER and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has interviewed at least three candidates for the…
Continue ReadingNational Guard to help DC control traffic for truck convoys
By ASHRAF KHALIL and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has approved the deployment of 700 unarmed National Guard…
Continue ReadingJudge to rule if Michigan school shooter stays in adult jail
By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press Prosecutors hoping to keep a 15-year-old boy charged with fatally shooting four fellow students at his Michigan…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 shots unlikely to prompt rare inflammation in kids
By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer A new analysis says that COVID-19 vaccines are unlikely to trigger a rare inflammatory condition linked to…
Continue ReadingDonald Trump’s DNA, not deposition sought in defamation suit
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer says she will not seek to depose ex-President Donald Trump in a defamation lawsuit…
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