Mississippi HBCU gets $10M from Netflix CEO and wife
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A private, historically Black college in Mississippi is getting $10 million from the head of Netflix and his wife, a film…
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Michigan’s Howard suspended 5 games for Wisconsin melee
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan basketball coach Juwan Howard has been suspended the final five games of the…
Continue ReadingArizona Senate waives school spending cap, averts crisis
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona Senate has voted to waive a constitutional cap on K-12 school spending that threatened…
Continue ReadingBoy, 6, killed in drive-by shooting at park; 4 arrested
MCCOMB, Miss. (AP) — Police say a drive-by shooting at a Mississippi park left a 6-year-old boy dead and four others wounded. The…
Continue ReadingSewage spill shuts down beaches in Southern California
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a stretch of Southern California beach is closed to swimmers and surfers after up to 50,000 gallons of…
Continue ReadingSheriff: Student fatally shot near bus stop; 4 detained
MARRERO, La. (AP) — A Louisiana sheriff says a high school student was fatally shot near a bus stop and deputies have detained four young people.…
Continue ReadingColombia’s highest court legalizes abortion up to 24 weeks
By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia has become the latest country in Latin America to expand access to abortion, with…
Continue ReadingMedina Spirit stripped of Kentucky Derby victory
By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer Medina Spirit has been stripped of the victory in last year’s Kentucky Derby and Mandaloun has been declared the…
Continue ReadingIsraeli probe finds no sign of police abuse in spyware case
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Justice Ministry says an investigation has found “no indication” that police…
Continue ReadingMassachusetts man tries to enter zoo’s tiger cage, arrested
BOSTON (AP) — A Worcester man has been arrested for trying to enter a tiger enclosure after breaking into Boston’s Franklin Park Zoo. When…
Continue ReadingGov: Kentucky’s death toll from December tornadoes now at 80
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s death toll from devastating tornadoes in December has risen. Gov. Andy Beshear on Monday announced the deaths of…
Continue ReadingGold mining site blast reportedly kills 59 in Burkina Faso
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso’s national broadcaster says at least 59 people are dead after…
Continue ReadingRiot inside Mexican prison injures 20 officers in Acapulco
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Inmates at a prison in Acapulco rioted after dozens of prisoners refused to be transferred to a federal jail, and officials say…
Continue ReadingCorrection: Refinery Fire-Injury story
GARYVILLE, La. (AP) — In a story published Feb. 21, 2022, about an explosion at a Louisiana refinery, The Associated Press erroneously stated that…
Continue ReadingAttorneys for accused Austin officers awaiting indictments
By KEN MILLER Associated Press The attorneys for eight of the 19 Austin, Texas, police officers facing indictments stemming from tactics used during…
Continue ReadingPanama investigates claimed forced Indigenous sterilization
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Prosecutors and human rights officials in Panama have gone to the region of the country’s Ngobé-Buglé people to…
Continue ReadingAlabama death row inmate who sought new trial dies of cancer
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A death row inmate in Alabama who maintained his innocence and waged a high-profile but unsuccessful legal battle to…
Continue ReadingPutin’s recognition of Ukraine’s rebels ups ante in crisis
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — In a fast-moving political theater, Russian President Vladimir Putin has moved quickly to…
Continue ReadingDr. Paul Farmer, global humanitarian leader, dies at 62
By STEVE LeBLANC and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Dr. Paul Farmer, a physician, humanitarian and author renowned for providing…
Continue ReadingCourt: $1.5M to transgender woman for ‘bogus’ cocaine arrest
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press A federal judge says a Black transgender woman is due $1.5 million for the “seemingly bogus” cocaine…
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