Senators eye resolution backing Ukraine amid Russia tension
By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate is considering a resolution in support of Ukraine’s…
Continue ReadingAP National News
San Francisco votes on city’s scandal-plagued school board
By JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Another chapter has opened in the saga of San Francisco’s scandal-plagued school board as…
Continue ReadingS. Korean COVID deaths rise, hope rests on high booster rate
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea is reporting its most COVID-19 deaths in a month as the U.S. advises…
Continue ReadingOfficer says he assumed fellow cops were caring for Floyd
By STEVE KARNOWSKI and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s killing…
Continue ReadingUS asks Honduras to arrest, extradite ex-President Hernández
By MARLON GONZÁLEZ and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — The United States has requested the arrest of former…
Continue ReadingUN: Horn of Africa drought kills+ over 1.5 million livestock
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A senior U.N. official says drought in the Horn of Africa has killed more than 1.5…
Continue ReadingChina crafts a carefully curated slate of Olympic spectators
By SAM McNEIL Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Skiing, skating and other competitions take place before a global TV audience, but few see them in…
Continue ReadingValieva skates into first place after Olympic short program
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, the heavily favored 15-year-old dynamo at the center of the…
Continue ReadingCalifornia sets home, community standards to lower fire risk
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A fire-resistant roof, at least 5 feet of defensible space around a home, a clearly defined evacuation route in a…
Continue ReadingTennessee lawmakers pass ban on instant runoff voting
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Tennessee have passed a ban against instant runoff voting in…
Continue ReadingSenators eye resolution backing Ukraine amid Russia tension
By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate is considering a resolution in support of Ukraine’s…
Continue ReadingJapan economy grew last quarter on better spending, exports
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan has reported its economy grew at a 5.4% annual pace in the last quarter, helped by improved…
Continue ReadingDA: San Francisco police used rape kit DNA to arrest victim
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s police chief says he’s investigating claims by the district attorney that DNA collected from rape…
Continue ReadingPatagonia, others threaten to boycott major outdoor show
By THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press DENVER (AP) — An environmental conservation group and two dozen outdoor recreation companies, including…
Continue ReadingGOP-led Arizona Senate panel votes to hand-count all ballots
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Republican state senators have advanced legislation that would require every ballot cast in the…
Continue ReadingMexico’s indigenous Purepecha tear down statues of Spaniards
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Activists from Mexico’s Purepecha people have used axes and sledgehammers to knock down statues of their ancestors being…
Continue ReadingEx-Marine sentenced for traveling to Cambodia for child sex
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former U.S. Marine captain who was convicted of traveling to Cambodia to have sex with children has been sentenced to 210…
Continue ReadingAfter 2 losses, Michigan AG won’t appeal Nassar-related case
By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Prosecutors say they won’t appeal a decision that derailed charges against the former president of…
Continue ReadingJury convicts Chicago alderman who is part of Daley clan
CHICAGO (AP) — A grandson and nephew of Chicago’s two longest-serving mayors has been convicted of tax crimes and making false statements.…
Continue ReadingSon of Turkmenistan’s leader to run in an early election
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — The son of Turkmenistan’s authoritarian leader will run in an early presidential election next month, a move that…
Continue Reading