Oklahoma death row inmates offer firing squad as alternative
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An attorney for two men on Oklahoma’s death row says after a judge’s…
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Mexican president says his COVID-19 case is ‘like a cold’
By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said he was hoarse and had a sore throat…
Continue ReadingOffer made to drop perjury charges in Ghislaine Maxwell case
NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors say the U.S. government will agree to drop pending perjury charges against British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell if her…
Continue ReadingBartender’s tip leads to arrest in Key West buoy burning
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Always remember to tip your server, if you know what’s good for you. A tourist left a bad impression in a Key West bar by…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court denies appeal of regretful Islamic State bride
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The Supreme Court has refused to hear the appeal of a woman who left her home in Alabama to join the Islamic State terror…
Continue ReadingEgypt leader criticizes Europe’s handling of migrant crisis
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Egypt’s leader has criticized Europe’s handling of the migration crisis and its…
Continue ReadingLockdown party claims add to list of Boris Johnson scandals
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Allegations that Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s staff held a “bring your own booze” garden…
Continue ReadingGrand Ole Opry under fire for Morgan Wallen performance
By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Grand Ole Opry, country music’s most historic and storied stage, is…
Continue ReadingSuit highlights suburban unease with addiction centers
By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago-based addiction treatment center has filed a federal lawsuit to force one suburb…
Continue ReadingEPA moves to crack down on dangerous coal ash storage ponds
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is taking its first major action to address toxic wastewater…
Continue ReadingJustice Dept. creating unit focused on domestic terrorism
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is establishing a specialized unit focused on domestic terrorism.…
Continue ReadingAuthor Kwame Alexander to launch new trilogy this fall
NEW YORK (AP) — A trilogy by award-winning children’s author Kwame Alexander that tells the saga of an African family begins this fall with…
Continue ReadingHow fleeting choices, circumstances doomed 17 in Bronx fire
By ADAM GELLER AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A series of fleeting choices and troubling circumstances fueled a staggering tragedy — the fire…
Continue ReadingNew charges filed against Harmony Montgomery’s stepmother
KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped a welfare fraud charge against the stepmother of a missing New…
Continue ReadingBone in SUV is from Ohio mom missing since 2002 with 2 kids
AURORA, Ind. (AP) — DNA testing has confirmed that a bone found in an SUV pulled last fall from the Ohio River in Indiana is from an Ohio woman who…
Continue ReadingIsrael donates $500K to Afghans who fled to Tajikistan
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Foreign Ministry says the country has donated $500,000 to the United Nations for food, medical aid and other…
Continue ReadingVets in Poland hope antibiotics will save brown bear cub
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A veterinarian says that a brown bear cub found exhausted in snowy woods in southeastern Poland has been diagnosed with a…
Continue ReadingA glance, then grim truth for brother of Bronx fire victim
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York man who helped take people to the hospital after a deadly New York City fire…
Continue ReadingTaliban free popular Afghan professor critical of government
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A family member says the Taliban have released a popular university professor and outspoken critic of successive Afghan…
Continue ReadingOutbreaks, bottlenecks expected to slow global growth in ’22
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The World Bank is downgrading its outlook for the global economy. It blames continuing…
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