San Diego Zoo ‘smiling hippo’ named Otis is dead at age 45
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A 45-year-old male river hippopotamus named Otis and nicknamed the smiling hippo has died at the San Diego Zoo. The San Diego Zoo…
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Ex-St. Louis officer to seek 26-month sentence in beating
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Lawyers for a former St. Louis police officer plan to ask a judge to sentence him to 26 months for his role in the beating of a…
Continue ReadingCasualties reported in clashes on Armenia-Azerbaijan border
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia and Azerbaijan have reported military clashes on their shared border and are blaming each other for starting the…
Continue ReadingLeahy gives emotional speech in Senate on retirement plans
WASHINGTON (AP) — A day after announcing he will not seek reelection, Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont has told his colleagues in an…
Continue ReadingControversial Chicago police union president retires as cop
CHICAGO (AP) — The head of Chicago’s largest police union has carried out his promise to retire from the force rather than go through with a…
Continue ReadingGOP-majority court chosen to consider Biden vaccine mandate
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A ping-pong ball may have bounced in Republicans’ favor as a GOP-dominated court was selected at random to…
Continue ReadingMichelle Wu sworn in as Boston’s first woman elected mayor
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Michelle Wu has been sworn in as Boston’s first woman and first person of color elected mayor in…
Continue ReadingDC to drop most indoor mask requirements next week
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The District of Columbia will lift its indoor mask requirement starting next week, as local…
Continue ReadingGreek leader, in London, seeks return of ancient sculptures
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has held talks with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis amid a renewed push by Athens for…
Continue ReadingUS population center moves 11.8 miles; still in Missouri
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press HARTVILLE, Mo. (AP) — Some people might describe Hartville, Missouri, as being in the middle of nowhere, but…
Continue ReadingRoadrunner, going faster, ends up in Maine after hitchhike
FREEDOM, Maine (AP) — A wayward roadrunner is on the mend in Maine after traveling across the country in a moving van. The greater roadrunner is a…
Continue ReadingReport implicates Belarus in anti-NATO cyber campaign
By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Cybersecurity experts say they have evidence of direct involvement by Belarus’ government…
Continue ReadingEnvoy: US ready to confront attempts to tear Bosnia apart
By SABINA NIKSIC SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — A senior U.S. official says Washington remains committed to maintaining peace and stability in…
Continue ReadingUK government admits it was wrong over lawmaker lobbying
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A chastened British government has admitted that it was wrong to try to block a lawmaker’s…
Continue ReadingSpanish regions eye COVID-19 passports amid infection surge
MADRID (AP) — Some of Spain’s regional governments are asking courts to allow them to introduce virus passports that can help control the rising…
Continue ReadingMexico arrests wife of Jalisco New Generation cartel leader
By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities say soldiers have captured the wife of the leader of the Jalisco New…
Continue ReadingTimes Square is back open on New Year’s Eve — with vax proof
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio says crowds will once again fill Times Square this New Year’s Eve. The mayor said Tuesday that…
Continue ReadingJudge vets potential jurors for Ghislaine Maxwell trial
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prospective jurors got their first glimpse of a British socialite charged with…
Continue Reading‘He’s evil’: Victims’ family prepares for killer’s execution
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press NEW ALBANY, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi woman is scheduled to be a witness when her stepfather is executed…
Continue ReadingRep. Speier, survivor of 1978 Jonestown ambush, to retire
By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Longtime California Rep. Jackie Speier is the latest congressional Democrat to announce…
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