Scientists spot previously unknown colonies of emperor penguins in Antarctica
By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer Scientists have spotted previously unknown colonies of emperor penguins in new satellite imagery. At least some…
Continue ReadingNews
Philadelphia-area woman charged with torturing and killing animals live on the internet
UPPER DARBY, Pa. (AP) — A Philadelphia-area woman has been charged with animal cruelty after police say videos she posted show her torturing and…
Continue ReadingLawsuit says Minnesota jail workers ignored pleas of man before he died of perforated bowel
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A lawsuit alleges that Minnesota jail workers ignored the pleas of a 41-year-old man who died of a perforated bowel after…
Continue ReadingPastor accused of defrauding investors of $3M via crypto scheme says he got help from ‘the Lord’
By THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado pastor for an online church who is accused of defrauding investors of more than $3.2…
Continue ReadingSouth African police arrest man after he tells inquiry he started a fire that left 76 dead
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A man has been arrested hours after he claimed responsibility for starting a building fire in…
Continue ReadingFederal prosecutors charge 40 people after four-year probe of drug trafficking in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Federal authorities say they’ve cracked down on drug trafficking operations in east Mississippi and made about 40…
Continue ReadingAt United and Alaska airlines, frustration with Boeing’s manufacturing problems is boiling over
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The leaders of United Airlines and Alaska Airlines took turns Tuesday blasting Boeing over manufacturing problems…
Continue ReadingAdrian Beltré, Todd Helton and Joe Mauer elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame
By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Todd Helton thought back to when he was a kid being coached by his father, Jerry, a minor league…
Continue Reading‘Doomsday Clock’ signals existential threats of nuclear war, climate disasters and AI
WASHINGTON (AP) — Earth, for the second year running, is nearing apocalypse, a science-oriented advocacy group said, pointing to its famous…
Continue ReadingBlinken pitches the US as an alternative to Russia’s Wagner in Africa’s troubled Sahel
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is pitching the United States as a better security…
Continue ReadingNebraska lawmaker announces Democratic bid for Congress, says Republicans bend to ‘vocal minority’
By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska state lawmaker and Democrat who ran for governor in 2022 is seeking higher office…
Continue ReadingMassachusetts governor praises Navy SEAL who died trying to save fellow SEAL during a mission
BOSTON (AP) — The governor of Massachusetts described a Navy SEAL lost in the Arabian Sea during a mission to confiscate Iranian-made weapons from…
Continue ReadingKansas lawmakers want a report on last year’s police raid of a newspaper
By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Dozens of Kansas lawmakers have launched an effort to direct the state’s attorney general to…
Continue Reading
Central Oregon unemployment rates hold steady at year’s end; state’s benchmark updates will paint clearer 2023 picture
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Seasonally adjusted unemployment rates held steady once again across Central Oregon in December, the Oregon Employment…
Continue ReadingUS hits Iraq militia sites and anti-ship missiles in Yemen as fight with Iranian proxies intensifies
By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military struck three facilities in Iraq and two anti-ship missiles…
Continue ReadingFrench mother sentenced to prison after leaving child to live alone for two years
By Giulia Radice and Jessie Gretener, CNN (CNN) — A mother in France was sentenced to 18 months in prison last week for abandoning her…
Continue ReadingMississippi restrictions on medical marijuana advertising upheld by federal judge
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by the owner of a…
Continue ReadingBill would revise Tennessee’s decades-old law targeting HIV-positive people convicted of sex work
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A proposal advancing in the Tennessee legislature would stop requiring lifetime…
Continue ReadingFrance fines Amazon $35 million for ‘excessively intrusive’ monitoring of warehouse staff
PARIS (AP) — France’s privacy watchdog said Tuesday that it slapped Amazon ‘s French warehouse business with a 32 million euro fine…
Continue ReadingNew York man found guilty of murder after 20-year-old woman was shot and killed when car turned in wrong driveway
By Brynn Gingras, Nicki Brown, Nic F. Anderson and Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Kevin Monahan was found guilty of second-degree murder Tuesday for…
Continue Reading