UN food agency stops deliveries to millions in Yemen areas controlled by Houthi rebels
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations food agency says it’s stopping food distribution in areas of…
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Video shows Alabama police officer using stun gun against handcuffed man
REFORM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama police officer is on leave after video circulated on social media showing her appearing to shock a handcuffed man…
Continue ReadingNobel laureate Malala Yousafzai urges world to confront Taliban’s ‘gender apartheid’ against women
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai said Tuesday that the world…
Continue ReadingFormer Colorado officer accused of parking patrol car hit by train on railroad tracks pleads guilty
DENVER (AP) — A former Colorado police officer has pleaded guilty to one count of reckless endangerment for parking his patrol car on railroad…
Continue ReadingWith George Santos out of Congress, special election to fill his seat is set for February
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — With George Santos out of Congress, the special election to fill his seat has been set…
Continue Reading‘No one will remember us’: India’s hero ‘rat hole miners’ who helped rescue 41 men from the Himalayan tunnel
By Aishwarya Iyer, CNN New Delhi (CNN) — Just a few pieces of debris stood between Munna Qureshi and dozens of laborers who his team had been…
Continue ReadingLawyer picked to prosecute Army sexual assault is fired over an old email doubting victims’ claims
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The lawyer selected to be the Army’s first top prosecutor of sexual assaults under an…
Continue ReadingFamily of man who died after struggle with officer sues tow truck driver they say sat on his head
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The family of a Georgia church deacon who died after struggling with a police officer following a…
Continue ReadingPatients of color more often brace for unfair treatment in health care, survey finds
By DEVI SHASTRI AP Health Writer A trip to the doctor’s office comes with a bit of preparation for most, maybe even an internal pep talk to prepare…
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On split vote, Bend advisory panel recommends city code changes to spare more big trees during development
On a split vote Tuesday, Bend’s Tree Regulation Update Advisory Committee recommended to city councilors several changes to the city’s development…
Continue ReadingFlorida man, already facing death for a 1998 murder, now indicted for a 2nd. Detectives fear others
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A convicted murderer already on Florida’s death row for the slaying of one…
Continue ReadingA new Barbie doll honors pioneering Cherokee Chief Wilma Mankiller. But it’s prompting some complicated feelings
KJRH By Harmeet Kaur, CNN (CNN) — Wilma Mankiller has many accomplishments to her name — the first female principal chief of the Cherokee…
Continue ReadingEl Salvador is seeing worst rights abuses since 1980-1992 civil war, Amnesty reports
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — A report by Amnesty International says El Salvador is experiencing one of the worst human rights crises since the…
Continue ReadingAttorneys for family of absolved Black man killed by deputy seeking $16M from Georgia sheriff
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press WOODBINE, Ga. (AP) — Attorneys for the family of a Black man fatally shot by a Georgia deputy during a traffic stop…
Continue ReadingSen. Scott joins DeSantis in calling for resignation of state GOP chair amid rape investigation
By BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Republican Party of Florida chairman is facing mounting pressure to resign as…
Continue ReadingBridgeport mayor says supporters broke law by mishandling ballots but he had nothing to do with it
By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press The mayor of Connecticut’s largest city says he believes his supporters broke the law while handling absentee…
Continue ReadingMan charged with murder in Philadelphia store stabbing that killed security guard, wounded another
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Prosecutors in Philadelphia have charged a man with murder and other counts in the fatal stabbing of a department store…
Continue ReadingResidents in northern Mexico protest over delays in cleaning up a mine spill
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Residents in Mexico’s northern state of Sonora have protested at the state capital against persistent pollution from an almost…
Continue ReadingDNA connects Florida death row inmate to nearly 25-year-old rape and murder cold case, sheriff says
By Sarah Engel and Asher Moskowitz, CNN (CNN) — A nearly 25-year-old rape and murder cold case has been solved due to DNA forensics and…
Continue ReadingIllinois scraps plan for building migrant winter camp due to toxic soil risk
By CLAIRE SAVAGE and MELISSA PEREZ WINDER Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration has canceled…
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