Month: August 2023

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. rights chief says North Korea is increasing its repression of human rights and…

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire attorney general says a sheriff has been arrested and charged with eight felonies as part an investigation…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press Authorities in Georgia are investigating threats made against the grand jurors who indicted former President Donald…

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press A South Dakota state lawmaker is resigning after agreeing to repay $500,000 in federal COVID-19 relief funding…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. government says it is formally requesting a dispute settlement panel in its ongoing fight over Mexico’s limits on…

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — A church associate charged with gunning down a New Jersey councilwoman has been indicted on murder and weapons charges.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Florida man who used a flagpole to attack officers who were trying to defend the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced…

DERBY, Connecticut (AP) — A Connecticut alderman and mayoral candidate is pressing ahead with his campaign after being charged this week by federal…

By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazilian hacker claimed at a congressional hearing Thursday that then-President Jair…

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Approximately 1,000 former Northwestern University athletes have sent a letter condemning hazing while defending the…

By AMANCAI BIRABEN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — After a flock of 15 wild Canada geese mistakenly landed in the Los Angeles Tar Pit’s hot…

PROVO, Utah (AP) — A Google Fiber subcontractor told KSL-TV that the man killed by FBI agents trying to arrest him for threatening to assassinate…

SOMERSET, Pa. (AP) — A former western Pennsylvania district attorney was sentenced to up to seven years in prison after a jury convicted him of…

By The Associated Press Across the globe, raging wildfires and extreme weather are taking a toll as the people on fire-ravaged Hawaiian island of…

By JAMES POLLARD AND THALIA BEATY Associated Press After learning that 100 pounds of insulin was stuck, grounded last week at Kona International…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s election oversight body says parliamentary elections must be delayed because it needs…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — A new scientific study suggests the world should start preparing to protect the ecosystems that…

By LESLIE AMBRIZ and MARIA SHERMAN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Colombian superstars Carlos Vives and Juanes have teamed up on a song for…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Seven opposition parties in South Africa have reached an agreement to form a coalition in…

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Police continued to search Thursday for the person who sexually assaulted and killed an…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican investigators have found four burned and decapitated bodies that may be related to the horrifying case of five kidnapped…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s military says it lost 36 soldiers in attacks blamed on armed gangs in the…

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Researchers have concluded there is a “rare but real risk” that an earthquake-produced tsunami could inundate parts of…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — BET won’t be sold after all: Paramount Global decided against selling the…

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Bills quarterback Josh Allen is accustomed to having his public life picked over and…