By JULIE WATSON Associated Press The Afghan man speaks only Farsi, but he wasn’t worried about representing himself in U.S. immigration court. He believed the details of his asylum claim spoke for themselves. Mohammad was a university professor, teaching human rights courses in Afghanistan before he fled for the United States. Mohammad is also Hazara,
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By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Usher has a new confession: The Grammy winner will headline the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show in Las Vegas. The NFL, Apple Music and Roc Nation announced Sunday that Usher would lead the halftime festivities from Allegiant Stadium on Feb. 11. The music
Continue Reading By AVET DEMOURIAN Associated Press YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Officials in Armenia say the first refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh have arrived in the country following a two-day military offensive by Azerbaijan. More are expected to come after a 10-month blockade of the breakaway region and the offensive that resulted in Azerbaijan reclaiming full control of it.
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Good Morning and Happy Sunday! Today’s high is 95 degrees. In the short term, expect warm and dry conditions with breezy west winds. Moisture increases on Monday, bringing isolated storms to the east on Tuesday. Wednesday improves, but Thursday remains uncertain. Beyond that, breezy conditions and possible storms continue into the weekend. Temperatures stay slightly
Continue Reading By ISSAM ADWAN Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Archaeologists say they have discovered dozens of ancient graves including two rare sarcophagi made of lead in an ancient cemetery in the Gaza Strip. The site dates back some 2,000 years to the Roman period. It was discovered last year during work for an
Continue Reading By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — From just outside the burn zone in Lahaina, Jes Claydon can see the ruins of the rental home where she lived for 13 years and raised three children. Little remains recognizable beyond the jars of sea glass that stood outside the front door. On Monday, officials
Continue Reading By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is poised to allow Israeli citizens to travel to the United States without a U.S. visa. That move is coming despite ongoing U.S. concerns about the Israeli government’s treatment of Palestinian Americans. U.S. officials say an announcement of Israel’s entry into the Visa
Continue Reading JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A 3-year-old child and two adults are dead after being shot during an argument over an apparent dog sale. Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office Assistant Chief J.D. Stronko says that five people, including the child, went to a luxury apartment complex late Saturday to meet with some people about the sale of a
Continue Reading By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Early next month, the Vatican will open an unprecedented gathering of Catholic clergy and laypeople from around the world. The synod is intended to be a collegial, collaborative event, though the agenda includes divisive issues such as the role of women in the church and
Continue Reading By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Early next month, the Vatican will open an unprecedented gathering of Catholic clergy and laypeople from around the world. The synod is intended to be a collegial, collaborative event, though the agenda includes divisive issues such as the role of women in the church and
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — London’s police force says some officers are refusing to conduct armed patrols after a colleague was charged with murder in the shooting of an unarmed Black man. A Metropolitan Police marksman was charged Wednesday over the September 2022 death of 24-year-old Chris Kaba. Only about one in
Continue Reading By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Soon after Felix Llerena arrived in Miami in 2017, the Cuban activist was drawn to then-President Donald Trump by the Republican’s aggressive approach toward Cuba’s communist government. Later, Llerena’s mother was able to join him in the United States thanks to an immigration program launched by
Continue Reading By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ben Phillips’ childhood memories include basketball games with friends, and neighbors gathering in the summer shade at their St. Louis housing complex. He also remembers watching men in hazmat suits scurry on the roofs of high-rise buildings as a dense material poured into the air. “I
Continue Reading By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The governor of southern Ukraine’s Kherson region says Russian airstrikes have killed two people and wounded eight others. Gov. Oleksandr Prokudin says Russian forces struck the city of Beryslav and the village of Lvove on Sunday, when Russia’s war in Ukraine entered its 20th month. Prokudin
Continue Reading By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s hard to imagine a less contentious or more innocent word than “and.” But how to interpret that simple conjunction has prompted a complicated legal fight that lands in the Supreme Court on Oct. 2, the first day of its new term. What the justices decide could
Continue Reading By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s hard to imagine a less contentious or more innocent word than “and.” But how to interpret that simple conjunction has prompted a complicated legal fight that lands in the Supreme Court on Oct. 2, the first day of its new term. What the justices decide could
Continue Reading By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The recent G20 Summit hosted by India couldn’t have gone better for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. World leaders hailed it as a success after the disparate group agreed on a final statement and admitted the African Union as a new member. Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar was
Continue Reading By The Associated Press Authorities in Benin say a fire in a commercial building south of the capital has killed at least 35 people. The gutted and burned ruins of a building in the town of Seme-Podji and the charred remains of cars and motorcycles was all that could be seen in the aftermath of
Continue Reading By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer NASA’s first asteroid samples fetched from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert Sunday to cap a seven-year journey. In a flyby of Earth, the Osiris-Rex spacecraft released the sample capsule from 63,000 miles (100,000 kilometers) out. The small capsule landed four hours later on a remote expanse of
Continue Reading By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer NASA’s first asteroid samples fetched from deep space parachuted into the Utah desert Sunday to cap a seven-year journey. In a flyby of Earth, the Osiris-Rex spacecraft released the sample capsule from 63,000 miles (100,000 kilometers) out. The small capsule landed four hours later on a remote expanse of
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Crime Stoppers of El Paso are asking for any tips related to last weekend’s house party shooting that left two teens dead. Police say a teen homecoming party that took place at a Vrbo rental house at 12300 Tierra Inca Dr. turned deadly just after 1 a.m. last Sunday. They say someone
Continue Reading ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s health minister says an injectable medicine that was causing a severe eye infection and sight loss in diabetic patients in the province of Punjab has been recalled and an investigation ordered while police are looking for the suppliers. Federal Health Minister Nadeem Jan said Sunday that a case has been lodged
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government is considering scrapping a big chunk of an overdue and over-budget high-speed rail line once touted as a way to attract jobs and investment to northern England. Media report that an announcement is expected this week that the High Speed 2 line from London
Continue Reading By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The death toll from a bombing attack at a government checkpoint in central Somalia has reached 21. A government official says the number of wounded in Saturday’s truck bombing in Beledweyne stood at 52. He said that 17 of those critically wounded were airlifted to the
Continue Reading By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to establish diplomatic relations Monday with two South Pacific nations, the Cook Islands and Niue, as his administration aims to show to Pacific Island leaders that it is committed to increasing American presence in the region. The announcement comes as Biden prepares
Continue Reading LAHORE, Pakistan. (AP) — Pakistani officials say a passenger train collided with another already parked and carrying goods in eastern Pakistan, injuring at least 30 passengers, five of them seriously. Following the accident early Sunday in Shaikhupura district near Qila Sattar Shah, railway authorities suspended the driver of the Lahore-bound passenger train, his assistant and
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HONOLULU (AP) — Brayden Schager passed for a touchdown and ran for another and Matthew Shipley kicked a 24-yard field goal as time expired to help Hawaii erase a 14-point halftime deficit and beat New Mexico State 20-17 Saturday night. Hawaii (2-3) had 15 of its 21 first downs in the second half, when the
Continue Reading By EMILY SCHULTHEIS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The German city of Nordhausen is best known as the location of the former Nazi concentration camp Mittelbau-Dora. A mayoral election on Sunday put the focus on the municipality of 42,000 people as a far-right candidate came close to winning the vote. The election underscored recent gains
Continue Reading By ZENEL ZHINIPOTOKU and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — At least 30 Serb gunmen have killed a Kosovar Albanian police officer then stormed an Orthodox monastery in Kosovo near its border with Serbia, setting off ongoing gunbattles that have left three assailants dead and raised tensions between the two former wartime foes
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — NM State’s first weekend in CUSA has concluded with a perfect 2-0 record. The Aggies took on visiting Middle Tennessee in a rematch from a day prior. While the home team swept the Blue Raiders on Friday, Saturday provided a much closer contest. In the end, NM State pulled off
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