Year: 2023

By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The deputy director of the new gun violence prevention office at the White House has been in…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The day that panda lovers have been dreading has finally come. The National Zoo’s three…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The family of a prominent Palestinian activist is fighting Israel’s arrest of the young…

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of Democratic lawmakers are urging President Joe Biden to take steps to protect…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on Wednesday for a united and…

By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Nashville district attorney is calling on the Tennessee legislature to make it easier…

By JIM MUSTIAN and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal jury convicted two longtime U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration…

By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press A Russian news agency is reporting that the country is preparing to send a battalion of Ukrainian prisoners of war…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams defended members of his campaign staff while addressing a room…

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Democratic group of governors led by Michigan’s Gretchen Whitmer have joined…

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board has narrowly recommended clemency for a man scheduled to…

By GABRIELA SELSER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Organization of American States says it will continue closely monitoring Nicaragua’s…

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland officials have approved a settlement that includes reforms to the state medical…

By DAVID BILLER Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Authorities in Brazil have arrested two people to foil an alleged attack, which the Israeli…

By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The race to add two-way baseball superstar Shohei Ohtani in a blockbuster free agency…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and CHRISTINE FERNANDO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters threw their support behind abortion rights in Ohio, Virginia…

NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — A man convicted of shooting and wounding a New Hampshire bishop and assaulting the bride and groom in 2019 has played his own…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans issued subpoenas Wednesday to members of President Joe Biden’s family,…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The office of Gov. Janet Mills says Maine’s government is going to cover the cost of…

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican David Owen defeated Democrat Susanna Gibson in a Virginia House of Delegates race that drew attention after…