Month: January 2024

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Greek court has acquitted a group of 16 aid workers and volunteers of charges linked with their efforts to rescue migrants…

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. syphilis epidemic isn’t abating, with the rate of infectious cases rising 9% in…

By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York will expand its legal definition of rape to include various forms…

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Indiana State Police arrested two-time NBA champion Rajon Rondo on Sunday in southern Indiana on misdemeanor gun and drug…

By HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state’s governor has called for the state to develop best practices on how…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge has ordered the Wisconsin Elections Commission to implement his ruling…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The number of western monarch butterflies overwintering in California dropped by 30%…

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An Argentine court has overturned labor rules proposed by President Javier Milei that would make it easier to fire…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Molly Manning Walker makes her directorial debut with “How to Have Sex,” a cheekily titled film about three…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas will play its entire schedule on the road next season, though some of those games…

DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — U.S. Navy veteran and political newcomer Joe Fraser has launched a longshot Republican campaign to oust three-term Democratic…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The U.S. figure skating team from the Beijing Olympics will receive a gold medal now that…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Chita Rivera, the dynamic dancer, singer and actor who garnered 10 Tony nominations,…

By ED WHITE Associated Press A Michigan school official told jurors that he had no grounds to search the backpack of a teenager before the boy killed…

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Gayle Manchin, U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin’s wife, who leads an economic development partnership of the federal government…

NEWTON, Mass. (AP) — A teachers strike in a Boston suburb entered its eighth day Tuesday with both sides still unable to agree on salaries and…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Fire crews found the burned remnants Tuesday of a prized bronze statue of Jackie Robinson that was stolen…

By TERESA M. WALKER and RALPH D. RUSSO AP Sports Writers The University of Tennessee chancellor ripped the NCAA president in a scathing letter…

Associated Press ARDMORE, Ala. (AP) — A Greyhound bus and a car have collided on a northern Alabama road, killing a man and injuring the bus driver…

By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press U.S. and Mideast mediators appeared optimistic in recent days that they were closing in on a deal for a two-month…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is investigating whether Democratic Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri misused…