Month: January 2024

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations has issued a somber global economic forecast for 2024, pointing to…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 53-year-old Asian elephant has been euthanized at the Los Angeles Zoo after she was unable to stand up. The zoo says Shaunzi,…

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City subway train derailed Thursday after colliding with another train at low speed, leaving more than 20 people with…

By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A transgender woman has been disqualified…

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Before and after he was exposed as a pedophile, Jeffrey Epstein loved to mingle with the world’s…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A right-wing Brazilian politician’s push to have the city of Sao Paulo investigate a…

DALLAS (AP) — The family of former U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson said Thursday that the trailblazing Texas congresswoman, who died over the…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says access to medical marijuana in the state should expand to…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Northern California prosecutors have decided to only charge the father of a 10-year-old boy in connection with the death…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge says a Tennessee man accused of raping a woman a year before he was charged with kidnapping and killing a…

By SARA MELINI Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Former Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina was released from prison after posting bond of…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Long-held Republican opposition to broader health care coverage may be softening in Georgia and…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Eli Lilly has launched a unique website to connect U.S. patients seeking obesity treatment to doctors, dieticians and…

CAPITOLA, Calif. (AP) — Police say a founding member of an experimental rock band has been arrested on suspicion of killing his girlfriend.…

By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter says the world urgently needs to study and adopt…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Sudanese paramilitary leader Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo says he is committed to a…

By LISA RATHKE Associated Press A Connecticut woman who pushed for expanded access to Vermont’s law that allows people who are terminally ill to…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and TERRY CHEA Associated Press BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Police officers in riot gear have removed activists from Berkeley’s…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A top federal transportation safety official is harshly criticizing Washington’s regional…

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Basketball Writer The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll has been a mainstay for 75 years, but much like the game…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press New York (AP) — New York City is suing more than a dozen charter bus companies for $700 million, accusing them…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A neo-Nazi podcaster who called for the deaths of Prince Harry and his young son has been sentenced…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Crib cameras are offering a clue to a rare but devastating tragedy _ when seemingly healthy young children…