Month: January 2024

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A retrial for the man who fatally shot New Orleans Saints star Will Smith almost eight years is underway in New Orleans. In…

By ALBERT AJI and OMAR AKOUR Associated Press DAMASCUS (AP) — Syria’s foreign ministry has condemned recent presumed Jordanian airstrikes against…

By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Public universities would be prohibited from giving preferential treatment in admissions to…

By DAVID BILLER and DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — After decades of delay and pressure, Brazil announced Tuesday that it will…

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has told top athletes he hopes that France will reach the top five of the Paris Olympics medal table,…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. has reached a plea deal in a New York City…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS wants to rewrite its complicated letters to taxpayers and speak to people in plain…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington’s federal appeals court has rejected Donald Trump’s request to reconsider a gag order restricting the former…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Activists in Mexico have published photos of steel and cement pilings from a government project driven directly through the…

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Canadian authorities say that three people have died in a heli-ski helicopter crash. The Royal Canadian Mounted…

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Former Georgia mascot Uga X, whose eight-year run included back-to-back national championships, has died. Uga X was part of the…

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Business Writer MILAN (AP) — The European Commission has announced an in-depth investigation of German airline Lufthansa’s…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials say the federal home energy assistance program served more than 7 million families in the last fiscal year, an all-time…

By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer After a bruising year for the film industry, Christopher Nolan’s atomic hit “Oppenheimer” has…

By The Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft is defending himself against the state auditor’s…

ATLANTA (AP) — Rapper YFN Lucci pleaded guilty Tuesday to a gang-related charge after reaching a deal with prosecutors nearly three years after he…

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s government is preparing for the possibility that Donald Trump could reach the White House…

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City police sergeant who hurled a plastic cooler at a man fleeing officers on a motorcycle, causing a crash that killed…

By NOEL SICHALWE Associated Press LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Authorities in Zambia say they are frantically pumping water and mud from a Chinese-owned…

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The European Court of Human Rights has condemned Greece for violating the privacy rights…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government is giving Northern Ireland politicians until Feb. 8 to restore their collapsed…

By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The U.S. military says that it conducted airstrikes in Somalia over the weekend that…

By KATHLEEN FOODY, SOPHIA TAREEN and KEN MILLER Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A man suspected of shooting and killing eight people in suburban…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Unions commanded big headlines last year, but that didn’t translate into higher membership rates, according to…