Month: March 2024

By PETER SMITH Associated Press The status of a federal investigation into a leading Southern Baptist agency’s handling of sexual abuse is unclear.…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press The Justice Department says a former Oklahoma police officer convicted in the sexual assault of a woman during…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The first “NYPD: Most Wanted” video was meant to be intimidating. Over a pounding…

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis appears to be in good form as he made his first parish visit outside the Vatican this year. He delivered his homily and…

By TAIWO ADEBAYO Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The kidnapping of 287 grade school students by gunmen in northwestern Nigeria this week was…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is all-in on calling out “shrinkflation.” The term applies to a seemingly…

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A judge has indefinitely postponed the state court trial of four former Memphis officers…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A student from a rural Mexican teachers’ college where 43 youths disappeared in 2014 has died in a confrontation with police.…

MIAMI (AP) — The NXXT Golf mini tour for women has updated its eligibility policy to require all players to be a biological female at birth. The…

By STEVE PEOPLES and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The Republican National Committee voted Friday to install Donald Trump’s…

HOUSTON (AP) — Passengers had to be evacuated from a United Airlines plane after it rolled off a runway and got stuck in the grass in Houston…

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — At least one fertility clinic in Alabama has resumed in vitro fertilization treatments. News outlets report that Alabama…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer for Donald Trump says the former president has secured a bond sufficient to support…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The maker of a much-debated drug for Lou Gehrig’s disease said it failed to help…

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press When a motion detector went off overnight at Kromrey Middle School, a police dispatcher called up a digital map of…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. government is suspending mail orders for free COVID-19 tests — at least…

By NICK INGRAM and SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Celebrities, artists and tens of thousands of fans proud to call…

NEW YORK (AP) — Natalie Portman and Benjamin Millepied have divorced after 11 years of marriage and two children. The Oscar-winning actor and…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican Matt Dolan has landed the endorsement of former U.S. Sen. Rob Portman in the…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer As WWE gears up for its biggest annual premium live event next month, the company continues to harness the…

By JOSH BOAK, SEUNG MIN KIM and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press ROSE VALLEY, Pennsylvania (AP) — Fresh off his defiant State of the Union address,…

VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on Friday marched to the country’s embassy in Lithuania,…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court has reinstated bribery and fraud charges against former New York Lt.…

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — The younger brother of Super Bowl-winning Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes has been sentenced to six…

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Business Writer MILAN (AP) — A new survey says one-third of Italians have reduced their consumption of extra virgin olive oil…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Officials say an attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels set off explosions ahead of…

By BASSEM MROUE and GHAITH AL-SAYED Associated Press IDLIB, Syria (AP) — A powerful al-Qaida-linked group that dominates much of rebel-held…