Month: March 2024

By WILL GRAVES AP National Writer The NCAA Tournament could be heading toward expansion. The tournament field is currently set at 68. That number…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A high school teacher and two students are suing Arkansas over the state’s ban on…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City plans to intensify a crackdown on subway fare-beating by sending at least 800 police officers specifically to keep…

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s Republican-controlled Senate has tweaked a proposal initially designed…

By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Two men charged in a brazen prison escape that left three correctional officers with gunshot…

By MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey has a well-earned reputation as a home to backroom political dealing, but some…

NEW YORK (AP) — An early morning dispute over smoking on a New York subway train has led to one man being stabbed multiple times and another man…

By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Federal Police on Monday launched an investigation into former President Jair…

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press New York City’s celebrity owl Flaco was suffering from a severe pigeon-borne illness and high levels of rat…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico has declared an epidemic following a spike in dengue cases. The U.S. territory of 3.2 million people has…

By MIKE STOBBE and JONEL ALECCIA Associated Press Milk from dairy cows in Texas and Kansas has tested positive for bird flu, U.S. officials said…

By BERT WILKINSON Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Fresh turmoil involving a transitional presidential council that will be responsible…

By MICHAEL BALSAMO and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two properties belonging to music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs in Los Angeles…

By KATHRYN POST Religion News Service (RNS) — Sarah Bowen says she’s been doing the work of an animal chaplain since she was 6 years old. Raised…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Imprisoned ex-Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder has been indicted on 10 new felony…

By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Thousands of Southern California hospitality workers have ratified a new contract with 34…

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Flames were still leaping from the Moscow concert hall besieged by gunmen when Russian…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are threatening to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of…

BERLIN (AP) — A union representing many of Germany’s train drivers says it and the country’s main railway operator have reached a deal…

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press Former President Donald Trump says he would have responded the same way as Israel did after the Oct. 7 attack…