Month: April 2024

CLEVELAND (AP) — South Carolina coach Dawn Staley said she believes transgender athletes should be allowed to compete in women’s sports. Staley…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO and GABRIELA MOLINA Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorian authorities took the extraordinarily unusual step of…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer WAXAHACHIE, Texas (AP) — The last time a total solar eclipse passed through this Texas town, horses and buggies…

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) — Eleven people were injured when a bus carrying University of South Carolina students blew a tire and hit a concrete…

ISFAHAN, Iran (AP) — A top military commander Saturday renewed Iran’s promise to retaliate after an airstrike earlier this week widely blamed…

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Power restoration efforts in Maine and New Hampshire have entered yet another day as more than 100,000 homes and businesses…

LONDON (AP) — The world’s oldest man says the secret to his long life is luck, moderation — and fish and chips every Friday. Englishman John…

By GARY B. GRAVES AP Sports Writer SHELBYVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Recruitment letters have overwhelmed one long shoe box, along with a backpack. ZaKiyah…

Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has warned of threats posed by right-wing populists Saturday as he…

CONWAY, Arkansas (AP) — Police in central Arkansas say they shot a man after he fired at officers from inside a business at a shopping mall. The…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A rising challenger to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has mobilized tens of…

By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The ground rumbled Friday beneath New York City, home to famous skyscrapers like the Empire…

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A judge has permanently ordered an Orlando city commissioner to stop interacting with a 96-year-old constituent that she is…

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA and IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press BUGESERA, Rwanda (AP) — In a community of genocide perpetrators and survivors outside the…

LONDON (AP) — A Virgin Atlantic jet collided with another plane while it was being towed at Heathrow Airport on Saturday, aviation authorities…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A roadside bomb has detonated in southwestern Syria, killing at least…

By SAMY MAGDY and SAM METZ Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Israel’s military said Saturday it had recovered the body of a 47-year-old farmer…

DORAL, Fla. (AP) — A gunfight at a suburban Miami bar has left two people dead and seven injured. Investigators say a fight broke out around 3:30…

By PETER DEJONG Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Climate activist Greta Thunberg is among dozens of people who have been detained by…

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani police officer says a search is underway after armed gunmen ambushed and opened fire on a police vehicle,…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Fans are celebrating 50 years since ABBA won a major battle with “Waterloo.” A half-century ago…

By ALI SWENSON and MELISSA GOLDIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The reposts and expressions of shock from public figures followed quickly after…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A second British lawmaker has acknowledged receiving explicit messages on his phone in what police…

MOSCOW (AP) — Floods caused by rising water levels in the Ural River broke a dam in a city near Russia’s border with Kazakhstan, forcing some…