Month: May 2024

VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Malta’s deputy prime minister has resigned and ended his European Commission bid. The resignation of Chris Fearne came…

By BELA SZANDELSZKY Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has left Hungary, concluding a tour of three European…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Police in Pakistan’s capital of Islamabad have prevented a pro-Palestinian rally by a radical Islamist party from moving toward…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court panel on Friday upheld the criminal conviction of Donald…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Liam and Olivia have for a fifth year together topped the list of baby names for brand new…

NORTH CANAAN, Conn. (AP) — It was the barking that saved Rippy, a mutt that fell deep into a working rock quarry. Rescue workers rappelled off a…

By AMY BETH HANSON and RICK BOWMER Associated Press SANDY, Utah (AP) — Search crews have recovered the bodies of two backcountry skiers who were…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer In her first Eras Tour concert since the release of “The Tortured Poets Department,” Taylor Swift shook up her…

MILAN (AP) — Mock coffins have filled one of Milan’s most famous squares in a protest organized by Italy’s second-largest union to raise…

CLINTON, Maine (AP) — Officials say a tractor-trailer hauling about 15 million bees to be used to pollinate blueberry fields crashed and overturned…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Gunmen have abducted at least nine students from a school in northern Nigeria’s Kogi…

By LIUDAS DAPKUS Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania is holding a presidential election on Sunday at a time when Russian gains on…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — An unusually strong solar storm hitting Earth produced stunning displays of color in…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A 75-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a British police officer who…

TORONTO (AP) — The WNBA is reportedly heading to Toronto. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reports that the women’s professional basketball…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has announced a new $400 million package of military aid for…

By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma judge has found that 63-year-old death row inmate Wade Greely Lay is incompetent to…

By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A lot can happen in two years. Just ask Grupo Frontera, who released their highly anticipated…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer sentiment fell sharply in May to the lowest level in six months as Americans…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A newly released ad promoting Apple’s new iPad Pro has struck quite a nerve…

By BASSEM MROUE and ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led force has handed over to Baghdad two…

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit brought by Democrats that challenged Wisconsin’s…

By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press A Virginia school board voted Friday to restore the names of Confederate military leaders to a high school and an…

By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A campaign video for South Africa’s opposition party showing the country’s…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A top Philippine security official has demanded the immediate expulsion of Chinese diplomats allegedly behind a reported…