Month: May 2024

By MARK BANCHEREAU Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The military junta ruling Burkina Faso has announced a five-year extension to its…

NEW YORK (AP) — Three peregrine falcon chicks have hatched in a nest built at the top of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge in New York City. The…

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — A jury has awarded more than $1.1 million to an Idaho drag performer who accused a far-right blogger of defaming…

By BARBARA SURK Associated Press NICE, France (AP) — The leader of a pro-independence party in New Caledonia has called on supporters to “remain…

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Hundreds of clowns have gathered in the streets of Peru’s capital to mark Clown Day, a holiday for which they have sought for…

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Nicki Minaj’s concert in Manchester scheduled for Saturday night was postponed after police in the Netherlands…

BALTIMORE (AP) — Authorities say police officers in Baltimore have fatally shot a man who pulled a gun while they questioned him in a different…

HIGHLAND, Calif. (AP) — Southern California authorities say a teenager has been arrested on suspicion of attempted carjacking and felony vandalism…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Two-time PGA Tour winner Grayson Murray died Saturday morning at age 30, one day after he withdrew from the Charles…

MIAMI (AP) — Progressive civic groups have challenged how four congressional districts and seven state House districts in South Florida were drawn…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A conservative University of Wisconsin regent says he won’t step down when his term…

By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WEST POINT, N.Y. (AP) — President Joe Biden has told graduates of the U.S. Military Academy that their…

By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Schuyler Jones, a globe-trotting American adventurer who went on to run an Oxford University…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A New York man has pleaded guilty to charges that he snatched away a police officer’s can of pepper spray during a chaotic…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Walmart has ended a partnership with Capital One that made the banking company the exclusive issuer of…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME, GERALD IMRAY and FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s four main political parties have begun a…

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s defense ministry says a World War II-era Spitfire fighter plane has crashed near an air force base in eastern…

NEW DELHI (AP) — Police in India say that at least 27 people including children have been killed in a major fire at an amusement park. The blaze…

CAPE MAY COUNTY COURTHOUSE, N.J. (AP) — Animal welfare officials say a dolphin stuck in a New Jersey creek for more than a week has died after a…

ATLANTA (AP) — A record was broken ahead of the Memorial Day weekend for the number of airline travelers screened at U.S. airports, the…

By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Powerful storms across Texas and Oklahoma obliterated homes and struck a highway travel center…

By JEFF MARTIN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Record warmth this winter fueled a deadly tornado outbreak across parts of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Finance officials from the Group of Seven rich democracies say they have moved toward…

By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — David Chiu’s mother comes from a long line of Lithuanian Jews; his father is an immigrant…

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An advance team of Kenyan police officials who were assessing preparedness before a…