Western leaders rally around Kyiv to mark 2 years since Russia’s full-scale invasion
By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed Western leaders to Kyiv Saturday to mark the second…
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At the Florida Man Games, big crowds cheer competitors evading police, wrestling over beer
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) — It’s a showdown that treats evading police and wrestling over beer like they were…
Continue Reading ‘Oppenheimer,’ Lily Gladstone win at 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer “Oppenheimer” continued to steamroll through Hollywood’s awards season on Saturday, winning the top prize, for…
Continue Reading ‘Totally cold’ is not too cold for winter swimmers competing in a frozen Vermont lake
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press NEWPORT, Vt. (AP) — Plunging into a frozen lake and swimming laps may not be everyone’s good time but it is for…
Continue Reading Hundreds attend funeral mass for the woman killed during a celebration of Chiefs’ Super Bowl win
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Hundreds of mourners attended a funeral mass for a Kansas City-area DJ who was killed during a celebration rally of the…
Continue Reading After 2 years of war, questions abound on whether Kyiv can sustain the fight against Russia
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The future looks bleak for war-weary Ukraine: It is beset by shortages in soldiers and…
Continue Reading Celebrity owl Flaco dies a year after becoming beloved by New York City for zoo escape
By RUTH BROWN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Flaco, the Eurasian eagle-owl who escaped from New York City’s Central Park Zoo and became one of…
Continue Reading Trump wins South Carolina, easily beating Haley in her home state and closing in on GOP nomination
By MEG KINNARD and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Donald Trump won South Carolina’s Republican primary on Saturday,…
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Boys Basketball High School Playoffs: Andress, Chapin & Anthony punch ticket to regional quarterfinals
EL PASO, Texas – And then there were three. Three El Paso area teams are moving on to the regional quarterfinals of the boys high school basketball…
Continue Reading Trump says his criminal indictments boosted his appeal to Black voters
By MATT BROWN Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump claims his multiple criminal indictments have boosted his…
Continue Reading Mexican church officials have helped arrange a truce between 2 warring drug cartels
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Roman Catholic priest in Mexico says churchmen have helped arrange a truce between two…
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Suspect in University of Georgia killing didn’t know victim and is not a student on the campus, police say
CNN By Jamiel Lynch and Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — The suspect in the killing of an Augusta University College of Nursing student on the…
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Trump expresses support for IVF as he calls on Alabama to find solution to issue that has GOP scrambling
CNN By Daniel Strauss and Brian Rokus, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump said Friday that he supports women having access to in vitro…
Continue Reading Captured, injured, but undeterred. One soldier’s life fighting for Ukraine
CNN By Nick Paton Walsh, Anna-Maja Rappard, Kosta Gak and Brice Laine, CNN Kherson, Ukraine (CNN) — If one man’s story encompassed all two…
Continue Reading 1 killed, 17 injured in New York City apartment fire
NEW YORK (AP) — Fire officials say one person was killed and 17 were injured in a fire at an apartment building in New York City on Friday.…
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Love and Sacrifice: Couple reflects on relationship and military service
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Gerardo Ozorio-Quiroz, a retired Army Infantryman, says military life was at times difficult. “A lot of issues going on when…
Continue Reading West Virginia lawmakers push to remove a suicide risk exemption from gender-affirming care bill
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Some Republican lawmakers in West Virginia want to ban transgender youth at risk for…
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Coronado High School’s agriculture program may be shutting down
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Students of the Future Farmers of America program at Coronado High School say they have not gone to the farm where they get…
Continue Reading Jury convicts Southern California socialite in 2020 hit-and-run deaths of two young brothers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Southern California socialite has been found guilty of murder and other charges in the hit-and-run deaths of two young…
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Alabama becomes first state in the U.S. to rule embryos are people, ensues political fallout
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — More in vitro fertilization providers in Alabama have paused services, sending patients scrambling to make other plans. This…
Continue Reading NCAA president says Congress must act to preserve sports at colleges that can’t pay athletes
By BEN NUCKOLS AP Sports Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — NCAA President Charlie Baker says action by Congress was needed to protect what he described as…
Continue Reading Man charged with killing Indianapolis police officer found guilty but mentally ill
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A man charged with killing an Indianapolis police officer has been found guilty but mentally ill. A jury convicted 31-year-old…
Continue Reading Police: 7 farmworkers in van, 1 pickup driver killed in head-on crash in California farming region
MADERA, Calif. (AP) — Seven farmworkers traveling in a van and the driver of a pickup truck were killed Friday in a head-on crash in a farming area…
Continue Reading NRA found liable in corruption case as jury says longtime leader Wayne LaPierre should repay $4.3 million
CNN By Sabrina Souza and Emma Tucker, CNN New York (CNN) — A jury in a lawsuit brought by the New York Attorney General’s Office against the…
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Scary circus brings spooky entertainment to El Paso for the first time
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Even though Halloween is several months away, something spooky has arrived to El Paso. Paranormal Cirque II has a unique…
Continue Reading Cleats left behind after Jackie Robinson statue was stolen to be donated to Negro League Museum
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press The bronze Jackie Robinson cleats that were left behind when a statue of the first player to break Major…
Continue Reading Trump’s lawyers seek to suspend $83M defamation verdict, citing ‘strong probability’ it won’t stand
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers asked a New York judge Friday to suspend an $83.3 million defamation…
Continue Reading Assault claims roil Iditarod sled dog race as 2 top mushers are disqualified, then 1 reinstated
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Claims of violence against women are roiling the world’s most famous sled dog race —…
Continue Reading Seaplane crashes near PortMiami, all 7 passengers escape without injury, officials say
MIAMI (AP) — Officials say a seaplane overturned Friday afternoon while trying to land near PortMiami, but no serious injuries were reported.…
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