Fire ravages South Africa’s historic Parliament complex
By ANDREW MELDRUM and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Firefighters are battling a major blaze at South Africa’s…
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2 missing; survivors count blessings after Colorado fire
By THOMAS PEIPERT, BRITTANY PETERSON and EUGENE GARCIA Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Colo. (AP) — Search teams are looking for two missing people in…
Continue Reading S Korea: Unidentified person crosses border into North Korea
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says an unidentified person has crossed the heavily fortified…
Continue Reading Capitol rioters’ tears, remorse don’t spare them from jail
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, COLLEEN LONG, JACQUES BILLEAUD and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Many rioters who stormed the U.S.…
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By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, COLLEEN LONG, JACQUES BILLEAUD and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Many rioters who stormed the U.S.…
Continue Reading Climate change, new construction mean more ruinous fires
By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press Experts say the winter grassland fire that blew up along Colorado’s front range was rare. But similar events…
Continue Reading Jan. 6 committee prepares to go public as findings mount
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection is planning televised…
Continue Reading Judge blocks COVID vaccine mandate for Head Start program
MONROE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana federal judge has ruled that President Joe Biden cannot require teachers in the Head Start early education program…
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Crews rescue 21 people on stuck tram cars in New Mexico
By PAUL DAVENPORT Associated Press Authorities in New Mexico say icing on a cable caused two tram cars to get stuck high up in the Sandia Mountains…
Continue Reading Russian, Czech junior hockey teams removed from plane
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Members of the Russian and Czech Republic world junior hockey teams were removed from a New Year’s Eve flight from…
Continue Reading Rapper Kodak Black arrested on trespassing charge in Florida
Authorities say rapper Kodak Black has been arrested on a trespassing charge Saturday in South Florida. The Broward Sheriff’s Office says Black was…
Continue Reading Kentucky shelter working to locate pet owners post-tornado
DAWSON SPRINGS, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky animal shelter is doing its part to help with recovery from last month’s tornadoes by reuniting pets lost…
Continue Reading Canucks employee says thanks to fan through viral letter
By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Brian “Red” Hamilton was in the middle of moving equipment on the Vancouver Canucks’ bench…
Continue Reading Kentucky storm brings flooding, lost power, possible tornado
HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has declared a state of emergency after a powerful powerful storm caused flash floods, power…
Continue Reading NYC police officer shot while resting in car between shifts
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Authorities say a New York City police officer’s skull was broken when he was shot New…
Continue Reading Famous Key West buoy burned after 2 set tree on fire
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Police in Florida are searching for two people who burned a part of Key West’s famous Southernmost Point buoy early New…
Continue Reading Arrests made in carjacking death of off-duty police officer
CLEVELAND (AP) — Authorities say arrests have been made in the shooting death of an off-duty Cleveland police officer during a carjacking.…
Continue Reading 2021 ends as Chicago’s deadliest year in a quarter century
CHICAGO (AP) — The year 2021 ended as one of the deadliest on record in recent years in Chicago. According to statistics released by the…
Continue Reading Ukraine nationalists march to honor wartime partisan leader
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Hundreds of Ukrainian nationalists held a torchlight march in the capital of Kyiv to mark the birthday of Stepan Bandera, the…
Continue Reading New year brings more canceled flights for air travelers
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The new year is bringing more of the same old misery that air travelers in the United States have been enduring…
Continue Reading 3 dead, 4 hurt in shooting at Mississippi New Year’s party
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — Investigators say three people were killed and four others wounded after several people at a Mississippi party started…
Continue Reading Judge: Prince Andrew can’t halt lawsuit with domicile claim
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has rejected Prince Andrew’s attempt to block the progression of a lawsuit by…
Continue Reading Illinois woman in custody in killing of cop, wounding of 2nd
BRADLEY, Ill. (AP) — Police say a woman wanted in the fatal shooting of one police officer and the wounding of another at a northern Illinois hotel…
Continue Reading Report: Clashes in southeast Iran kill 3 troops, 5 bandits
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state media say paramilitary Revolutionary Guard forces and an armed criminal gang clashed in the restive southeastern…
Continue Reading Snowfall in Midwest as winter finally hits region
CHICAGO (AP) — The winter that took its time getting to the Midwest has begun to finally arrive on the first day of the new year. The National…
Continue Reading Austrian Holocaust survivor “Mrs. Gertrude” dies at 94
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The Holocaust survivor Gertrude Pressburger has died at age 94. She became famous during…
Continue Reading French burn fewer cars on New Year’s Eve due to pandemic
PARIS (AP) — Hundreds of empty, parked cars go up in flames in France each New Year’s Eve, set afire by young revelers. But that much lamented…
Continue Reading Former Broncos, Falcons, Giants coach Dan Reeves dies at 77
By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Former Denver Broncos and Atlanta Falcons coach Dan Reeves has died at the age of 77. His family…
Continue Reading In nation at war with itself, one town tries cup of civility
By CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press LOVETTSVILLE, Va. (AP) — A year after the violent assault on the U.S. Capitol, the United States is split in…
Continue Reading In nation at war with itself, one town tries cup of civility
By CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press LOVETTSVILLE, Va. (AP) — A year after the violent assault on the U.S. Capitol, the United States is split in…
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