Japan’s former princess leaves for US with commoner husband
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese princess who gave up her royal status to marry her commoner college sweetheart has…
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4 people killed in plane crash on Michigan’s Beaver Island
BEAVER ISLAND, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say four of five people aboard a commuter plane have died when it crashed on an island in Lake Michigan.…
Continue Reading Venezuelan musicians pursue world’s largest orchestra record
By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Thousands of Venezuelan musicians, mostly children and adolescents, have attempt…
Continue Reading John Artis, co-defendant of ‘Hurricane’ Carter, dies at 75
HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — A man who was wrongly convicted with boxer Rubin “Hurricane” Carter in a triple murder case has died. John Artis was 75. He…
Continue Reading 3 snow leopards with COVID-19 die at Lincoln Children’s Zoo
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Three snow leopards have died at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo in Nebraska of complications from COVID-19. The zoo made the…
Continue Reading 8 dead from COVID, 89 infected at Connecticut nursing home
CANAAN, Conn. (AP) — Eight residents of a nursing home in Connecticut have died during a coronavirus outbreak, while 89 residents and employees…
Continue Reading Protest erupts in Dutch city on 1st night of new lockdown
UTRECHT, Netherlands (AP) — Protests have broken out in a northern Dutch city as a new coronavirus lockdown imposed amid soaring infections forced…
Continue Reading Scottsdale police investigating school board president
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Scottsdale police announced Saturday that they were investigating allegations against a school board president after the…
Continue Reading Federal court rejects Oklahoma death row inmates appeal
By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal appeals court has rejected the appeal of four Oklahoma death row inmates scheduled…
Continue Reading Good COP, bad COP? Takeaways from the new UN climate deal
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — After two years of preparation and 13 days of tough talks, did negotiators at the U.N.…
Continue Reading Venezuelans crossing into Colombia for coronavirus vaccines
By MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press VILLA DEL ROSARIO, Colombia. (AP) — Hundreds of Venezuelans have been traveling to Colombia recently for…
Continue Reading Python hitches sailboat ride from Florida Keys to mainland
MARCO ISLAND, Fla. (AP) — Police say a 7-foot-python snuck onto a sailboat in the Florida Keys and hitched a ride, staying onboard until the boat…
Continue Reading Kaiser Permanente, unions reach labor deal to avert strike
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An alliance of unions representing 50,000 Kaiser Permanente workers in California, Oregon and six other states called off a…
Continue Reading Syrian airline suspends Belarus flights over migrant crisis
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s private Cham Wings Airlines says it’s suspending flights between Damascus and the Belarus capital of Minsk…
Continue Reading Polish, Israeli govts condemn antisemitic display in Poland
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Israeli and Polish government officials have condemned an antisemitic incident that occurred in Poland this week involving…
Continue Reading Beloved ‘Dolphin Tale’ star Winter died of twisted intestine
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s most famous dolphin Winter died of twisted intestines. The Clearwater Marine Aquarium said Saturday that…
Continue Reading Striking Deere & Co. workers prepare to vote on 3rd contract
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Deere & Co. and union officials have reached a third preliminary contract agreement that workers who began striking…
Continue Reading IS-linked group kills Nigerian general, destroys buildings
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s army says an Islamic State-linked extremist group has killed four of its…
Continue Reading 2 boys killed, 2 men injured in Richmond shooting
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Two boys have been killed and two men have been seriously injured in a shooting in Richmond. Police who responded to a report…
Continue Reading Indian brothers win Children’s Peace Prize for waste project
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Indian brothers Vihaan and Nav Agarwal have won a prestigious children’s prize for…
Continue Reading Battle among Ecuador prison gangs kills at least 68 inmates
By GONZALO SOLANO Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — A prolonged gunbattle between rival gangs inside Ecuador’s largest prison has killed at…
Continue Reading Woman wanted for trespassing near Bronx Zoo lion exhibit
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police say a woman charged two years ago with trespassing near the lion exhibit and taunting the animals at the Bronx…
Continue Reading Carnival Cruises to resume Alabama operations March 5
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Nearly two years after the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, Carnival Cruise Lines is restarting operations in Mobile. Al.com…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Why quitting coal is so hard
By KARL RITTER Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — In the run-up to the U.N. climate talks in Glasgow, host Britain announced one of its…
Continue Reading Scores evacuated in fire at Indonesia’s largest oil refinery
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A fire at a gasoline storage at the largest oil refinery on Indonesia’s Java island near Jakarta has prompted the…
Continue Reading SpaceX launches 53 Starlink satellites into orbit
By ALEX SANZ Associated Press CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX launched 53 Starlink satellites into orbit from Florida on Saturday. A Falcon 9…
Continue Reading Prize-winning 1619 Project now coming out in book form
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer It began as a prize-winning magazine issue and became a cultural flashpoint, and now “The 1619 Project” is…
Continue Reading Sinema’s shift: ‘Prada socialist’ to corporate donor magnet
By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Twenty years ago, when Kyrsten Sinema was a Green Party activist running for the Phoenix City…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Did Rittenhouse lawyers do enough to prevail?
By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer KENOSHA, Wisconsin (AP) — When Kyle Rittenhouse took the stand to testify about his actions the night he…
Continue Reading Vienna to start vaccinating young kids in pilot project
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Austrian media are reporting that young children in Vienna can start getting coronavirus…
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