Blinken’s Kyiv song choice raises eyebrows as Ukraine fights fierce Russian attacks
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Fresh from a day of delivering optimistic prognoses about how Ukraine would fare in the…
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Yemeni security forces deploy in Aden as anger simmers over lengthy power outages
By AHMED AL-HAJ and FATMA KHALED Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni authorities have deployed security forces and armored vehicles across…
Continue Reading What we know, and don’t know, about the presidential debates
By JILL COLVIN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Donald Trump have agreed to participate in two general…
Continue Reading Fire threat eases near Canada’s oil sands hub, but a long, hot summer looms
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and ROB GILLIES Associated Press The threat of a wildfire near Canada’s oil sands hub of Fort McMurray, Alberta, appeared to be…
Continue Reading Netflix will carry NFL games on Christmas Day for 3 years, including 2 this upcoming season
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer Netflix and the NFL announced a three-year deal Wednesday to stream games on Christmas Day. The streaming giant will…
Continue Reading Judge quickly denies request to discard $38 million verdict in New Hampshire youth center abuse case
By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The judge has refused to discard a $38 million verdict in the landmark trial about physical…
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Barge hits bridge connecting Galveston and Pelican Island, causing partial collapse and oil spill
By LEKAN OYEKANMI and JUAN LOZANO Associated Press GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — A barge slammed into a bridge pillar in Galveston, Texas, on Wednesday,…
Continue Reading A small plane crashes in Montana, killing the pilot and a passenger
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration says the crash of a single-engine airplane in southeastern Montana killed the pilot and…
Continue Reading Man pleads guilty in theft of Arnold Palmer green jacket, other Masters memorabilia from Augusta
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A former warehouse assistant for the Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia has pleaded guilty to…
Continue Reading Like a Caitlin Clark 3-pointer, betting on women’s sports is soaring
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Caitlin Clark has helped increase the popularity of women’s basketball, and the…
Continue Reading A second scourge is battering Brazil’s flooded south: Disinformation
By MAURICIO SAVARESE and GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — The vast flooding that has devastated Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul…
Continue Reading Guatemalan court orders release of journalist jailed for nearly 2 years on money laundering charges
By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A Guatemalan court has ordered the release of journalist José Rubén Zamora, jailed for…
Continue Reading CEO of Brazil’s oil and gas giant Petrobras steps down following dustup over dividends
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The head of Brazil’s Petrobras is stepping down after a fight over dividends, sending shares of the state-controlled oil…
Continue Reading Shooting of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico sends shockwaves across Europe
The Associated Press Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico is fighting for his life after he was shot by an assailant following a political event. The…
Continue Reading Italian anti-fascist activist jailed in Hungary to be moved to house arrest in Budapest
By GIADA ZAMPANO Associated Press ROME (AP) — A Hungarian court of appeal has upheld a request from an Italian anti-fascist activist to be moved…
Continue Reading Future of Texas’ migrant-blocking buoys may hinge on whether the Rio Grande is ‘navigable’
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The future of a barrier of giant buoys that Texas Gov. Greg Abbot placed in the Rio Grande last…
Continue Reading In first AI dialogue, US cites ‘misuse’ of AI by China, Beijing protests Washington’s restrictions
By JAMEY KEATEN and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The National Security Council says high-level U.S. government envoys raised concerns…
Continue Reading The Biden administration is planning more changes to quicken asylum processing for new migrants
By SEUNG MIN KIM and COLLEEN LONG The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is preparing more changes to the nation’s…
Continue Reading Retail sales were unchanged in April from March as inflation and interest rates curb spending
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans unexpectedly paused their spending in April from March as inflation continued…
Continue Reading Man pleads guilty in fatal shooting of off-duty New Orleans officer and his friend in Houston
HOUSTON (AP) — A man has pleaded guilty in the fatal shooting of an off-duty New Orleans police officer and his friend during a holdup at a Houston…
Continue Reading Investigation continues into 4 electrical blackouts on ship that caused Baltimore bridge collapse
By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Investigators say the electrical blackouts experienced by the container ship Dali before it left…
Continue Reading Japan, US move ahead in co-developing hypersonic weapons interceptor as regional threats grow
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan and the United States have signed an arrangement to jointly develop a new type of missile…
Continue Reading From acting to the squared circle, Emmy winner Hauser is ready to rumble for Major League Wrestling
By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer Emmy winner Paul Walter Hauser is set to take the next step in his professional wrestling career. Hauser has declared…
Continue Reading Terry Blair, serving life in prison for killing six women in Kansas City, Missouri, dies
POTOSI, Mo. (AP) — A man convicted of killing six women 20 years ago in Kansas City, Missouri, has died. The Missouri Department of Corrections…
Continue Reading Who is Robert Fico, the populist Slovak prime minister wounded in a shooting?
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Prime Minister Robert Fico returned to power in Slovakia last year. Having previously…
Continue Reading Participation in the NHL’s player assistance program is up this season. That may not be a bad thing
By STEPHEN WHYNO and PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writers It was untreated anxiety and depression that Colorado Avalanche defenseman Samuel Girard blamed for…
Continue Reading 2 journalists in detention in Tunisia as authorities launch wave of arrests against critics
By SAM METZ and MASSINISSA BENLAKEHAL Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Two journalists were kept under detention in Tunisia on Wednesday,…
Continue Reading ‘The Fly’ has become notorious in France after a brazen escape. What’s his criminal history?
By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A prisoner nicknamed “The Fly” has become notorious in France after a daring escape from a…
Continue Reading When the first warm-blooded dinosaurs roamed Earth
By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN AP Science Writer DALLAS (AP) — A new study suggests that the first warm-blooded dinosaurs may have roamed Earth about 180…
Continue Reading A new South Africa health law aims at deep inequality, but critics say they’ll challenge it
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s president has signed into law a bill that aims to overhaul the…
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