The Pentagon says Austin is expected to be released from the hospital on Tuesday
By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is expected to be released from Walter Reed…
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Tennessee GOP could change law to prevent Democrat’s simultaneous bids for Senate and statehouse
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Less than a year after Tennessee Republicans attempted to expel her from the state…
Continue Reading Jenny Cavnar makes history as Oakland A’s primary play-by-play announcer
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Veteran baseball broadcaster Jenny Cavnar is the new primary play-by-play announcer for the Oakland Athletics, hired by NBC…
Continue Reading Sweeping bill would expand childcare and early childhood education in Kentucky
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — When Jessie Schook shares the joyful news that she’s pregnant with her first child,…
Continue Reading Buttigieg visits interstate highway bridge in Pacific Northwest slated for seismic replacement
By CLAIRE RUSH and JENNIFER KANE Associated Press VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is in the Pacific Northwest…
Continue Reading Disneyland’s Mickey Mouse and Cinderella performers may unionize
By AMY TAXIN Associated Press A group of Disneyland performers in California are considering joining a union. While most workers at Disney’s…
Continue Reading The first Black woman in the Mississippi Legislature now has her portrait in the state Capitol
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Former Rep. Alyce Clarke is the first Black woman elected to the Mississippi…
Continue Reading A Polish doctor kidnapped in Chad has been released and is unharmed, minister says
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s foreign minister says a Polish doctor kidnapped in Chad has been freed and is unharmed. Private Polish broadcaster…
Continue Reading Chicago to stop using controversial gunshot detection technology this year
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Mayor Brandon Johnson says Chicago isn’t renewing its ShotSpotter contract and will stop…
Continue Reading Biden says Trump sowing doubts about US commitment to NATO is ‘un-American’
By ZEKE MILLER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday said Donald Trump’s comments calling into…
Continue Reading Climate activists target Botticelli’s ‘Birth of Venus’ in Florence’s Uffizi Gallery
By The Associated Press Two climate activists have targeted Botticelli’s masterpiece “The Birth of Venus” hanging at Florence’s Uffizi…
Continue Reading 3 dead in bombing attack on Congo displacement camp as violence in the east escalates
By RUTH ALONGA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — A group of rebels bombed a displacement camp in eastern Congo’s North Kivu province killing…
Continue Reading Pearl Jam gives details of new album ‘Dark Matter,’ drops first single, announces world tour
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pearl Jam ‘s forthcoming album is called “Dark Matter,” its first single of the same title has been released, and the…
Continue Reading Pakistan’s former premier Sharif and allies agree to form a coalition
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The party of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and its allies announced late…
Continue Reading Which houseplants make great Valentine’s gifts? Let’s start with heart-shaped ones
By VERDA SUBZWARI Associated Press Looking for a last-minute gift for Valentine’s Day? One that’s sustainable, beautiful and meaningful?…
Continue Reading Two fired utility execs and a former top Ohio regulator plead not guilty in bribery scheme
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two fired top executives of FirstEnergy Corp. and Ohio’s former top utility regulator…
Continue Reading President’s intervention keeps Paris’ riverside bookstalls in place for the Olympics
By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has canceled plans to move Paris’ famed second-hand…
Continue Reading Witness testifies he didn’t see a gun in the hand of a man who was killed by an Ohio deputy
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A witness has testified at the murder trial of a former Ohio sheriff’s deputy that he saw the man who was killed not long…
Continue Reading In this centuries-old English pancake race, ‘you just have to go flat out’
By KWIYEON HA and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press OLNEY, England (AP) — For centuries, women in one English town have run a pancake race to mark the…
Continue Reading Jon Stewart’s return to ‘The Daily Show’ felt familiar to those who missed him while he was away
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — No, Jon Stewart really wasn’t sitting at his desk at Comedy Central for the last nine years,…
Continue Reading Family of Palestinian-American detained by Israel seeks her release. ‘I want my mother back’
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The family of a Palestinian-American woman arrested by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank…
Continue Reading Fake Michigan Certificate of Votes mailed to U.S. Senate after 2020 presidential vote, official says
By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press An official says a fake Certificate of Votes was submitted to the U.S. Senate following Michigan’s 2020…
Continue Reading Man pleads guilty to embezzling millions meant to fund Guatemala forestry projects
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A man who managed two forestry projects in Guatemala for a New Hampshire-based investment company has pleaded guilty in…
Continue Reading What is happening at the Republican National Committee and could Lara Trump become its co-chair?
By STEVE PEOPLES and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is calling for a shakeup at the highest levels of the…
Continue Reading Former Indonesian general linked to human rights abuses claims victory in presidential election
By NINIEK KARMINI and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A former general linked to past human rights abuses has claimed…
Continue Reading Notre Dame cathedral’s spire revealed in Paris as reconstruction continues after fire
PARIS (AP) — Scaffolding that shrouded the top of Notre Dame cathedral following a devastating fire in April 2019 is being removed, marking a…
Continue Reading An arrest has been made in the theft of a Jackie Robinson statue later found dismantled and burned
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press A 45-year-old man was arrested in the theft of a bronze Jackie Robinson statue that was cut off at the…
Continue Reading Tiger Woods has a new apparel brand with TaylorMade. Here’s what it means
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tiger Woods in a red shirt on Sunday has become as recognizable as a Masters champion in a green…
Continue Reading US Virgin Islands pushes forward on stalled law allowing recreational marijuana use
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A stalled marijuana law in the U.S. Virgin Islands has received a big push after an…
Continue Reading Fired Northwestern coach wants to move up trial, return to football soon
By ED WHITE Associated Press An attorney for former Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald wants to move up the trial date in a dispute over his…
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