Russian opposition figure Kara-Murza has disappeared from prison, colleagues say
By The Associated Press Supporters of prominent Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr. says he has disappeared from the Siberian prison…
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Maker of recalled sleep apnea machines agrees to halt sales in US
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The company behind a global recall of sleep apnea machines says it will stop selling the…
Continue Reading Georgia House votes to revive prosecutor oversight panel as Democrats warn of targeting Fani Willis
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia House members have passed a bill that would revive a commission with powers to discipline and…
Continue Reading Counselor says parents chose work over taking care of teen before Michigan school shooting
By ED WHITE Associated Press A counselor has testified that he was “caught off guard” when the parents of a Michigan teenager refused to…
Continue Reading The IRS is launching a direct file pilot program for the 2024 tax season — here is how it will work
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As tax filing season officially starts Monday, a limited number of taxpayers in 12 states will…
Continue Reading US government pulls some of Venezuela’s sanctions relief after court blocks opposition candidate
By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The U.S. government has pulled back part of the sanctions relief it granted…
Continue Reading 11-year-old girl hospitalized after Indiana house fire dies, bringing death toll to 6 young siblings
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Authorities say an 11-year-old girl who was hospitalized for burns following a northern Indiana house fire has died,…
Continue Reading Trial opens in Serbia for parents of a teenager who fatally shot 10 people at a school last year
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A trial has started in Serbia for the parents of a teenager who is accused of killing 10 people and injuring six in a mass…
Continue Reading President Biden has said he’d shut the US-Mexico border if given the ability. What does that mean?
By COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has made some strong claims over the past few days about shutting down the…
Continue Reading Tax season is under way. Here are some tips to navigate it.
By ADRIANA MORGA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Tax season starts today and for many people filing U.S. tax returns — especially those doing it…
Continue Reading Israel military operation destroys a Gaza cemetery. Israel says Hamas used the site to hide a tunnel
By SAM McNEIL Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Islamic cemetery in southern Gaza was demolished, graves excised from the earth.…
Continue Reading Missouri prosecutor seeks to overturn the conviction of an inmate who has spent decades on death row
By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — A Missouri prosecutor now believes that inmate Marcellus Williams is innocent of the crime that…
Continue Reading South Africa’s ruling ANC suspends former president Zuma for backing a new party in elections
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa’s ruling party has suspended former President Jacob Zuma after he…
Continue Reading Supreme Court is urged to rule Trump is ineligible to be president again because of the Jan. 6 riot
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court should declare that Donald Trump is ineligible to be president again because…
Continue Reading Girl who was subject of Amber Alert is found safe, and her father is in custody
PRINCETON, Ky. (AP) — Police say a 5-year-old western Kentucky girl reported missing after her mother was found slain was found unharmed with her…
Continue Reading Former state senator announces run for North Dakota’s lone US House seat
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A potato farmer and former North Dakota lawmaker is running for the state’s only seat in the U.S. House of…
Continue Reading From Houthis to Hezbollah, a look at the Iran-allied groups rallying to arms around Middle East
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press The drone strike that killed three U.S. troops in Jordan and was apparently launched by Iran-backed militants…
Continue Reading Ex-IRS contractor gets five years in prison for leak of tax return information of Trump, rich people
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A former contractor for the Internal Revenue Service who pleaded guilty to leaking tax…
Continue Reading A Palestinian is killed while with a group waving a white flag. Israel says it will look into it
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military announced it would review the shooting of a Palestinian man who was…
Continue Reading Enemy drone that killed US troops in Jordan was mistaken for a US drone, preliminary report suggests
By LOLITA C. BALDOR. AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. forces may have mistaken an enemy drone for an American…
Continue Reading Ukrainian and Hungarian foreign ministers meet but fail to break a diplomatic deadlock
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press KAMIANYTSIA, Ukraine (AP) — A years-long diplomatic conflict between Ukraine and Hungary took a step toward…
Continue Reading Dozens are presumed dead after an overloaded boat capsizes on Lake Kivu in Congo
By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A local official says the majority of the 50 passengers aboard a wooden boat that…
Continue Reading Undetermined number of hacked-up bodies found in vehicles on Mexico’s Gulf coast
MEXICO CITY (AP) — An undetermined number of hacked-up bodies have been found in two vehicles abandoned on a bridge in Mexico’s Gulf coast…
Continue Reading Police reviewing social media video as probe continues into fatal shooting that wounded officer
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police say they’re reviewing a video posted on social media as part of their investigation into a shooting…
Continue Reading Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin returns to work at the Pentagon after cancer surgery complications
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has returned to work at the Pentagon after nearly a month’s…
Continue Reading Albania’s Constitutional Court says migration deal with Italy can go ahead if approved
By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s Constitutional Court says a deal can go ahead with Italy under which thousands…
Continue Reading Putin and Lukashenko meet in St Petersburg to discuss ways to expand the Russia-Belarus alliance
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — The leaders of Russia and Belarus have discussed ways to further expand their alliance that has seen the deployment…
Continue Reading N. Scott Momaday, Pulitzer Prize winner and giant of Native American literature, dead at 89
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — N. Scott Momaday, a Pulitzer Prize-winning storyteller, poet, educator and folklorist whose…
Continue Reading What is Tower 22, the military base that was attacked in Jordan where 3 US troops were killed?
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A little-discussed United States military desert outpost in the far reaches of northeastern…
Continue Reading Under bombing in eastern Ukraine and disabled by illness, an unknown painter awaits his fate
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press SLOVIANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Mykola Soloviov, 88, is a painter the world does not know. His landscapes of eastern…
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