Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi is sworn into office following his disputed reelection
BY JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi has been sworn into office after a disputed…
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Dirty rat! Culprit fills in Chicago neighborhood landmark known as the ‘rat hole’
CHICAGO (AP) — You dirty rat! In a city infamous for its gangster past, some culprit filled in a Northside Chicago neighborhood landmark…
Continue Reading More searching planned at a Florida Air Force base where 121 potential Black grave sites were found
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The U.S. Air Force plans to expand its search for grave sites in a former Black cemetery at a base in Florida after discovering…
Continue Reading An explosive case of police violence in the Paris suburbs ends with the conviction of 3 officers
PARIS (AP) — A French court has convicted three police officers of “voluntary violence” towards a youth worker in a Paris suburb who suffered…
Continue Reading Zelenskyy calls Trump’s rhetoric about Ukraine’s war with Russia ‘very dangerous’
By The Associated Press Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he’s worried at the prospect of Donald Trump returning to the White House.…
Continue Reading In the biographical drama ‘Rob Peace,’ Chiwetel Ejiofor reframes a life
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Chiwetel Ejiofor had read Jeff Hobbs’ “The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace” years…
Continue Reading Murder charge is dropped against a 15-year-old for a high school football game shooting
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma prosecutor is dropping a murder charge against a 15-year-old who was accused in the fatal shooting of another…
Continue Reading GOP Speaker Mike Johnson has a House majority in name only. He’s left with daunting choices ahead
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — New Speaker Mike Johnson finds himself leading House Republicans with a majority…
Continue Reading Haley’s new New Hampshire ad features mother of US student who died after North Korean imprisonment
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is making part of her closing argument to New…
Continue Reading Israel’s Netanyahu rejects any Palestinian sovereignty in post-war Gaza, rebuffing Biden
By JULIA FRANKEL and, SAMY MAGDY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that he “will not…
Continue Reading An Israeli airstrike on the Syrian capital killed at least 5 Iranian advisers, officials say
By ALBERT AJI and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — An Israeli strike on the Syrian capital on Saturday destroyed a building…
Continue Reading Iran launches satellite that is part of a Western-criticized program as regional tensions spike
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran says it has launched a satellite into its highest orbit yet, the latest for a program the…
Continue Reading Brutally cold weather reaches deep into lower United States, causing dozens of deaths
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Warnings have been issued across most of the U.S. as brutal cold weather continues to reach…
Continue Reading Grand jury indictment against Alec Baldwin opens two paths for prosecutors
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Alec Baldwin once again is staring down a felony involuntary manslaughter charge after a grand…
Continue Reading Nikki Haley has spent 20 years navigating Republican Party factions. Trump may make that impossible
By BILL BARROW Associated Press When Nikki Haley was a South Carolina legislator, she backed budgets boosted by federal aid. Running for governor,…
Continue Reading Election-year politics threaten Senate border deal as Trump and his allies rally opposition
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A politically treacherous dynamic is taking hold as negotiators in Congress work to strike a…
Continue Reading Ohio is poised to become the 2nd state to restrict gender-affirming care for adults
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced proposals this month that transgender advocates say could block access to…
Continue Reading 13 students reported killed in an elementary school dorm fire in China’s Henan province
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A fire broke out in dorms at a boarding school for elementary students in central Henan province,…
Continue Reading Andrew Cuomo sues attorney general for records in sexual harassment probe that led to his downfall
NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is suing state Attorney General Letitia James seeking to force her to release interviews from the…
Continue Reading A probe into a Guyana dormitory fire that killed 20 children finds a series of failures
By BERT WILKINSON Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — A government commission in Guyana tasked with investigating a fire that killed 20…
Continue Reading Western New Mexico University president defends spending as regents encourage more work abroad
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Regents at Western New Mexico University threw their support behind President…
Continue Reading 2 artworks returned to heirs of Holocaust victim. Another is tied up in court
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York prosecutors say they have returned two more pieces of art to the heirs of a Jewish Holocaust victim. They…
Continue Reading Women and children are the main victims of the Israel-Hamas war with 16,000 killed, UN says
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Women and children are the main victims in the Israel-Hamas war, with some 16,000 killed…
Continue Reading No charges for 4 Baltimore officers who fatally shot an armed man after he fired at them
BALTIMORE (AP) — Maryland state prosecutors say four Baltimore police officers who fired three dozen shots at an armed man during a foot pursuit in…
Continue Reading Microsoft says state-backed Russian hackers accessed emails of senior leadership team members
By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Microsoft says state-backed Russian hackers broke into its corporate email system and accessed…
Continue Reading Judge ends suspension of Illinois basketball star Terrence Shannon Jr., who faces rape charge
By JOHN O’CONNOR Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A federal judge has reinstated Illinois basketball star Terrence Shannon Jr., who…
Continue Reading Small-town Colorado newspapers stolen after running story about rape charges at police chief’s house
By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press Nearly all the copies of a small-town Colorado newspaper were stolen from newspaper racks on the same day the…
Continue Reading Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Gov. Doug Burgum, R-N.D.; Quentin Fulks, a top member of President Joe Biden’s campaign team;…
Continue Reading 121 unmarked graves in a former Black cemetery found at US Air Force base in Florida, officials say
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — As many as 121 unmarked graves in a former Black cemetery have been discovered at a U.S. Air Force base in Florida, military…
Continue Reading Donald Trump goes from calm to indignant in newly released deposition video of civil fraud lawsuit
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Months before Donald Trump’s defiant turn as a witness at his New York civil fraud trial,…
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