Good girl! Officer enlists a Michigan man’s dog to help rescue him from an icy lake
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A man who fell through the ice on a frozen Michigan lake was rescued after a quick-thinking state police officer used…
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Moldovan man arrested in Croatia after rushing a van with migrants through Zagreb to escape police
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A Moldovan national who was driving a van packed with migrants was arrested in Croatia following a car chase early on Friday…
Continue Reading Ruth Wilson stirs up trauma of Magdalene laundries in ‘The Woman in the Wall’
By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press In her latest role in Showtime’s “The Woman in the Wall,” Ruth Wilson plays Lorna, a woman prone to…
Continue Reading 2023 was slowest year for US home sales in nearly 30 years as high mortgage rates frustrated buyers
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes sank in 2023 to a nearly 30-year low, as sharply higher…
Continue Reading Without handshakes, Ukrainian players trying to keep message alive at Australian Open
By SIMON CAMBERS Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A Ukrainian player refusing to shake the hand of a Russian or Belarusian at the net…
Continue Reading Russian prosecutors seek lengthy prison terms for suspects in cases linked to the war in Ukraine
By EMMA BURROWS and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press A Russian court in Siberia has sentenced a man to 19 years in prison for shooting a military…
Continue Reading Former Republican legislative candidate pleads guilty to role in the US Capitol riot
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A former Republican legislative candidate in Maine has pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement officers in the U.S.…
Continue Reading Protests by farmers and others in Germany underline deep frustration with the government
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — This week began and ended with the long road in front of Berlin’s landmark Brandenburg Gate…
Continue Reading EU official praises efforts by Poland’s new government to restore the rule of law
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — European Union Commissioner for Justice Didier Reynders has praised efforts by Poland’s new pro-EU government to…
Continue Reading For Netflix documentaries, there’s no place like Sundance
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Ten years after “The Square,” an acquisition that put Netflix documentaries on the map,…
Continue Reading Lions finally giving fans, including Eminem, chance to cheer for a winner after decades of futility
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — Eminem stood alongside Pro Football Hall of Famers Barry Sanders and Calvin Johnson before the…
Continue Reading More than 1,000 rally in Russian region in continuing protests over activist’s jailing
By The Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — More than 1,000 people have rallied in the Russian region of Bashkortostan, continuing a series of protests…
Continue Reading Officials in Martinique rescue two boaters and search for three others after boat capsizes
SAN JUAN Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities in the French Caribbean island of Martinique say two people have been rescued and they are searching for…
Continue Reading At Davos, leaders talked big on rebuilding trust. Can the World Economic Forum make a difference?
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Business and political elites descended on the Swiss Alpine snows of Davos to suss out…
Continue Reading Police in Jamaica detain former Parliament member in wife’s death
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities in Jamaica say they have detained a former member of Parliament and named him a suspect in his wife’s…
Continue Reading AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the Bridgeport, Connecticut, do-over mayoral primary
By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — There may be a collective feeling of déjà vu among Democrats in Bridgeport, Connecticut, as…
Continue Reading German parliament approves easing rules to get citizenship, dropping restrictions on dual passports
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers have approved legislation easing rules to gain citizenship and ending restrictions…
Continue Reading Crisis-ridden Sri Lanka’s economic reforms are yielding results, but challenges remain, IMF says
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The International Monetary Fund says debt-stricken Sri Lanka’s economic…
Continue Reading Apple offers rivals access to tap-and-go payment tech to resolve EU antitrust case
LONDON (AP) — Apple has promised to open up its tap-and-go mobile payment system to rivals as a way to resolve an antitrust case and avoid…
Continue Reading Boeing 747 cargo plane makes emergency landing shortly after takeoff at Miami airport
MIAMI (AP) — A witness saw sparks shooting from a cargo plane as it made an emergency landing at Miami International Airport shortly after takeoff.…
Continue Reading Tata Steel announces plans to cut 2,800 jobs in a blow to Welsh town built on steelmaking
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Indian firm Tata Steel says it will close both blast furnaces at its plant in Port Talbot in Wales,…
Continue Reading Recovering from natural disasters is slow and bureaucratic. New FEMA rules aim to cut the red tape
By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal agency in charge of emergency management is changing its program that helps those…
Continue Reading Sami rights activists in Norway charged over protests against wind farm affecting reindeer herding
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A lawyer says some 20 activists have been charged after they blocked several entrances to Norwegian government offices…
Continue Reading AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the New Hampshire primaries
By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The first-in-the-nation New Hampshire primary will test former President Donald Trump’s…
Continue Reading Japan becomes the fifth country to land a spacecraft on the moon
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has become the fifth country in history to reach the moon. Its spacecraft, which wasn’t…
Continue Reading In snowy DC, the March for Life rallies against abortion with an eye toward the November elections
By ASHRAF KHALIL and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Thousands of opponents of abortion rights rallied under falling snow…
Continue Reading Rifts emerge among top Israeli officials over how to handle the war against Hamas in Gaza
By JULIA FRANKEL, NAJIB JOBAIN and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A member of Israel’s War Cabinet cast doubt on the…
Continue Reading Sri Lanka has arrested tens of thousands in drug raids criticized by UN human rights body
By JAYAMPATHI PALIPANE Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan authorities say they have arrested tens of thousands of people in a…
Continue Reading A Ukrainian drone attack on an oil depot inside Russia causes a massive blaze, officials say
By The Associated Press A Russian official says a Ukrainian drone has struck an oil storage depot in western Russia, causing a massive blaze. It is…
Continue Reading An Israeli preemptive strike against Hezbollah was averted early in the Gaza war, top official says
JERUSALEM (AP) — A member of Israel’s War Cabinet has confirmed reports that early in the war against Hamas in Gaza, an Israeli preemptive strike…
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