Japan joins an elite club by landing on the moon. What are others doing?
By FOSTER KLUG Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has landed a spacecraft on the moon, an attempt at the world’s first “pinpoint lunar…
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Japan’s imperial family hosts a poetry reading with a focus on peace to welcome the new year
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A mother’s love and a yearning for peace flowed from Japanese Empress Masako’s poem,…
Continue Reading Angst over LGBTQ+ stories led to another canceled show. But in a Wyoming town, a play was salvaged
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press WHEATLAND, Wyo. (AP) — Oliver Baez spent two months rehearsing a scene for a school play in which his character…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Wall Street hits record high following a 2-year round trip scarred by inflation
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street returned to record heights Friday to cap a punishing, two-year round trip dogged by…
Continue Reading Nevada Republican Senate primary candidates take aim at absent front-runner in debate
By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — Seven Republicans vying for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination in Nevada…
Continue Reading 2 weeks of winter storms kill dozens and cause cold chaos in parts of the US, but a thaw is coming
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Two weeks of storms that have turned roads into icy death traps, frozen people to death from…
Continue Reading Texas prosecutor convenes grand jury to investigate Uvalde shooting, multiple media report
By ACACIA CORONADO and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — A Texas prosecutor has convened a grand jury to investigate the Uvalde…
Continue Reading Man who built plane that crashed off California coast recalls selling to enthusiast young pilot
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A small airplane that crashed into the ocean off the California coast on Sunday was…
Continue Reading 10 people dead after a landslide buries a house in the southern Philippines, officials say
DAVAO, Philippines (AP) — A landslide set off by days of heavy rain buried a house where people were holding Christian prayers in the southern…
Continue Reading North Korea says it tested a nuclear-capable underwater drone in response to rivals’ naval drills
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Friday it has tested a nuclear-capable underwater attack drone in…
Continue Reading Mexican marines detain alleged leader of Gulf drug cartel, the gang that kidnapped, killed Americans
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican marines detained one of the top leaders of the Gulf drug cartel, the gang that kidnapped four Americans and killed two…
Continue Reading Man cleared in a 1996 Brooklyn killing said for decades he knew who did it. Prosecutors now agree
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man who served 14 years in prison for a deadly 1990s shooting in New York has been exonerated.…
Continue Reading A baby lived because an Oregon teen couldn’t stand by after she saw 3 people get electrocuted
By CLAIRE RUSH and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Majiah Washington noticed a flash outside her home this week in Portland,…
Continue Reading We could see the world’s 1st trillionaire in the next decade. Here are some of today’s richest 1%
NEW YORK (AP) — The world might see its first trillionaire sooner than you think. And that puts a spotlight on today’s richest 1%. In an…
Continue Reading Correction: Taiwan-New Envoy story
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story published Jan. 18, 2024, about U.S.-Taiwan relations, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the U.S. has a…
Continue Reading South Korea calls on divided UN council ‘to break the silence’ on North Korea’s tests and threats
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — South Korea is calling on the divided U.N. Security Council “to break the silence”…
Continue Reading Nearly 30 years later, family of slain California college student sues school for wrongful death
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. (AP) — The family of a California college student who vanished nearly three decades ago has sued the school, alleging it…
Continue Reading A county official vetoes a stadium tax for an April ballot, affecting Kansas City Chiefs and Royals
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Jackson County Executive Frank White has vetoed an ordinance that would have put a 3/8th-cent sales tax renewal on the…
Continue Reading Man gets 65 years in prison for Des Moines school shooting that killed 2 students
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A judge has sentenced an Iowa man to 65 years in prison for killing two students at a Des Moines alternative school and…
Continue Reading CDC expands warning about charcuterie meat trays as salmonella cases double
By The Associated Press Federal health officials are expanding a warning about salmonella poisoning tied to charcuterie meat snack trays sold at…
Continue Reading 3 people charged with murdering a Hmong American comedian last month in Colombia
By ASTRID SUÁREZ Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian prosecutors say three people have been jailed in the kidnapping and killing of…
Continue Reading Family of Atlanta church deacon who died after struggle with police officer files lawsuit
By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The family of a church deacon who died after struggling with an Atlanta police officer…
Continue Reading EU, AU, US say Sudan war and Somalia’s tension with Ethiopia threaten Horn of Africa’s stability
By TOM ODULA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The African Union, European Union, United Nations and United States are calling for an…
Continue Reading Lawyers for Trump urge the Supreme Court ‘to put a swift and decisive end’ to ballot removal efforts
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump on Thursday urged the Supreme Court “to put a swift…
Continue Reading North Dakota lawmaker who insulted police in DUI stop gets unsupervised probation and $1,000 fine
By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota Republican lawmaker has been sentenced to serve nearly a year of unsupervised…
Continue Reading Israeli company gets green light to make world’s first cultivated beef steaks
By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer Aleph Farms of Israel has received the preliminary green light from health officials to produce and sell the…
Continue Reading Ohio can freeze ex-top utility regulator’s $8 million in assets, high court says
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has reinstated a judge’s order allowing the state to freeze…
Continue Reading House GOP is moving swiftly toward Mayorkas’ impeachment as Senate focuses on a border security deal
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Laying the groundwork for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro…
Continue Reading Ben & Jerry’s and Vermont scoop shop employees reach contract agreement
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s has reached its first contract agreement with workers at a retail shop in the Vermont…
Continue Reading Lawsuit in Chicago is the latest legal fight over Texas moving migrants to U.S. cities
By SOPHIA TAREEN and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A Texas transportation company is taking the nation’s third largest city to…
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