Opposition mounts in Arab countries that normalized relations with Israel
By SAM METZ Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Arab nations that have normalized or are considering improving relations with Israel are coming…
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Israel criticizes South American countries after they cut diplomatic ties and recall ambassadors
By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Israel criticized Bolivia, Chile and Colombia on Wednesday after the South…
Continue Reading Chicago and other US cities struggle to house asylum-seekers as winter weather hits
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — As the first blast of wintry weather hit Chicago, dozens of migrant families without a place to…
Continue Reading Voters are skeptical of Biden’s age. But Trump’s notable flubs risk drawing unwelcome attention, too
By WILL WEISSERT and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is 80 and Donald Trump is 77, and they are prone to making…
Continue Reading Georgia says it will appeal a judge’s redistricting decision but won’t seek to pause ruling for now
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia says it will appeal a judge’s order to redraw some congressional and state legislative…
Continue Reading DEA agent leaked secret information about Maduro ally targeted by US, prosecutor says
By JIM MUSTIAN and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors played wiretaps in federal court in New York showing a federal…
Continue Reading Mother, son charged with kidnapping after police say they took a teenager to Oregon for an abortion
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press An Idaho woman and son have been charged with kidnapping after prosecutors say they took the son’s minor…
Continue Reading Former Memphis officer charged in Tyre Nichols death to change plea in federal court
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A former Memphis police officer is changing his plea from not guilty on federal charges that…
Continue Reading Blinken heads to Israel, Jordan as Gaza war and criticism of it intensifies
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Israel and Jordan this week as Israel’s…
Continue Reading Republican US Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado won’t seek reelection, citing party’s ‘insidious narratives’
By THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press DENVER (AP) — U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, a conservative Republican who represents much of Colorado’s rural…
Continue Reading A section of the Blue Ridge Parkway is closed after visitors allegedly try to hold a young bear
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A section of the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina has been closed temporarily after the National Park Service received…
Continue Reading Usher uses first Super Bowl performance as ‘cheat sheet’ for 2024 show and urges diabetes screening
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — While Usher gears up for his 2024 Super Bowl halftime performance, the singer…
Continue Reading Princeton student who stormed Capitol is sentenced to 2 months behind bars
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A New Jersey man who was a Princeton University student when he stormed the U.S. Capitol…
Continue Reading Connecticut judge orders new mayoral primary after surveillance videos show possible ballot stuffing
By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press A state judge has taken the unusual step of ordering a new Democratic mayoral primary for Connecticut’s largest…
Continue Reading Rep. George Santos survives effort to expel him from the House. But he still faces an ethics report
By KEVIN FREKING and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. George Santos easily survived a vote Wednesday to expel him from the…
Continue Reading Movie Review: A serene debut from Raven Jackson in ‘All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt’
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Nature provides much of the soundtrack to “All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt,” the debut feature from writer-director…
Continue Reading The US has strongly backed Israel’s war against Hamas. The allies don’t seem to know what comes next
By JOSEF FEDERMAN and AMY TEIBEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — When Secretary of State Antony Blinken was asked who would govern the Gaza Strip…
Continue Reading Hearing to determine if Trump can be barred from office reaches far back in history for answers
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The effort to ban former President Donald Trump from the ballot under the Constitution’s…
Continue Reading House rejects effort to censure Rashida Tlaib over the Palestinian-American’s rhetoric about Israel
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House late Wednesday rejected an effort to censure Democratic Rashida Tlaib of Michigan,…
Continue Reading ACLU and families of trans teens ask Supreme Court to block Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys representing Tennessee transgender children, teens and their families have…
Continue Reading High school football rivals in Maine come together in emotional game after mass shooting
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Lewiston, Maine, has taken another step in its recovery from the state’s deadliest mass…
Continue Reading US Virgin Islands declares state of emergency after lead and copper found in tap water in St. Croix
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands has declared a state of emergency after officials revealed last week that tap…
Continue Reading Cyprus plans to send humanitarian aid directly to Gaza by ship, where UN personnel would receive it
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus offered more detail Wednesday on its initiative to create a sea corridor for…
Continue Reading Cooking spray burn victim awarded $7.1 million in damages after can ‘exploded into a fireball’
By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press/Report for America CHICAGO (AP) — A jury in Illinois has ordered Chicago-based Conagra Brands to pay $7.1 million…
Continue Reading Summer Science Program spent $2 million last year serving 204 students. Then, they got a $200M gift.
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press A small nonprofit, Summer Science Program, has puzzled for much of the last year over what do to with a surprise…
Continue Reading Wind industry deals with blowback from Orsted scrapping 2 wind power projects in New Jersey
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Wind energy developer Orsted is writing off $4 billion, due largely to the cancellation…
Continue Reading Republicans confront Tuberville over military holds in extraordinary showdown on Senate floor
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LOLITA BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican senators have angrily challenged Sen. Tommy Tuberville on…
Continue Reading Mexico to give interest subsidies, but no loans, to Acapulco hotels destroyed by Hurricane Otis
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government says it will pay half of interest rates on bank loans to rebuild the 377 hotels destroyed or heavily…
Continue Reading State is paying fired Tennessee vaccine chief $150K in lawsuit settlement
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The state of Tennessee has agreed to pay $150,000 to settle a federal lawsuit by its…
Continue Reading Why was Maine shooter allowed to have guns? Questions swirl in wake of massacre
By HOLLY RAMER, LINDSAY WHITEHURST, KIMBERLEE KRUESI, BERNARD CONDON and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — A history of…
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