Texas counties trying to prevent people from using roads to get an abortion grows
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — A Texas county near New Mexico — where abortion is legal — has banned helping people traveling to get an abortion in one…
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Off-duty pilot said ‘I’m not OK’ before trying to cut engines midflight, charging documents say
By CLAIRE RUSH and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An off-duty airline pilot riding in an extra cockpit seat on a Horizon Air…
Continue Reading Houston mayoral candidate Jackson Lee regretful after recording of her allegedly berating staffers
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, who is running to be Houston’s next mayor, expressed regret and…
Continue Reading 2nd trial in death of New York anti-gang activist ends in mistrial
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — The second trial of a New York woman accused of causing the death of an anti-gang activist has ended in a mistrial.…
Continue Reading Police: 8 children rescued in California after their mother abducted them from Arkansas foster homes
ANDERSON, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say they rescued eight children in California after they were abducted by their biological mother and found…
Continue Reading Myanmar reinstates family visits to prisoners to end a ban started during the pandemic
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Military-ruled Myanmar is allowing prisoners to have family visitors from outside. It’s a right…
Continue Reading Atlanta firefighter and truck shortages prompt the city to temporarily close 3 fire stations
ATLANTA (AP) — The city of Atlanta has temporarily closed three of its more than 30 fire stations because of truck breakdowns and a shortage of…
Continue Reading Hungary in the spotlight after Turkey presses on with Sweden’s bid to join NATO
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The Hungarian parliament has refused a proposal to hold a vote on Sweden’s bid to join…
Continue Reading Stranded at a closed border as bombs fall, foreign nationals in besieged Gaza await evacuation
By ISABEL DEBRE and NAJIB JOBAIN Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — For more than a week, Talaat Ghabayen, a citizen of Norway who…
Continue Reading Burying friends, updating death lists: The morbid routine of displaced survivors of a Hamas massacre
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press EIN BOKEK, Israel (AP) — After Hamas militants attacked Kibbutz Be’eri on Oct. 7, killing more than 100 of its…
Continue Reading Forced labor concerns prompt US lawmakers to demand ban on seafood from 2 Chinese provinces
By DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Some U.S. lawmakers are demanding that seafood processed in two Chinese provinces be banned from…
Continue Reading States sue Meta claiming its social platforms are addictive and harm children’s mental health
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Dozens of US states, including California and New York, are suing Meta Platforms Inc. for harming young…
Continue Reading A German tourist who went missing in a remote Zimbabwe wildlife park is found alive 3 days later
By FARAI MUTSAKA Asociated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A German tourist who went missing in a national park teeming with wild animals in northern…
Continue Reading Prosecutors close investigation of Berlin aquarium collapse as the cause remains unclear
BERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors in Berlin say they have closed their investigation into the spectacular collapse of a huge aquarium last December after…
Continue Reading Pan American Games start in disarray with cleaners still working around the National Stadium
By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Workers and volunteers at the Pan American Games were still removing bricks, pieces of…
Continue Reading Spain’s acting government to push for a 37½-hour workweek. That’s if it can remain in power
MADRID (AP) — The parties forming Spain’s acting government say they will push for a 37½-hour workweek. The coalition partners struck the…
Continue Reading Lebanon’s prime minister visits troops at the country’s tense southern border with Israel
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s caretaker prime minister has visited troops deployed near the border with Israel and…
Continue Reading A new RSV shot for infants is in short supply
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A new shot for infants against RSV is in short supply, and U.S. health officials are telling…
Continue Reading Jenna Ellis becomes latest Trump lawyer to plead guilty over efforts to overturn Georgia’s election
By WILL WEISSERT and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Attorney and prominent conservative media figure Jenna Ellis pleaded guilty…
Continue Reading The booming business of F1 to be explored in CNBC documentary airing ahead of Las Vegas Grand Prix
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Formula One fanatics will get more behind-the-scenes access to the global motorsports series through a new CNBC…
Continue Reading The damage to a Baltic undersea cable was ‘purposeful,’ Swedish leader says but gives no details
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson says the damage done to an undersea telecoms cable between Sweden and Estonia was…
Continue Reading Massachusetts police searching woods for an armed man in connection with his wife’s shooting death
GARDNER, Mass. (AP) — Police in Massachusetts are searching a large area of woods for a man in connection with the shooting death of his wife.…
Continue Reading City Girls’ uninhibited rap made them. On their third album, ‘RAW,’ the duo evolves their sound
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — You’d be hard pressed to find a rap duo doing it like City Girls, bringing life-affirming,…
Continue Reading Slovakia’s president is ready to swear in a new Cabinet after partner replaces ministry nominee
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — The office of Slovakia’s president says she is ready to swear in a new Cabinet led by a former populist prime…
Continue Reading Pakistani court extends protection from arrest in graft cases to former premier Nawaz Sharif
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani court has extended protection from arrest to former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in…
Continue Reading A man fatally shot by police on Wisconsin school roof failed to enter the building, officials say
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Police officers in suburban Milwaukee have killed a man who fired at them from a middle school roof. Officials with…
Continue Reading Hurricane Otis now a catastrophic Category 5 storm off Mexico’s Pacific coast nearing Acapulco
By JOSÉ ANTONIO RIVERA and MARÍA VERZA Associated Press ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Residents of Mexico’s once glamorous port of Acapulco and…
Continue Reading At least 50 people are kidnapped over two days in northern Cameroon by unknown gunmen
Associated Press YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Local authorities say at least 50 people have been kidnapped in two separate incidents within two days in…
Continue Reading Family, friends, colleagues bid farewell to Philadelphia officer killed in airport garage shooting
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Family, friends and fellow law enforcement officers gathered Tuesday to bid farewell to a Philadelphia police officer killed in…
Continue Reading Georgia Supreme Court sends abortion law challenge back to lower court, leaving access unchanged
By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Georgia Supreme Court has rejected a lower court ruling that the state’s restrictive…
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