Britain says it will provide 10,000 drones to Ukraine in its fight with Russia
LONDON (AP) — Britain says it’s providing 10,000 drones to arm Ukraine in its fight against Russia. U.K. Defense Secretary Grant Shapps made…
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House Republicans push bill to arrest migrants accused of theft after Georgia student killed
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday passed a bill that would require federal authorities to detain…
Continue Reading Gunmen abduct 287 students in the latest school attack in Nigeria’s northwest, headteacher says
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A school headteacher in northwestern Nigeria says gunmen who attacked the school abducted…
Continue Reading Anthony Hopkins’ tricks to acting are really quite simple
By SIAN WATSON Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Now that he’s been doing it for well over half a century, Anthony Hopkins believes acting is much…
Continue Reading Baltimore to pay $275k in legal fees after trying to block far-right Catholic group’s 2021 rally
By PETER SMITH Associated Press The city of Baltimore has agreed to pay $275,000 toward the legal fees of a far-right Catholic media group to settle…
Continue Reading And the Oscar goes to … a movie most people have seen
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Oscars are poised to do something on Sunday that they haven’t done in a very long time: Hand its…
Continue Reading Trump ordered to pay legal fees after failed lawsuit over ‘shocking and scandalous’ Steele dossier
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Former U.S. President Donald Trump has been ordered to pay legal fees to a company founded by a…
Continue Reading Swedish security service says 4 people arrested on suspicion of preparing ‘terrorist offenses’
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden’s Security Service says it arrested four people on suspicion of preparing “terrorist offenses” with links…
Continue Reading Virginia budget bill leaves out governor’s $2 billion deal to lure NBA and NHL teams from Washington
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Work on compromise budget legislation Virginia lawmakers will take up later this week is…
Continue Reading Iowa poised to end gender parity rule for governing bodies as diversity policies targeted nationwide
By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa has been the only state in the U.S. to explicitly mandate that state, county and…
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Socorro ISD parents, teachers concerned following decision for state to appoint conservator
UPDATE: THE Socorro Independent School District board of trustees president, Michael Najera, held a news conference Thursday to answer questions…
Continue Reading UN chief urges Sudan’s warring parties to halt hostilities during Muslim holy month of Ramadan
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief is urging Sudan’s warring parties to halt hostilities during…
Continue Reading Violence in the Mideast, rising threats from Islamic State group in Afghanistan pressure US, allies
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. general for the Middle East tells Congress that exploding regional violence…
Continue Reading Tennessee lawmakers propose changes to how books get removed from school libraries
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee’s Republican-controlled Statehouse is once again looking to tweak how…
Continue Reading A Greek novelist and a lawyer are the first same-sex couple to wed at Athens city hall
By THEODORA TONGAS and MICHAEL VARAKLAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Greek novelist and his partner are the first same-sex couple to be…
Continue Reading Panel says the next generation of online gambling will be more social, engaged and targeted
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The future of online gambling will be more social, more engaged with players and more targeted to…
Continue Reading Federal Reserve’s Powell: Regulatory proposal criticized by banks will be revised by end of year
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A sweeping bank regulatory proposal will be significantly revised by year’s end,…
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How history could be made at The Oscars 2024
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — We could see some big moments at this year’s Oscars. Many of the categories have opportunities for history to be made. Along…
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New Mexico senator inviting ‘downwinder’ to State of the Union
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVIA) — U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján is taking Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium Co-founder Tina Cordova as his guest for…
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Biden will announce a plan for a temporary port on Gaza’s coast to increase flow of humanitarian aid
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press March 7, 2024, 10:01 AM WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will announce a plan in his State of…
Continue Reading Authorities now have 6 suspects in fatal beating of teen at Halloween party
PHOENIX (AP) — Two more people have been arrested in the fatal beating of a teenage boy during a Halloween party last year in the Phoenix suburb of…
Continue Reading Pope meets with child protection board as events outside Vatican show abuse scandal isn’t going away
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has met with his child protection board as new developments outside the Vatican…
Continue Reading Haiti extends a state of emergency and nighttime curfew to try and repel widespread gang attacks
By DÁNICA COTO and EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s government says it is extending a state of emergency and…
Continue Reading ‘They messed it up’: Biden’s backing for Haiti’s unpopular leader digs US into deeper policy hole
By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — When Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry filled the void left by the assassination of the…
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El Paso man to accompany Congresswoman Veronica Escobar at Biden’s State of the Union
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — House Democratic Policy and Communications Committee Co-Chair and Congresswoman Veronica Escobar announced Tuesday, an El…
Continue Reading The planet just shattered heat records for the ninth month in a row
CNN By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Last month was the planet’s hottest February on record, marking the ninth month in a row that global…
Continue Reading Woman whose husband killed his 5-year-old daughter granted parole for perjury
By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The estranged wife of a New Hampshire man convicted of killing his 5-year-old daughter and…
Continue Reading Biden will announce a plan for a temporary port on Gaza’s coast to increase flow of humanitarian aid
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will announce a plan in his State of the Union address Thursday for the…
Continue Reading Proposed transmission line for renewable power from Canada to New England canceled
The Associated Press A major electrical transmission line proposal intended to carry power to New England from Canada through Vermont and New…
Continue Reading Leading NGOs slam Israel’s halt in visa renewals for aid workers in Gaza and West Bank
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A coalition of humanitarian and nongovernmental groups has slammed Israel’s halt in…
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