New York governor urges Biden to help state with migrant surge
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday implored President Joe Biden to take urgent action to help…
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US sanctions 11 Russians and 2 re-education facilities involved in forced transfer of Ukrainian kids
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States has announced sanctions against 11 Russians and two re-education…
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Guatemalan migrant released into U.S. by El Paso border officials charged with 11-year-old girl’s murder
PASADENA, Texas (KTRK) — A new mugshot shows an 18-year-old charged with the murder of an 11-year-old girl whose body was found by her father, under…
Continue Reading Railroads resist joining safety hotline because they want to be able to discipline workers
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The major freight railroads say a disagreement over whether they will be allowed to discipline…
Continue Reading The FAA will consider tighter regulation of charter flights that look more like airline service
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says it will take a look at increasing regulation over some air charters that operate much like regular…
Continue Reading Ohtani to keep playing, his future and impending free agency murky after elbow ligament injury
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Shohei Ohtani already knew he had a career-altering tear in his elbow ligament when he…
Continue Reading ‘Dune: Part Two’ release postponed to 2024 as actors strike lingers
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The release of “Dune: Part Two,” one of the fall’s most anticipated films, has been postponed…
Continue Reading Panama eyes new measures as flow of migrants through Darien Gap hits 300,000 so far this year
PANAMA CITY (AP) — The government of Panama says it will launch a new campaign to stem the flow of migrants through the dangerous, jungle-clad…
Continue Reading US sues SpaceX for alleged hiring discrimination against refugees and others
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice has sued SpaceX, the rocket company founded and run by Elon Musk, for alleged hiring…
Continue Reading Backers blast approved ballot language for Ohio’s fall abortion amendment as misleading
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Ballot Board has approved language for a fall abortion measure that Democrats…
Continue Reading Jurors convict Alabama woman in 2020 beating death of toddler
FLORENCE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama jury on Thursday convicted a woman of felony murder for the 2020 beating death of her boyfriend’s 3-year-old…
Continue Reading Kansas City, Missouri, says US investigating alleged racism at fire department
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City, Missouri, Fire Department is under a federal investigation for alleged racial discrimination. A Kansas…
Continue Reading A decade after vigilante uprising, extortion and threats against lime growers return to west Mexico
By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The kind of mass threats and extortion of lime growers in the western Mexico that sparked a…
Continue Reading Video of fatal Tennessee traffic stop shows car speeding off but not deputy’s shooting of driver
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Video has been released of a fatal Tennessee traffic stop that shows a deputy holding on to…
Continue Reading Judge OKs updated Great Lakes fishing agreement between native tribes, state and federal agencies
By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A federal judge has approved an updated Great Lakes fishing agreement between…
Continue Reading OAS human rights body demands protection for apparent Guatemalan election winner amid plot rumors
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The Organization of American States’ human rights commission is asking Guatemala to provide protection for Bernardo…
Continue Reading President of Guyana demands slavery reparations ahead of apology from plantation owner descendants
By BERT WILKINSON Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana president Irfaan Ali on Thursday lashed out at the descendants of European…
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Arrest photo of former President Donald Trump released
Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump will surrender on Thursday to be booked on more than a dozen charges stemming from his…
Continue Reading While world media speculates on Wagner chief’s presumed death, Russian state media shies away
By EMMA BURROWS LONDON (AP) — News that Russia’s Wagner mercenary chief was believed dead in a plane crash has dominated world reports, along…
Continue Reading Former death row inmate in Mississippi to be resentenced to life with possibility of parole
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A former death row inmate in Mississippi will be resentenced a second time because…
Continue Reading Gun control already ruled out, Tennessee GOP lawmakers hit impasse in session after school shooting
By JONATHAN MATTISE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Republican lawmakers have hit an impasse just a few…
Continue Reading BTK serial killer is in the news again. Here’s why and some background about his case
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Dennis Rader, the BTK serial killer whose self-given nickname stands for “Bind, Torture, Kill,” played…
Continue Reading Former AP transportation writer Joan Lowy dies at 66
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Joan Lowy, a veteran Washington journalist who spent the final decade of her career…
Continue Reading Pence says ‘elections are about choices’ after combative first debate performance
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence says viewers should expect to see the same, more combative…
Continue Reading Maui County sues power company, saying utility did not turn off electricity during deadly wildfires
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Maui County sued Hawaiian Electric Company on Thursday over the fires…
Continue Reading Prosecutors seek plea hearings for 2 West Virginia jail officers accused in inmate’s death
By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Prosecutors have asked a federal court to set plea hearings for two corrections officers on…
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Officials return 100+ stolen Mexican artifacts recovered in Ft. Stockton
ALPINE, Texas (KVIA) — Homeland Security Investigations recovered 100 pre-Columbian archaeological artifacts stolen from a collection in Mexico.…
Continue Reading See you on Copacabana? Unusually balmy weather hits Brazil in a rare winter heat wave
By FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Summer is still four months away in the Southern Hemisphere but Brazil is contending…
Continue Reading US will start training Ukrainian pilots on F-16s at air base in Arizona
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will start training Ukrainian pilots to fly U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets, beginning…
Continue Reading A woman abandoned her dog at a Pennsylvania airport before flying to a resort, officials say
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A woman accused of intentionally abandoning her dog at a Pennsylvania airport before she boarded a flight to a resort in Mexico…
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