Woman charged with stealing $300K from California retailers
COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — A woman has been charged with grand theft for allegedly stealing more than $300,000 in merchandise from retail stores in…
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Rev. C. Herbert Oliver, civil rights activist, dies at 96
NEW YORK (AP) — The Rev. C. Herbert Oliver, a civil rights activist in Alabama and New York City, has died. He was 96. His daughter, Patrice…
Continue Reading In storm’s aftermath, Kentucky residents struggle with loss
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky residents affected by a monstrous twister are grappling with its force and…
Continue Reading Chiefs cornerback’s brother fatally stabbed in Louisiana
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs cornerback L’Jarius Sneed remained with his family in northern…
Continue Reading Avalanche at Washington state ski resort kills 1, traps 5
By SALLY HO Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — An avalanche has swept through a ski area in Washington state, killing a 60-year-old man and…
Continue Reading Brazil justice rules vaccine passport mandatory for visitors
By MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has ruled that all travelers arriving in Brazil…
Continue Reading Pharrell to college grads: ‘We are the emerging majority’
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Grammy-winning musician Pharrell Williams told the newest graduates of Norfolk State University to act like “the emerging…
Continue Reading Paul Revere family artifacts found in attic up for auction
CANTON, Mass. (AP) — Artifacts once owned by Paul Revere’s family are up for auction. The items were found in the attic of a home in Canton,…
Continue Reading Watchdog: Federal anti-terror unit investigated journalists
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A special federal Customs and Border Protection unit used sensitive government databases…
Continue Reading Florida man arrested after body found floating in Gulf
CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Police in Florida have arrested a 29-year-old man on manslaughter charges in connection to the death of an older man whose…
Continue Reading Judge OKs regulators’ subpoena for ‘Rust’ assistant director
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A judge has decided that the assistant director who handed Alec Baldwin a prop gun that killed a cinematographer on a New…
Continue Reading Oklahoma National Guard leader warns unvaccinated members
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The adjutant general of the Oklahoma National Guard is warning members that refusing to receive the coronavirus vaccine could…
Continue Reading Father: Padres star Fernando Tatís Jr. is fine after a fall
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — San Diego Padres shortstop Fernando Tatís Jr. suffered scrapes on a knee and his hands in a fall in the…
Continue Reading French conservative candidate vows to end Macron’s centrism
By BARBARA SURK and CHRISTOPHE ENA Associated Press PARIS (AP) — In her first address as a French conservative presidential candidate, Valérie…
Continue Reading Chicago paying $1.2M over police shooting of 14-year-old
CHICAGO (AP) — The family of a 14-year-old boy fatally shot by a Chicago police officer more than seven years ago has reached a $1.2 million…
Continue Reading Man killed in shooting involving police near UK royal palace
LONDON (AP) — British police say a man has been shot dead during a confrontation with firearms officers near the Kensington Palace royal residence…
Continue Reading Germany’s Social Democrats elect top three party leaders
CHEMNITZ, Germany (AP) — Party delegates from Germany’s center-left Social Democrats, the senior partner in the country’s new coalition…
Continue Reading Brazil: 3 killed during heavy rains and flooding
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s government declared a state of emergency in almost 50 cities in the states of Bahia and Minas Gerais due to heavy…
Continue Reading Alicia Keys’ ‘Keys’ album returns her to her piano homebase
By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press New York (AP) — Alicia Keys hasn’t felt completely free for much of her career. And while that may sound…
Continue Reading North Macedonia finds 41 migrants in van, arrests driver
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Police in North Macedonia have discovered 41 migrants, including five children, in a routine police check on a main…
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Correction: Midwest Tornadoes story
MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — In a story published December 11, 2021, about deadly tornadoes hitting several states, The Associated Press erroneously…
Continue Reading Pope cites new book on nun abuse in warning to superiors
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is drawing attention to a problem that the Vatican has long sought to downplay: the…
Continue Reading Biden to be in South Carolina for 1st time since primary win
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden is returning to South Carolina, the state that played a pivotal role in…
Continue Reading San Francisco’s vaunted tolerance dims amid brazen crimes
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In San Francisco, homeless tents, open drug use, home break-ins and dirty…
Continue Reading San Francisco’s vaunted tolerance dims amid brazen crimes
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In San Francisco, homeless tents, open drug use, home break-ins and dirty…
Continue Reading German ship with burning timber cargo towed to Swedish port
HELSINKI (AP) — A fire-ravaged German-owned cargo vessel has been towed to port in the western Swedish city of Goteborg after a week-long blaze…
Continue Reading Serbia roads blocked for 3rd weekend of lithium mine protest
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Environmental protesters have blocked roads in Serbia for a third consecutive weekend to oppose plans for lithium mining.…
Continue Reading Pandamania: Twin cubs in French zoo take 1st steps in public
PARIS (AP) — First, a steady crawl. Then a short clumsy slide across the slick stone floor at their home at the Beauval Zoo south of Paris. Then…
Continue Reading 4 women met Maxwell as teens. They’re accusing her as adults
By TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An aspiring musician, a young British model, a struggling middle school dropout…
Continue Reading Some 400,000 Palestinians vote in rare municipal elections
By JACK JEFFERY RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinians are finally taking part in municipal elections across the occupied West Bank following…
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