
Pope skips Good Friday event to preserve health ahead of Easter, Vatican says
By NICOLE WINFIELD, ANDREW MEDICHINI, SILVIA STELLACCI and ARITZ PARRA Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis skipped the traditional Good…
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD, ANDREW MEDICHINI, SILVIA STELLACCI and ARITZ PARRA Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis skipped the traditional Good…
Continue ReadingBy VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A Texas woman who was charged with murder over self-managing an abortion and spent two…
Continue ReadingFORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — American Airlines is relaxing part of its pet policy to let owners bring their companion and a full-size carry-on bag into…
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Tori Spelling has filed for divorce from her husband and former reality TV co-star Dean McDermott. The former “Beverly Hills,…
Continue ReadingBy EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A mother says she wants justice after her 17-year-old son died when a police SUV ran…
Continue ReadingBy MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (AP) — It rained marshmallows at a suburban Detroit park on Friday as children raced to…
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Donald Trump and eight other defendants accused of illegally trying to interfere…
Continue ReadingSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — ChatGPT-maker OpenAI is getting into the voice assistant business and showing off new technology that can clone a person’s…
Continue ReadingANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A headless robot about the size of a labrador retriever will be camouflaged as a coyote or fox to ward off migratory birds…
Continue ReadingBy MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Pennsylvania judge has overturned the convictions of three men imprisoned for decades in…
Continue ReadingBy SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A new lawsuit is challenging some of Ohio’s abortion laws…
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge on Friday rejected an effort by a movie set armorer to…
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — U.S. auto safety regulators are investigating complaints that more than 540,000 Ford pickup trucks can abruptly downshift to a lower…
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Climate change is making giant heat waves crawl slower across the globe and they are baking more people for a…
Continue ReadingOAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of high-tech surveillance cameras are being installed in the city of Oakland and surrounding freeways to battle…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — The Texas attorney general has opened an investigation into a key Boeing supplier that is already…
Continue ReadingBy GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Tyla, who won the inaugural Grammy for African music performance last month, has released…
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN LONG and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden says his record-setting fundraiser at Radio City Music Hall…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Fellow actors and famous fans are paying tribute to Louis Gossett Jr. after his death at age 87. Gossett’s “The Color…
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reiterated a message he has sounded in recent weeks:…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A lawsuit accuses the founder of Special Olympics Maine of grooming a 9-year-old boy for…
Continue ReadingWREXHAM, Wales (AP) — Wrexham, the fourth-tier Welsh team co-owned by actor Ryan Reynolds, has taken a step toward another promotion by beating…
Continue ReadingBy JOSHUA GOODMAN and RICHARD LARDNER Associated Press With the 95,000-ton cargo ship Dali powerless and hurtling helplessly toward the Francis Scott…
Continue ReadingDon’t count on a favorite store being open on Easter Sunday. Several stores will be closed March 31 in observance of the holiday. Walmart,…
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — U.N. independent experts are denouncing chronic water cuts in the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe and say they…
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — The office of Poland’s President Andrzej Duda says he has vetoed a law that would have allowed over-the-counter access…
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin, who was convicted on federal bribery, money laundering and…
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press For a Minnesota minor league baseball team known for a history of outlandish promotions, the idea of naming its…
Continue ReadingANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — A tropical cyclone that swept across Madagascar has killed 18 people and left four missing after making landfall on…
Continue ReadingMINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A former New York City police officer has been acquitted of murder in the shooting of his childhood friend during a…
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