Former Thai leader Thaksin makes first public appearances after release from detention
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s paroled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has launched a series of public appearances with an early morning…
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The drama in Russia’s election is all about what Putin will do with another 6 years in power
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — As Vladimir Putin heads for another six-year term as Russia’s president, there’s little…
Continue Reading Florida citrus capital was top destination for US movers last year
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — More people moved to a county rich with citrus groves located between two of…
Continue Reading Biden visits Michigan county emerging as the swing state’s top bellwether
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) — President Joe Biden travelled to Michigan’s premier bellwether county of Saginaw…
Continue Reading It’s not just ‘hang loose.’ Lawmakers look to make the friendly ‘shaka’ Hawaii’s official gesture
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press KANEOHE, Hawaii (AP) — A pinky and thumb extended with the remaining fingers curled down: That’s the…
Continue Reading Oklahoma’s push to weaken penalties for cockfighting is frustrating opponents of the bloodsport
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press WILSON, Okla. (AP) — Before Oklahoma became one of the last places in the U.S. to outlaw cockfighting in 2002, it…
Continue Reading Women blast through gender barriers in Colombia’s emerald mines, but struggle to emerge from poverty
By ASTRID SUÁREZ Associated Press COSCUEZ, Colombia (AP) — Deep inside mountain tunnels where the heat is so intense it causes headaches, women…
Continue Reading Judge rejects bid by Donald Trump to throw out classified documents case on constitutional grounds
By ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday rejected one bid by…
Continue Reading Dog deaths revive calls for end to Iditarod, the endurance race with deep roots in Alaska tradition
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — For the past five years, Alaska’s annual Iditarod sled dog race has gone off mostly…
Continue Reading US lawmakers see TikTok as China’s tool, even as it distances itself from Beijing
By DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — If some U.S. lawmakers have their way, the United States and China could end up with something in…
Continue Reading Falling rocks in Australian gold mine kill 1 miner and severely injure another while 29 reach safety
SYDNEY (AP) — Rescuers say falling rocks inside a gold mine in Australia killed one worker and left another with life-threatening injuries. Another…
Continue Reading Race for Chicago-area prosecutor seat features tough-on-crime judge, lawyer with Democratic backing
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — An open seat to lead the nation’s second-largest prosecutor’s office has become one of the…
Continue Reading In a first, Vice President Harris visits Minnesota abortion clinic to blast ‘immoral’ restrictions
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has toured a Minnesota Planned Parenthood clinic that…
Continue Reading Many countries are bouncing back from the pandemic but the poorest are not, UN says
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. report says many countries are bouncing back from the COVID-19 pandemic, but the…
Continue Reading North Korea’s Kim test drives a new tank and orders troops to prepare for war
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un joined troops training on a new model of tank and drove…
Continue Reading South Dakota prosecutors to seek death penalty for man charged with killing deputy during a pursuit
FLANDREAU, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a Sioux Falls man charged in the death of a deputy who was struck…
Continue Reading 16 SWAT officers hospitalized after blast at training facility in Southern California
IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — An explosion during a California training exercise sent 16 members of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department SWAT team to…
Continue Reading Shakeup continues at Disney district a year after takeover by DeSantis appointees
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The shakeup of Walt Disney World’s governing district more than a year after it was taken…
Continue Reading Utah man dies in avalanche while backcountry skiing in western Montana
HAMILTON, Mont. (AP) — A Utah man has died after being caught in an avalanche while backcountry skiing in western Montana. Ravalli County officials…
Continue Reading Ex-rideshare driver accused in California antisemitic attack charged with federal hate crime
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged a former rideshare driver in connection with an antisemitic attack on a passenger at San…
Continue Reading Patriarch Neophyte, leader of Bulgaria’s Orthodox Church, dies at 78
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria, who was the first elected head of the Orthodox Church in the post-communist Balkan country,…
Continue Reading Massachusetts man gets prison for making bomb threat to Arizona election office
PHOENIX (AP) — A Massachusetts man has been sentenced to three years and six months in federal prison for making an online threat to bomb…
Continue Reading Arizona’s most populous county has confirmed 645 heat-associated deaths in metro Phoenix last year
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Public health officials in Arizona’s most populous county on Wednesday reported they confirmed a…
Continue Reading Investigator says she asked Boeing’s CEO who handled panel that blew off a jet. He couldn’t help her
By The Associated Press The nation’s chief accident investigator says she’s gone to the top of Boeing — the company’s CEO — and…
Continue Reading Pennsylvania governor unveils plan to cut greenhouse gases, boost renewables in big energy producer
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM and MARC LEVY Associated Press SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is unveiling a plan to fight climate change.…
Continue Reading Dorie Ann Ladner, civil rights activist who fought for justice in Mississippi and beyond, dies at 81
By CHEVEL JOHNSON RODRIGUE Associated Press Civil rights activist Dorie Ann Ladner has died at age 81. Joyce Ladner confirms her sister died…
Continue Reading George Widman, longtime AP photographer and Pulitzer finalist, dead at 79
TRAPPE, Pa. (AP) — George Parker Widman, a longtime Associated Press photographer and 1988 Pulitzer finalist, has died at the age of 79. An…
Continue Reading Police say suspect in a Hawaii acid attack on a woman plotted with an inmate to carry out 2nd attack
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Authorities say a man accused of dousing a woman with acid in Hawaii last year…
Continue Reading Death of nonbinary teen Nex Benedict after school fight is ruled a suicide, medical examiner says
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The death of a nonbinary high school student the day after a fight inside an Oklahoma high…
Continue Reading North Carolina voter ID lawsuit still heading for trial after judge declines to end challenge
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal trial over North Carolina’s photo voter identification law remains set for…
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