Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese musician and film composer, dies
By YURI KAGEYAMA and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Ryuichi Sakamoto, a world-renowned Japanese musician and actor who composed for…
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Iraqi federal and Kurdish officials reach oil export deal
By ABBY SEWELL and YASMINE MOSIMANN BEIRUT (AP) — Authorities in Iraq’s semi-autonomous northern region say they have reached a deal with the…
Continue Reading Police reforms tested in city where officer killed Black man
By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press City leaders in Grand Rapids insist policing reforms and outreach to the Black community ensured protests…
Continue Reading Hutchinson launches GOP 2024 bid, calls on Trump to drop out
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Asa Hutchinson, who recently completed two terms as Arkansas governor, said Sunday he…
Continue Reading More Ecuadorians move to US, spared many others’ hurdles
By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN and GONZALO SOLANO Associated Press SPRING VALLEY, New York (AP) — Kléver Ortega and Cristina Lema had a good life until…
Continue Reading $90 cream and $10 toothpaste: Companies target big spenders
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Companies from toothpaste makers to even discounters are adding more premium items like…
Continue Reading States aim to boost school safety after Tennessee shooting
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — In the wake of an elementary school shooting in Tennessee earlier this…
Continue Reading Poland marches defend John Paul II from abuse cover-up claim
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thousands of Poles have joined marches in Warsaw and other cities in defense of the late…
Continue Reading Activists’ network in Mexico helps U.S. women get abortions
By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press CHIHUAHUA, Mexico (AP) — Marcela Castro’s office in Chihuahua is more than 100 miles from the…
Continue Reading Voters with disabilities often overlooked in voting battles
By AYANNA ALEXANDER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Patti Chang walked into her polling place in Chicago earlier this year, anxious about how…
Continue Reading Pastors: Palm Sunday a balm after Nashville school shooting
By HOLLY MEYER Associated Press FRANKLIN, Tennessee (AP) — It’s Palm Sunday, and across the greater Nashville, Tennessee, region, many Christians…
Continue Reading How to run against Trump? GOP considers lessons from 2016
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It’s been more than seven years since the 2016 presidential campaign, and Republicans…
Continue Reading Japan protests China’s detention of citizen, maritime action
By MARI YAMAGUCHI and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s foreign minister has protested in a meeting with his Chinese counterpart…
Continue Reading Donald Trump isn’t first ex-president to face legal trouble
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has made history so many times. The first president without government or military…
Continue Reading Burundi: At least 13 gold miners killed in flooded pits
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An official in Burundi says the bodies of 13 gold miners have been recovered from two pits in which they were trapped by…
Continue Reading New York, city of Trump’s dreams, delivers his comeuppance
By MATT SEDENSKY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — His name has been plastered on this city’s tabloids, bolted to its buildings and cemented to…
Continue Reading Trans people face rhetoric, disinformation after shooting
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press The days after the shooting at a Nashville Christian school that killed six people have been marked by…
Continue Reading Ukrainian official offers plan for a Crimea without Russia
By KARL RITTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A top Ukrainian official on Sunday outlined a series of steps the government in Kyiv would…
Continue Reading Pandemic pounds push 10,000 U.S. Army soldiers into obesity
By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer After gaining 30 pounds during the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Daniel Murillo is finally getting back…
Continue Reading Rebounding Pope Francis marks Palm Sunday in Vatican square
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Bundled in a long, white coat and battling a hoarse voice, Pope Francis presided…
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