More than 100 dead or missing after boat accident in Congo
By JEAN-YVES KAMALE Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Officials say more than 100 people are dead or missing after a boat accident earlier…
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Armed man who took hostage fatally shot by officers
Los Angeles police shot and killed a man they say fired a gun into a group of people, grazing a teenager, before taking a hostage and barricading…
Continue Reading NYC man convicted of trying to join Taliban to fight the US
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City man has been convicted on charges alleging that he tried to help the Taliban fight American forces. Delowar…
Continue Reading Mardi Gras 2022: House floats? Yes. Parades? Maybe.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The group behind the wave of houses decorated to look like floats during this year’s pandemic-curtailed Mardi Gras is…
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District attorney seeking to indict Robert Durst in ex-wife’s death
A New York prosecutor will seek an indictment in the coming weeks against millionaire real estate scion Robert Durst for the death of his former…
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Rahm struggles in 3rd round of Spanish Open, 6 shots back
MADRID (AP) — World No. 1 Jon Rahm will need a big comeback to have a chance at successfully defending his Spanish Open title. Rahm started…
Continue Reading Bolivia: 6 killed in air force plane crash in Amazon jungle
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — A Bolivian air force plane crashed in the Amazon jungle in northeast Bolivia on Saturday, killing all six people on board.…
Continue Reading Superb Isak goal highlights Sweden qualifier win vs Kosovo
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Alexander Isak has enhanced his burgeoning reputation with a superb individual goal in Sweden’s 3-0 win over Kosovo in…
Continue ReadingCalifornia public schools will provide free menstrual products under new law
By David Williams, CNN California public schools will be required to provide free menstrual products to students under a new law signed Friday by…
Continue Reading China’s Xi calls for ‘peaceful’ reunification with Taiwan
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping says reunification with Taiwan will happen peacefully, despite a…
Continue Reading Kurz to quit as Austrian chancellor amid corruption probe
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz says he will step down in a bid to defuse a government crisis…
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Arizona reports 2,358 additional COVID cases, 31 more deaths
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona on Saturday reported over 30 additional COVID-19 deaths and over 2,300 additional confirmed cases amid continued gradual…
Continue Reading Georgia police officer gunned down during 1st shift
ALAMO, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia police officer has been gunned down outside a police station during his first shift with the department. The Georgia…
Continue Reading WADA revokes Moscow anti-doping laboratory’s license
MOSCOW (AP) — The World Anti-Doping Agency has revoked the Moscow laboratory’s license to test samples in a new twist in the long-running…
Continue ReadingFact check: Biden makes misleading claim about job-creation estimate
By Daniel Dale, CNN In a speech in Michigan on Tuesday and again in a speech back in Washington on Friday, President Joe Biden touted the potential…
Continue Reading Flight instructor, student from Kansas school die in Arizona
DODGE CITY, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas school said that two people killed in a fiery midair collision earlier this month in Arizona were a flight…
Continue Reading Man pulled alive from rubble of collapsed Georgian building
MOSCOW (AP) — Rescue workers combing through the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in the Georgian city of Batumi have pulled out a man…
Continue Reading Taurasi makes it back in time for birth of daughter
PHOENIX (AP) — Diana Taurasi made it back home in time to see her wife Penny Taylor give birth to a baby girl _ the couple’s second child.…
Continue Reading Taurasi makes it back in time for birth of daughter
PHOENIX (AP) — Diana Taurasi made it back home in time to see her wife Penny Taylor give birth to a baby girl _ the couple’s second child.…
Continue Reading Florida man exonerated of 1983 murder sues over imprisonment
By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man exonerated of a 1983 rape and murder after serving 37 years in…
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