Mexico’s president calls charges against Trump political
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says he opposes the charges brought against former U.S. president Donald Trump. President Andrés…
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Trump arrest prompts Jesus comparisons: ‘Spiritual warfare’
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s most dedicated supporters are comparing the criminal case…
Continue Reading Global takedown of cybercriminals behind malware operation
By ERIC TUCKER and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Law enforcement officials in the United States and Europe say an online…
Continue Reading Correction: NerdWallet-Liz Weston-Social Security story
In a story published February 6, 2023, about delaying the start of Social Security benefits, The Associated Press, based on information from the…
Continue Reading Bob Lee, Cash App founder, fatally stabbed in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Bob Lee, a technology executive who created Cash App and was currently chief product officer of MobileCoin, was fatally…
Continue Reading EPA tightens mercury emissions limits at coal power plants
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is tightening rules that limit emissions of mercury and…
Continue Reading Putin: West helped Ukraine mount acts of sabotage
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Western intelligence agencies of helping Ukraine to carry out acts of sabotage. During a…
Continue Reading Polish-Ukrainian friendship masks a bitter, bloody history
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland has emerged as one Ukraine’s most ardent supporters during Russia’s…
Continue Reading Chicago firefighter critically injured in high-rise blaze
CHICAGO (AP) — Three firefighters were injured, one critically, while battling a blaze in a high-rise building on Chicago’s North Side on…
Continue Reading Swiss to end auto import tax exemption for electric cars
GENEVA (AP) — The Swiss government says it plans to impose an automobile import tax on electric cars, which so far have been exempted from the…
Continue Reading New Ram electric pickup can go up to 500 miles on a charge
DETROIT (AP) — An electric Ram pickup truck with up to 500 miles of range per charge and a battery-powered people-hauling Kia SUV are among the new…
Continue Reading Senegal’s Baaba Maal returns after years with new album
By LIZZIE KNIGHT Associated Press Amid a changing, modernizing world with climate change threatening his home, Senegalese singer-songwriter and…
Continue Reading Blinken says WSJ reporter ‘wrongfully detained’ by Russia
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer BRUSSELS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says he has “no doubt” that Russia has wrongfully…
Continue Reading DOJ tentatively settles over Texas church shooting for $144M
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department announced Wednesday a tentative $144 million settlement with families…
Continue Reading Ohio Republican lawmaker falsely claims to be MIT graduate
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A freshman state lawmaker in Ohio falsely claimed to have graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, according…
Continue Reading Party switch gives GOP veto-proof control in North Carolina
By GARY D. ROBERTSON and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Democratic state lawmaker in North Carolina announced Wednesday…
Continue Reading Voters give women 1 win, 1 loss in UEFA soccer election
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — UEFA member federations have been given a historic chance to vote for female candidates against male opposition for the…
Continue Reading Turkey closes airspace to flights using north Iraqi airport
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A Turkish Foreign Ministry official says Turkey has closed its airspace to flights to and…
Continue Reading ITF resumes tennis in China with no word on Peng Shuai
TOKYO (AP) — The International Tennis Federation will play tournaments this year in China. This takes place despite no known resolution to the case…
Continue Reading Italian ex-leader Berlusconi hospitalized in ICU, but alert
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was hospitalized Wednesday in intensive care because of a…
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