At least 26 dead after tornadoes rake US Midwest, South
By ADRIAN SAINZ and ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press WYNNE, Ark. (AP) — Storms that dropped possibly dozens of tornadoes killed at least 26 people…
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Alaska Native Scouts feted 67 years after rescuing Navy crew
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press GAMBELL, Alaska (AP) — Bruce Boolowon, then a lean 20-year-old, and a group of friends were hunting for murre…
Continue Reading Fatal fire complicates border city’s tensions with migrants
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — When Irwing López made it to Ciudad Juarez on the U.S.-Mexico border in January,…
Continue Reading Doomsday plot? After 3 years, slain kids’ mom to stand trial
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — It has been more than three years since police announced that two kids were missing from a…
Continue Reading AP Was There: US crewmen shot down by Soviets arrive home
OAKLAND, California (AP) — Editor’s Note: Sixteen Alaska Native men were honored this week for rescuing the crew of a U.S. Navy patrol plane shot…
Continue Reading Norwegian Arctic area to be evacuated due deadly avalanches
HELSINKI (AP) — Norwegian authorities plan to evacuate an area in northern Norway where avalanches and landslides have killed four people.…
Continue Reading Ukrainian court puts an Orthodox leader under house arrest
By KARL RITTER and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Kyiv court ordered a leading priest to be put under house arrest…
Continue Reading Pakistani police arrest 8 after deadly Ramadan food stampede
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police on Saturday arrested eight people in the southern port city of Karachi after a stampede killed 12 people…
Continue Reading UK travelers face hours-long waits for ferries to France
LONDON (AP) — British vacation travelers were stuck in hours-long lines as they tried to cross the English Channel on Saturday, with the Port of…
Continue Reading Pope Francis leaves hospital; ‘Still alive,’ he quips
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — A chipper-sounding Pope Francis was discharged Saturday from the Rome hospital where he was…
Continue Reading Kenyan opposition leader to sue over alleged attempt on life
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has denounced the point-blank firing of a tear gas…
Continue Reading NBA, players reach deal for a new labor agreement
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer The NBA will have labor peace for years to come. The league and its players came to an agreement early Saturday…
Continue Reading Small areas reopen near Fukushima nuclear plant, few return
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Evacuation orders have been lifted in small sections of Tomioka, a town just southwest of the…
Continue Reading Charles wins hearts in Germany as soft power pays off
By FRANK JORDANS and EMILY SCHULTHEIS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — King Charles III won plenty of hearts during his three-day visit to Germany,…
Continue Reading Credit Suisse takeover hits heart of Swiss banking, identity
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The UBS takeover of embattled rival Credit Suisse has shaken Switzerland’s self-image and dented…
Continue Reading Russia-Ukraine war: Will there be a spring counteroffensive?
By BARRY HATTON Associated Press Europe’s biggest armed conflict since World War II is poised to enter a new phase in the coming weeks. With no…
Continue Reading Trump indictment ends decades of perceived invincibility
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When Donald Trump steps before a judge this coming week to be arraigned in a New York courtroom, it…
Continue Reading Intensity and insults rise as lawmakers debate debt ceiling
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Fights over increasing the nation’s borrowing authority have been contentious in Congress,…
Continue Reading Harris peeks at peppers on farm with climate change in mind
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has visited a farm outside Zambia’s capital that’s using…
Continue Reading Clark, Iowa end perfect South Carolina season in Final Four
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer DALLAS (AP) — Caitlin Clark tossed the ball high in the air as the clock ticked down, gave a huge shout-out…
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