Man accused of shooting girl, parents arrested in Florida
GASTONIA, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man accused of shooting and wounding a 6-year-old girl and her parents after children went to retrieve a…
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Israel aims to sell missile defense system to Germany
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Defense Ministry says it has begun talks to sell an advanced missile defense system…
Continue Reading BuzzFeed to close news division, cut 15% of all staff
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Pulitzer Prize winning digital media company BuzzFeed will shut down its news division and cut another 15% of…
Continue Reading Oklahoma court upholds Richard Glossip’s murder conviction
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma appeals court has upheld the murder conviction of death row inmate Richard…
Continue Reading US military prepares for possible Sudan embassy evacuation
By MATTHEW LEE anmd LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon is moving military assets to a Naval base in the tiny Gulf of…
Continue Reading Biden, Colombia’s Petro to meet amid deep policy differences
By ASTRID SUÁREZ and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to host Colombian President Gustavo Petro for…
Continue Reading Wisconsin GOP lawmakers working on medical pot legalization
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — After years of opposition to any form of marijuana legalization in Wisconsin, Republican…
Continue Reading Distrust in America: Small mistakes, deep fear — and gunfire
By TIM SULLIVAN and AARON MORRISON Associated Press In suburban Detroit, it was a lost 14-year-old looking for directions. In Kansas City, it was a…
Continue Reading Yellen calls for better US-China relations as tensions rise
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has struck a conciliatory tone while talking about strained…
Continue Reading US traffic deaths drop slightly in 2022 but still a ‘crisis’
DETROIT (AP) — The number of people killed on U.S. roadways decreased slightly last year, but government officials said the 42,795 people who died…
Continue Reading Todd Haimes, who led a theater company to Broadway, dies
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Todd Haimes, who led the Roundabout Theatre Company from an off-off-Broadway company…
Continue Reading Biden touts US efforts as oil overshadows climate summit
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is touting “unprecedented” climate…
Continue Reading Dutch business envoy to Ukraine quits over book comments
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government says that a veteran diplomat who was appointed less than three weeks ago to promote Dutch…
Continue Reading Former Wisconsin parole board chair charged with felony
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The former chair of the Wisconsin Parole Commission who until this week was also an alderman in Racine has been charged with a…
Continue Reading North Dakota governor signs law limiting trans health care
By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America North Dakota’s Republican Gov. Doug Burgum signed a bill into law that restricts transgender…
Continue Reading Why is Karl Lagerfeld, the Met Gala theme, controversial?
By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Karl Lagerfeld, the subject of this year’s Met Gala, transformed Chanel from frumpy to…
Continue Reading Texan princess evicted from Rome villa, Caravaggio stays
By NICOLE WINFIELD and FRANCESCO STATI Associated Press ROME (AP) — A Texas-born princess piled her four yapping bichon frise dogs into a taxi…
Continue Reading US unemployment claims tick up to 245,000, but still low
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week but remains low by…
Continue Reading Book invites kids to turn native gardens into national park
By KATHERINE ROTH Associated Press First, Doug Tallamy wrote an influential book urging home gardeners to replace lawns and invasive plants with…
Continue Reading 320 Sudanese soldiers crossed into neighboring Chad
By EDOUARD TAKADJI and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press N’DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Chad’s authorities say at least 320 Sudanese soldiers have…
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