HARDY, Lainey Wilson lead ACM Awards nominees
By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country artist HARDY leads the Academy of Country Music Awards nominees with…
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Slovakia’s central bank chief fined for bribery, faces trial
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — The head of Slovakia’s central bank has been convicted of bribery and fined 100,000 euros. A spokesperson for the…
Continue Reading UN rights chief seeks help for surge in central Med migrants
GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief is calling for an expansion in regular migration channels and search-and-rescue operations after a…
Continue Reading Survival diaries: Decade on, Boston Marathon bombing echoes
By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — She didn’t even know the Boston Marathon was going on when she wandered out for a walk along…
Continue Reading Mary Quant, designer who epitomized Swinging 60s, dies at 93
By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS Associated PRess LONDON (AP) — Mary Quant, the visionary fashion designer whose colorful, sexy miniskirts…
Continue Reading South Floridians mop up, recall fear after historic deluge
By FREIDA FRISARO, DANIEL KOZIN and TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The water was rising around her car, and Amanda…
Continue Reading Indonesia police kill 2 suspected Jemaah Islamiyah militants
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s counterterrorism police squad has killed two men suspected of ties to…
Continue Reading Emotions high at French protests over Macron’s pension plan
By ELAINE GANLEY and JEFFREY SCHAEFFER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Protesters opposed to President Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular plan to raise…
Continue Reading Taliban share rare audio message from supreme leader
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban’s supreme leader says Afghanistan will be ruined without justice, in a rare audio message shared on…
Continue Reading President Joe Biden in Ireland: ‘It’s an honor to return’
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, COLLEEN LONG and DAVID KEYTON Associated Press DUBLIN (AP) — After a whirlwind Irish countryside tour of his ancestry,…
Continue Reading Drama plagues bid to restrict changes to Ohio Constitution
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s constitution is caught in a tug-of-war. With an effort to enshrine abortion…
Continue Reading First image of a black hole gets a makeover with AI
By MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The first image of a black hole captured four years ago revealed a fuzzy, fiery…
Continue Reading Drought will cause crop failures in Spain, farmers warn
By JENNIFER O’MAHONY and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — The main Spanish farmers’ association says drought now affects…
Continue Reading Russia identifies Ukrainian suspect in war blogger’s killing
By The Asscoiated Press Russia’s top security agency has accused a Ukrainian man of involvement in a bombing that killed a well-known Russian…
Continue Reading Norway expels 15 Russian diplomats suspected of spying
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s government says it’s expelling 15 Russian diplomats from the country…
Continue Reading Biden to expand some migrants’ health care access: officials
By ZEKE MILLER, AMANDA SEITZ and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to announce that his administration…
Continue Reading Police: Inmate who escaped by faking death back in S. Africa
By GERALD IMRAY and MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A man serving a life sentence for murder and rape who escaped…
Continue Reading Thailand hopes for major splash in tourism during Songkran
BANGKOK (AP) — Hordes of revelers tote colorful water guns as Thailand kicks off its exuberant three-day Songkran festival at full blast for the…
Continue Reading Left your taxes till the last minute? Here are some tips
By ADRIANA MORGA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The deadline to file your taxes has arrived. Whether you do them by yourself, go to a tax clinic…
Continue Reading Biden infrastructure focus turns to celebrating new bridges
By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is closing out a three-week push to highlight the benefits…
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