Russian foreign minister visits Cuba, condemns US sanctions
By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday condemned U.S. sanctions against Cuba, as he…
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Tennessee gun-control push at crossroads as proposal stalls
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Chances are shrinking fast for a key gun-control proposal to make it out of the…
Continue Reading Muslims end Ramadan, begin holiday amid war, reconciliation
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Large parts of the Muslim world marked the end of the fasting month of Ramadan…
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D-backs designate 4-time All-Star Bumgarner for assignment
By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The up-and-coming Arizona Diamondbacks see themselves as potential contenders in the National…
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SPECIAL REPORT: Drag racing, the family business
From Somerton, Tommy and Alfonso Zavala have been coming to the track to race since they were six years…
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Helping our local K-9 partners
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Continue Reading WNBA partners with Scripps to broadcast Friday night games
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA and Scripps have signed a multiyear deal to televise Friday night regular-season…
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Arizona Senate settles suit over election audit for $150K
A left-leaning watchdog group on Wednesday announced a settlement of over $150,000 in a public records lawsuit against the Arizona Senate, which…
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House Republicans push asylum restrictions, border security
House Republicans for months have railed against the Biden administration’s handling of the U.S. border with Mexico, holding hearings, visiting…
Continue Reading 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…
Continue Reading 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…
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