Dog show 101: What’s what at the Westminster Kennel Club
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press TARRYTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Thousands of dogs are competing at the illustrious Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show.…
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Arizona Republican calls push to overturn 2020 ‘juvenile’
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Calls from top advisers to former President Donald Trump to help overturn Trump’s 2020…
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Colombian voters elect country’s first Black vice president
By MANUEL RUEDA and ASTRID SUAREZ Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — As Colombia’s voters put aside a longtime antipathy to leftists…
Continue Reading Funerals announced for 3 killed at Alabama church dinner
VESTAVIA HILLS, Ala. (AP) — Funerals for three people killed by a gunman during a church potluck dinner will be held this week in Alabama. The Rev.…
Continue Reading Petro faces challenges to deliver Colombians promised change
By REGINA GARCIA CANO and ASTRID SUAREZ Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia for the first time elected a leftist as president, but…
Continue Reading New York passes landmark voting rights legislation
By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for…
Continue Reading Puerto Rico law to boost private sector worker benefits
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor has signed legislation that will award more rights to…
Continue Reading Judge to hear requests to reset trial for 2 in Floyd killing
By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota prosecutors and a defense attorney for one of two former Minneapolis police officers…
Continue Reading Man accused in fatal Wisconsin parade crash changes plea
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A man accused of killing six people and injuring dozens more when he allegedly drove his SUV…
Continue Reading 4 Louisiana police officers cleared in Black man’s death
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A Louisiana judge has acquitted four city police officers in the death of a Black man arrested in April 2020. News agencies…
Continue Reading Georgia’s Raffensperger among witnesses for next 1/6 hearing
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is set to testify Tuesday at the House Jan. 6 committee about the…
Continue Reading Man who coordinated Honduras activist’s murder sentenced
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — The man convicted last year of coordinating the killing of Honduran environmental activist Berta Cáceres has been…
Continue Reading Wife of WNBA’s Griner tells AP scheduled call never happened
By ERIC TUCKER and DOUG FEINBERG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — WNBA star Brittney Griner tried to call her wife nearly a dozen times through…
Continue Reading Police: 3 critically hurt when taxi jumps curb on Broadway
NEW YORK (AP) — Three people have been critically injured after a taxi cab turning onto a narrow section of Broadway hit a bicyclist, swerved onto…
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Title IX propelled women from college courts to CEO offices
With the 50th anniversary of Title IX on the horizon, here’s a look at some of the women who played college sports thanks to the law and capitalized…
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Report: Police in Uvalde had rifles earlier than known
UVALDE, Texas (AP) — Documents examined by the Austin American-Statesman and KVUE-TV show armed police officers stood in a Uvalde elementary school…
Continue Reading Father of teen killed on Florida ride fears death forgotten
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The father of a Missouri teenager killed after falling from a Florida amusement park ride said Monday he fears his son’s…
Continue Reading Taliban release several British citizens held in Afghanistan
By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban say they have released several British citizens who had been detained in Afghanistan…
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Colorado guilty plea a first for US election task force
DENVER (AP) — A Nebraska man has pleaded guilty in federal court to making death threats against Colorado’s top elections official. Officials say…
Continue Reading Facebook removes GOP Senate candidate’s ‘RINO hunting’ video
By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Facebook on Monday removed a campaign video by Republican Missouri U.S. Senate candidate Eric…
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