Trump returns to Georgia confronting test of his grip on GOP
COMMERCE, Ga. (AP) — In Donald…
Nebraska US Rep. Fortenberry found guilty in campaign probe
U.S. Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Neb., center, speaks with the media outside the federal courthouse in Los Angeles, Thursday, March 24, 2022. Fortenberry was convicted Thursday of charges that he lied to federal authorities about an…
Minneapolis teachers reach tentative agreement to end strike
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Teachers…
Some prominent Russians quit jobs, refuse to support war
FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to RUSNANO CEO Anatoly Chubais in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence, outside Moscow, Russia, Monday, Nov. 7, 2016. The resignation of Chubais, who was Putin's envoy to international organizations…
Transgender sports ban veto likely to be overridden in Utah
FILE - A proposed ban on transgender athletes playing female school sports in Utah would affect transgender girls like this 12-year-old swimmer seen at a pool in Utah on Feb. 22, 2021. She and her…
GOP push against ballot drop boxes hits rural places, too
A ballot drop boxes used in Douglas County, Kansas, sits in storage in a warehouse in Lawrence, Kan., on Monday, March 21, 2022. Republican lawmakers across the U.S. have questioned the security of such drop boxes.…
Police: 7 Virginia children hospitalized after given sleeping pills
HOPEWELL, Va. (AP) — A house full of unsupervised children in Virginia were given sleeping pills by another child, causing them to be hospitalized Wednesday evening, police said. (more…)
Madeleine Albright, 1st female US secretary of state, dies
Madeleine Albright, the first female U.S. secretary of state, has died of cancer, her family said Wednesday. She was 84.
Moderna says its low-dose COVID shots work for kids under 6
Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine works in babies, toddlers and preschoolers, the company announced Wednesday -- and if regulators agree it could mean a chance to finally start vaccinating the littlest kids by summer.
Louisiana sends National Guard to tornado disaster area
A tornado flipped cars, ripped off rooftops and deposited a house in the middle of a street in the New Orleans area, part of a storm front that caused damage in places as it blew from Texas to South Carolina.
6 students killed in Oklahoma crash were in car that seats 4
Six teenage students killed in a collision with a semi were riding in a small car with only four seats, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said Wednesday.
Ukraine retakes key Kyiv suburb; battle for Mariupol rages
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces said…
Gunfire at Arkansas car show leaves 1 dead, 27 wounded
DUMAS, Ark. (AP) — One man was killed and 27 people were wounded when two people got into a gunfight during a car show that's part of an annual community event in a small southeast Arkansas town, authorities said Sunday.…
Informant back for testimony in Michigan governor plot trial
FILE - This combination of photos provided by the Kent County Sheriff and the Delaware Department of Justice shows, top row from left, Brandon Caserta and Barry Croft; and bottom row from left, Adam Dean Fox…
Jackson, 1st Black female high court pick, faces senators
FILE - Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, a U.S. Circuit Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, poses for a portrait, Feb., 18, 2022, in her office at the court in…
Chinese airliner crashes with 132 aboard in country's south
BEIJING (AP) — A China Eastern Boeing 737-800 with 132 people on board crashed in the southern province of Guangxi on Monday, officials said. (more…)
Russian strikes hit Ukrainian capital and outskirts of Lviv
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian…
NTSB: 13-year-old drove pickup in Texas crash that killed 9
University of the Southwest golf players, from left, Phillip Lopez, Jonny Flores and Halie Cruz visit the site of a memorial, Thursday, March 17, 2022 at the Rockwind Community Links in Hobbs, N.M., erected for the…
9 dead in Texas crash involving U. of Southwest golf teams
Nine people died in a fiery, head-on collision in West Texas, including six students and a coach from a New Mexico university who were returning home from a golf tournament, authorities said.
Zelenskyy pleads to US Congress: 'We need you right now'
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy summoned the memory of Pearl Harbor and the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on Wednesday as he appealed to the U.S. Congress to do more to help Ukraine's fight against Russia.
Ukraine's capital under fire; 3 EU nation leaders to visit
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia's relentless bombardment of Ukraine edged closer to central Kyiv on Tuesday, with a series of strikes hitting a residential neighborhood as the leaders of three European…
Acclaimed filmmaker Brent Renaud shot, killed in Ukraine
FILE - Brent Renaud attends the 74th Annual Peabody Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on May 31, 2015, in New York. Renaud, an American journalist, was killed in a suburb of Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, March…
US view of Putin: Angry, frustrated, likely to escalate war
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than two weeks into a war he expected to dominate in two days, Vladimir Putin is projecting anger, frustration at his military's failures and a…
US banning Russian oil imports as Biden warns of 'costs'
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Tuesday the U.S. will ban all Russian oil imports, toughening the toll on Russia’s economy in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine, but he acknowledged it will bring costs to Americans, particularly at the gas pump.…