Month: April 2023

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, TERRY SPENCER and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump flew Monday from Florida to New York for his historic booking and arraignment on hush money charges, as the nation’s largest city bolstered security and warned potential protesters it was “not a playground for your misplaced

By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — While residents across parts of the South and Midwest pummeled by deadly storms and wildfires sifted through the wreckage of their homes Monday, forecasters warned of more severe weather and fire danger in the days ahead across much of the same region. The fierce storms

By DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer Offshore oil and gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico give off much more methane emissions than official estimates, according to a study published Monday. Climate scientists found the additional emissions raise the carbon intensity of these operations to twice what is estimated by federal agencies like the Bureau

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of the U.S. House Intelligence Committee says there is “overwhelming” support in the United States to continue supplying aid to Ukraine in its fight against Russia, despite vocal opposition from a hard-right faction of his own Republican Party. Rep. Michael Turner is the Republican

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in the Mexican resort of Cancun say they have found three dead bodies in the city’s hotel zone, near the beach. The announcement of the deaths Monday comes less that a week after a U.S. tourist was shot in the leg in the nearby town of Puerto Morelos. There was

By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Grammy winners Tanya Tucker and Patty Loveless, along with hit country songwriter Bob McDill, will be the newest members of the Country Music Hall of Fame. The Country Music Association announced the 2023 inductees on Monday in Nashville, Tennessee, with Tucker, the “Delta Dawn”

By MANUEL RUEDA BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian officials have begun to evacuate 40 families from their homes after a volcano in the center of the country showed high levels of seismic activity that could signal an eruption in the coming days or weeks. Officials on Monday also shut down a popular national park that

MADAWASKA, Maine (AP) — Volunteers in the state of Maine have claimed a world record in a category that few people know exists: The biggest ice carousel. A giant piece of ice estimated at 146,000 tons was cut in Long Lake in Madawaska, and it was set in motion like a slow-moving Lazy Susan to