Month: May 2023

By LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Debt limit talks broke up late Friday at the U.S. Capitol shortly after resuming, another sudden turn of events in negotiations to avoid a potentially catastrophic government default that had come to an abrupt standstill earlier in the day when Republican House

WALLACE, Idaho. (AP) — Authorities say a 33-year-old pregnant woman and her toddler son have been found dead in a home in northern Idaho. Shoshone County Sheriff Holly Lindsey announced on Facebook that deputies responded at about 8:30 p.m. Wednesday to a report of a death at the home. There they found the bodies of

By KEVIN FREKING, LISA MASCARO and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Debt limit talks resumed at the U.S. Capitol late Friday, a sudden turnaround after negotiations came to an abrupt standstill earlier in the day when Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said it’s time to “pause” negotiations, and a White House official acknowledged

By EDUARDO HERNÁNDEZ BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Colombians were on edge Friday as a search continued for four Indigenous children who might have survived a deadly plane crash in the Amazon jungle 19 days ago. The accident occurred in the early hours of May 1 when a Cessna C206 with seven passengers on board declared

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico says a huge 2,500-year-old Olmec stone sculpture has been returned by the United States. The six-foot-tall “Monster of the Earth” sculpture appears to represent the gaping maw of a monster that is big enough to swallow people, and may represent a symbolic entrance to the underworld. Foreign Relations Secretary Marcelo

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has once again buckled under pressure from European allies and Ukraine’s leaders and agreed to provide more sophisticated weapons to the war effort. This time it’s all about F-16 fighter jets. Ukraine has long begged for the sophisticated fighter to give

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The man who drove through one of the gates to Vatican City has been taken to a nearby hospital for psychiatric care. The Vatican provided an update on the Thursday night incident after the man underwent a preliminary interrogation with a Vatican magistrate. According to the Holy See, the man rushed

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts Air National Guard member charged with leaking highly classified military documents will remain behind bars while he awaits trial, a federal magistrate judge ruled Friday. U.S. Magistrate Judge David Hennessy said releasing 21-year-old Jack Teixeira would pose a risk that

By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz has signed two gun safety measures into law. The new “red flag law” allows authorities to ask courts for permission to take guns away from people deemed to be an imminent threat to others or themselves. The other