Month: June 2023

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When Esmita Spudes Bidari was a young girl in Nepal, she dreamed of being in the military, but that wasn’t a real option in her country. Last week, she raised her right hand and took the oath to join the U.S. Army Reserves, thanks in part

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is making another visit to Chaco Culture National Historical Park. Sunday’s visit to the northwestern New Mexico site is meant to celebrate her recent decision to enshrine for the next 20 years what had been an informal buffer around the

By MARKO ÁLVAREZ Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The four Indigenous children who survived 40 days in the Amazon jungle after their plane crashed were recovering Sunday in a military hospital in Colombia, as new details of their harrowing story emerged in a country still mesmerized by their saga. The kids, aged 13, 9

PLAINVIEW, Texas (AP) — Texas prison officials say a 22-year-old inmate was captured about 250 miles from the prison he had escaped from hours earlier after climbing over a fence. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice said Trent Thompson had last been seen at the Formby Unit in Plainview about 11:14 p.m. Saturday. He was

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — At least 13 people were injured early Sunday when an apparent street party in Syracuse, New York, turned violent. Syracuse police Lt. Matthew Malinowski told reporters that at least four people suffered gunshot wounds and others were stabbed or struck by vehicles fleeing what the department called a “large gathering of

By RON TODT Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An elevated section of Interstate 95 collapsed early Sunday in Philadelphia after a tanker truck carrying flammable cargo caught fire, closing a heavily traveled segment of the East Coast’s main north-south highway indefinitely, authorities said. Transportation officials warned of extensive delays and street closures and urged drivers

By MICHAEL R. SISAK AND MIKE BALSAMO AND JAKE OFFENHARTZ Ted Kaczynski, known as the “Unabomber,” who carried out a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died by suicide, four people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press. Kaczynski, who was 81 and suffering from late-stage cancer, was found

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Sticking to doctors’ advice, Pope Francis on Sunday skipped his customary weekly public blessing as he convalesces from abdominal surgery in a Rome hospital, but walked a few steps, followed Mass on TV and did some work, the Vatican said. Francis also ate lunch in his 10th-floor

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As Donald Trump readies for a momentous court appearance Tuesday on charges related to the hoarding of top-secret documents, Republican allies are amplifying, without evidence, claims that he’s the target of a political prosecution. They’re citing the Justice Department’s decision in 2016 not to bring charges against

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic made clear for years this was his goal. What drove him. What inspired him. The biggest titles from his sport’s biggest stages were Djokovic’s main aim and now he finally stands alone — ahead of Rafael Nadal, ahead of Roger Federer, ahead of every

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s military on Sunday reported recapturing a southeastern village as Russian forces claimed to repel multiple attacks in the area, while a regional official said three people were killed when Moscow’s troops opened fire at a boat evacuating people from Russian-occupied areas to Ukrainian-held territory along

CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities say three British nationals have gone missing after a scuba diving boat they were cruising in caught fire off Egypt’s Red Sea. In a short statement, Egypt’s Red Sea Governate said 12 crew members and 12 British tourists were rescued when a medium-sized diving boat, christened “Hurricane,” went up in

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Janet Jackson inserted some youthful spirit into her normally mature concert during a Saturday night tour stop in Los Angeles. In a show filled with nostalgic hits, Jackson took a moment to perform her 1993 ballad “Again” alongside the LA Phil’s Youth Orchestra Los

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Janet Jackson inserted some youthful spirit into her normally mature concert during a Saturday night tour stop in Los Angeles. In a show filled with nostalgic hits, Jackson took a moment to perform her 1993 ballad “Again” alongside the LA Phil’s Youth Orchestra Los