Month: January 2024

By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press COMMERCE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Republicans have voted to remove election denier and state GOP Chairwoman Kristina Karamo during a meeting Saturday after many of the party’s leaders called for her resignation following a year of leadership plagued by debt and infighting. Nearly 89% of those

By PETER SMITH Associated Press While much of the world has Christmas in the rearview mirror by now, people in some Eastern Orthodox traditions will celebrate the holy day on Sunday. Certain Eastern Orthodox churches, including those in Russian and other traditions, follow the ancient Julian calendar, which runs 13 days later than the Gregorian

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s Defense Ministry has accused China of harassment and trying to affect public morale by repeatedly sending balloons over the self-governing island. Taiwan’s official Military News Agency said Saturday that a Defense Ministry analysis had found that the paths of the balloons posed a serious threat to international passenger flights. The

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly is more aggressive and openly political in pushing to expand Medicaid in Kansas as the Republican-controlled Legislature prepares to open its annual session Monday following five years of failed efforts to provide state health coverage to another 150,000 people. Kelly faces

By HIRO KOMAE, AYAKA MCGILL and YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press WAJIMA, Japan (AP) — A woman in her 90s was pulled alive from a collapsed house in western Japan late Saturday, 124 hours after a major quake slammed the region, killing at least 126 people, toppling buildings and setting off landslides. The woman in Suzu

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press Hundreds of Donald Trump supporters charged with storming the U.S. Capitol have faced the same choice in the three years since the attack: either admit their guilt and accept the consequences or take their chances on a trial in hopes of securing a rare acquittal. Those who have who gambled

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Judith Light from “Poker Face” and Nick Offerman and Storm Reid from “The Last of Us” were winners at Saturday night’s Creative Arts Emmy Awards on a night when the theme was first-time Emmys for actors of all ages. Light, 74, took her first Emmy

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — In the follow-up to their 2018 bestseller “How Democracies Die,” authors Daniel Ziblatt and Steven Levitsky write about three rules that political parties must follow: accept the results of fair elections, reject the use of violence to gain power and break ties to extremists. In the

By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The countdown to Mardi Gras has begun in New Orleans. Saturday marks the arrival of Carnival season and a group known as the Phunny Phorty Phellows kicks things off with a festive streetcar ride. Meanwhile, a walking club in the old French Quarter will mark the

By CLAIRE RUSH, DAVID KOENIG and BECKY BOHRER Associated Press Federal officials on Saturday ordered the immediate grounding of some Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners until they are inspected after an Alaska Airlines plane suffered a blowout that left a gaping hole in the side of the fuselage. The required inspections take around four to

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. agency promoting equality for women says violations of the U.N. Code of Conduct by a mid-level manager, who reportedly supported pro-Palestinian and anti-Israeli posts on social media, are being dealt with internally. UN Women said Friday the result will not be made public.