Month: April 2024

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A conservative Utah State Board of Education member who faced calls to resign after lawmakers said she bullied a student on social media has lost her nomination for reelection. Natalie Cline needed at least 40% of the delegate votes at the Salt Lake County Republican Convention, but she fell short

JERUSALEM (AP) — An incoming attack by more than 300 Iranian drones and ballistic missiles was the latest challenge to Israel’s air defense system, which already has been working overtime to cope with incoming rocket, drone and missile attacks throughout the six-month war against Hamas. Israel’s defense system with assistance from the U.S. and Britain

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Local news reports say a small boat full of decomposing corpses has been spotted by fishermen off Brazil’s northeastern coast. Brazil’s Attorney General’s office said Saturday in a statement that it has dispatched a forensics team to the area to determine where the bodies and the boat came from. “Some reports

By GABRIELA MOLINA Associated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Pope Francis has sided with a group of Peruvian villagers who have complained that companies linked to a powerful South American church group have tried to evict them from their land using lawsuits and obscure land titling schemes. In a video Saturday recorded at his Vatican

By The Associated Press Iran launched its first direct military attack against Israel on Saturday. The Israeli military says Iran fired more than 100 bomb-carrying drones toward Israel. Hours later, Iran announced it had also launch much more destructive ballistic missiles and cruise missiles. Iran had been threatening to attack Israel after an airstrike earlier

By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WEST DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. launched a one-day blitz Saturday to gain access to Iowa’s presidential ballot as an independent candidate. Whether he succeeded is an outstanding question. Kennedy attempted to qualify by holding a convention with at least 500 eligible Iowa voters representing at

WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — The sequel turned out to be just as good for Wrexham. The Welsh team co-owned by actor Ryan Reynolds clinched promotion to the third tier of English soccer thanks to a 6-0 home win over Forest Green on Saturday. That’s back-to-back promotions for the team since it was thrust into the

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Southern California Marine accused of having sex with a missing 14-year-old girl found in his Camp Pendleton barracks room last summer no longer faces sex crimes charges. Military officials say that as part of a plea deal, Pfc. Avery Rosario pleaded guilty Tuesday to breach of restriction for leaving the

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus says it’s suspending processing all asylum applications by Syrian nationals because of large numbers of refugees from the war-torn country that continue to reach the island nation by boat, primarily from Lebanon. In a written statement Saturday, the Cypriot government said the suspension is also

By STEVE REED AP Sports Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Gnomes, those quirky statues that people put in their gardens, are flying off the shelves at Augusta National. The Masters golf-centric gnomes have been selling out within a couple of hours each morning after the tournament gift shop opens. Patrons are more than willing to