AP National News

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stock markets around the world are mixed Monday, as a jump in oil prices threatens to add upward pressure on inflation. The S&P 500 was 0.1% lower in midday trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 207 points, or 0.6%, at 33,481, as of

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A drug dealer who killed a 9-year-old Liverpool girl when he tried to gun down a rival has been sentenced to life in prison for murder during an emotional hearing he refused to attend. Thomas Cashman’s lawyer said the convicted killer declined to appear Monday in Manchester

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Steven Yeun of “The Walking Dead” and “Minari” co-stars with Ali Wong in the new Netflix series “Beef.” It’s about an incident in a parking lot between two strangers that escalates to wild road rage and then a long-running feud where the two are obsessed with ruining one another. The

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer NASA on Monday named the four astronauts who will fly to the moon by the end of next year, including one woman and three men. The four were introduced during a televised ceremony from Houston, home to the nation’s astronauts as well as Mission Control. “This is humanity’s crew,”

By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — An Indian court has suspended a two-year prison sentence for Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi as he appeals his criminal conviction for mocking the prime minister’s surname which resulted in his expulsion from Parliament, dealing a huge blow to his Congress party ahead of general elections

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — After years of setbacks, abortion-rights supporters in Republican-leaning Kentucky thought they achieved a breakthrough in November, when voters defeated a measure aimed at denying any constitutional protections for abortion. But their hopes that the state’s sweeping abortion ban might be relaxed vanished well before the GOP-dominated

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Major oil-producing countries led by Saudi Arabia said they’re cutting supplies of crude — again. This time, the decision was a surprise and is underlining worries about where the global economy might be headed. Russia is joining in by extending its own cuts for the

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press WAIANAE, Hawaii (AP) — Tedorian Gallano would like to buy a house for his wife and three youngest children in Hawaii, but real estate prices soared so high eight years ago he moved his family back to his childhood home outside Honolulu — and last year, his older brother followed

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from a Louisiana death row inmate seeking a new sentencing hearing. The three liberal justices dissented in that decision. The court on Monday turned away David Brown, who was convicted of killing a prison guard, Capt. David Knapps, during a 1999 escape attempt

By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Human rights groups have called on the Peruvian government to investigate claims of excessive force by police and soldiers during recent anti-government protests that have left 49 civilians dead. Forensic reports obtained by The Associated Press show that at least 30 of these victims died from

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s Parliament has approved a bill that would scrap mandatory death penalties and limit capital punishment to serious crimes as part of wide-ranging reforms. The move brings possible reprieves to more than 1,300 prisoners on death row, including over 500 foreigners. The bill is expected to be approved by the

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Jim Nantz could fill an evening weaving tales of the great games and buzzer-beaters he’s had the privilege to call over a storytelling career that made his the voice of March Madness for nearly four decades. But when asked about his favorite moments as he prepared

By STEPHEN McGRATH and ANDREEA ALEXANDRU Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is in Romania’s capital on Monday for trilateral talks with the presidents of Romania and Moldova, as the three nations look to boost ties on a range of topics amid Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine. The German leader first

By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — This year’s record-breaking women’s NCAA Tournament featured breakout stars, upsets and capped off with the flamboyant Kim Mulkey leading LSU to its first basketball championship. Mulkey’s unforgettable outfits were just one of several memorable moments. There was Caitlin Clark’s 40-point triple-double in the Elite Eight game,

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer WWE and the company that runs Ultimate Fighting Championship will combine to create a $21.4 billion sports entertainment company. A new publicly traded company will house the UFC and World Wrestling Entertainment brands, with Endeavor Group Holdings Inc. taking a 51% controlling interest in the new company. Existing WWE

By DENISE LAVOIE AP Legal Affairs Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia teacher who was shot and seriously wounded by her 6-year-old student filed a lawsuit Monday seeking $40 million in damages from school officials, accusing them of gross negligence and of ignoring multiple warnings the day of the shooting that the boy was

By CHRISTINA MALKIA and JUSTIN KABUMBA Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — A spokesman for the East African regional force says that Ugandan troops took control of Bunagana, a strategic town in eastern Congo that had been in the hands of M23 rebels for more than nine months. Ugandan forces officially deployed to Bunagana and

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Teachers in England have rejected the government’s latest pay offer, raising the specter of more strikes and further disruptions for parents and children as double-digit inflation sparks labor unrest across the country. News that teachers had voted to reject the offer came as U.K. passport workers kicked

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, and Black Voters Matter co-founder LaTosha Brown will receive the Ms. Foundation’s Women of Vision Award in May, the nation’s oldest women’s foundation announced Monday. The awards will be handed out at the Ms. Foundation’s annual gala on May 16

By JON MARCUS, The Hechinger Report When Santos Enrique Camara arrived at Shoreline Community College in Washington state to study audio engineering, he quickly felt lost. “It’s like a weird maze,” remembered Camara, who was 19 at the time and had finished high school with a 4.0 grade-point average. “You need help with your classes