AP National News

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Attorneys for a mentally ill Texas death row prisoner, along with faith leaders and mental health professionals are working to stop his April 5 execution, saying he’ll never be sufficiently competent to be put to death. They’ve asked Gov. Greg Abbott and the Texas Board of

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — In an industrial corridor of Peru’s capital, a dingy stairwell leads to a second-floor safehouse. Dozens of Quechua and Aymara activists lie on mattresses strewn on the floor, resting up for more anti-government demonstrations as volunteers cook a breakfast of donated rice, pasta and vegetables. Among

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The ongoing bird flu outbreak has cost the government roughly $661 million and added to consumers’ pain at the grocery store after more than 58 million birds were slaughtered to limit the spread of the virus. In addition to the cost of the government response

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A longtime North Carolina Republican congressman who served briefly in the Senate in the mid-1980s has died. The family of Jim Broyhill confirmed he died early Saturday in Winston-Salem at the age of 95. Broyhill is a scion of the Broyhill Furniture business who was

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press GYOR, Hungary (AP) — A ballet company in Hungary is rehearsing at an automobile factory after being forced to shutter their rehearsal hall in response to soaring energy prices. The Ballet Company of Gyor, a city in northwest Hungary that is home to a sprawling Audi plant, moved into a

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press BISBEE, Ariz. (AP) — James Knox was glad to get out of the big city. Part of a network of activists who believe U.S. elections are unreliable, Knox has unsuccessfully tried to convince supervisors in Maricopa County, Arizona’s most populous county and home to Phoenix, that they should throw out

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A recent bird flu outbreak at a mink farm has reignited worries about the virus spreading more broadly to people. Scientists have been keeping tabs on this bird flu virus since the 1950s, though it wasn’t deemed a threat to people until a 1997 outbreak

By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House chief of staff is at the fulcrum of the federal government as gatekeeper to the most powerful leader on Earth. Yet some have also called it the worst job in Washington. The latest person in this all-important role is Jeff Zients, a longtime

MUNICH (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called on world leaders to “double down” on support for Ukraine, saying arms and security guarantees are needed to protect the country and the rest of Europe from Russian aggression now and in the future. Sunak delivered the message on Saturday in a speech to the

By KARL RITTER and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press MUNICH (AP) — The United States has determined that Russia has committed crimes against humanity in Ukraine, Vice President Kamala Harris said Saturday, insisting that “justice must be served” to the perpetrators. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Harris said the international community has both a moral

MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press CLEARFIELD, Pa. (AP) — The court-ordered release of a trove of government photos, videos, maps and other documents involving the FBI’s secretive search for Civil War-era gold has a treasure hunter more convinced than ever of a coverup — and just as determined to prove it. Dennis Parada waged a legal

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s state media and an opposition war monitor say the death total from an attack by the Islamic State group against an army checkpoint and people collecting wild truffles in central Syria has risen to at least 53. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, said Saturday the

By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Residents of a historically Black neighborhood in west Baltimore filed a complaint this week asking federal officials to investigate whether the city’s redevelopment policies are violating fair housing laws by disproportionately displacing Black and low-income residents to make way for so-called urban renewal projects. The complaint focuses

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Farsi-language satellite news channel based in London long critical of Iran’s theocractic government says it has moved its broadcasts to Washington “to protect the safety of its journalists” after being targeted by Tehran. Iran International described making the decision Saturday after London’s Metropolitan

MUNICH (AP) — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is expected to call on world leaders to “double down” on support for Ukraine, saying arms and security guarantees are needed to protect the country and the rest of Europe from Russian aggression now and in the future. Sunak will deliver the message in a speech to

By KARL RITTER Associated Press MUNICH (AP) — Finland’s defense minister says his country will join NATO without waiting for Sweden if its Nordic neighbor’s accession is held up by the Turkish government. Mikko Savola told The Associated Press on Saturday that Finland prefers to join the alliance together with Sweden but wouldn’t hold up

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Saturday fired a long-range missile from its capital into the sea off Japan, according to its neighbors, a day after it threatened to take strong measures against South Korea and the U.S. over their joint military exercises. According to the South Korean

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A law enforcement official says a bomb threat against an American Airlines flight that diverted the plane from the tarmac of a Texas airport Friday was not credible. KVIA-TV reports an FBI official says the passengers on the noon flight from El Paso, Texas, to Chicago were not in danger.