AP National News

By JAKE BLEIBERG, ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press COLLEYVILLE, Texas (AP) — The FBI says the man who held hostages for hours inside a Texas synagogue was specifically focused on an issue not directly connected to the Jewish community. Authorities say all four hostages held at Congregation Beth Israel on Saturday are safe

By JAKE BLEIBERG, ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press COLLEYVILLE, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has tweeted that all hostages are safe after Saturday’s standoff inside a Dallas-area synagogue. Abbott’s tweet Saturday night came not long after a loud bang and what sounded like gunfire was heard coming from the synagogue. A

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A court hearing for tennis star Novak Djokovic’s appeal against deportation in Australia has ended and a verdict is expected within hours. Federal Court Chief Justice James Allsop said he and two fellow judges hoped to reach a verdict later Sunday. The top-ranked male tennis player

By JAKE BLEIBERG, ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press COLLEYVILLE, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has tweeted that all hostages are safe after Saturday’s standoff inside a Dallas-area synagogue. Abbott’s tweet Saturday night came not long after a loud bang and what sounded like gunfire was heard coming from the synagogue. Details

By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Martin Luther King III came to Arizona with harsh words for Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, whose refusal to change filibuster rules makes voting rights legislation unlikely to pass in the Senate. The son of the civil rights legend is spending the MLK holiday with his wife and

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who authorities say held hostages inside a Texas synagogue had demanded the release of a Pakistani woman who is imprisoned nearby on charges of trying to kill American service members in Afghanistan. The woman whose freedom was sought, Aafia Siddiqui, is serving an 86-year prison

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Former Alabama quarterback Jay Barker was arrested on a felony domestic violence charge. An arrest affidavit says the 49-year-old sports radio host is married to the victim, but they’ve been living separately. Barker’s wife is country music singer Sara Evans. The affidavit says Baker is accused of reversing his vehicle at

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The tsunami threat around the Pacific from a huge undersea volcanic eruption has begun to recede, while the extent of damage to Tonga remains unclear. The eruption on Saturday sent tsunami waves swirling around buildings and people rushing to higher ground. There were no immediate

By JAKE BLEIBERG, ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press COLLEYVILLE, Texas (AP) — Police say one hostage has been released uninjured from a Texas synagogue where a man had been holding four people. The Colleyville Police Department said the male hostage was released shortly after 5 p.m. Saturday. He was expected to be reunited

By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan says Mark Schlissel has been removed as school president due to an alleged “inappropriate relationship with a university employee.” The University of Michigan Board of Regents said Saturday on the school’s website that the removal was effective “immediately.” Regents said members

By The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ralph Emery, who became known as the dean of country music broadcasters over more than a half-century in both radio and television, has died. He was 88. Emery’s family says the broadcaster died Saturday of natural causes. He was probably best known for his work on the

By JENNIFER PELTZ and CAROLYN THOMPSON NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a woman was pushed to her death in front of a subway train by a homeless man at New York’s Times Square station. Authorities say 61-year-old Martial Simon fled but later turned himself in and has been charged with murder. They say 40-year-old

By FRANK BAJAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — DirecTV says it plans to drop the right-wing TV channel One America News Network. The satellite television provider’s move is expected to significantly shrink the reach of the channel loyal to former President Donald Trump. OAN has been criticized for spreading misinformation including Trump’s claim, he won

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic has returned to court to fight an attempt to deport him because of what a government minister describes as a perception that the top-ranked tennis player is a “talisman of a community of anti-vaccination sentiment.” Three Federal Court judges hope to hear the entire

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — An undersea volcano has erupted in spectacular fashion near the Pacific nation of Tonga. The eruption on Saturday sent tsunami waves swirling around buildings and people rushing to higher ground. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage because all internet connectivity with Tonga

ROME (AP) — The discovery of African swine fever in northern Italy has pork producers fearing significant damages to a major agricultural export, and is also cutting short truffle hunting. Earlier this month, a case of the virus, which can be deadly to pigs but doesn’t harm humans, was discovered in a wild boar in

By JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press COLLEYVILLE, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a man has apparently taken hostages at a synagogue near Fort Worth, Texas. The Colleyville Police Department tweeted Saturday afternoon that it was conducting SWAT operations at the address of Congregation Beth Israel. Services at the synagogue about 15 miles northeast of Fort Worth

BEIRUT (AP) — Greece’s dominant Aegean Airlines says it has suspended its flights to and from Lebanon’s capital pending an investigation into the causes of damage to the fuselage of one of its aircraft discovered after landing in Beirut.  The airline said Saturday the damage to the external fuselage of one of its aircraft was