AP National News

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Fellow Kansans have celebrated Bob Dole as a tough but compassionate patriot shaped by small-town values. They also remembered him during memorial services Saturday as a strong partisan leader who could nevertheless work with political opponents and ultimately became in Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s words, “the

COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — A woman has been charged with grand theft for allegedly stealing more than $300,000 in merchandise from retail stores in California. Prosecutors say the woman was arrested last month after an investigator with the California Highway Patrol’s Organized Retail Theft task force saw her stealing from a Nordstrom Rack in

By SALLY HO Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — An avalanche has swept through a ski area in Washington state, killing a 60-year-old man and temporarily trapping five others. Police say the avalanche was reported about 10:50 a.m. Saturday in the Silver Basin area of Crystal Mountain, which is located southeast of Seattle. The identity of

NEW YORK (AP) — The Rev. C. Herbert Oliver, a civil rights activist in Alabama and New York City, has died. He was 96. His daughter, Patrice Oliver, said at his funeral in Brooklyn on Wednesday that Oliver died Nov. 30 after struggling with several health problems. In his hometown of Birmingham, Alabama, Oliver led

By SONIA PEREZ D. and MANUEL DE LA CRUZ Associated Press CHEPOL, Guatemala (AP) — Anxiety is high in Guatemala amid uncertainty about loved ones who may have been on the tractor-trailer that crashed in southern Mexico while jammed with smuggled migrants, killing 55 people and injuring more than 100. Most of those on the

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky residents affected by a monstrous twister are grappling with its force and destruction and sharing harrowing stories of survival. Gov. Andy Beshear says the number of deaths from Friday night’s tornado could exceed 100 across numerous counties. In the town of Mayfield, residents helped rescuers

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A special federal Customs and Border Protection unit used sensitive government databases intended to investigate as many as 20 U.S.-based journalists, including a Pulitzer Prize-winning Associated Press reporter. That’s what a federal watchdog’s 500-plus page report finds. And a lengthy report by Yahoo News on the investigation

By BRUCE SCHREINER and JIM SALTER Associated Press MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s governor says tornadoes may have killed 70 people in the state and the death toll may exceed 100. Gov. Andy Beshear said Saturday that a twister had touched down for more than 200 miles in the state. Severe storms moved through the

ENUMCLAW, Wash. (AP) — An avalanche has hit a ski area near Seattle and one of six people buried in the snow Saturday morning has died. KING-TV reports that a 60-year-old man wasn’t breathing after being pulled out of the snow. He died despite CPR efforts by another skier. His identity has not been released.

By MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has ruled that all travelers arriving in Brazil must present a vaccine passport documenting they have been vaccinated against the coronavirus. The decision from Luís Roberto Barroso challenges a more lenient rule announced by the government of President

CANTON, Mass. (AP) — Artifacts once owned by Paul Revere’s family are up for auction. The items were found in the attic of a home in Canton, Massachusetts believed to have been owned by the family of the legendary Revolutionary War figure. They include tools, letters and other personal items. John McInnis Auctioneers in Amesbury

By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A special federal Customs and Border Protection unit used sensitive government databases intended to investigate as many as 20 U.S.-based journalists, including a Pulitzer Prize-winning Associated Press reporter. That’s what a federal watchdog’s 500-plus page report finds. And a lengthy report by Yahoo News on the investigation

CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — Police in Florida have arrested a 29-year-old man on manslaughter charges in connection to the death of an older man whose body was found floating offshore earlier this month in the Gulf of Mexico. Clearwater Police detectives say Shane Dugan was on a boat with 48-year-old Lonnie Wilson on Dec. 3

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The adjutant general of the Oklahoma National Guard is warning members that refusing to receive the coronavirus vaccine could end their military careers. Brig. Gen. Thomas Mancino says in an open letter that Oklahoma Army and Air Force members will eventually be subject to the U.S. Defense Department’s vaccination mandate. Defense

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — San Diego Padres shortstop Fernando Tatís Jr. suffered scrapes on a knee and his hands in a fall in the Dominican Republic, but is doing fine. That’s according to his father, former Major League infielder Fernando Tatís. The elder Tatís said Saturday that his son was treated in the

By BARBARA SURK and CHRISTOPHE ENA Associated Press PARIS (AP) — In her first address as a French conservative presidential candidate, Valérie Pécresse is vowing to break with President Emmanuel Macron’s centrist policies and to defeat the extremism of her far-right presidential rivals. She is the first woman chosen to run as The Republicans party

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer NFL great Michael Strahan has rocketed into space on a Jeff Bezos rocket. The Amazon founder’s space company launched the former football player and co-host of ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Saturday morning from West Texas. Five others joined him on the 10-minute Blue Origin flight, including the eldest