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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Saturday that he is seeking to pardon a U.S. Army sergeant who was convicted of murder in the 2020 fatal shooting of an armed protester during nationwide protests against police violence and racial injustice. Abbott tweeted that because the state constitution limits him to a pardon

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Ben Ferencz, the last living prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials, who tried Nazis for genocidal war crimes and was among the first outside witnesses to document the atrocities of Nazi labor and concentration camps, has died. He had just turned 103 in March. Ferencz died Friday evening in Boynton Beach,

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Select Committee on China said Saturday the U.S. must take seriously the threat posed to Taiwan, as Beijing launched military drills around the island in the aftermath of the Taiwanese president’s meetings with American lawmakers. Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., who attended

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Saturday that three rockets were launched from Syria toward Israeli territory, a rare attack from the country’s northeastern neighbor that comes after days of escalating violence on multiple fronts. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the rocket launches, which caused no

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and KEN MILLER Associated Press Emma Hernandez is defiant even if she fears what may come in the latest stage of the nation’s fight over abortion: a widening prohibition to safe and legal ways to end unwanted pregnancies, including access to abortion pills. Competing rulings by two federal judges over the

By DAVE SKRETTA and STEVE REED AP Sports Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Heavy rain that left pools of standing water across Augusta National brought play to a halt at the Masters on Saturday, and Brooks Koepka and the rest of the field will have a long Sunday slog to determine who will wear the

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Award-winning cyclist Ethan Boyes died after being struck by a car at a national park in San Francisco, the U.S. Park Police said Saturday. The athlete was hit while riding his bike Tuesday afternoon around Presidio, a historic park south of the Golden Gate Bridge, authorities said. Boyes was taken to

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels say Saudi Arabia released 13 war prisoners. The Houthis say the prisoners arrived Saturday in the capital, Sanaa. They say the prisoners were released in exchange of a Saudi prisoner who the Houthis freed earlier. Omani officials, meanwhile, landed in Sanaa for talks with

NORTH RIM, Ariz. (AP) — Officials at Grand Canyon National Park are delaying the opening of the North Rim to visitors for the 2023 season. Like other parts of the West, northern Arizona received an abundance of snow over the winter, and park officials say pushing back the opening from mid-May to June 2 will

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Thousands of Israelis gathered for a weekly demonstration against the government’s contentious judicial overhaul plans despite security concerns stemming from a surge in Israeli-Palestinian violence. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has put the plans on hold last month as the protests gained huge momentum and united large swaths of Israeli society

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister has extended a closure barring entrance to Israel for Palestinians from the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip for the duration of the Jewish holiday of Passover, while police are preparing forces in Jerusalem on the eve of sensitive religious celebrations. The moves come