By HALLIE GOLDEN Associated Press For four hours, Raymond V. Buelna, a cultural leader for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, sat on a metal bench in a concrete holding space at the U.S.-Mexico border, separated from the two people he was taking to an Easter ceremony on tribal land in Arizona and wondering when they might
Continue Reading By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Some of the largest U.S. cities challenging their 2020 census numbers aren’t getting the results they hoped for from the U.S. Census Bureau — an effort by Memphis to increase its official population resulted in three people being subtracted from its count during an initial appeal. Some successes have come
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By Melissa Alonso CNN A man is suspected of shooting and killing his girlfriend after she reportedly went to another state for an abortion, Dallas police say. Officers were called to a parking lot Wednesday after Gabriella Gonzalez, 26, was killed, according to a Dallas County arrest warrant. Surveillance video shows Harold Lavance Thompson walking
Continue Reading By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s main opposition Congress party wrested control of the crucial southern Karnataka state from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party, according to a near complete vote count Saturday that boosted its prospects ahead of national elections due next year. The poll results are expected to
Continue Reading By Randi Kaye and Stephen Samaniego, CNN The state of Idaho is in the beginning stages of a grand exodus. Doctors — specifically, those who care for pregnant women and perform abortions — are fleeing the state due to new abortion restrictions. Doctors like Lauren Miller, who has been treating women and performing abortions in
Continue Reading By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — One outcome is clear as Washington reaches for a budget deal to end the debt ceiling standoff: The ambitious COVID-19 era of government spending to cope with the pandemic and rebuild in its aftermath is giving way to a new fiscal focus on tailored investments and
Continue Reading By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Defense Ministry says it has detected an object in its airspace that flew in from the direction of Belarus and that it was probably an observation balloon. The ministry said Saturday that radar contact with the object was lost near the town of Rypin in
Continue Reading RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) — The Pakistani army says a raid on militants in the southwest in response to an earlier attack on soldiers left seven troops, six militants and a civilian dead. The operation continued for two days after a group of militants attacked a camp of soldiers in the Qila Saifullah district of of
Continue Reading By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Rome on Saturday for talks with Italian officials and Pope Francis, who has said the Vatican has launched a behind-the-scenes initiative to try to end the war launched last year by Russia. “Today in Rome,″ Zelenskyy tweeted. ”I’m meeting with President
Continue Reading By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany says it’s providing Ukraine with additional military aid worth more than 2.7 billion euros ($3 billion) including tanks, anti-aircraft systems and ammunition. The announcement Saturday came as preparations were underway in Berlin for a possible first visit to Germany by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy since Russia
Continue Reading ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish politicians are holding final rallies on the last hours of campaigning before Sunday’s pivotal presidential and parliamentary elections that would significantly shape the NATO member’s future. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is facing the toughest challenge ever in his two decades of power in Saturday’s election. He was speaking at neighborhood rallies
Continue Reading By Ray Sanchez, CNN The four University of Idaho students who were fatally stabbed in their off-campus home were remembered for their “strength and inspiration” Saturday on graduation day, exactly six months after they were killed. Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, Madison Mogen, 21, and Ethan Chapin, 20, are being awarded posthumous degrees. After
Continue Reading By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Volunteers in Bangladesh’s coastal districts were using loudspeakers to urge people to seek shelter on Saturday as the delta nation braced for an extremely severe cyclone, which is expected to slam ashore in Bangladesh and Myanmar in the next 24 hours. U.N. agencies and aid workers
Continue Reading By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — The grand final of the Eurovision Song Contest is taking place Saturday in Liverpool. This year’s theme is “united by music,” and the event fuses the soul of English port city that birthed The Beatles with the spirit of war-battered Ukraine. Britain is hosting the event
Continue Reading By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy arrived in Rome on Saturday for talks with Italian officials and Pope Francis, who has said the Vatican has launched a behind-the-scenes initiative to try to end the war launched last year by Russia. “Today in Rome,″ Zelenskyy tweeted. ”I’m meeting with President
Continue Reading By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party was set to lose Karnataka, the only southern India state it governs, according to an early vote count Saturday that showed opposition Congress party leading in the crucial state polls. With vote counting continuing, India’s Election Commission said the
Continue Reading By Scottie Andrew, CNN The Social Security Administration has released the 20 most popular baby names of last year, and the results are … less than original. The results are near-identical to the 2021 rankings, with only one new name making an appearance. “Olivia,” “Emma” and “Charlotte” are still the top three female names, and
Continue Reading By FARES AKRAM and ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel and Palestinian militants unleashed salvos of fire for a fifth day on Saturday, with the Islamic Jihad militant group launching dozens more rockets and the Israeli military pounding targets inside the Gaza Strip. Missile shrapnel that slammed into an agricultural
Continue Reading ROME (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy is making a trip to Rome and he will meet with Pope Francis and Italian leaders on Saturday, the Vatican said. Zelenskyy will hold midday meetings with Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, who staunchly backs military and other aid for Ukraine, and with President Sergio Mattarella. Zelenskyy’s exact schedule
Continue Reading By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Defense Ministry says it has detected an object in the country’s airspace that flew in from the direction of Belarus and that it’s probably an observation balloon. The ministry tweeted Saturday that radar contact with the object was lost near the town of Rypin in
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