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By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China sent warships and dozens of fighter jets toward Taiwan on Saturday, the Taiwanese government said, in retaliation for a meeting between the U.S. House of Representatives speaker and the president of the self-ruled island democracy claimed by Beijing as part of its territory. The Chinese military

By TRAVIS LOLLER, ADRIAN SAINZ and GARY FIELDS Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee has become a new front in the battle for the future of American democracy after Republicans expelled two Black lawmakers from the state Legislature for their part in a protest urging passage of gun-control measures. In separate votes on Thursday,

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — A report of shots fired sent dozens of police cars to the University of Oklahoma Friday night and the campus was locked down for nearly two hours but authorities say no threat was found. At around 9:30 p.m., the university tweeted there was an active shooter on campus and urged: “Run.

BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese military says it has launched exercises around Taiwan in a new act of retaliation for a meeting between the U.S. House of Representatives speaker and the president of the self-ruled island democracy claimed by Beijing as part of its territory. The People’s Liberation Army said Saturday the exercises were a

ISLE OF PALMS, S.C. (AP) — Gunfire erupted on a South Carolina beach during a “senior skip day” event involving numerous teenagers Friday, wounding six people and prompting charges against two for unlawful possession of guns, police in South Carolina said. The shots broke out around 5:20 p.m. on Isle of Palms, 94 miles (151

By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — After two months of hard work assembling and painting devil-like cardboard figures popularly known as “Judas,” Mexican artisan Marcela Villarreal is eager to watch her creations burn. Villarreal and dozens of fellow crafters created the figures ahead of the annual “Burning of Judas,” a celebration

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Police are investigating a report of shots being fired at the University of Oklahoma Friday night and people campus are being told to shelter in place. Campus police got the report at around 9:30 p.m. Friday and told people to avoid the South Oval area. The university at first tweeted there

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press SAN PEDRO CUTUD, Philippines (AP) — Eight Filipinos were nailed to crosses to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a bloody Good Friday tradition, including a carpenter, who was crucified for the 34th time with a prayer for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to end because it has made poor people like

By RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas lawyer accused of orchestrating a $460 million Ponzi scheme across the U.S. West has been granted release from federal custody. A federal judge in Las Vegas says he was persuaded by Matthew Beasley’s strong family support to give the personal injury lawyer a

By FRANK BAJAK Associated Press Award-winning Bolivian journalist Harold Olmos, who led Associated Press operations in Venezuela and Brazil, has died at age 78. Olmos fled his coup-convulsed homeland more than four decades ago. His gentlemanly manner belied a remarkable tenacity and he was a role model for AP journalists in South America. He had

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Three towering pine trees fell near patrons as storms rolled through Augusta National on Friday, though nobody was hurt, and the second round of the Masters was suspended for the day amid heavy wind and rain. The course was cleared once for 21 minutes by