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WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal employees are starting to receive another email requiring them to explain their recent accomplishments, a renewed attempt by President Donald Trump and billionaire entreprene...
Feb 28, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine won't enter peace talks with Russia until it has security guarantees against another offensive. Zelenskyy added Friday's contentious spat w...
Feb 28, 2025
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Friday commuted the death sentence of Robin "Rocky" Myers to life in prison after noting questions about his case. Ivey said Myers, who was facing exec...
Feb 28, 2025
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa became the first U.S. state to remove gender identity protections from its civil rights code on Friday when Gov. Kim Reynolds signed into law a bill that opponents say wil...
Feb 28, 2025
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - A jury found an Illinois landlord guilty of murder and hate crime charges Friday for a brutal 2023 attack on a Palestinian American family that left a 6-year-old dead. Joseph Czuba...
Feb 28, 2025
ROME (AP) - Pope Francis suffered a bronchial spasm Friday that resulted in him breathing in vomit, requiring non-invasive mechanical ventilation, but he responded well and remained conscious and aler...
Feb 28, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met Friday with President Donald Trump at a pivotal moment for his country, as he tries to persuade the White House to provide some form of U....
Feb 28, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Friday designating English as the official language of the United States, according to the White House. The order wil...
Feb 28, 2025
ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Protesters hurling Molotov cocktails and smashing paving stones clashed with riot police firing volleys of tear gas and stun grenades in central Athens Friday, as tens of thousan...
Feb 28, 2025
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - A suicide bomber blew himself up after walking into a mosque within a pro-Taliban seminary in northwestern Pakistan on Friday, killing a top cleric and four other worshippers...
Feb 28, 2025