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WAJIMA, Japan (AP) - The death toll from a major earthquake in western Japan reached 100 Saturday, as rescue workers fought aftershocks to carefully pull people from the rubble. Deaths had reached 98 ...
Jan 05, 2024
LEEDS, Alabama (AP) - A man crashed his car outside a Bass Pro Shop in Alabama, stripped down to his birthday suit and plunged into the giant aquarium inside the store, police said. The ordeal happene...
Jan 05, 2024
PERRY, Iowa (AP) - An Iowa principal critically injured in a school shooting put himself at extra risk by trying to protect students from the teenage gunman, state authorities said Friday. Perry High ...
Jan 05, 2024
DENVER (AP) - A former Colorado officer will spend 14 months in jail for killing Elijah McClain. The young Black man was stopped by police while walking home in 2019, and his death helped galvanize ra...
Jan 05, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court said Friday it will decide whether former President Donald Trump can be kept off the ballot because of his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss, inserting the...
Jan 05, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Friday allowed Idaho to enforce its strict abortion ban, even in medical emergencies, while a legal fight continues. The justices said they would hear arguments ...
Jan 05, 2024
VALLEY FORGE, Pa. (AP) - President Joe Biden warned Friday that Donald Trump's efforts to retake the White House in 2024 pose a grave threat to the country, the day before the third anniversary of the...
Jan 05, 2024
PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic (AP) - Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco appeared in a Dominican court Friday to face allegations that he had a brief relationship with a 14-year-old girl and gav...
Jan 05, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) - The longtime head of the National Rifle Association said Friday he is resigning, just days before the start of a civil trial over his spending of millions of dollars' worth of travel, ...
Jan 05, 2024
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) - South African athlete Oscar Pistorius was due to be released from prison on parole Friday, more than a decade after he shot his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in a Valentine'...
Jan 04, 2024