Russian media: Griner pleads guilty in Russia drugs trial
Jul 07, 2022
By JIM HEINTZ MOSCOW (AP) — Jailed American basketball star Brittney Griner on Thursday pleaded guilty to drug possession and smuggling during her trial in Moscow but said she had no intention of committing a…
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A turbulent US this July 4, but many see cause to celebrate
Jul 04, 2022
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Independence Day has arrived as the United States is rocked by hearings over the Jan. 6 insurrection, awash in turmoil over high court rulings on abortion and guns and struggling to maintain the bonds…
Russian forces leave Snake Island, keep up eastern assault
Jun 30, 2022
By FRANCESCA EBEL SLOVIANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russia on Thursday pulled back its forces from a strategically placed Black Sea island where they have faced relentless Ukrainian attacks, but kept up its push to encircle…
Aide: Trump dismissed Jan. 6 threats, wanted to join crowd
Jun 29, 2022
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, FARNOUSH AMIRI, ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump rebuffed his own security’s warnings about armed protesters in the Jan. 6 rally crowd and made desperate attempts to join his…
46 migrants found dead in abandoned trailer in San Antonio
Jun 28, 2022
By ERIC GAY and ELLIOT SPAGAT SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Forty-six people were found dead after being abandoned in a tractor-trailer in the sweltering Texas heat in the latest tragedy to claim the lives of…
Supreme Court’s abortion ruling sets off new court fights
Jun 27, 2022
By KEVIN McGILL, AMY FORLITI and GEOFF MULVIHILL NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The fall of Roe v. Wade shifted the battleground over abortion to courthouses around the country Monday, as abortion foes looked to quickly…
States brace for fight over gun laws after high court ruling
Jun 24, 2022
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Supreme Court’s decision overturning a gun-permitting law in New York has states with robust firearms restrictions scrambling to respond on two fronts — to figure out what…
Top Texas cop: Uvalde police response was ‘abject failure’
Jun 22, 2022
By JIM VERTUNO and JAKE BLEIBERG AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The head of the Texas state police pronounced the law enforcement response to the Uvalde school shooting an “abject failure,” telling lawmakers that there were…
Outside Yellowstone, flooded towns struggle to recover
Jun 20, 2022
By MATTHEW BROWN and BRITTANY PETERSON FROMBERG, Mont. (AP) — With Yellowstone National Park pushing to reopen to tourists more quickly than anticipated after record floods pounded southern Montana, some of those hardest hit in the…
Takeaways from AP interview: Biden on inflation, US psyche
Jun 17, 2022
By ZEKE MILLER and JOSH BOAK WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden sat down with The Associated Press to discuss the state of the economy, his concerns about the national mood and his commitment to standing up…