Month: March 2023

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Without billions of dollars more to feed millions of hungry people, the world will see mass migration, destabilized countries, and starving children and adults in the next 12 to 18 months, the head of the Nobel prize-winning U.N. World Food Program warned Friday. David Beasley

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president is visiting the border city of Ciudad Juarez, where 39 men died in an immigration detention center fire. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Friday he was personally devastated by Monday’s tragedy. But it appears he will bring little new with him in the

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A monster storm system tore through the South and Midwest on Friday, spawning deadly tornadoes that shredded homes and shopping centers, overturned vehicles and uprooted trees as people raced for shelter. At least one person was killed and two dozen or more were hurt, some

By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — Alexis Morris scored 27 points and had two of her misses in the fourth quarter turned into putback baskets by Angel Reese in a big run as LSU rallied to beat top-seeded Virginia Tech 79-72 in a national semifinal game Friday night. Reese finished with 24

By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The body of a 2-year-old Florida boy who had been the subject of a frantic search after his mother was slain was found Friday in a lake in the jaws of an alligator, police said. St. Petersburg Police Chief Anthony Holloway also said the boy’s

By The Associated Press Horse racing’s new anti-doping program was dealt a blow Friday when a judge in Texas ordered the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority to stop enforcing its rules involving medications and illegal drugs until May 1. Judge James Wesley Hendrix of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A tornado raced through Little Rock and surrounding areas Friday, splintering homes, overturning vehicles and tossing trees and debris on roadways as people raced for shelter. There were reports of at least one dead and two dozen or more hurt, some critically. Another tornado hit

By TRAVIS LOLLER and HOLLY MEYER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Family and friends of Evelyn Dieckhaus, one of three children who were killed in a school shooting in Nashville this week, remembered her as a “shining light” and said farewell to a girl who loved art, music, animals and snuggling with her older

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Tensions erupted as the Mississippi House passed the final version of a bill to expand territory of a state-run police department inside the state’s capital city. Jackson is majority-Black and governed by Democrats. The state Legislature is majority-white and controlled by Republicans. The House voted