By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden can breathe a bit easier, at least for the moment, now that Israel and Iran appear to have stepped back from the brink of tipping the Middle East into all-out war. Israel’s retaliatory strikes on Iran and Syria caused limited damage. The restrained action
Continue ReadingBy ALEXANDRA OLSON and CLAIRE SAVAGE AP Business Writers Pregnant workers have the right to a wide range of accommodations under new federal regulations for enforcing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission adopted an expansive view of conditions related to pregnancy and childbirth in its proposed regulations. It drew condemnation from
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The most significant case in decades on homelessness has reached the Supreme Court as record numbers of people in America are without a permanent place to live. The justices on Monday will consider a challenge to rulings from a California-based appeals court that found punishing people for
Continue ReadingBy LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The most significant case in decades on homelessness has reached the Supreme Court as record numbers of people in America are without a permanent place to live. The justices on Monday will consider a challenge to rulings from a California-based appeals court that found punishing people for
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — He seems “selfish and self-serving,” said one woman. The way he carries himself in public “leaves something to be desired,” said another. His “negative rhetoric and bias,” said another man, is what is “most harmful.” Over the past week, Donald Trump has been forced to sit
Continue ReadingBy RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani province is warning of heavy loss of life due to glacial melting. The country has witnessed days of extreme weather, killing scores of people and destroying property. Experts say Pakistan is experiencing heavier rains than normal in April because of climate change. In the
Continue ReadingBy Nicquel Terry Ellis and Kaylin C. Blue, CNN (CNN) — Duke University’s decision to end a full ride scholarship program for Black students has received both support and criticism from former recipients of the award. The university announced earlier this month that the Reginaldo M. Howard Memorial Scholarship would be replaced by the Reginaldo Howard Leadership Program, which “will
Continue ReadingSOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian customs officials say they have seized about 887 pounds of heroin found in a truck with Turkish registration en route from Iran to Western Europe. The haul was made at the Kapitan Andreevo checkpoint on the Turkish border, officials said on Saturday. The drugs were thought to have originated in
Continue ReadingBy JACQUELYN MARTIN Associated Press ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — The group of first graders had no time to waste — they had matzo to make. The students from Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School of the Nation’s Capital had just 18 minutes to prep and cook the cracker-like, unleavened Passover staple if they wanted to keep
Continue ReadingBy DAVID CRARY AP National Writer Passover is a major Jewish holiday, celebrated over seven or eight days each year, commemorating the exodus of ancient Israelites from slavery in Egypt, as recounted in the Bible. To many Jews, it symbolizes freedom and the birth of a Jewish nation. This year, for many Jews, the holiday’s
Continue ReadingBy STEPHANY MATAT Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Former first lady Melania Trump is making a return to her husband’s presidential campaign with a rare political appearance after months of being absent from Donald Trump’s latest run for the White House. She plans to attend a fundraiser Saturday for the Log Cabin
Continue ReadingBy Kaitlyn Schwanemann, CNN (CNN) — When Isabella Marquez, a high school senior from the Pueblo of Laguna in New Mexico, was applying to colleges, two criteria were important to her: cost and culture. Marquez said wanted to attend a university that she could afford, but also where she could learn her tribe’s language, Keresan,
Continue ReadingBy QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi authorities said Saturday that they were investigating an explosion that struck a base belonging to the Popular Mobilization Forces, a coalition of Iran-allied militias, killing one person and injuring eight. Militia officials had initially described the explosion at the Kalsu military base north of Babylon —
Continue ReadingBy Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — More than 20 years after a mother found a human jawbone hidden in her son’s rock collection, genetic genealogy experts have unraveled the discovery and identified the partial remains of a US Marine Corps captain. Adding to the decades-long mystery was that 30-year-old Capt. Everett Leland Yager, who
Continue ReadingBy MEAD GRUVER Associated Press Republicans in Wyoming are deciding which presidential candidate will get their state’s votes at the GOP national convention. But there’s only one choice on Saturday. Former President Donald Trump will be the lone candidate listed on a presidential preference poll at the state Republican convention. The poll will decide how
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is pushing swiftly through a series of votes in a rare Saturday session to approve $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies, Democrats and Republicans joining together after a grueling monthslong fight over renewed American support for
Continue ReadingCNN By Jeremy Herb and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — The historic first criminal trial of a former US president begins with opening statements on Monday. Judge Juan Merchan swiftly moved through consideration of roughly 200 potential jurors to find a jury pool of 18 by midday Friday, swearing in 12 jurors and six
Continue ReadingBy Steve Contorno and Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump’s rally in North Carolina – set to be his first since the start of his hush money criminal trial began in New York – was postponed Saturday due to concerns over severe weather. Trump called into the Wilmington rally from his airplane,
Continue ReadingBy CHINEU ASADU and JOHN MINCHILLO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Nigerian chess champion and child education advocate has played chess nonstop for 60 hours. Tunde Onakoya was attempting to break the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon. Onakoya started the attempt Wednesday in New York City’s Times Square and aims
Continue ReadingBy MOHAMMAD TAUFAN Associated Press PALU, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities say the country’s elite counterterrorism police have arrested eight suspected militants in recent days believed to be part of a new cell linked to Jemaah Islamiyah, an al-Qaida-linked group. Police conducted raids in Central Sulawesi province between Tuesday and Thursday. Two laptops, several cellular
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