ROME (AP) — Pope Francis says if he can, he’ll keep a promise to visit his native Argentina in the second half of this year. The pontiff last year said he hoped to visit the South American country he left when he was elected pope in 2013 and hasn’t visited since. In an interview Sunday
Continue ReadingBy BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Peter Burling skippered New Zealand to its second straight SailGP victory on Sunday, claiming the Mubadala Abu Dhabi Sail Grand Prix to pull closer to rival Australia in the Season 4 standings. Burling beat Spain’s Diego Botin, the leader after Saturday’s first three fleet races,
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — The Nicaraguan government said Sunday it released Bishop Rolando Álvarez and 18 clergy members from jail and handed them over to Vatican authorities. They had been jailed more than a year ago, in most cases, as part of a crackdown on the opposition and church by President Daniel Ortega, who accused
Continue ReadingBy PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Jaylyn Sherrod crashed into Stanford’s bench late in the game and was shocked to see who’d softened her fall. It was none other than Hall of Fame coach Tara VanDerveer. The Colorado guard and her teammates crashed VanDerveer’s shot at a milestone win, too. The
Continue ReadingBy SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan President-elect Bernardo Arévalo is waiting to be sworn into office. But Sunday’s ceremony has been delayed, with the inauguration tinged by wrangling and tensions, just like almost every day since his resounding Aug. 20 election victory. Congress is supposed to attend the inauguration as
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis on Sunday defended the qualifications of a special prosecutor she hired for her case against Donald Trump and others over efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia after a defense lawyer accused Willis of professional impropriety. In her first public
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — Authorities say a small plane carrying three people has crashed in a remote, wooded area of Massachusetts. Police reported multiple fatalities on Sunday. The Federal Aviation Administration says the twin-engine Beechcraft Baron 55 crashed near Leyden, Massachusetts, with three people on board. A Massachusetts State Police spokesperson says multiple agencies were notified
Continue ReadingINDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum endorsed Donald Trump’s comeback bid for the White House ahead of the Iowa caucuses. Burgum appeared on stage with Tr8ump at a rally Sunday in Indianola and heaped praise on the former president. His endorsement comes just over a month after Burgum ended his own longshot
Continue ReadingPHOENIX (AP) — It’s no joke. Humorous and quirky messages on electronic signs will soon disappear from highways and freeways across the country. The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has given states two years to implement all the changes outlined in its new 1,100-page manual released last month, including rules that spells out how signs and
Continue ReadingAL-RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) — A moment of silence was observed and then shouts of “free Palestine” rang out ahead of the Asian Cup game between Iran and the Palestinian soccer team. As the Israel-Hamas war reached the 100-day mark both teams lined up in the center of the field at Education City Stadium and an
Continue ReadingBy Brynn Gingras and Mark Morales, CNN (CNN) — Serial killings suspect Rex Heuermann is expected to be charged with a fourth killing in connection with the Gilgo Beach case, a source familiar with the investigation said Sunday. Heuermann is scheduled to be in court Tuesday, according to the Suffolk County district attorney. ABC and
Continue ReadingAL-RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) — A moment of silence was observed and then shouts of “free Palestine” rang out ahead of the Asian Cup game between Iran and the Palestinian soccer team. As the Israel-Hamas war reached the 100-day mark both teams lined up in the center of the field at Education City Stadium and an
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — For thousands of years, the moon inspired humans from afar, but the bright beacon in Earth’s night sky — located more than 200,000 miles (321,868 kilometers) away — remained out of reach. That all changed on September 13, 1959, when the former Soviet Union’s uncrewed spacecraft, Luna 2, landed
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — In a story published January 12, 2024, about violence in the West Bank, The Associated Press erroneously reported that a 34-year-old Palestinian had been shot in the leg. The Israeli military said the wounded man was a reservist soldier wounded by a Palestinian attacker.
Continue ReadingBy Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — An Iowa principal who acted heroically to save students during a mass shooting at Perry High School earlier this month has died from his injuries in the attack, according to his wife. The shooting at the school near Des Moines initially left one sixth-grade student dead and seven others,
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — Authorities are urging residents on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion to shelter indoors as a powerful storm bears down packing hurricane-force winds. Forecaster Meteo France issued a code red cyclone alert for the storm, named Belal, and said it is expected to be “very dangerous.” It forecast “a strong probability”
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS BEAUMONT, HANNAH FINGERHUT and JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) — All the major candidates for the Republican presidential nomination are campaigning in Iowa as they appeal to supporters to turn out for the caucuses despite the frigid weather. Below-zero temperatures and the remnants of a weekend blizzard are threatening to
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer The Jim Harbaugh derby for NFL teams is about to heat up. A week after leading the University of Michigan to a national title in the College Football Playoff, Harbaugh will meet with the Los Angeles Chargers about their head coach vacancy this week, a person familiar with the
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT McFETRIDGE and TRISHA AHMED Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa principal who put himself in harm’s way to protect students during a school shooting earlier this month died Sunday, a funeral home confirmed. Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home & Crematory confirmed the death of Perry High School Principal Dan Marburger after
Continue ReadingBy MUHAMMAD FAROOQ, DANICA KIRKA and MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — From Berlin to London and Limassol to Karachi, tens of thousands of people took to the streets Sunday to mark the 100th day of Israel’s war with Hamas. Opposing demonstrations either demanded the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas or
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