Founder of the American Family Association dies in Mississippi
TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — Donald Wildmon, the founder of the American Family Association, a conservative Christian advocacy group, has died, the organization announced Thursday.The...
Maine bars Trump from ballot as US Supreme Court weighs states’ authority to block...
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s Democratic secretary of state on Thursday removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot under the...
Missouri school board to reinstate Black history classes with new curriculum
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Students at a suburban St. Louis school district can continue to take elective Black history courses, school leaders announced Thursday...
Cher asks court to give her conservatorship over her adult son
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cher has filed a petition to become a temporary conservator overseeing her son's money, saying the 47-year-old's struggles with mental...
Biden administration grants Louisiana power to approve carbon capture wells
The Biden administration is handing Louisiana regulators new power to attract and approve carbon capture projects at a time when the state’s influential energy...
American-Canadian-Israeli woman believed to be held hostage in Gaza pronounced dead
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A hard-hit Israeli kibbutz on Thursday announced the death of Judih Weinstein — an American-Canadian-Israeli woman who had been...
2023’s problems and peeves are bid a symbolic farewell at pre-New Year’s Times Square...
NEW YORK (AP) — One person wanted to get past anger issues. Others sought to turn the page on medical bills, work stress, insecurities,...
Woman sues dentist after 4 root canals, 8 dental crowns and 20 fillings in...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota woman has sued her dentist after receiving four root canals, eight dental crowns and 20 fillings in a single...
Venezuela will hold military exercises off its shores as a British warship heads to...
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — President Nicolás Maduro ordered Venezuela’s armed forces to conduct defensive exercises in the Eastern Caribbean after the United Kingdom sent...
World population up 75 million this year, topping 8 billion by Jan. 1
The world population grew by 75 million people over the past year and on New Year's Day it will stand at more than 8...