How West Virginia’s first transgender elected official is influencing local politics
WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — When Rosemary Ketchum gets introduced as the first openly transgender person to win elective office in West Virginia, there's often...
Film academy launches $500M fundraising campaign ahead of 100th Oscar anniversary
ROME (AP) — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced a $500 million fundraising campaign Friday to ensure long-term, global support for...
US pledges money and other aid to help track and contain bird flu on...
U.S. health and agriculture officials pledged nearly $200 million in new spending and other efforts Friday to help track and contain an outbreak of...
A train in central Buenos Aires strikes a boxcar on the track, injuring dozens
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — At least 90 people were injured in Argentina's capital when a passenger train struck an empty boxcar on the...
A cyberattack forces a big US health system to divert ambulances and take records...
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A cyberattack on the Ascension health system operating in 19 states across the U.S. forced some of its 140 hospitals...
Malta’s deputy prime minister resigns, ends EU Commission bid, as he faces charges in...
VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Malta’s deputy prime minister resigned Friday, and ended his European Commission bid, after he was charged with fraud in a...
Biden administration won’t conclude Israel violated terms of US weapons agreements, AP sources say
WASHINGTON (AP) — A soon-to-be-released Biden administration review of Israel's use of U.S.-provided weapons in its war in Gaza does not conclude that Israel...
Rope team rappels down into a rock quarry to rescue a mutt named Rippy
NORTH CANAAN, Conn. (AP) — It was the barking that saved Rippy, a mutt that fell deep into a working rock quarry.After passersby and...
Zurich presents counterrevolutionary staging of Wagner’s Ring Cycle under Noseda and Homoki
ZURICH (AP) — In an age of radical reinterpretations, conductor Gianandrea Noseda and director Andreas Homoki created a counterrevolutionary version of Wagner’s four-night, 15-hour...
Bodies of 2 backcountry skiers buried by Utah avalanche recovered from mountain, names released
SANDY, Utah (AP) — Search crews on Friday recovered the bodies of two backcountry skiers who were swept away and buried by an avalanche...
