Nation and World
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Staffing shortages, violence plague Oklahoma prisons
Sep 24, 2022 7:00 am - HOLDENVILLE, Okla. (AP) - Working as a prison guard in Oklahoma is becoming an ever more dangerous job as the state, with one of the highest incarceration rates in the U...
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Fiona sweeps away houses, knocks out power in eastern Canada
Sep 24, 2022 7:00 am - TORONTO (AP) - Fiona washed houses into the sea, tore the roofs off others and knocked out power to the vast majority of two Canadian provinces as it made landfall befor...
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Oscar-winning 'Cuckoo's Nest' actor Louise Fletcher dies
Sep 24, 2022 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Louise Fletcher, a late-blooming star whose riveting performance as the cruel and calculating Nurse Ratched in 'œOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'ť set...
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Former Georgia Tech football coach Bill Fulcher dies at 88
Sep 24, 2022 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Bill Fulcher, who coached Georgia Tech's football team for two seasons in the 1970s in what remains the shortest tenure in the school's modern era, has di...
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Model who criticized Myanmar's military fears repatriation
Sep 23, 2022 7:00 am - BANGKOK (AP) - A model from Myanmar who denounced her country's military rulers last year from the stage of a beauty pageant in Thailand said Friday she fears she may be...
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Professor, NASA researcher pleads guilty in China ties case
Sep 23, 2022 7:00 am - HOUSTON (AP) - A NASA researcher and Texas A&M University professor pleaded guilty to charges related to hiding his ties to a university created by the Chinese governmen...
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Russian men join exodus, fearing call-up to fight in Ukraine
Sep 23, 2022 7:00 am - ISTANBUL (AP) - Military-aged men fled Russia in droves Friday, filling planes and causing traffic jams at border crossings to avoid being rounded up to fight in Ukraine...
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As shelters fill, NYC weighs tents to house migrants
Sep 23, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - New York City's mayor says he plans to erect hangar-sized tents as temporary shelter for thousands of international migrants who have been bused into the...
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Pakistan deploys more doctors to fight diseases after floods
Sep 23, 2022 7:00 am - ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan has deployed thousands of additional doctors and paramedics in the country's worst flood-hit province to contain the spread of diseases that ha...
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US steps up diplomatic efforts with China on Taiwan, Russia
Sep 23, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The Biden administration on Friday ramped up its diplomatic efforts to press China to end provocative actions against Taiwan and warned it about any acti...