Nation & World

By David McHugh Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe is struggling to contain an energy crisis that could lead to rolling blackouts, shuttered factories and a deep recession. The primary cause: Russia has choked off…

By Robert Jablon Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California is facing its highest chance of blackouts this year as a brutal heat wave continues to blanket the state with triple-digit temperatures. State energy officials said the…

By Michael R. Sisak, and Michael Balsamo and Jennifer Peltz Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The man accused of shooting 10 people on a Brooklyn subway train was arrested Wednesday and charged with a federal terrorism offense after a…

By Stephen McGrath and Eldar Emric Associated Press RADAUTI, Romania (AP) — Simba the lion and a wolf named Akyla have been evacuated from a zoo in war-torn Ukraine and brought to safety in Romania in what an animal rights group…

By Gerald Herbert and Rebecca Santana Associated Press ARABI, La. (AP) — Residents in the New Orleans area were digging out and assessing damage Wednesday after tornadoes lashed the region, flipping vehicles, ripping off rooftops and…

By Matthew Lee Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Madeleine Albright, the first female U.S. secretary of state, has died of cancer, her family said Wednesday. She was 84. President Bill Clinton chose Albright as America’s top…

By Chris Megerian and Aamer Madhani Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With Europe facing its most precarious future since World War II, President Joe Biden will huddle with key allies in Brussels and Warsaw this week as the leaders try…

From Brian Cousins Public Information Desk Sonia Larson, a resident of Rockford, Illinois, has enjoyed visiting her neighbors for more than three decades as part of her volunteer ministry. However, this changed in the spring of 2020,…

By Christopher Rugaber Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An inflation gauge that is closely monitored by the Federal Reserve jumped 6.1% in January compared with a year ago, the latest evidence that Americans are enduring sharp price…

By Yuras Karmanau, Jim Heintz, Vladimir Isachenkov and Dasha Litvinova Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops bore down on Ukraine’s capital Friday, with gunfire and explosions resonating ever closer to the government…

By Colleen Long, Michael Balsamo and Zeke Miller Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday will nominate federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, the White House said, making her the…

By Bobby Ross Jr. Associated Press MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Mayfield First United Methodist Church, a century-old temple with stately columns and stained-glass windows, has long been an anchor in the life of Kathy O’Nan, the city’s…

By David A. Lieb and Camille Fassett Associated Press State and local governments lost at least $117 billion of expected revenue early in the pandemic, according to an Associated Press analysis, but many are now awash in record amounts…

By Nicholas Riccardi Associated Press As he struggled to survive the 2020 Democratic primary, Joe Biden made a striking pledge before voting began in heavily African American, must-win South Carolina: His first Supreme Court appointment…

By Jill Bleed and Sean Murphy Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal judge resentenced “Tiger King” Joe Exotic to 21 years in prison on Friday, reducing his punishment by just a year despite pleas from the former zookeeper for…