By JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sought Western support for his country in surprise visits to Britain and France on Wednesday, pu…
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Tyre Nichols documents: Officer never explained stop to him
By TRAVIS LOLLER, JONATHAN MATTISE and ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tennessee (AP) — The officer who pulled Tyre Nichols from his car before police fatally beat him never explained why he wa…
Biden warns of GOP plans for Medicare, Social Security cuts
By LISA MASCARO, ZEKE MILLER and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Joe Biden suggested that Republicans want to slash Medicare and Social Security, the GOP howls of prot…
Primary care a hot target; CVS spends $10.6B on Oak Street
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Big money is pouring into primary care clinics as the nation’s health care giants hunt for ways to cut costs by keeping people healthy. CVS Health said Wednesday that it…
Probe into US Olympic failings stunted by red tape in DC
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer DENVER (AP) — More than 27 months since it was greenlighted by Congress, the panel established to investigate the inner workings of the U.S. Olympic structure has yet…
Microsoft’s Activision deal hurts gamers, UK watchdog says
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Microsoft’s stalled $68.7 billion deal to buy video game company Activision Blizzard has hit a fresh hurdle in the United Kingdom, where the antitrust w…
In earthquake rescues, noisy gear and digging, then silence
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press ADANA, Turkey (AP) — They lifted slabs of cement with enormous cranes and smashed rubble with jackhammers. Then, they stopped. Silence. Key to detecting the faintest n…
Brazil pushes illegal miners out of Yanomami territory
By FABIANO MAISONNAVE and EDMAR BARROS ALTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) — Armed government officials with Brazil’s justice, Indigenous and environment ministries pressed illegal gold miners out of Yanom…
Buckeye’s Harry Miller, Cincinnati ironworker among Jill Biden’s guests
The Associated Press Rock star Bono, the family of Tyre Nichols and the 26-year-old who disarmed a gunman in last month’s Monterey Park, California, shooting were among the featured guests sitting alo…
Biden in State of Union promises to ‘finish the job’
By ZEKE MILLER, SEUNG MIN KIM and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden exhorted Congress Tuesday night to work with him to “finish the job” of rebuilding the economy and…