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Pakistan in political turmoil as leader dissolves parliament

Pakistan in political turmoil as leader dissolves parliament

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s prime minister threw the country into political limbo on Sunday, accusing the United States of attempting to oust him and cancelling a no-confidence vote he was poised to lose.
Officials: Blast in Afghan capital kills 1, wounds dozens

Officials: Blast in Afghan capital kills 1, wounds dozens

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An explosion in the center of the Afghan capital of Kabul on Sunday killed one person and wounded at least 59 others, hospital officials said.
Ukrainian forces retake areas near Kyiv amid fear of traps

Ukrainian forces retake areas near Kyiv amid fear of traps

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian troops moved cautiously to retake territory north of the country’s capital on Saturday, using cables to pull the bodies of civilians off streets of one town out of fear that Russian forces may have left them booby-trapp
Zelenskyy: Retreating Russians leave many mines behind

Zelenskyy: Retreating Russians leave many mines behind

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned his people early Saturday that retreating Russian forces were creating “a complete disaster” outside the capital as they leave mines across “the whole territory,” even around homes a
South Carolina women top Louisville, advance to title game

South Carolina women top Louisville, advance to title game

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Aliyah Boston had 23 points and 18 rebounds to back up her AP National Player of the Year award and carry South Carolina to the NCAA championship game with a 72-59 victory over Louisville in the semifinals on Friday night.
Palin files paperwork to run in Alaska US House race

Palin files paperwork to run in Alaska US House race

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Sarah Palin on Friday shook up an already unpredictable race for Alaska's lone U.S. House seat, filing paperwork to join a field of at least 40 candidates seeking to fill the seat that had been held for 49 years by the late-U.S.
Hope Solo arrested on DWI, child abuse charges

Hope Solo arrested on DWI, child abuse charges

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Former U.S. women’s national team star goalkeeper Hope Solo was arrested after she was found passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle in North Carolina with her 2-year-old twins inside, police said.
Judge upholds Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking conviction

Judge upholds Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking conviction

NEW YORK (AP) — A U.S. judge refused to throw out Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking conviction Friday, despite a juror’s failure to disclose before the trial began that he’d been a victim of childhood sexual abuse.
Jury gets case of 4 men charged in Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot

Jury gets case of 4 men charged in Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A prosecutor urged jurors Friday to convict four men in a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov.
Loss of namesake bar and grill hits tiny Alabama community

Loss of namesake bar and grill hits tiny Alabama community

FAUNSDALE, Ala.
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