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Russian airstrike hits base in western Ukraine, kills 35

Russian airstrike hits base in western Ukraine, kills 35

LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Waves of Russian missiles pounded a military training base close to Ukraine’s western border with NATO member Poland, killing 35 people.
'Dune,' 'Power of the Dog' lead race for BAFTA film awards

'Dune,' 'Power of the Dog' lead race for BAFTA film awards

LONDON (AP) — Sci-fi epic “Dune” and dark western “The Power of the Dog” lead the race as the British Academy Film Awards return Sunday with a live, black-tie ceremony after a pandemic-curtailed event in 2021.
Mississippi: Assistant principal fired over book choice

Mississippi: Assistant principal fired over book choice

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An assistant principal in a Mississippi school district has been fired after he read a children's book to a class of 2nd graders that district leaders said was inappropriate.
Libya coast guard: Migrant boat capsizes; 19 presumed dead

Libya coast guard: Migrant boat capsizes; 19 presumed dead

CAIRO (AP) — A boat carrying around two dozen migrants capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya on Saturday, with at least 19 people missing and presumed dead, authorities said.
Saudi Arabia puts 81 to death in its largest mass execution

Saudi Arabia puts 81 to death in its largest mass execution

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia on Saturday executed 81 people convicted of crimes ranging from killings to belonging to militant groups, the largest known mass execution carried out in the kingdom in its modern history.
African Catholics in NYC find community at French Mass

African Catholics in NYC find community at French Mass

NEW YORK (AP) — When Landry Felix Uwamungu Ganza moved to New York from Rwanda last August, the Columbia University freshman searched for sanctuary, a sacred place to carry out his Sunday morning rituals just as he had back home.
Russian warplanes, artillery widen attack, hit industry hub

Russian warplanes, artillery widen attack, hit industry hub

LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia's airplanes and artillery widened their assault on Ukraine on Friday, striking airfields in the west and a major industrial hub in the east, as Moscow's forces tried to regroup from recent losses and their onslaught fast r
Ohio officer cleared in shooting of teenager Ma'Khia Bryant

Ohio officer cleared in shooting of teenager Ma'Khia Bryant

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Columbus police officer who shot and killed 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant last year has been cleared of any criminal wrongdoing, Ohio prosecutors announced Friday.
Famed Ernest Tubb Record Shop in Nashville up for sale

Famed Ernest Tubb Record Shop in Nashville up for sale

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The downtown Nashville, Tennessee record store that was opened by Opry legend Ernest Tubb in 1947 and has been a landmark in country music for decades will close as the building is being put up for sale.
Texas clinics’ lawsuit over abortion ban ‘effectively over’

Texas clinics’ lawsuit over abortion ban ‘effectively over’

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas abortion providers on Friday conceded a final blow to their best hope of stopping the nation's most restrictive abortion law after a new ruling ended what little path forward the U.S. Supreme Court had left for clinics.
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