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Pakistani police besiege Imran Khan's home as deadline for him to hand over suspects expires
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police kept up their siege around the home of Imran Khan as a 24-hour deadline given to the former premier to hand over suspects allegedly sheltered inside expired on Thursday. The siege and the authorities' demand for the suspects, wanted in...
Prize-winning AP team served as world's eyes in Mariupol
NEW YORK (AP) — Instincts about the strategic significance of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol led a team of Associated Press journalists there just as Russians were about to lay siege. It proved to be a fateful decision. For nearly three weeks last year, Mstyslav Chernov,...
Feuding Mexican cartels block roads near US border
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — Feuding Mexican cartels briefly blocked roads Tuesday in the border city of Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas. At one point, gunmen forced middle-school students off a school bus and used the vehicle as a blockade. Roads were...
Missouri man sentenced to prison for Jan. 6 participation
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Missouri man who argued that cases against him and other participants in the Jan. 6, 2021, siege of the U.S. Capitol are unconstitutional was sentenced Tuesday to 45 days in jail. Lloyd Casimiro Cruz Jr., 50, of Polo, was found guilty in January of two...
Known for laughs, DC dinner spotlights risks to journalism
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House Correspondents' Association dinner — known for its fun albeit ferocious jabs at Washington — took a more solemn tone this year as President Joe Biden acknowledged the several American journalists under siege in authoritarian countries around the world. ...
Climate protesters try to bring Berlin traffic to a halt
BERLIN (AP) — German climate activists temporarily brought traffic to a standstill in some parts of Berlin on Monday by gluing themselves to streets all over the capital. Members of the group Last Generation have repeatedly blocked roads across Germany in the past year in an effort...
Today in History: April 19, Revolutionary War begins
Today in History Today is Wednesday, April 19, the 109th day of 2023. There are 256 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 19, 1775, the American Revolutionary War began with the battles of Lexington and Concord. ...
Liz Cheney memoir 'Oath and Honor' coming in November
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Rep. Liz Cheney has a memoir and a “warning” coming out this fall. In “Oath and Honor,” she will write about her estrangement from former President Donald Trump and the Republican Party in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol. “The...
German climate activists pledge new wave of blockades
BERLIN (AP) — Climate activists said Tuesday that they will stage further protests in Berlin in an effort to force the German government into doing more to curb global warming. The announcement came as courts are taking a tougher stance against members of the group Last Generation...
Review: 'Koresh' drills down on dark chapter in US history
NEW YORK (AP) — “Koresh: The True story of David Koresh and the Tragedy at Waco,” by Stephan Talty (Mariner Books) Thirty years ago, on April 19, 1993, after a 51-day siege by federal agents, the Branch Davidian complex in Waco erupted in flames, leading to the deaths of 76...
