OKLAHOMA CITY — An iconic chief of the Cherokee Nation, Wilma Mankiller, inspired countless Native American children as a powerful but humble leader who expanded early education and rural healthcare. Her reach is now broadening with a quintessential American honor: a Barbie doll in the late Mankiller’s likeness as part […]
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Mexico’s next president likely to be a woman after third-party candidate leaves race
MEXICO CITY — A third-party candidate announced Saturday he is leaving Mexico’s 2024 presidential race, practically ensuring the country ’s next president will be a woman. Samuel García, the governor of the northern border state of Nuevo Leon, said Saturday he won’t run for president in the June 2 elections. […]
Police in Paris have arrested a man who targeted passersby, killing 1 and injuring 2, official says
PARIS — French police arrested a man who targeted passersby in Paris on Saturday night, killing a German tourist with a knife and injuring two others, France‘s interior minister said. Police subdued the man, a 25-year-old French citizen who had spent four years in prison for planning a violent offense. […]
Ex-president barred from leaving Ukraine amid alleged plan to meet with Hungary’s Viktor Orban
KYIV, Ukraine — KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Former President Petro Poroshenko was denied permission to leave Ukraine for a planned meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Ukraine’s security service said Saturday. Poroshenko announced Friday that he had been turned away at the border despite previously receiving permission from Parliament […]
Florida’s Republican chair has denied a woman’s rape allegation in a case roiling state politics
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The head of the Florida Republican Party, whose wife is a founder of one of the nation’s most prominent conservative groups, has been accused of rape, leading Gov. Ron DeSantis to call for his resignation, roiling the state’s conservative politics and creating accusations of hypocrisy from […]
Suspect tied to 4 homicides that occurred in Los Angeles in 4 days: Police
Four fatal shootings that occurred in Los Angeles this week — including the unprovoked killings of three men who were all experiencing homelessness — have been linked to one suspect, police said. The suspect — identified as Jerrid Joseph Powell, 33 — was arrested on Saturday in the killings of […]
Winter weather in Pacific Northwest cuts power to thousands in Seattle
SEATTLE — Winter weather brought high winds and snow to parts of the Pacific Northwest, knocking out power in some areas and dumping fresh snow across the Cascade Range. Thousands of households were without power Saturday morning in the greater Seattle area after a night of rain and wind, the […]
Search for 7 crew members missing after US aircraft crash yields no clues
Dive searches were conducted in areas identified by side-scan sonar. December 2, 2023, 11:41 AM The search for the seven crew members missing after a U.S. military Osprey crashed off the shore of Yakushima Island in southern Japan has yielded no new clues, the Japanese Coast Guard said Saturday. Dive […]
Breaches by Iran-affiliated hackers spanned multiple U.S. states, federal agencies say
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A small western Pennsylvania water authority was just one of multiple organizations breached in the United States by Iran-affiliated hackers who targeted a specific industrial control device because it is Israeli-made, U.S. and Israeli authorities say. “The victims span multiple U.S. states,” the FBI, the Environmental Protection […]
At COP28 meeting, oil companies pledge to combat methane. Environmentalists call it a “smokescreen”
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Fifty oil companies representing nearly half of global production have pledged to reach near-zero methane emissions and end routine flaring in their operations by 2030, the president of this year’s United Nations climate talks said Saturday, a move that environmental groups called a “smokescreen.” Methane […]