US report: Allies of El Salvador’s president deemed corrupt
MIAMI (AP) — Allies of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, including his Cabinet chief, have been included in a list of senior officials in Central Ame...
Montreal’s Price, Gallagher prep for postseason in minors
MONTREAL (AP) — Montreal Canadiens players Carey Price and Brendan Gallagher returned to the minor leagues on Monday night for a one-game stint in an ...
Supreme Court to take up major abortion rights challenge
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Monday to a showdown over abortion in a case that could dramatically alter nearly 50 years of rulings on ab...
California will stay masked for another month
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California won’t lift its mask requirement until June 15 to give the public and businesses time to prepare and ensure cases ...
The Latest: Conn. plans ‘signing bonus’ to boost job seeking
HARTFORD, Conn. — As some states set plans to a pandemic $300 weekly supplemental unemployment benefit as a way to encourage people to find work, Conn...
Ransomware hits AXA units in Asia, hurts Ireland healthcare
PARIS (AP) — Cybercriminals have hit four Asian subsidiaries of the Paris-based insurance company AXA with a ransomware attack, impacting operations i...
Jaguars sign 6th-rounder Jalen Camp, waive Ryquell Armstead
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars signed sixth-round draft pick Jalen Camp on Monday and waived third-year running back Ryquell Armst...
Playoff format could help end Canada’s Stanley Cup drought
Nick Foligno was 5 when his father made his longest playoff run with Toronto and he remembers it like it was yesterday....
The Latest: Biden expresses ‘support’ for Gaza cease-fire
WASHINGTON — The White House says President Joe Biden has expressed “support” for a cease-fire during a call to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netany...
Lawyer: US approves release of oldest Guantanamo prisoner
WASHINGTON (AP) — A 73-year-old from Pakistan who is the oldest prisoner at the Guantanamo Bay detention center was notified on Monday that he has bee...
EXPLAINER: The Supreme Court takes a major abortion case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide a major abortion case that could dramatically alter decades of rulings on abortion righ...
Republican North Las Vegas mayor running for Nevada governor
LAS VEGAS (AP) — North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee announced Monday he’s running for governor next year, challenging incumbent Democrat Steve Sisolak....
Sassuolo forward Raspadori gets 1st call up to Italy’s squad
ROME (AP) — Sassuolo’s 21-year-old forward Giacomo Raspadori received his first call-up to Italy’s national team Monday when coach Roberto Mancini nam...
EXPLAINER: How Ohio’s Vax-a-Million lottery will work
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — With the first drawing for Ohio’s Vax-a-Million lottery system scheduled for May 26, state officials announced a change to the p...
Arson arrest made in LA wildfire that forced evacuations
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An arson suspect was arrested in connection with a Los Angeles wildfire that forced evacuations in canyons where thick vegetation h...
Prosecutor says trial in Iowa student’s death won’t be easy
DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A prosecutor warned prospective jurors Monday that the trial of a Mexican national charged in the 2018 fatal stabbing of a Univ...
US sanctions Myanmar military and junta leaders for attacks
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. placed more members of Myanmar’s ruling military junta on a financial blacklist Monday for the deadly attacks against civil...
Emirates Air faced “tough year” as virus looms over travel
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Passenger levels for the Middle East’s largest airlines plummeted by 70% last year and it furloughed more than a qu...
Joy for UK pubs and hugs tempered by rise in virus variant
LONDON (AP) — Drinks were raised in toasts and reunited friends hugged each other as thousands of U.K. pubs and restaurants opened Monday for indoor s...
Powerful cyclone hits land in India amid deadly virus surge
NEW DELHI (AP) — A powerful cyclone that emerged in the Arabian Sea made landfall on India’s western coast on Monday, hours after authorities evacuate...
Mexican president apologizes for 1911 massacre of Chinese
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president presented an apology Monday for a 1911 massacre in which over 300 Chinese people were slaughtered by revolutiona...
Panama cautious after day without COVID-19 deaths
PANAMA CITY (AP) — Panama raised capacity on public transportation across the country Monday, a day after celebrating the first day in 14 months witho...
A Facebook food group comes together to make a cookbook
NEW YORK (AP) — The pandemic gave them lemons. So they made lemon rosemary chicken....
3 existing conditions approved for Ohio medical marijuana
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A Medical Board of Ohio panel has added three existing conditions for Ohioans to buy medical marijuana....
South Africa’s Tutu gets jab to help start inoculation drive
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu, 89, came out of retirement Monday to help the country launch its drive...
EU vows to boost efforts to end Israeli-Palestinian fighting
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union will redouble its efforts to end the upsurge in violence between the Israeli military and Palestinian militants, an...
Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 23-29
Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 23-29:...
Germany goalkeeper ter Stegen out of Euro 2020
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Germany goalkeeper Marc-André ter Stegen ruled himself out of this year’s European Championship on Monday so he could get medi...
France holds global talks to offer debt relief for Sudan
PARIS (AP) — French and African leaders and international organizations were holding a conference Monday in Paris to negotiate debt relief and raise g...