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:...
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...
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...
Treat couscous like risotto for a creamy, fresh meal
Sometimes the key to easy, flavorful weeknight cooking is looking at dishes in a different way. Risotto, for instance. In typical recipes, chicken bro...
New law makes inmates choose electric chair or firing squad
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster has signed into law a bill that forces death row inmates for now to choose between the electr...
German soccer president quits after comparing VP to Nazi
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — German soccer federation president Fritz Keller resigned Monday, nearly a month after he compared one of the organization’s ...
Prisons push Thailand’s COVID-19 cases to new daily high
Health authorities in Thailand reported 9,635 new coronavirus cases on Monday, doubling the previous daily record set last week. Over 70% of Monday’s ...
Lindholm’s OT goal lifts Flames past Canucks 6-5
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Elias Lindholm scored the overtime winner and the Calgary Flames bounced back after blowing a four-goal lead in the...
With Barcelona out of title race, Messi has future to decide
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — With Barcelona’s season effectively over, Lionel Messi now has a big decision to make....
Afghans who helped the US now fear being left behind
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — He served as an interpreter alongside U.S. soldiers on hundreds of patrols and dozens of firefights in eastern Afghanistan, ...
Police: 2 arson suspects detained in Los Angeles wildfire
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A smoky wildfire churning through a Los Angeles canyon community gained strength Sunday as about a thousand residents remained unde...
Heat rout Pistons 120-107 with several key players out
DETROIT (AP) — Nemanja Bjelica scored 17 of his 21 points in the first half, and the Miami Heat routed the Detroit Pistons 120-107 on Sunday night des...
Ohtani’s 12th homer lifts Angels over Red Sox 6-5
BOSTON (AP) — Shohei Ohtani hit a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth inning and the Los Angeles Angels rallied past the Boston Red Sox 6-5 Sunday, en...
Nunez passed ball, Sheffield wild pitch gift Reds 7-6 win
DENVER (AP) — Dom Nunez’s passed ball allowed home the tying run in the ninth inning and Jordan Sheffield’s wild pitch scored the go-ahead run, giftin...
Curry wins scoring title, Warriors take 8th spot in West
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry became the oldest scoring champion since Michael Jordan at age 35 in 1998, finishing with 46 points as the Golden S...