NEW YORK (AP) — Labrador retrievers are still tugging hardest on U.S. dog lovers’ heartstrings, but poodles just strutted back into the American Kennel Club’s top five most popular dog breeds for the first time since 1997. The club’s annual…
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves has signed a bill to limit how race can be discussed in classrooms. It became law as soon as the Republican signed it Monday. The short title of the legislation says it…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will deliver a virtual address to the U.S. Congress. Zelenskyy will speak Wednesday to members of the House and Senate. The event will be livestreamed. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader…
(AP) -- Dolly Parton has announced she is pulling out of this year’s nominations for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, saying she hasn’t “earned that right.” The music icon who has been inducted into the Country Music Hall…
NEW YORK (AP) — William Hurt, the Oscar-winning actor of “Broadcast News,” “Body Heat” and “The Big Chill,” has died. He was 71. Hurt’s son said in a statement that Hurt died Sunday of natural causes. He said Hurt died…
(AP) -- American journalist Brent Renaud has been killed in Ukraine while gathering material for a report about refugees. Ukraine’s Interior Ministry says the 50-year-old documentary filmmaker died Sunday in Irpin, a Kyiv suburb that has been the site of…
NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a man stabbed two people inside the Museum of Modern Art in New York after he was denied entrance for previous incidents of disorderly conduct. Authorities say the two victims were museum employees and…
(AP) --Citing record-high prices for gasoline, Uber is charging customers a new fuel fee to help offset costs for ride-hail and delivery drivers. The company announced Friday that the temporary surcharge will be either 45 cents or 55 cents for…
CYBERSPACE (AP) - It's a positive sign for anyone who hopes to get his or her tax refund anytime in the near future. The Internal Revenue Service says it plans to hire 10,000 new workers. The beefed-up workforce is expected…
NEW YORK (AP) — Singer Traci Braxton, one of the sisters featured in the reality series ‘Braxton Family Values,’ died Saturday at age 50. She had reportedly been fighting esophageal cancer. Her sister Toni and family announced the death, saying…
