'A legacy that is unmatched': Tributes pour in for longtime Arizona...
PHOENIX (AP) — U.S. Sen. Ruben Gallego, Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren and a slew of members of Congress were among those paying tribute to Arizona Democratic U.S. Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva on...
View ArticleFormer reality TV star Jessie Holmes wins longest-ever Iditarod Trail Sled...
NOME, Alaska (AP) — Jessie Holmes, a former reality television star, won the longest-ever Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Friday. Holmes was first to the finish line in the Gold Rush town of Nome, on...
View ArticleHamas agrees to release a US-Israeli hostage and the bodies of 4 other dual...
JERUSALEM (AP) — Hamas said Friday it has accepted a proposal from mediators to release one living American-Israeli hostage and the bodies of four dual-national hostages who died in captivity. Hamas...
View ArticleBallots for municipal elections in mailboxes Monday
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) — Municipal elections for the City of Grand Junction are coming up fast, with ballots being mailed out Monday, March 17. "This year we have four seats that are going to be...
View ArticleFederal agents are seen arresting Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil in a...
NEW YORK (AP) — A video released Friday shows the moment federal immigration agents arrested Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student whose detention alarmed...
View ArticleCity council holding special workshop for Resource Center on Monday
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KREX) - With the future of the Resource Center up in the air, the Grand Junction City Council is hosting a special workshop to discuss the next steps. The meeting will be at...
View ArticleCompensating people who are wrongfully convicted is a hard sell in some states
ATLANTA (AP) — Earlier this year, Michael Woolfolk attended a legislative committee in Georgia where lawmakers considered for a third year whether to compensate the 45-year-old for the 19 years he...
View ArticleA river ‘died' overnight in Zambia after an acidic waste spill at a...
KITWE, Zambia (AP) — Authorities and environmentalists in Zambia fear the long-term impact of an acid spill at a Chinese-owned mine that contaminated a major river and could potentially affect...
View ArticleVatican switchboard nuns field growing calls about pope — but no, you can’t...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — How’s Pope Francis doing? Can you give him my get-well wishes? Can I speak with him directly? The nuns who operate the Vatican’s switchboard are fielding a growing number of calls...
View ArticleThreat of tornadoes moves to US South after big storm unleashes winds and...
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The threat of tornadoes moved east into the Mississippi Valley and Deep South on Saturday, a day after a massive storm system moving across the country unleashed winds that...
View ArticleHamas says it will only release American-Israeli hostage if truce agreement...
CAIRO (AP) — Hamas said Saturday it would only release an American-Israeli and the bodies of four other hostages if Israel implements the existing ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, calling it an...
View ArticleOne year after interpreter's scandal, Shohei Ohtani enters the Tokyo Series...
TOKYO (AP) — The Tokyo Series — a.k.a. the celebration of Shohei Ohtani — begins this week in a festive atmosphere. The Japanese two-way star is among the most beloved athletes in the world and coming...
View ArticleIndonesia's cocoa farmers work with businesses to fight the bitter impact of...
TANJUNG REJO, Indonesia (AP) — The loud whirr of a chainsaw sounds through the forest as a small group of farmers gathers around a tree filled with red seed pods. With one slow stroke, a severed...
View ArticleTrump has ordered airstrikes against rebels in Yemen. Here's why
U.S. President Donald Trump says he has ordered airstrikes against Iran-backed rebels in Yemen, and issued a warning to Tehran. Here’s why. Threat to global shipping The Houthi rebels started...
View ArticleCuba suffers major power outage after substation failure leaves millions...
HAVANA (AP) — Millions of people in Cuba remained without power Saturday after a failure of the nation’s electric grid left the island in the dark the previous night. The massive blackout is the...
View ArticleSt. Patrick's Day parade celebrates Boston heritage in America’s most Irish...
It's that time of year again when more than a million green-clad revelers fill the streets of America’s most Irish big city for the South Boston St. Patrick’s Day parade, celebrating the heritage and...
View ArticleYoung scientists see career pathways vanish as schools adapt to federal...
As an infant, Connor Phillips was born three months premature with cerebral palsy. The science that saved his life was the inspiration that led to his role studying brain processes as a research...
View ArticleTornadoes, wildfires and blinding dust sweep across US as massive storm...
PIEDMONT, Mo. (AP) — Violent tornadoes and high winds decimated homes, wiped out schools and toppled semitractor-trailers as a monster storm that killed at least 32 people ripped its way across the...
View ArticlePope acknowledges presence of children praying for him outside the hospital
ROME (AP) — Dozens of children toting yellow and white balloons gathered outside Rome’s Gemelli hospital to greet Pope Francis on his fifth Sunday hospitalized with double pneumonia. While the pope...
View ArticleOrdnance from Syria's 13-year conflict explodes in port city, killing at...
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Ordnance from Syria's 13-year conflict exploded in the coastal city of Latakia, collapsing a building and killing more than a dozen people, the Syrian Civil Defense said Sunday....
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