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Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin is released on parole after serving 6 months in a hospital

Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin is released on parole after serving 6 months in a hospital

BANGKOK (AP) — Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra was released on parole early Sunday from a Bangkok hospital where he spent six months serving time for corruption-related offenses.
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Russia takes control of a city in eastern Ukraine after Ukrainian troops withdraw

Russia takes control of a city in eastern Ukraine after Ukrainian troops withdraw

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia said its forces took complete control Saturday of a city in eastern Ukraine that was the focus of intense combat for months, a development that Moscow could use to boost morale as the second anniversary of its full-scale i
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Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny's team confirms his death and says his mother is searching for his body

Kremlin foe Alexei Navalny's team confirms his death and says his mother is searching for his body

Alexei Navalny ’s spokesperson confirmed Saturday that the Russian opposition leader had died at a remote Arctic penal colony and said he was “murdered," but it is unclear where his body is.
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Explosion at Virginia home kills 1 firefighter and hospitalizes 9 firefighters and 2 civilians

Explosion at Virginia home kills 1 firefighter and hospitalizes 9 firefighters and 2 civilians

STERLING, Va. (AP) — One firefighter was killed and nine others were injured when an explosion in a Washington, D.C., suburb on Friday leveled a home where they were investigating a gas leak. Two civilians were also injured.
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Japan has launched its flagship H3 rocket in a closely watched 2nd test after failed debut last year

Japan has launched its flagship H3 rocket in a closely watched 2nd test after failed debut last year

TOKYO (AP) — A new Japanese flagship H3 rocket lifted off from a space station in southwestern Japan on Saturday, reaching a planned trajectory and successfully releasing two payloads in a key second test flight a year after its failed debut launch.
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2 juveniles charged in mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade

2 juveniles charged in mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two juveniles were charged with crimes connected to the mass shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl rally , authorities said Friday, as the city tries to recover in the aftermath of the violence.
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Alexei Navalny, galvanizing opposition leader and Putin’s fiercest foe, died in prison, Russia says

Alexei Navalny, galvanizing opposition leader and Putin’s fiercest foe, died in prison, Russia says

MOSCOW — Alexei Navalny , who crusaded against official corruption and staged massive anti-Kremlin protests as President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe, died Friday in the Arctic penal colony where he was serving a 19-year sentence, Russia’s prison ag
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Judge declares a mistrial in a former Ohio deputy’s murder trial

Judge declares a mistrial in a former Ohio deputy’s murder trial

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A former Ohio sheriff's deputy charged in the killing of a Black man remained free Friday, after a jury couldn't agree on a verdict and the judge twice declared a mistrial, ending tumultuous proceedings that saw four jurors dism
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Prosecutors drop domestic violence charge against Boston Bruins' Milan Lucic

Prosecutors drop domestic violence charge against Boston Bruins' Milan Lucic

BOSTON (AP) — Prosecutors dropped a domestic violence charge against Boston Bruins forward Milan Lucic on Friday, saying the decision by his wife to invoke marital privilege made it impossible for them to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Donald Trump fraud verdict: $364 million penalty in New York civil case

Donald Trump fraud verdict: $364 million penalty in New York civil case

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge imposed a $364 million penalty Friday on Donald Trump , his companies and some executives, ruling that they engaged in a yearslong scheme to dupe banks and others with financial statements that inflated the former pre
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