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Current event: Boat launched by US students lands in Norway

Current event: Boat launched by US students lands in Norway

RYE, N.H. (AP) — A small boat launched in October 2020 by some New Hampshire middle school students and containing photos, fall leaves, acorns and state quarters has been found 462 days later — by a sixth grader in Norway. The 6-foot-long (1.
Navy engineer pleads guilty to selling submarine secrets

Navy engineer pleads guilty to selling submarine secrets

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Navy nuclear engineer pleaded guilty Monday to trying to pass information about American nuclear-powered warships to a foreign country.
Police arrest man suspected of stabbing 11 in Albuquerque

Police arrest man suspected of stabbing 11 in Albuquerque

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Police in Albuquerque arrested a man suspected of stabbing 11 people as he rode a bicycle around the city over the weekend, leaving two victims critically injured, authorities said.
Jury seated in hate crimes trial in Ahmaud Arbery killing

Jury seated in hate crimes trial in Ahmaud Arbery killing

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A jury has been seated in the federal hate crimes trial of three white men who were convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery.
Democrats sue to overturn new Kansas congressional districts

Democrats sue to overturn new Kansas congressional districts

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democrats sued Kansas officials on Monday over a Republican redistricting law that costs the state's only Democrat in Congress some of the territory in her Kansas City-area district that she carries by wide margins in elections.
Pakistani court acquits model's killer on parents' pardon

Pakistani court acquits model's killer on parents' pardon

MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani man sentenced to life in prison in 2019 for strangling his sister, a model on social media, was acquitted of murder Monday after his parents pardoned him under Islamic law, an attorney for the man's family said.
Russian skater Kamila Valieva cleared to compete at Olympics

Russian skater Kamila Valieva cleared to compete at Olympics

BEIJING (AP) — Teenage Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has been cleared to compete in the women's figure skating competition at the Winter Olympics despite failing a pre-Games drug test.
Film alluding to violence made by Denver shooter released

Film alluding to violence made by Denver shooter released

DENVER (AP) — A man who fatally shot five people before being killed by police alluded to violence in a film for sale on a website that previously sold fictional e-books he's believed to have written, with victims and scenes similar to the attacks.
Saudi Arabia gives 4% of Aramco worth $80B to sovereign fund

Saudi Arabia gives 4% of Aramco worth $80B to sovereign fund

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia said Sunday it will transfer 4% of the stock in the state-run oil giant Aramco to a sovereign wealth fund, an infusion valued at nearly $80 billion as the kingdom tries to overhaul its energy-dependent
Biden warns Putin of 'severe costs' of Ukraine invasion

Biden warns Putin of 'severe costs' of Ukraine invasion

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden told Russia’s Vladimir Putin that invading Ukraine would cause “widespread human suffering” and that the West was committed to diplomacy to end the crisis but “equally prepared for other scenarios,” the White Hou