Tag : Associated Press

Tag: Associated Press

Proposed Illinois ban on youth tackle football dead for now

A proposal aimed at delaying the effects of helmet-banging head trauma by banning Illinois children younger than 12 from playing tackle football lacks the votes this spring, its sponsor said Wednesday.

Airlines are getting better in all but one key area, according to report

Airlines have improved in nearly all areas, except getting to the destination on time, according to a new report. (iStock) U.S. airlines are getting better at many things except getting you to your destination on time. They are losing fewer...

South Sudan ex-military chief forms new opposition party

JOHANNESBURG – South Sudan's former military chief of staff Paul Malong is launching a new opposition party to challenge what he says is the corrupt government and to take part in the country's upcoming peace talks at the end April in neighboring E...

Suspected rebels kill 6 in Congo's Virunga National Park

KINSHASA, Congo – The Virunga National Park in Congo says suspected rebels have attacked and killed five park rangers and a driver in the central part of the vast park. The statement from the park said Monday that a sixth ranger was wounded in th...

Search team to scour area of California cliff crash

MENDOCINO, Calif. – Authorities in Northern California say a team will search the area where an SUV plunged off a Mendocino County cliff, killing a family of eight last month. The Mendocino County Sheriff's office said Monday in a statement that...

Atlanta marks 50 years since King's funeral services

ATLANTA – Relatives of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led more than 1,000 people on a march Monday in downtown Atlanta, where large crowds gathered 50 years earlier for the slain civil rights leader's funeral procession as a mule-drawn wagon pulle...