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Kansas to audit water park where boy decapitated
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas agency plans to conduct a full audit of a water park's inspection records before it reopens this spring, a state official said Wednesday, after criminal charges were filed over the decapitation of a 10-year-old boy on the world's tallest waterslide there in 2016….
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Q&A: Why Bolton’s pick adds to obstacles for US Mideast plan
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The list of obstacles to a long-awaited U.S. plan for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal has grown longer in recent days….
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Rival Korean leaders to meet April 27 in historic summit
PAJU, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet South Korean President Moon Jae-in at a border village on April 27, the South announced Thursday, for a rare summit that could prove significant in global efforts to resolve the decades-long standoff over the North's nuclear program….
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Angry families demand facts on deadly Venezuela jail riot
VALENCIA, Venezuela (AP) — Distraught families are clamoring for information about detained relatives following a fire that Venezuela's chief prosecutor says killed 68 people when it swept through the cells of the state police station….
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Malala says she will continue fight for girls’ education
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai on Thursday said she was excited to be back in Pakistan for the first time since she was shot in 2012 by Taliban militants angered at her championing of education for girls….
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AP Exclusive: US, Mexico open new maritime front in drug war
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The U.S. and Mexican governments are sparring over immigration and trade, but the two countries are joining forces on the high seas like never before to go after drug smugglers….
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VA pick impressed Trump when he gave glowing health report
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ronny Jackson passed his screen test with President Donald Trump before casting even began….
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The Latest: Malala to continue fight for girls’ education
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Latest on Malala Yousafzai's visit to Pakistan (all times local):…
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City on edge for funeral of man killed by Sacramento police
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California's capital city is on edge for the funeral of a 22-year-old unarmed black man killed by Sacramento police in his grandparents' backyard….
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Family killed in cliff plunge: free spirits or troubled?
WOODLAND, Wash. (AP) — The two women and their six adopted children traveled to festivals and events, offering free hugs and promoting unity, friends said. They raised animals and grew vegetables and last year moved onto a piece of land in rural southwest Washington, a dream of theirs….