Month: August 2022

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Supporters of Iran-backed Shiite groups have rallied in Baghdad to denounce their rivals,…

By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut Attorney General William Tong says federal officials have agreed to recognize…

BELFAST, Maine (AP) — A Maine shipyard is preparing for a painstaking stem-to-stern restoration of a floating piece of presidential history. French…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press CHAUTAUQUA, N.Y. (AP) — Salman Rushdie, whose novel “The Satanic Verses” drew death threats from Iran’s…

By ED WHITE Associated Press A lawyer has raised concerns about a juror in the second trial of two men charged with planning to kidnap…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Capping an extraordinary week in Donald Trump’s post-presidency, a New York judge ordered…

MIAMI (AP) — LGBTQ and health groups have denounced a new rule by Florida health officials set to take effect later this month to restrict Medicaid…

By KAREN MATTHEWS and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The virus that causes polio has been found in New York City’s wastewater in…

By SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — India will miss its renewable energy target for the end of the year, with experts saying…

By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Paraguay Vice President Hugo Velázquez Moreno said he will resign next week shortly after he…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A gang riot inside a border prison that left two inmates dead quickly spread to the streets of Ciudad Juarez where alleged gang…

By MICHAEL BALSAMO, ZEKE MILLER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI recovered “top secret” and even more sensitive…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A judge has ordered a gunman who took up to 10 hostages at a Beirut bank to force the release of his…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Jon Batiste, his career soaring after winning multiple Grammys this year, is leaving his…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The number of people who died as a result of flash flooding in eastern Kentucky has risen…

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian mourners have held a funeral for a militant who succumbed to wounds suffered during three days of heavy…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India has criticized China’s decision to block the imposition of U.N. sanctions against the…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — With voting already under way in Florida’s Aug. 23 election, officials in a county where about one in four…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s coast guard says a search and rescue operation is continuing for a third day for migrants reported missing after…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Ford Foundation took the unprecedented step of issuing $1 billion in debt to help stabilize…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany says it’s suspending its participation in a U.N. peacekeeping mission in Mali after the the West African country…

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say a man accused of firing shots inside the Mall of America before fleeing the suburban Minneapolis shopping…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A man wanted by security officials in Saudi Arabia has killed himself with an explosive belt to avoid arrest,…

MANSFIELD, Pa. (AP) — Services are set to get underway for young siblings who died last week in a Pennsylvania house fire that also killed eight…

By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York has amended several state laws to remove the word “inmate” and…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Three state-owned Chinese corporate giants say they will remove their shares from the New York…