Month: April 2023

CONSHOKOCKEN, Pa. (AP) — David’s Bridal has filed for bankruptcy protection, the second time for the chain in the past five years. The…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press Japanese police say they have confiscated metal tubes, tools and possible gunpowder from the home of a man…

By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghan authorities say they are closing education centers supported by non-governmental groups in…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (AP) — SpaceX called off the first launch attempt of its giant rocket Monday after a…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — China’s defense minister has toured the top Russian military academy on a visit to the…

By LINDSEY TANNER and ANGIE WANG Associated Press Anxiety over academics. Post-lockdown malaise. Social media angst. Study after study says American…

ROME (AP) — The doctors caring for former Premier Silvio Berlusconi in a Milan hospital, where he is recovering from a lung infection, say his…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s Roman Catholic bishop arrived in Beijing on Monday, marking the first visit to the…

ROME (AP) — Italian police have scooped up two tons of cocaine that was wrapped in protective plastic and bobbing in the sea off eastern Sicily.…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy’s right-wing government is pressing ahead with plans to crack down on migrants after…

LONDON (AP) — Senegalese singer-songwriter Baaba Maal has been named a goodwill ambassador for the U.N. Covention to Combat Desertification. Maal…

By OLIVIA SANCHEZ, The Hechinger Report NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — It’s almost 4 p.m. at the Nashville branch of the Tennessee College of Applied…

BANGKOK (AP) — Officials in Thailand say a freak storm in the country’s south has capsized a dozen fishing boats and killed at least three…

By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Defending Boston Marathon champion Evans Chebet wasn’t focused on beating Eliud Kipchoge, the…

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet If you’re going to need a home loan in retirement — to buy your next house or replace the mortgage you’ve got —…

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s wife says she is stepping down as the education minister of the region where the couple lives,…

By ALI ABDUL-HASSAN and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq has offered to mediate between Ukraine and Russia to try resolve the war…

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer Anthony Davis scared Los Angeles Lakers fans by grabbing at his right shoulder and saying he couldn’t move his…

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer The NHL playoffs are going on without Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin for the first time since their rookie year in…

By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — A lot was happening in March 1965 in the bungalow in Selma, Alabama, that then-4-year-old…

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia has delivered the remaining nine of the 13 Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets that it promised to Ukraine. The…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press Every day, Americans donate their time, skills and energy to their communities by volunteering with nonprofit…

By The Associated Press A Russian court has convicted top opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza, Jr. of treason for publicly denouncing Moscow’s…

By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say a Chinese national has been arrested on blasphemy charges after he…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Saudi-led military coalition has freed 104 more prisoners captured in Yemen’s war, a unilateral release…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong says her country is working to stabilize…