Month: May 2023

By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Election officials in battleground Wisconsin hope to revive plans for a…

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Republican leaders of two suburban counties have declared states of emergency in an effort…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus’ leading rights organization says a man sentenced to jail over a satirical…

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Investigators say deputies shot and killed a man who opened fire on them during a traffic stop in South Carolina.…

By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer The U.S. government will pay for a large study measuring whether safe injection sites can make a dent in the…

JERUSALEM (AP) — The European Union says it has canceled a reception at an event in Tel Aviv marking Europe Day to prevent a radical…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States’ top international development chief is heading to…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Six crew members of a Liberian-flagged tanker who had been held hostage by pirates in March have been freed. Pirates…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III rested on the third day of his long coronation weekend. Monday was, after all, a…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian court has opened hearing on suits filed by opposition parties to challenge the…

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — From just the right book to just the right wheels, there are lots of ways to please all the…

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s Justice Minister says 13 people have been detained over violence which broke out at an opposition rally over the…

MADRID (AP) — Drought-stricken Spain says last month was the hottest and driest April since records began in 1961. The State Meteorological Agency…

By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet While summer camp costs are rising, parents can find deals by booking sessions early, asking about financial aid,…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s foreign minister has told the U.S. ambassador that Washington is responsible for the downturn in relations between the two…

By TRENTON DANIEL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Joe Biden nominated Gigi Sohn to serve on the Federal Communications…

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia enacted a major security clampdown ahead of Tuesday’s annual commemorations marking…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The Biden administration is working on new regulations that would require airlines to compensate passengers and…

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has led the traditional ceremony on Paris’ Champs-Elysees Monday commemorating May 8, the day that…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department says it’s “unfortunate” the House Foreign Affairs…

By EDNA TARIGAN and ANDI JATMIKO Associated Press LABUAN BAJO, Indonesia (AP) — A picturesque tourist destination will host crisis-weary Southeast…

By ANDREW WILKS Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — As Turkey heads for presidential and parliamentary elections at the weekend that are shaping up to…

Norway’s aging king, Harald V, has been admitted to a hospital due to an infection. The Norwegian palace said Monday that “the king has been…

By NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s Doctors Syndicate says at least 100 people were killed in clashes that erupted last…

By The Associated Press Victory Day is Russia’s most important secular holiday, lauding two tenets that are central to its identity: military might…

RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A U.N. report on Monday strongly criticized the Taliban for carrying out public executions, lashings…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani authorities and Afghanistan’s Taliban-appointed foreign minister have agreed to…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is calling for officials to map out specific…

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — As schools across the country struggle to find teachers to hire, more governors are pushing…

By STEFANIE DAZIO and LARRY FENN Associated Press More than five years after his son was gunned down in the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S.…