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By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the…
Continue ReadingBy RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the…
Continue ReadingBy ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press CALIPATRIA, Calif. (AP) — Demand for electric vehicles has shifted investments into high gear to extract lithium…
Continue ReadingBy ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press CALIPATRIA, Calif. (AP) — Demand for electric vehicles has shifted investments into high gear to extract lithium…
Continue ReadingCASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Donations are pouring in for the widow and unborn child of a U.S. Marine from Wyoming killed in a bombing in Afghanistan.…
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The New Orleans Saints are at the home of another NFL team after being displaced by…
Continue ReadingBy TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After several days of testimony from women claiming they were sexually abused by R&B star R.…
Continue ReadingNICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus says an oil slick believed to have originated from a power plant inside one of Syria’s oil refineries could reach…
Continue ReadingBy ARITZ PARRA Associated Press MADRID (AP) — At least 29 Africans, including seven children, died last week while trying to reach Spain’s Canary…
Continue ReadingALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland got married to longtime partner Skip Sayre Saturday night in New Mexico. Interior…
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Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Court of Appeals has affirmed a decision by state pollution regulators to…
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Jamaican singer and record producer “Lee Scratch” Perry, considered one of reggae’s founding fathers, has died.…
Continue ReadingBy COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer The Education Department says it’s investigating five Republican-led states that have banned or limited mask…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Republican hasn’t won a statewide election in heavily Democratic California in…
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Continue ReadingBy KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says a “sequence of failures” in New York City’s subway system…
Continue ReadingHealth officials across five states have linked 178 virus cases to the Sturgis Motorcycle…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — A labor union representing German train drivers said its members will launch a third strike this week in an escalating pay dispute…
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Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A space station astronaut is celebrating her 50th birthday with the coolest present…
Continue ReadingBy JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A college student from Hurricane, West Virginia, has pleaded guilty to entering the U.S.…
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Officials in Poland say three Afghan children staying at a refugee center fell ill after eating poisonous mushrooms picked in…
Continue ReadingBy TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A top-ranking Roman Catholic cardinal says he will soon begin rehabilitation after…
Continue ReadingRIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Bank robbers armed with explosives and high-powered rifles plunged a city in Sao Paulo state’s interior into terror, taking…
Continue ReadingPRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The European Union’s mission in Kosovo said Monday it has assisted the country’s police in developing a database to…
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — A depression far offshore in the Atlantic has strengthened into a tropical storm but poses no threat to land. The U.S. National…
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s police oversight agency is investigating a white officer’s struggle with a Black woman who was walking her dog in a…
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says it is “outrageous” that Republicans plan to…
Continue ReadingBEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government forces have shelled rebel-held parts of a volatile southern city killing at least one person, while insurgent…
Continue ReadingBy MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Neela is a young girl who loves cooking with her mom. Saturday is her favorite day of the…
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — Former congressman Joseph P. Kennedy II, the oldest son of Robert F. Kennedy, denounced the possible parole of the man convicted of…
Continue ReadingBy FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The U.N. environment office says Algeria has become the last country in the world to stop selling…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China is banning children from playing online games for more than three hours a week, the harshest restriction so far on the game…
Continue ReadingBy MEG KINNARD Associated Press The chief contractor at a failed multibillion-dollar project to build two nuclear reactors in South Carolina has…
Continue ReadingCAIRO, Ga. (AP) — Jury selection is set to begin Monday in the trial of one of two Georgia prisoners accused of killing two guards more than four…
Continue ReadingBy KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A man accused of killing eight people at Atlanta area massage businesses who has already pleaded…
Continue ReadingBy LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister’s office has urged former premier Benjamin Netanyahu to return…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Please disregard US–NYC Subway Disruption, published on Aug. 30, 2021, and datelined in NEW YORK. It was sent when another…
Continue ReadingJERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli border police officer who was shot in the head at point-blank range during a violent protest on the Gaza border last…
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — PNC Bank is the latest large U.S. financial services company to increase wages in a bid to keep and…
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel’s struggling would-be heir has hit back at suggestions that a center-left…
Continue ReadingBy JARI TANNER Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Estonia’s Parliament on Monday failed to elect a new president to the Baltic country…
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Video games are made for entertainment, of course, but they give parents opportunities to talk about saving and…
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Two Egyptian lawyers say that authorities released an online comedian, a journalist and a political…
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Human rights lawyers representing hundreds of victims of Yemen’s civil war are…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Universal Studios says it will open its first theme park in China in September after six years of construction. The company said…
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press Some people charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol and their…
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press Some people charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol and their…
Continue ReadingBy SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has recommended that its 27 nations reinstate restrictions on tourists from…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors say a German woman has been arrested on suspicion of helping the Islamic State group to transfer money to militants. The…
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A group of pro-democracy activists in Poland have entered the grounds of the country’s…
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s new prime minister has missed the swearing-in ceremony of his Cabinet after coming into contact with…
Continue ReadingBy AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar has played an outsized role in U.S. efforts to evacuate tens of thousands…
Continue ReadingBy BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer Paul Tagliabue left his job as commissioner of the NFL in 2006 and didn’t get selected for the Pro Football…
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Italian firefighters are tackling remaining hot spots in a 20-story apartment building in Milan that…
Continue ReadingBy LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press GOLEM, Albania (AP) — Ghazaal Habibyar, an Afghan evacuee, is now housed in a tourist resort in Albania. But she…
Continue ReadingBy NINIEK KARMINI and FADLAN SYAM Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — School bells have rung in parts of Indonesia’s capital for the first…
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mostly lower in muted trading on continuing concerns about surging COVID-19…
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami has criticized the country’s prime minister over his handling…
Continue ReadingBy SAM METZ and JANIE HAR Associated Press/Report for America SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Fire is forcing thousands of people to rush to leave…
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA SANTANA and JAY REEVES Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Rescuers in boats, helicopters and high-water trucks have brought hundreds of…
Continue ReadingBy BEN FOX Associated Press NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba (AP) — Three prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention center have had their first…
Continue ReadingBy KATHY GANNON, TAMEEM AKHGAR and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban have proclaimed “full independence” for…
Continue ReadingBy ILAN BEN ZION and LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister has held talks with the Palestinian president in…
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Nora is dropping heavy rains along the Gulf of California after weakening from a hurricane that set off floods…
Continue ReadingBy LOLITA C. BALDOR and ROBERT BURNS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. war in Afghanistan is in its final hours as the military flew more…
Continue ReadingBy HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The U.N. atomic agency says North Korea appears to have restarted the operation of its…
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mostly higher as investors interpreted comments from the head of the U.S. Federal…
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN and DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — With more than 1 million customers in Louisiana and Mississippi having lost…
Continue ReadingPLANO, Texas (AP) — Authorities are trying to determine if there is a connection between a confrontation at a Dallas suburb in which police…
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Thirteen activists have been detained in Poland for destroying part of a barbed wire fence that Polish authorities are…
Continue ReadingBy LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press/Report for America Robert Owens felt defeated and helpless Sunday as he waited for one of the most powerful…
Continue ReadingMILAN (AP) — Italian firefighters are battling a high-rise blaze in Milan that spread rapidly through a 20-story residential building.…
Continue ReadingSOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Fire officials have ordered more evacuations around the Tahoe Basin as crews deal with a two-week old blaze.…
Continue ReadingWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Trial has begun for a Florida man in one of three separate slayings he is accused of committing during a short period…
Continue ReadingBy KATHY GANNON, RAHIM FAIEZ and SAYED ZIARMAL HASHEMI Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Several young people who dreamed of a better life…
Continue ReadingBy JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Candyman” has hooked the top spot at the North American box office. The…
Continue ReadingBy SARA BURNETT Associated Press Federal officials say hundreds of emergency responders are in place in Louisiana and the U.S. Army Corps of…
Continue ReadingBy MARCELA ISAZA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Ed Asner, the blustery but lovable Lou Grant in two successful television series, has…
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The three candidates to succeed Chancellor Angela Merkel in Germany’s election have sought to gain…
Continue ReadingBy JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer The Lionel Messi era has begun at Paris Saint-Germain. Messi finally made his debut for PSG in a 2-0 win at Reims…
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Hurricane Ida tied for fifth strongest storm to hit the United States based on wind speed, but the whopper of a…
Continue ReadingCAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline dropped 2 cents over the past two weeks, to $3.23 per gallon. Industry…
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS LEHOURITES AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — The International Olympic Committee says Jacques Rogge, who led the organization as president…
Continue ReadingCHICAGO (AP) — A Black man who was left paralyzed from the waist down after he was shot in the back by a white police officer in Wisconsin says he…
Continue ReadingSAN ANGELO, Texas (AP) — A man who led efforts in his Central Texas community against mask wearing and other preventative measures during the…
Continue ReadingMIAMI (AP) — The U.S. National Hurricane Center says a new tropical storm system has formed in the central Atlantic Ocean. Forecasters at the…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press New population data from the 2020 census is being used by citizens commissions in some states to try to influence…
Continue ReadingBy CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press A growing number of school board members across the U.S. are resigning or questioning their willingness to serve…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL CASEY and MICHELLE LIU Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — States have begun to ramp up the amount of rental assistance reaching…
Continue ReadingHELSINKI (AP) — A team of Arctic researchers from Denmark say they have accidentally discovered what they believe is the world’s northernmost…
Continue ReadingBy ALBERT AJI Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Iran and Syria have vowed to take “mighty steps” to confront U.S. sanctions imposed on…
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The capital of the United Arab Emirates has ordered all residents who received the Chinese state-backed…
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has praised the “colossal” effort to airlift civilians from…
Continue ReadingBy AAMER MADHANI Associated Press DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) — At a military base in Delaware, President Joe Biden stood witness with grieving…
Continue ReadingBy CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A long line of cars, trucks and motorbikes has wended its way through the Thai…
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A former U.K. Royal Marine who waged a high-profile campaign to leave Afghanistan with almost 200…
Continue ReadingBy DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Sheriff’s department officers in one Illinois county are hitting the streets with tablets that…
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