British police officer is charged with murder of unarmed Black man in London
LONDON (AP) — Prosecutors say an officer with London’s Metropolitan Police force who fatally shot an unarmed Black man has been charged with…
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UN rights experts report a rise of efforts in Venezuela to squelch democracy ahead of 2024 election
GENEVA (AP) — A U.N.-backed panel investigating human rights violations in Venezuela says the South American country’s government has intensified…
Continue Reading Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin gets personal in ‘An Unfinished Love Story’
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Doris Kearns Goodwin’s next book is a work of history that’s also close to home. The…
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Road closures in El Paso County, Las Cruces Wednesday, September 20
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Here is a list of road closures scheduled for Wednesday, September 20 for El Paso County and the City of Las Cruces. For…
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El Paso continues to face new migrant surge
EL PASO, TX (KVIA) — NGOs, city, and county officials are seeing the release of over 1,100 migrants into the community every day due to a recent…
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Inside the delicate art of maintaining America’s aging nuclear weapons
By TARA COPP Associated Press KANSAS CITY NATIONAL SECURITY CAMPUS, Mo. (AP) — In an ultra-sterile room at a secure factory in Kansas City, U.S.…
Continue Reading England’s National Health Service operates on holiday-level staffing as doctors’ strike escalates
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s state-owned health service is operating on holiday-level staffing in England as doctors in…
Continue Reading Sikh separatism has long strained Canada-India ties. Now they’re at their lowest point in years
By KRUTIKA PATHI and SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Relations between Canada and India have sunk to their lowest point in years as…
Continue Reading Rwanda’s president says he’ll run for a fourth term and doesn’t care what the West thinks about it
By IGNATIUS SSUUNA and CARA ANNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda’s president says he will run for a fourth term next year and that…
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Dallas, Florida and New York to host matches in men’s T20 World Cup next year
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dallas, Florida and New York will host matches at next year’s men’s T20 World Cup, the governing…
Continue Reading India asks citizens to be careful if traveling to Canada as rift widens over Sikh leader’s death
By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India has advised its citizens to be careful when traveling to Canada as a rift between the two…
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StormTrack Weather: Another warm day, isolated storms possible
Most of the day on Wednesday will be dry and hot, with temperatures reaching the mid-90s. The best chance of isolated showers and thunderstorms will…
Continue Reading Student loans are back. Is it time to consolidate your credit card debt?
By JACKIE VELING of NerdWallet After a more than three-year pause, payments on federal student loans resume in October, but some student loan…
Continue Reading Ukraine’s allies make legal arguments at top UN court in support of Kyiv’s case against Russia
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Ukraine’s international allies are making legal arguments in support of Kyiv’s…
Continue Reading Swedish court upholds prison sentence for Turkish man linked to outlawed militant party
STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Swedish appeals court has upheld a 4 1/2-year prison sentence for a Turkish man who was found guilty of attempted extortion,…
Continue Reading Challenges to library books continue at record pace in 2023, American Library Association reports
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The nationwide surge in book bannings continues. The American Library Association is reporting…
Continue Reading Denmark’s Novo Nordisk and South Africa’s Aspen sign a deal to produce insulin for African patients
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk has signed a deal with South Africa’s…
Continue Reading Biden and Brazil’s Lula focus on workers’ rights while publicly playing down differences
By DAVID BILLER, JOSH BOAK and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden and his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula…
Continue Reading House Republicans clash with Attorney General Garland, accusing him of favoring Hunter Biden
By FARNOUSH AMIRI and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans clashed with Attorney General Merrick Garland on…
Continue Reading On 50th anniversary of Billie Jean King’s ‘Battle of the Sexes’ win, a push to honor her in Congress
By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Billie Jean King’s victory in the “Battle of the Sexes” was a milestone moment as women…
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In 24 states, using a false address to get into a better school is a crime
The 74 looked at an issue facing thousands of students and families—how using a false address to get into a better school has criminal…
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Survey shows electric vehicles face uphill climb with American consumers
Benzinga looks at a recent Energy Policy Institute poll that shows Americans may not be as bullish on electric vehicles as the market may…
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Most millennials and Gen Z would cut retirement savings before missing credit card or student loan payments
Experian surveyed 1,020 millennial and Generation Z workers in August 2023 about their retirement savings…
Continue Reading UK leader Rishi Sunak signals plan to backtrack on some climate goals
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is preparing to water down some of Britain’s environmental commitments,…
Continue Reading Azerbaijan claims full control over the Nagorno-Karabakh region as Armenian forces agree to disarm
By AVET DEMOURIAN Associated Press YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Azerbaijan claimed full control of the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region after local…
Continue Reading Nearly 100 migrants rescued from a yacht off southwestern Greece
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say nearly 100 migrants have been evacuated from a yacht reported to be in difficulty off the southwestern…
Continue Reading Most of Spain’s women’s players end boycott of national soccer team after government intervenes
By TALES AZZONI and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Most of Spain’s World Cup-winning players have ended their boycott of the…
Continue Reading UN urges Afghanistan’s Taliban government to stop torture and protect the rights of detainees
By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations says it has documented more than 1,600 cases of human rights violations…
Continue Reading Chinese officials voice faith in economy and keep interest rates steady as forecasts darken
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Leading Chinese planners have voiced confidence in the outlook for the world’s second-largest economy,…
Continue Reading UK inflation fell unexpectedly in August but the Bank of England is still set to raise rates
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Inflation in Britain fell unexpectedly in August to its lowest level since the start of Russia’s…
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