Year: 2024

By DÉBORA REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Sergio Gómez, a store owner in Buenos Aires, spends his days behind an empty…

By BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Police Department is seeing success in more recruits…

By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Avian influenza is killing tens of thousands of seals and sea lions in different corners…

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona rancher went on trial Friday in the fatal shooting of a migrant on his property near…

By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The sun is setting on Stumpy, the gnarled old cherry tree that has become a social media…

By KEVIN FREKING and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate passed a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills in the…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is returning to the stock market, and the former president stands to…

By The Associated Press As the world warms from human-caused climate change, fresh water for drinking, cooking and cleaning is becoming harder to get…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Vietnam’s president has resigned as the ruling communist party in the latest episode…

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The International Monetary Fund says the economic situation in debt-stricken…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Insurance giant State Farm says it will discontinue coverage for 72,000 houses and apartments in California starting this…

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The executive director of Little Rock’s airport has died after he was injured earlier this week in a shootout with…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOBISHIMA, Japan (AP) — Japan’s space agency and its prime contractor say they hope to be able to forge a…

By KEIRAN SMITH Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Australia is set to provide $3 billion to British industry to support the construction of…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Up to one-third of the 12,000 inmates in Los Angeles County jails can’t get to their court appearances because of a shortage…

NEW YORK (AP) — Lorrie Moore won the prize for fiction on Thursday, while Judy Blume and her longtime ally in the fight against book bans, the…

By PETER SMITH Associated Press A top Southern Baptist administrative body has selected its first permanent leader in nearly two-and-a-half years, a…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States called for a vote Friday on a newly revised and tougher U.N.…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press House Republicans have filed a lawsuit seeking to force two Justice Department lawyers to testify about the…