Year: 2024

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — One afternoon in mid-December, Pope Francis had a meeting that wasn’t on his official…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In the mid-1970s, the Eagles were working on a spooky, cryptic new song. On a lined yellow pad,…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States on Tuesday vetoed an Arab-backed and widely supported U.N. resolution…

By The Associated Press When the invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, some analysts predicted it might take as few as three days for Russian…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — China’s central bank has cut its five-year loan prime rate while leaving its one-year…

By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The first federal trial over a hate crime based on gender identity began…

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and RAFAL NIEDZIELSKI Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Once banned by rulers dispatched from Moscow, Poland’s…

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Since he became a force in Republican politics, Donald Trump has figured prominently in U.S.…

By DANIEL COLE Associated Press TEAHUPO’O, French Polynesia (AP) — Peva Levy said he felt a powerful, natural energy known as “mana” when…

TORONTO (AP) — A flight heading from Toronto to New York City earlier this month had to turn around because of a “burnt electrical smell” in…

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian farmers who have been protesting for a week to demand guaranteed crop prices have rejected a proposal from the government,…

By ZEN SOO AP Business Writer SINGAPORE (AP) — The Singapore Airshow – Asia’s largest – kicks off Tuesday with an array of aerial…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has gifted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Capital One Financial said it will buy Discover Financial Services for $35 billion, in a deal that…

By MARCOS ALEMÁN and MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele and his New Ideas party…

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The goal was obvious to William Byron: put the No. 24 Chevrolet in victory lane in…

By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Missouri’s Republican-led House has passed a ban on celebratory gunfire in cities…

By JOHN HANNA Associated Press Court records show that a man who killed himself after fatally shooting two police officers and a firefighter in a…