2024's best bachelor party destinations for golfers
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Germans bought less beer last year, resuming a long-term downward trend
BERLIN (AP) — German beer sales dropped 4.5% last year, resuming a long-term downward trend, official figures showed Thursday. German-based…
Continue Reading India’s government announces a short-term budget until national elections are held by May
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s finance minister has unveiled a short-term budget to meet government expenditures until…
Continue Reading Norway’s most powerful storm in over 30 years rips roofs off houses, cuts power
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s most powerful storm in more than three decades has ripped off roofs,…
Continue Reading Like the US Fed, Bank of England is edging toward interest rate cuts — but not quite yet
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Just like the U.S. Federal Reserve, the Bank of England is edging toward cutting interest rates —…
Continue Reading Dissident Russian rock band in Israel after deportation from Thailand under likely Kremlin pressure
By MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A dissident Russian rock band angered by Moscow’s war in Ukraine has arrived in Israel…
Continue Reading European Union overcomes threat of Hungary veto to seal $54 billion aid package for Ukraine
By LORNE COOK and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Leaders of the 27 European Union countries sealed a deal Thursday to provide…
Continue Reading Member of Taiwan’s pro-unification Nationalists elected speaker in a consolation prize for China
By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A member of Taiwan’s pro-unification Nationalists has been elected speaker of the…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares mostly rise after Wall Street rebounds led by tech stocks
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Friday, helped by optimism about technology shares following a Wall…
Continue Reading Major automakers may be using Chinese aluminum produced with Uyghur forced labor, rights group says
By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Automakers including Tesla, General Motors, Volkswagen and Toyota are failing to ensure…
Continue Reading California pummeled by first of back-to-back atmospheric rivers as ‘Pineapple Express’ sweeps state
By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The first of back-to-back atmospheric rivers is drenching California. Heavy rain and gusty…
Continue Reading Strike by security staff at most major German airports cancels hundreds of flights
BERLIN (AP) — Most of Germany’s major airports canceled scores of flights after security workers launched a one-day strike to step up pressure in…
Continue Reading South Korean court convicts 23-year-old man in car-and-stabbing attack that killed 2 and injured 12
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean judge has convicted a man of murder for an unprovoked car-and-stabbing…
Continue Reading Farmers on tractors create chaos outside an EU summit to protest rising costs and bureaucracy
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Farmers in convoys of tractors created chaos outside the European Union’s headquarters on…
Continue Reading Tokyo’s fish market opens long-awaited seafood restaurants and spa to attract more visitors
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo’s fish market has opened a long-awaited outer section with Japanese-style seafood…
Continue Reading Pakistani troops kill 22 insurgents in southwest after coordinated attacks over Iran strikes
By ABDUL SATTAR Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say Pakistani security forces killed 22 insurgents in an operation this week…
Continue Reading Takeaways from AP report on the DEA’s secret spying program in Venezuela
By JOSHUA GOODMAN and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — It was a plan the United States knew from the start would arguably violate…
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US aircraft carriers lead ‘large deck’ exercises with Japan east of Taiwan
CNN By Brad Lendon, CNN Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — A dozen United States and Japanese warships, including two US aircraft carriers, have been…
Continue Reading Secret US spying program targeted top Venezuelan officials, flouting international law
By JOSHUA GOODMAN and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A secret memo obtained by The Associated Press details a yearslong covert operation…
Continue Reading 6 killings in likely cannabis dispute spotlight violence and risk in California’s illegal pot market
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The slayings of six men last week at a remote desert crossroads that…
Continue Reading Few are held responsible for wrongful convictions. Can a Philadelphia police perjury case stick?
By MARYCLAIRE DALE AP Legal Affairs Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Nearly 3,500 people have been exonerated of crimes in the U.S. since 1989, and $4…
Continue Reading Why European Union officials are taking angry farmers so seriously before Thursday’s summit
By RAF CASERT Associated Press HALLE, Belgium (AP) — The writing of angry farmers was on the Paris-to-Brussels highway in giant yellow letters…
Continue Reading Out of options, Rohingya are fleeing Myanmar and Bangladesh by boat despite soaring death toll
By KRISTEN GELINEAU Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — The United Nations’ refugee agency is reporting that one in every eight Rohingya who…
Continue Reading Tearful relatives of Maine mass shooting victims plead for change to prevent future tragedies
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Relatives of the victims of the deadliest shooting in Maine history are imploring an…
Continue Reading Inside Donald Trump’s curious relationship with Fox News — and what it means for other candidates
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — At this moment in the 2024 election cycle, complaining about Fox News — even if for different…
Continue Reading Republican lawsuits challenge mail ballot deadlines. Could they upend voting across the country?
By CHRISTINE FERNANDO, EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS and JACK DURA Associated Press Republicans are challenging extended mail ballot deadlines in at least two…
Continue Reading A Turkish family is still afraid to go home one year after deadly earthquake
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANTAKYA, Turkey (AP) — A year after a powerful earthquake in southern Turkey reduced hundreds of thousands of…
Continue Reading A Dallas pastor steps into Jesse Jackson’s role as leader of his Rainbow PUSH Coalition
By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — The civil rights group founded by the Rev. Jesse Jackson in the 1970s got a new leader for the…
Continue Reading Pearl Jam gives throws a listening party for their new album that Eddie Vedder calls ‘our best work’
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Pearl Jam’s forthcoming album shows the rockers are not mellowing with…
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Former El Paso Police Officer accused of stealing from hit-and-run victim
Update (August 2, 2024): Morales has several settlement conferences scheduled, from September 2024 through March 2025. There are also two jury trial…
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