Sierra Leone loves rice and wants to free itself from imports. But how to do it?
Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Rice borders on the sacred in Sierra Leone, which has one of the world’s highest consumption…
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Has a waltz written by composer Frederic Chopin been discovered in an NYC museum?
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A previously unknown musical work written by composer Frederic Chopin appears to have been found in a library in…
Continue Reading Papuan women’s mangrove forest in Indonesia is increasingly threatened by development and pollution
Associated Press JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — On the southeastern coast of the city of Jayapura, Petronela Merauje walked from house to house in her…
Continue Reading Trump’s incoming chief of staff is a former lobbyist. She’ll face a raft of special interests
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As incoming White House chief of staff, one of Susie Wiles ’ vexing challenges will be policing the buffet…
Continue Reading Australian tourist dies after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos, raising toll to 4 including American
Associated Press VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — An Australian teenager has died after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos in what Australia’s prime minister…
Continue Reading New Zealanders are banned from displaying gang symbols as a new law takes effect
Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A ban on New Zealanders wearing or displaying symbols of gang affiliation in public has taken…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Global shares mostly slip despite Nvidia’s solid earnings report
AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Global shares were mostly lower on Thursday as markets digested a strong profit report from U.S. chipmaker Nvidia.…
Continue Reading Russia and China oppose changing the Kenya-led force in Haiti to a UN peacekeeping mission
Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia and China on Wednesday opposed a U.S.-led campaign to transform the Kenya-led multinational force in…
Continue Reading US regulators seek to break up Google, forcing Chrome sale as part of monopoly punishment
AP Technology Writer U.S. regulators want a federal judge to break up Google to prevent the company from continuing to squash competition through its…
Continue Reading Percival Everett and Jason De León win National Book Awards
AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Percival Everett’s “James,” a daring reworking of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” has won…
Continue Reading Feds outline ‘necessary steps’ for Colorado River agreement by 2026 but no recommendation yet
Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Federal water officials made public on Wednesday what they called “necessary steps” for seven states and…
Continue Reading Judge keeps death penalty a possibility for man charged in killings of 4 Idaho students
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A judge has ruled that the death penalty will remain a possibility for a man charged with murder in the stabbing deaths of four…
Continue Reading Trump-backed Republican Nick Begich beats Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola for Alaska’s only House seat
Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Republican Nick Begich has won the state’s U.S. House race, defeating Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola. Begich…
Continue Reading AP Race Call: Republican Nick Begich wins election to U.S. House in Alaska’s at-large Congressional District, beating incumbent Mary Peltola
Republican Nick Begich won election to a U.S. House seat representing Alaska on Wednesday, defeating Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola and flipping a seat…
Continue Reading Class action lawsuit on AI-related discrimination reaches final settlement
Associated Press/Report for America A federal judge has signed off on a settlement agreement Wednesday in a class action lawsuit alleging that an…
Continue Reading Nearly $100 million awarded to the family of a man fatally shot in his apartment by an officer
DALLAS (AP) — The family of a man shot and killed by a Dallas police officer who said she mistook his apartment for her own was awarded nearly $100…
Continue Reading Former doctor is sentenced to life in prison after conviction for sexually abusing patients
NEW YORK (AP) — A former doctor has been sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of sexually abusing multiple patients, including…
Continue Reading The FBI arrested a man who’s been charged with planning an attack on the New York Stock Exchange
Associated Press According to the FBI, a Florida man has been arrested and charged in a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange this week. The FBI…
Continue Reading Australia’s parliament considers legislation banning social media for under 16s
Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Legislation for the world’s first legal ban on children under 16 using social media has been…
Continue Reading Top health official in New Mexico leaves after less than 2 years on the job
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Department of Health Secretary Patrick Allen is leaving after less than two years on the job. Democratic Gov.…
Continue Reading Nicaragua’s Ortega proposes reform to make him and his wife ‘copresidents’
Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega is proposing a constitutional reform that would officially make him and…
Continue Reading Judge puts stop to governor’s effort to remove Virginia from greenhouse gas initiative
Associated Press A judge has ruled that Virginia can’t withdraw from a multistate initiative designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions unless the…
Continue Reading EU lawmakers seal a deal to rubber-stamp one of the bloc’s most right-leaning executives
Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers have rubber-stamped a new team of policy commissioners for the next five years to head…
Continue Reading Sig Sauer ordered to pay $11 million to Philadelphia man wounded by pistol that went off by itself
Associated Press A Philadelphia jury has awarded $11 million to a man whose holstered Sig Sauer pistol went off by itself while he was going down the…
Continue Reading Human smuggling trial witness says he was separated from a family hours before they froze to death
FERGUS FALLS, Minn. (AP) — An Indian national who survived a treacherous trek across the U.S.-Canada border in blizzard conditions has testified…
Continue Reading Senate rejects effort from Bernie Sanders to block some weapons for Israel over Gaza deaths
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has rejected attempts by Sen. Bernie Sanders to block the sale of offensive weapons to Israel.…
Continue Reading New study shows voting for Native Americans is harder than ever
Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (AP) — A new study has found that systemic barriers to voting on tribal lands contribute to substantial…
Continue Reading Brazil’s Lula welcomes China’s Xi for state visit as ties between countries strengthen
Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday welcomed China’s President Xi Jinping for a…
Continue Reading Speaker Johnson declares support for banning Sarah McBride’s access to women’s restrooms
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson declared that lawmakers and staff will have to use the restroom corresponding with…
Continue Reading Trial of youth center worker accused of holding down boy while he was raped turns acrimonious
Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The cross-examination of a man who says he was raped as a teenager by New Hampshire youth center workers…
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