Illinois man wrongly imprisoned for murder wins $50 million jury award
CHICAGO (AP) — A federal jury has awarded $50 million in damages to a suburban Chicago man who was exonerated in a murder and released from prison…
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Swiss appeals court convicts Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan of rape, overruling a lower court
GENEVA (AP) — A Swiss appeals court has found noted Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan guilty of rape and sexual coercion nearly 16 years ago and…
Continue Reading Peter Frampton finally finds Rock & Roll Hall of Fame doors open to him
AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A year after he appeared on the stage supporting Sheryl Crow’s induction into the Rock & Roll…
Continue Reading Pakistani police free the leader of former premier Khan’s opposition party
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf opposition party says police have freed its president a day after he was detained outside…
Continue Reading Fourth death linked to Legionnaires’ disease cluster at New York assisted living facility
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A fourth person has died amid an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease at an assisted living facility in upstate New York. The…
Continue Reading Americans’ inflation-adjusted incomes rebounded to pre-pandemic levels last year
AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The inflation-adjusted median income of U.S. households rebounded last year to roughly its 2019 level,…
Continue Reading Russia begins massive naval drills together with China
The Russian military has launched massive naval and air drills spanning across both hemispheres and including China in joint maneuvers.…
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AP-NORC/USAFacts poll: Republicans are more likely to trust Trump than official election results
Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — For Christopher Pugh, the 2020 election was a turning point. He already distrusted the government. But as he…
Continue Reading Poet Li-Young Lee receives $100,000 lifetime achievement prize from Poetry Foundation
AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Poet Li-Young Lee has won a $100,000 lifetime achievement prize, and Carole Boston Weatherford has been named…
Continue Reading Sweden gets a new foreign minister after Billström’s shock departure last week
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A new foreign minister has been named in Sweden nearly a week after the post was vacated in a surprise resignation. The…
Continue Reading Keurig to pay $1.5M settlement over statements on the recyclability of its K-Cup drink pods
AP Business Writer Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. will pay $1.5 million to settle charges that it made inaccurate statements about the recyclability of its…
Continue Reading Labor costs remain high for small businesses, but a report shows wage growth is slowing for some
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Employee wages are one of the biggest costs for small businesses. A new survey found some owners may be seeing a…
Continue Reading Constantine Orbelian to attempt revival of New York City Opera after drop in money and performances
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Constantine Orbelian has been promoted to executive director of the largely dormant New York City Opera, which…
Continue Reading As warming threatens polar bear tourism, a Canadian town adapts and thrives
AP Science Writer CHURCHILL, Manitoba (AP) — Change has broken, remade and continues to reshape the remote Canadian town of Churchill on the shore…
Continue Reading Kyle Larson will again run the Indy 500 but NASCAR and the Coca-Cola 600 will be his commitment
AP Auto Racing Writer CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — With NASCAR and the Coca-Cola 600 the promised priority, Kyle Larson will again attempt the Indianapolis…
Continue Reading Mel B joins a campaign calling for a new UK law to bar Afro hair discrimination
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Former Spice Girl Mel B is among dozens of Black Britons urging Parliament to update the country’s equality laws…
Continue Reading EU vows retaliation if Hungary sends buses of migrants to Brussels
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union says Hungary’s threat to send a bus convoy of migrants to Brussels in protest against the bloc’s…
Continue Reading Limits to anti-nausea pill coverage wear on cancer patients and doctors
AP Health Writer Cancer patients can ward off waves of vomiting after treatment with a relatively cheap anti-nausea pill, but some are running into…
Continue Reading First doses of mpox vaccine from the United States arrive in Congo
Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Authorities in Congo say 50,000 doses of the mpox vaccine from the United States have arrived in the…
Continue Reading A Libyan city scarred by flooding that killed thousands tries to rebuild a year later
Associated Press DERNA, Libya (AP) — It’s been a year since two dams burst upstream from the eastern Libyan city of Derna, unleashing a wall…
Continue Reading How does the huge crowd for the pope’s Mass in East Timor compare to others?
TASITOLU, East Timor (AP) — The estimated crowd of 600,000 people Pope Francis’ Mass in East Timor is nearly half of the small Southeast…
Continue Reading The US and Britain accuse Iran of sending Russia missiles to use against Ukraine
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The United States and Britain have formally accused Iran of supplying short-range ballistic missiles to Russia for…
Continue Reading Israel says it likely killed an American activist by mistake. The US condemns its ally
Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli military says an American activist killed in the West Bank last week was likely shot…
Continue Reading Southwest Airlines shakes up its board under pressure from a big shareholder
AP Airlines Writer Southwest Airlines will revamp its board and the chairman will retire next year, but it intends to keep CEO Robert Jordan in a…
Continue Reading Oprah Winfrey names Elizabeth Strout’s ‘Tell Me Everything’ as her latest book club pick
AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Oprah Winfrey’s latest book club pick will be a story of familiar faces — in more ways than one. Winfrey…
Continue Reading Hedge fund investor buys UK political magazine The Spectator for $131 million
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A hedge fund investor has bought political magazine The Spectator for 100 million pounds or $131 million. The sale…
Continue Reading South African farmers are accused of killing 2 women and feeding them to pigs
Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Three men in South Africa are accused of killing two women and feeding their bodies to pigs on their farm in a…
Continue Reading Indian state imposes curfew and shuts internet after fresh wave of ethnic clashes
GUWAHATI, India (AP) — Indian authorities have imposed an indefinite curfew and shut down the internet in some parts of the northeastern state of…
Continue Reading Israel intensified airstrikes on Iran-linked targets in Syria
Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — An independent U.N. commission says Israel has intensified airstrikes on Iranian-linked targets in Syria, inflicting…
Continue Reading Delaware Democrats back Sarah McBride’s bid to become first openly transgender person in US Congress
Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Voters in Delaware are deciding the nominees for several political contests, including a closely watched…
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