Donations pour in for Missouri man freed after 43 years
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — More than $1.4 million has been raised for a man who spent 43 years behind bars before a judge overturned his conviction in…
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Russia jails 5 people over coal mine disaster that killed 51
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court has ordered five people to remain in pre-trial detention for two months pending…
Continue Reading German minister hopes patient transfers a ‘wake-up call’
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s health minister says he hopes that the sight of air force planes transferring patients across the country will act as a…
Continue Reading COVID-19 positive Czech president discharged from hospital
PRAGUE (AP) — Czech President Miloš Zeman has been discharged from the capital’s military hospital after testing positive for the coronavirus.…
Continue Reading Bob Dylan artwork show opens in Miami, new cinema paintings
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Bob Dylan has been telling stories through songs for 60 years. But recently America’s master…
Continue Reading Spanish police protest government plan to reform ‘gag law’
By ALICIA LEON and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Tens of thousands of Spanish police officers and their supporters have marched in…
Continue Reading Austria arrests 15 people suspected of smuggling migrants
BERLIN (AP) — Austrian authorities say they have arrested 15 people suspected of smuggling Syrian, Lebanese and Egyptian migrants into the country…
Continue Reading Dutch government apologizes for discredited transgender law
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government has publicly apologized for a now discredited and scrapped law that required transgender people…
Continue Reading Anti-government protesters block bridges, roads in Serbia
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Skirmishes have erupted in Serbia between police and anti-government demonstrators who briefly blocked roads and bridges in…
Continue Reading A glance at how the ski season is opening in Europe’s Alps
Italy is reopening its slopes to recreational skiers after one season lost and another abbreviated by the pandemic. Here is a glance at how the…
Continue Reading Reviving Ojibwe spiritual traditions, one pet at a time
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press CASS LAKE, Minnesota (AP) — Several members of the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe in northern Minnesota are…
Continue Reading Panel OKs bid to demolish Wright Brothers’ 1st bike shop
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — The Dayton Board of Zoning Appeals has approved the city’s request to demolish a 129-year-old historic building that once was…
Continue Reading Channel migrant deaths: Smugglers net millions per kilometer
By LORI HINNANT and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press CALAIS, France (AP) — Migrant smuggling networks organizing English Channel crossings have reaped…
Continue Reading Some states dropping ‘dehumanizing’ terms for immigrants
By ACACIA CORONADO Report for America/Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — California and Colorado this year banned state agencies from using the…
Continue Reading Tunisia’s interior ministry: Knife attacker known extremist
By FRANCESCA EBEL Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s Interior Ministry says a man who attempted to attack security officials in…
Continue Reading High inflation? Low polling? White House blames the pandemic
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation is soaring, businesses are struggling to hire and President Joe Biden’s poll numbers…
Continue Reading Fresh snow beckons Italian skiers returning after 20 months
By COLLEEN BARRY and CHARLENE PELE Associated Press SAN VIGILIO DI MAREBBE, Italy (AP) — After a season of being restricted to watching snow…
Continue Reading Burkina Faso security forces fire tear gas at protesters
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Security forces have fired tear gas at protesters throwing rocks in Burkina…
Continue Reading Ship’s master said he spent 50 hours sleepless before crash
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal investigators say an oil tanker hit an oil platform at night off Louisiana…
Continue Reading Amid riots, France to consider some autonomy for Guadeloupe
By ELODIE SOUPAMA and ANGELA CHARLTON Associated Press LE GOSIER, Guadeloupe (AP) — France’s government is offering to discuss greater autonomy…
Continue Reading Chris Christie aims to shape future for GOP and for himself
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has been on a PR blitz promoting his new book. In…
Continue Reading Shippers prepare for another pandemic crush of holiday gifts
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Postal workers who recall packages and letters piled up in distribution hubs a year ago are…
Continue Reading Hong Kong drama bags nominations at Golden Horse Awards
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s annual Golden Horse Awards kicked off Saturday with a Hong Kong drama receiving the most nominations for the Asian…
Continue Reading At least 3 people dead during first winter storm in UK
LONDON (AP) — At least three people have died in the U.K. after the year’s first winter storm battered parts of the countries with gusts of…
Continue Reading Algerians hold local elections amid anger over rising prices
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerians are voting Saturday to elect their mayors and regional leaders amid widespread worry and frustration over rising…
Continue Reading India asks Starlink to obtain license for internet services
NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian government has asked Starlink Internet Services of Elon Musk’s SpaceX aerospace company to comply with the…
Continue Reading COVID variant spreads to more countries as world on alert
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The new potentially more contagious omicron variant of the coronavirus has popped up in more European…
Continue Reading Solomon Islands police find 3 bodies after violent protests
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Solomon Islands police have found three bodies in a burned-out building and arrested more than 100 people in this…
Continue Reading Workers’ paradise? Portugal’s new teleworking law takes flak
By BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s new law on working from home has grabbed attention around the world for the…
Continue Reading Can Biden find the right balance on immigration?
By COLLEEN LONG and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Demands by Democrats to fix the nation’s broken immigration system were…
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