How a rural Alabama school system outdid the country with gains in math
By TRISHA POWELL CRAIN of AL.com PIEDMONT, Ala. (AP) — While the rest of the country’s schools were losing ground in math during the COVID…
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Newcastle fan stabbed 3 times in Milan ahead of Champions League opener
MILAN (AP) — A Newcastle fan is reportedly in stable condition in hospital after being stabbed in Milan ahead of a Champions League match in the…
Continue Reading Poet Afaa Michael Weaver wins $100,000 award for lifetime achievement
NEW YORK (AP) — Poet Afaa Michael Weaver has won a lifetime achievement honor presented by the Academy of American Poets. He’ll receive $100,000…
Continue Reading Far from home, Ukrainian designers showcase fashion created amid air raid sirens
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — For Ksenia Schnaider and her fellow Ukrainian designers, the show must go on despite the war in their…
Continue Reading A Moscow court declines to hear an appeal by jailed US journalist Evan Gershkovich
MOSCOW (AP) — Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich appeared in a Moscow court, seeking release from jail on espionage charges, but it…
Continue Reading Kremlin says Russia and China must edge closer to counter Western efforts to contain them
MOSCOW (AP) — A senior Kremlin official has called for closer policy coordination between Moscow and Beijing to counter Western efforts to contain…
Continue Reading Who was Hardeep Singh Nijjar, the Sikh activist whose killing has divided Canada and India?
By KRUTIKA PATHI and DAVID COHEN Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Sikh independence advocate whose killing two months ago…
Continue Reading Americans released by Iran arrive home, tearfully embrace their loved ones and declare: ‘Freedom!’
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, JON GAMBRELL and LUJAIN JO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans detained for years in Iran arrived home Tuesday,…
Continue Reading Millennial Money: 5 options if you’re crushed by student loan and credit card debt
By MELISSA LAMBARENA of NerdWallet As federal student loan payments make a comeback in October 2023, managing them on top of credit card debt may…
Continue Reading Russian drone attack on a city in western Ukraine sparks an inferno at a warehouse and kills 1
By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a massive drone attack on the western city of Lviv early Tuesday, burning…
Continue Reading China tells foreign consulates in Hong Kong to provide personal data of all local staff
By KANIS LEUNG and ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — China’s Foreign Ministry has asked all foreign consulates in Hong Kong to provide…
Continue Reading Network of ancient American Indian earthworks in Ohio named as UNESCO World Heritage sites
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A network of ancient American Indian ceremonial and burial mounds in Ohio noted for…
Continue Reading Israeli military raid kills 3 in West Bank. Officials say 4th man killed by Israeli fire in Gaza
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian health officials say at least three people have been killed in an Israeli military…
Continue Reading Libyan leader says flooded city has been divided to create buffers in case of disease outbreaks
DERNA, Libya (AP) — The prime minister of Libya’s eastern administration said Tuesday that authorities have divided the flood-stricken city…
Continue Reading Spain allows Catalan, Basque and Galician languages in Parliament. EU ponders use in Brussels
By JOSEPH WILSON and LORNE COOK Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s Parliament has allowed its national legislators to use the…
Continue Reading Google brings its AI chatbot Bard into its inner circle, opening door to Gmail, Maps, YouTube
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Google is introducing Bard, its artificially intelligent chatbot, to other members of its digital family —…
Continue Reading Instacart’s IPO surges as the grocery delivery company goes from the supermarket to the stock market
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Instacart delivered in its stock market debut. The San Francisco-based company’s shares rose 12.3% Tuesday…
Continue Reading Fighting flares again in a breakaway region in the Caucasus Mountains
By AVET DEMOURIAN Associated Press YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Azerbaijan’s forces fired artillery at Armenian positions in the breakaway region of…
Continue Reading Victor Wembanyama will be aiming for the gold medal with France at Paris Olympics
PARIS (AP) — Victor Wembanyama will be aiming for the gold medal at the Paris Olympics. The San Antonio Spurs rookie has reaffirmed his commitment…
Continue Reading A Kenyan military helicopter has crashed near Somalia, and sources say all 8 on board have died
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Officials say that a military helicopter crash in Kenya has killed at least eight people.…
Continue Reading A bus coach crashes in Austria, killing a woman and injuring 20 others
BERLIN (AP) — A bus coach traveling through Austria on Tuesday went off the road and crashed on its side, killing a woman and injuring 20 other…
Continue Reading Southeast Asia nations hold first joint navy drills near disputed South China Sea
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has begun its first joint naval exercise at…
Continue Reading Spain players arrive at camp after Hermoso accuses federation of threatening World Cup winners
By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Some of Spain’s World Cup-winning players have started reporting to training camp despite not…
Continue Reading Biden exhorts world leaders at the UN to stand up to Russia, warns not to let Ukraine ‘be carved up’
By AAMER MADHANI and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Joe Biden made his case before the U.N. General Assembly on…
Continue Reading Former Belarusian operative under Lukashenko goes on Swiss trial over enforced disappearances
GENEVA (AP) — A former member of Belarusian President Aleksander Lukashenko’s special security forces is going on trial in Switzerland over the…
Continue Reading Ukraine lawyers insist that UN’s top court has jurisdiction to hear Kyiv’s case against Russia
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Ukraine is insisting that the United Nations’ highest court has jurisdiction to…
Continue Reading London police force says it will take years to remove officers accused of corruption and misconduct
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of London police officers are facing dismissal as the department steps up efforts to get…
Continue Reading What to know about the Sikh movement at the center of the tensions between India and Canada
By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Tensions between Canada and India have reached new heights with dueling diplomatic expulsions…
Continue Reading A Chinese #MeToo journalist and an activist spent 2 years in detention. Their trial starts this week
By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese journalist active in the #MeToo movement will go on trial this week, along with a labor…
Continue Reading YouTube suspends Russell Brand from making money off the streaming site after sex assault claims
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — YouTube said Tuesday that Russell Brand will no longer make money from the video streaming site…
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