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BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s health minister has kicked off a marijuana giveaway, handing out the first 100 seedlings of a planned distribution of 1…
Continue ReadingBANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s health minister has kicked off a marijuana giveaway, handing out the first 100 seedlings of a planned distribution of 1…
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press Casie Pierce doesn’t usually work Fridays. But on the Friday after the draft Supreme Court decision…
Continue ReadingVICTORIA, Texas (AP) — A federal judge in Texas on Friday dismissed the bankruptcy protection case of Infowars and two other companies controlled…
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government has unveiled goals to drastically reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides to protect the…
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A spokesperson for the European Union’s executive arm says Hungary is discriminating…
Continue ReadingBy MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Small businesses that depend on outdoor crowds and free-spending tourists aren’t sure what to…
Continue ReadingBy LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Next week brings a marathon of hearings as the U.S. decides whether to open COVID-19 vaccinations to kids under…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Russia’s central bank has cut interest rates back to their prewar levels. The bank said Friday that inflation and economic…
Continue ReadingSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police have detained dozens of truckers blocking traffic and disrupting movement of goods near factories as…
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Russian suspect in the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 over eastern…
Continue ReadingBy CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Algeria appears to have backed down in its dispute with Spain with the country´s European Union…
Continue ReadingBy AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The social media posts are of a distinct type. They hint darkly that the CIA or the FBI are…
Continue ReadingBy CHRIS MEGERIAN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — In President Joe Biden’s estimation, the U.S. is in a strong position to…
Continue ReadingBy JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — NATO-member Norway terminated its two-decade-old contract with a France-based…
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE and DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street’s shuddering realization that inflation got worse last month,…
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan on Friday eased its borders for foreign tourists and began accepting visa applications, but…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KEYTON and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Civilians are fleeing eastern Ukraine where Russian and Ukrainian forces…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The prices of gas, food and most other goods and services jumped in May, raising…
Continue ReadingBELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) — The Washington Supreme Court has temporarily halted evictions for people living in certain households on Nooksack Tribal…
Continue ReadingBy BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona officials have confirmed the first cases in the Southwest of a bird flu that has led to the…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER WEBER and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than 30 people have filed a lawsuit alleging sexual abuse at a…
Continue ReadingREDDING, Calif. (AP) — A California utility company has pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter and other charges it faces after its…
Continue ReadingCAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man has admitted to illegally selling unregistered pesticides as a COVID-19 defense to government and municipal…
Continue ReadingSAULT STE. MARIE, Ontario. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard says an oil spill temporarily closed shipping traffic on the St. Mary’s River between…
Continue ReadingBy MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Geico may have to pay $5.2 million to a woman who says she contracted a disease…
Continue ReadingIRWINDALE, Calif. (AP) — Bottles of the popular Sriracha hot sauce could be hard to find on store shelves this summer. Southern California-based…
Continue ReadingBy CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Energy Writer NEW YORK (AP) — An explosion at a liquefied natural gas terminal in Texas has left nearby residents rattled and…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Stocks are closing sharply lower on Wall Street Thursday following the latest reminder that central banks now care more about…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Five Below, Zendesk fall; Oxford, Signet…
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer A federal labor board has denied Amazon’s request to bar the public from a hearing on the company’s bid…
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