Huge Australian king penguin chick Pesto grows into social media star
Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A huge king penguin chick named Pesto, who weighs as much as both his parents combined, has become a…
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Dutch prosecutors say man arrested after fatal stabbing is suspected of a terrorist motive
Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch prosecutors say that a 22-year-old man arrested after a stabbing in Rotterdam that left one…
Continue Reading French cult film ‘La Haine’ returns as hip-hop musical with tensions persisting in poor suburbs
Associated Press The critically acclaimed French film “La Haine” is being adapted into a musical show nearly three decades after becoming a…
Continue Reading Japan celebrates as Ohtani becomes the first major leaguer to reach 50-50 milestone
Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Shohei Ohtani’s feat of becoming the first major leaguer with at least 50 home runs and 50 stolen bases in a…
Continue Reading EU pledges to loan Ukraine up to $39 billion to help rebuild its economy and power grid
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The European Union pledged on Friday to lend Ukraine up to 35 billion euros ($39 billion) as part of a loan…
Continue Reading Turkey wants to regulate Germany’s beloved döner kebab street food
Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Beef and chicken glisten as they rotate slowly on vertical spits before they are carved off in razor-thin strips.…
Continue Reading 6 Southern California firefighters remain hospitalized after truck overturns
Associated Press SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Six firefighters remained hospitalized after their truck rolled over on a highway in Southern California.…
Continue Reading Thousands of exploding devices in Lebanon trigger a nation that has been on edge for years
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Chris Knayzeh was in a town overlooking Lebanon’s capital when he heard the rumbling aftershock of the 2020…
Continue Reading Takeaways from AP’s story on the role of the West in widespread fraud with South Korean adoptions
Associated Press Western governments eagerly approved and even pushed for the adoption of South Korean children for decades, despite evidence that…
Continue Reading Western nations were desperate for Korean babies. Now many adoptees believe they were stolen
Associated Press Yooree Kim marched into a police station in Paris and told an officer she wanted to report a crime. Forty years ago, she said, she…
Continue Reading Rare G.K. Chesterton essay on mystery writing is itself a mystery
AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When he wasn’t working on mystery stories, and he completed hundreds, G.K. Chesterton liked to think of new…
Continue Reading Brazil drought punishes coffee farms and threatens to push prices even higher
Associated Press CACONDE, Brazil (AP) — Silvio Almeida’s coffee plantation sits at an ideal altitude on a Brazilian hillside, whose clay-rich…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Wall Street closes its record-setting week mixed as FedEx slumps and Nike jumps
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A record-setting week for Wall Street closed on a quieter note Friday, as U.S. stocks drifted around the highs…
Continue Reading The night when 43 students disappeared in Mexico: A timeline of key events
Associated Press IGUALA, Mexico (AP) — On Sept. 26, 2014, dozens of students from a teachers college in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero…
Continue Reading Protests ousted Sri Lanka’s last president. Ahead of new election, many are still waiting for change
Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Two years ago, tens of thousands of Sri Lankans rose up against their president and forced him to flee…
Continue Reading In NYC and elsewhere, climate protesters say pace of change isn’t fast enough
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Six years after a teenage Greta Thunberg walked out of school in a solitary climate protest outside of the Swedish…
Continue Reading Voters split on whether Harris or Trump would do a better job on the economy: AP-NORC poll
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Going into November’s election, neither Kamala Harris nor Donald Trump has a decisive edge with the public…
Continue Reading In-person voting begins for the US presidential contest, kicking off the sprint to Election Day
Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — In-person voting for this year’s presidential election began Friday, a milestone that kicked off a six-week…
Continue Reading The politics of immigration play differently along the US-Mexico border
Associated Press SUNLAND PARK, N.M. (AP) — The politics of immigration look different from the back patio of Ardovino’s Desert Crossing…
Continue Reading The politics of immigration play differently along the US-Mexico border
Associated Press SUNLAND PARK, N.M. (AP) — The politics of immigration look different from the back patio of Ardovino’s Desert Crossing…
Continue Reading Passenger on a previous Titan sub dive says his mission was aborted due to apparent malfunction
Associated Press A paid passenger on an expedition to the Titanic with the company that owned the Titan submersible testified before a U.S. Coast…
Continue Reading House unanimously votes to boost Trump security as Congress scrambles to ensure candidate safety
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers are scrambling to ensure that the U.S. Secret Service has enough money and resources to keep the…
Continue Reading It’s been a decade since 43 students disappeared in Mexico. Their parents still fight for answers
Associated Press TIXTLA, México (AP) — Clemente Rodríguez has been documenting the long search for his missing son with tattoos. First, it was an…
Continue Reading South Carolina inmate dies by lethal injection in state’s first execution in 13 years
Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina has put inmate Freddie Owens to death in the state’s first execution in more than a decade.…
Continue Reading Porn-making former University of Wisconsin campus leader argues for keeping his teaching job
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A closely watched First Amendment rights case in Wisconsin involves a former campus chancellor who was fired…
Continue Reading Jurors begin deliberations in trial of man who killed 10 people at Colorado supermarket
Associated Press BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Jurors on Friday began deliberating whether a mentally ill man who said he heard “killing voices” should…
Continue Reading North Dakota US Sen. Kevin Cramer’s son pleads guilty in car-chase death of a deputy
Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The adult son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer has pleaded guilty to all charges after a crash that killed a North…
Continue Reading UN experts urge United Nations to lay foundations for global governance of artificial intelligence
Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A high-powered U.N. advisory body says global governance of artificial intelligence is “imperative” and…
Continue Reading As fire raged nearby, a tiny town’s zoo animals were driven to safety
Associated Press BIG BEAR, Calif. (AP) — With a major wildfire burning near his mountain town east of Los Angeles, Cowboy the barn owl was unaware…
Continue Reading Rwanda begins vaccinations against mpox amid a call for more doses for Africa
Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The African health agency says that Rwanda has started a vaccination campaign against mpox with 1,000 doses…
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