Sydney blanketed by smoke for a 4th day due to hazard reduction burning
SYDNEY (AP) — Sydney is blanketed under thick wood smoke for a fourth consecutive day due to hazard reduction burns in preparation for the wildfire…
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Israel’s finance minister now governs the West Bank. Critics see steps toward permanent control
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press ASA’EL, West Bank (AP) — With attention focused on its contentious judicial overhaul, Prime Minister…
Continue Reading At the University of North Carolina, two shootings 30 years apart show how much has changed
By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press Three decades ago, as a University of North Carolina student, he covered a deadly shooting for the school newspaper.…
Continue Reading After days of heavy rain, flooding and tornadoes in New England, Hurricane Lee up next
By DAVID SHARP and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — After several days of torrential rain, flooding, sinkholes and…
Continue Reading On the road again: Commuting makes a comeback as employers try to put pandemic in the rearview
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — If you think the roads have gotten busier on your morning commute, you’re not alone. The…
Continue Reading Firefighters fear the toxic chemicals in their gear could be contributing to rising cancer cases
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Boston firefighter Daniel Ranahan had heard about colleagues getting cancer but he was stunned when…
Continue Reading GOP-led Wisconsin Senate votes to fire nonpartisan official targeted by 2020 election skeptics
By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate voted Thursday to fire the…
Continue Reading As the nation fixates on a Pennsylvania manhunt, a DC murder suspect is on the run and off the radar
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — While the nation has been transfixed by the two-week manhunt for escaped prisoner Danilo Souza…
Continue Reading Paintings on pesos illustrate Argentina’s currency and inflation woes
By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A jaguar lies beside George Washington. The United States’ first president…
Continue Reading Both sides rest in Texas AG Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial, moving historic case closer to a verdict
By PAUL J. WEBER and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The impeachment trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton moved closer to…
Continue Reading Biden’s clean-car rules face a crucial test as appeals court hears Republican-led challenges
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Efforts by the Biden administration to limit pollution from automobile tailpipes — a major…
Continue Reading New Indonesian industrial park on Borneo, feted as ‘green,’ will be powered by coal, report says
By VICTORIA MILKO Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — An industrial park being built in Indonesia on the tropical island of Borneo that has…
Continue Reading Australia to toughen restrictions on ex-service personnel who would train foreign militaries
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government is proposing tougher restrictions on former defense military…
Continue Reading California lawmakers vote to let legislative employees join a labor union
By ADAM BEAM, SOPHIE AUSTIN and TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Legislative workers at the California Capitol are close…
Continue Reading Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet visits country’s close ally China on his 1st official trip abroad
By SOPHENG CHEANG and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Cambodia’s new prime minister, Hun Manet, has arrived in Beijing on his…
Continue Reading A crane has collapsed at a China bridge construction project, killing 6 people
BEIJING (AP) — A tower crane has collapsed at a bridge construction project in southwest China, killing six people and injuring five others.…
Continue Reading Haitian officials meet in Dominican Republic to prevent border closings over canal dispute
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Haiti’s government says it has met with Dominican officials in the Dominican Republic to talk about a threat by that…
Continue Reading Father of imprisoned reporter Evan Gershkovich calls on world leaders to urge Russia to free him
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The father of imprisoned Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is calling on…
Continue Reading Largest US newspaper chain is hiring Taylor Swift and Beyoncé reporters, drawing interest and ire
By MARIA SHERMAN and DAVID BAUDER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — This week the United States’ biggest newspaper chain posted to its site two…
Continue Reading Escaped murderer Danelo Cavalcante is captured in Pa. with the help of dogs and a heat-sensing plane
By MARYCLAIRE DALE, MARC LEVY and MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press POTTSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A murderer who brazenly escaped from a Pennsylvania jail…
Continue Reading Former suburban Detroit prosecutor gets no additional jail time in sentence on corruption charges
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A former Detroit-area prosecutor will serve no additional time behind bars after being sentenced on corruption charges that…
Continue Reading UN envoy for Sudan resigns and warns that the conflict could be turning into full-scale civil war
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Sudan who was declared unwelcome by the country’s…
Continue Reading Delaware man gets 7 1/2-year federal term in carjacking of congresswoman’s SUV in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Delaware man has been sentenced to 7 1/2 years in federal prison in the carjacking of a U.S. congresswoman’s sport utility…
Continue Reading Woman found guilty of throwing sons into Louisiana lake
SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — A woman has been found guilty of throwing her sons into a Louisiana lake, killing a 10-month-old and injuring a 5-year-old.…
Continue Reading Facing $1.5B deficit, California State University to hike tuition 6% annually for next 5 years
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Trustees at California State University, the nation’s largest public university…
Continue Reading Santos misses extended deadline to file financial disclosure, blames fear of a ‘rushed job’
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Rep. George Santos has missed another deadline to submit a key financial disclosure report…
Continue Reading Ex-CIA employee snared earlier in classified info bust found guilty of possessing child abuse images
NEW YORK (AP) — A former CIA software engineer already convicted in the biggest theft of classified information in CIA history has now been…
Continue Reading Bill Richardson is mourned in New Mexico after globe-trotting career, lies in state at Capitol
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Friends and admirers of former Gov. Bill Richardson mourned the hard-charging politician at a…
Continue Reading US military resumes drone flights and manned counterterrorism missions out of Niger bases
By TARA COPP Associated Press NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AP) — The top Air Force commander for Europe and Africa says the U.S. military has resumed…
Continue Reading Appeals court to quickly consider Trump’s presidential immunity claim in sex abuse case
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court plans to quickly consider former President Donald Trump’s claim…
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