Former No. 1 tennis player Simona Halep gets 4-year ban in doping case
LONDON (AP) — Two-time Grand Slam champion Simona Halep has been suspended from professional tennis for four years for doping violations. The…
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Over 3 years after it was stolen, a van Gogh painting is recovered but with some damage
BRUSSELS (AP) — A painting by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh has been recovered more than three years after it was stolen from a museum that was…
Continue Reading Popular nasal decongestant doesn’t actually relieve congestion, FDA advisers say
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The leading decongestant used by millions of Americans looking for relief from a stuffy nose…
Continue Reading Vatican opens up a palazzo built on ancient Roman ruins and housing its highly secretive tribunals
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican has opened the doors to one of Renaissance Rome’s most spectacular palazzos in a show…
Continue Reading NASA astronaut Frank Rubio breaks US record for longest spaceflight
By The Associated Press NASA astronaut Frank Rubio now holds the record for the longest U.S. spaceflight. Rubio surpassed the U.S. space endurance…
Continue Reading Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is suspending state gas and diesel taxes again
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s governor is suspending state taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel. Gov. Brian Kemp declared a…
Continue Reading Speaker McCarthy directs the House to open an impeachment inquiry into President Biden
By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced Tuesday he is directing the U.S. House to…
Continue Reading Top Hamas leader in Beirut in a bid to stop clashes at Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp
By FADI TAWIL and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press SIDON, Lebanon (AP) — A top Hamas leader arrived in Beirut to push for an end to clashes in…
Continue Reading Correction: US-Apple-Event story
CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — In a story published September 12, 2023, about Apple’s new iPhone 15 line-up, The Associated Press erroneously…
Continue Reading A cruise ship with 206 people onboard has run aground in Greenland
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Bahamas-flagged Norwegian cruise ship with 206 passengers and crew has run aground in northwestern Greenland.…
Continue Reading Spain’s Andalusia region will expand the Doñana wetlands park. Critics applaud but want more action
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The government of Spain’s southern Andalusia region plans to expand a prized national…
Continue Reading Iran identifies 5 prisoners it wants from US in swap for Iranian-Americans and billions in assets
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran on Tuesday identified the five prisoners it hopes to see freed in the…
Continue Reading A new documentary reexamines the Louis CK scandal, 6 years later
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer TORONTO (AP) — A new documentary premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival examines the Louis C.K. scandal…
Continue Reading European Union to rush more than $2 billion to disaster-hit Greece, using untapped funds
STRASBOURG, France (AP) — The European Union is promising Greece more than 2 billion euros ($2.15 billion) in financial support in the wake of…
Continue Reading Congo communities forcibly uprooted to make way for mines critical to EVs, Amnesty report says
By TAIWO ADEBAYO Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The mining of minerals critical to electric vehicle batteries and other green technologies…
Continue Reading Beleaguered Armenian region in Azerbaijan accepts urgent aid shipment
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Authorities in an isolated ethnic Armenian region of Azerbaijan have allowed entry of a humanitarian aid shipment in a step…
Continue Reading American researcher doing well after rescue from a deep Turkish cave, calling it a ‘crazy adventure’
By ROBERT BADENDIECK and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — An American researcher was “doing well” at a Turkish hospital, officials…
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Thousands are feared dead and thousands more are missing in flood-ravaged eastern Libya
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Emergency workers uncovered more than 1,500 bodies in the wreckage of Libya’s eastern city of Derna…
Continue Reading Latvia grows worried over a surge of migrants attempting to cross from Belarus
By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Latvia is growing worried over the increasing number of migrants attempting to cross over into the…
Continue Reading Police round up migrants in Serbia and report finding weapons in raid of a border area with Hungary
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Police in Serbia say they rounded up hundreds of migrants and found weapons during a raid along the country’s border…
Continue Reading With European countries hungry for workers, more Ukrainians are choosing Germany over Poland
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A report says Poland is losing large numbers of Ukrainian refugees from its workforce as…
Continue Reading Taliban reject Pakistani claims of unlawful structures, indiscriminate firing at key border crossing
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban are rejecting Pakistani government accusations they’re to blame for the closure of a key border…
Continue Reading Families ask full appellate court to reconsider Alabama transgender care ban
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama families with transgender children asked an appellate court Monday to review a decision that will let the state…
Continue Reading Author Sandra Cisneros receives Holbrooke award for work that helps promote peace and understanding
NEW YORK (AP) — Author Sandra Cisneros is this year’s winner of the Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award, honoring…
Continue Reading Rubiales summoned by Spanish judge investigating his kiss of player at Women’s World Cup
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The former president of Spain’s soccer federation been ordered to give testimony to a…
Continue Reading Court renews detention of 5 Israelis in Cyprus police custody after U.K. woman accuses them of rape
PARALIMNI, Cyprus (AP) — A Cyprus court extended the detention of five Israelis for another six days after a British woman accused them of…
Continue Reading Spain strips deceased former Chilean President Pinochet of a Spanish military honor
MADRID (AP) — Spain is stripping deceased former Chilean leader Gen. Augusto Pinochet of a Spanish military honor bestowed on him more than 40…
Continue Reading Ahead of High Holidays, US Jewish leaders stress need for security vigilance as antisemitism surges
By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer Ahead of the High Holidays that begin this week, a network of Jewish security experts and religious leaders hosted…
Continue Reading Pakistan court orders 5 siblings of girl found dead near London put into child protection center
By BABAR DOGAR Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani court has ordered the five siblings of a 10-year-old girl who was found dead…
Continue Reading When do the Jewish High Holidays start? The 10-day season begins this week with Rosh Hashana
The Associated Press Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year, starts at sundown on Friday, Sept. 15, and continues through the evening of Sunday, Sept. 17.…
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