A 98-year-old German man is charged as an accessory to murder at a Nazi concentration camp
BERLIN (AP) — A 98-year-old man has been charged in Germany with being an accessory to murder as a guard at the Nazis’ Sachsenhausen…
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The Red Cross says 43 bodies have been collected in a week from clashes in a disputed Somali city
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The International Committee of the Red Cross says 43 bodies have been collected in the past…
Continue Reading Russia’s Putin and Turkey’s Erdogan set to meet amid efforts to repair Ukraine grain deal
Russian President Vladimir Putin will host Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan for talks next week, the Kremlin announced Friday, just over six weeks…
Continue Reading Anger in Sweden as Nobel Prize organizers invite Russia and Belarus to the award ceremonies
By DAVID KEYTON Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Several Swedish lawmakers say they will boycott this year’s Nobel Prize award ceremonies after…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Wall Street edges higher following data that shows the labor market is cooling
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer A choppy day of trading on Wall Street ended Friday with slight gains for stocks, as the market notched its second…
Continue Reading Japan sanctions 3 groups and 4 individuals for supporting North Korea’s missile program
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government is imposing sanctions against three groups and four individuals for supporting…
Continue Reading Japan marks 100 years since the devastating Great Kanto Quake, with disaster drills nationwide
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s prime minister has staged a televised a disaster drill in which he declared a…
Continue Reading Rainbows, drag shows, movies: Lebanon’s leaders go after perceived symbols of the LGBTQ+ community
By BASSEM MROUE and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — In recent weeks, Lebanon’s sharply divided political and religious leaders…
Continue Reading Car bomb explosions and hostage-taking inside prisons underscore Ecuador’s fragile security
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s fragile security situation was underscored Thursday by a series of car bombings and the hostage-taking of…
Continue Reading Coach who lost his job for praying on field kneels again in first game after years of legal battles
By ED KOMENDA Associated Press BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) — An assistant high school football coach in Washington state who lost his job during a…
Continue Reading Smugglers are steering migrants into the remote Arizona desert, posing new Border Patrol challenges
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press ORGAN PIPE CACTUS NATIONAL MONUMENT, Ariz. (AP) — Border Patrol agents ordered the young Senegalese men to wait in…
Continue Reading Ta’Kiya Young’s family urges officer’s arrest after video shows him killing the pregnant Black woman
By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio authorities on Friday released bodycam video showing a…
Continue Reading No power and nowhere to stay as rural Florida starts recovering from Hurricane Idalia
By REBECCA BLACKWELL and LAURA BARGFELD Associated Press HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The worst of Hurricane Idalia left residents of a region of…
Continue Reading In final hours before landfall, Hurricane Idalia stopped intensifying and turned from Tallahassee
By JEFF MARTIN and ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — In the final hours before Hurricane Idalia struck Florida the storm had…
Continue Reading Texas wanted armed officers at every school after Uvalde. Many can’t meet that standard
By PAUL J. WEBER, ACACIA CORONADO and KENDRIA LaFLEUR Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A vision of armed officers at every school in Texas is…
Continue Reading After outrage over Taylor Swift tickets, reform has been slow across the US
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — When thousands of fans couldn’t get tickets for megastar Taylor Swift’s summer…
Continue Reading US vice chair of Armed Services Committee promises ‘resolute reaction’ if Taiwan is attacked
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A United States congressional delegation visiting Taiwan says Washington would act if the…
Continue Reading Afghanistan’s female cricketers plead with sport’s world governing body: help us play again
By DENNIS PASSA AP Sports Writer BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Just over two years ago, Firooza Amiri was an 18-year-old batter for the Afghanistan…
Continue Reading US employers added a solid 187,000 jobs in August in sign of a still-resilient labor market
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s employers added 187,000 jobs in August, evidence of a slowing but…
Continue Reading Australian consumer watchdog calls for record fine against Qantas over canceled flights
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s consumer watchdog has called for Qantas Airways to be punished with a…
Continue Reading Maui fire missing list falls slightly to 385. Governor had indicated it would be below 100
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The number of people on the official list of those missing from the Maui wildfire stood at 385 on…
Continue Reading UN chief warns that rise in global distrust and improvements in nukes are `recipe for annihilation’
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. chief is warning that an alarming rise in global distrust and division coupled…
Continue Reading Trump-era rule change allowing the logging of old-growth forests violates laws, judge says
PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) — A federal judge has found that a Trump-era rule change that allowed for the logging of old-growth forests in the Pacific…
Continue Reading ESPN networks go dark on Charter Spectrum cable systems on busy night for sports
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer ESPN is among a number of Disney Entertainment channels that have gone dark on Charter Spectrum cable systems. The…
Continue Reading 2nd man charged in July shooting at massive Indiana block party that killed 1, injured 17
MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — A prosecutor has charged the second man arrested in a July shooting at a massive block party in central Indiana that left one…
Continue Reading Mexico City’s old airport told to cut flights by 17%, leading airlines to warn of mass cancellations
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government has ordered Mexico City’s old airport to cut flights by 17%, sparking warnings by airlines of possible…
Continue Reading Hong Kong, other parts of south China grind to near standstill as powerful Typhoon Saola passes
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Most of Hong Kong and other parts of southern China have ground to a near standstill as powerful…
Continue Reading Opening statements begin in website founder’s 2nd trial over ads promoting prostitution
By TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A founder of the classified site Backpage.com and four employees carefully strategized how to bring…
Continue Reading Nick Carter of Backstreet Boys facing civil lawsuits in Vegas alleging sexual assault decades ago
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter has won a favorable ruling in one of two civil lawsuits filed…
Continue Reading Three found dead at remote Rocky Mountain campsite were trying to escape society, stepsister says
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — The stepsister of a Colorado woman who was found dead along with her sister and…
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