Lawsuit accuses NY college of negligence for harboring ex-con who abused students
By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two former students are suing Sarah Lawrence College. They argue that the New York school failed…
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Climate activists pour mud and Nesquik on St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice
ROME (AP) — Activists have poured mud and chocolate milk on the façade of St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice in their latest climate protest. Police…
Continue Reading California faces record $68 billion budget deficit, nonpartisan legislative analyst says
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is facing a $68 billion budget deficit. The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s…
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Israel and US are at odds over conflicting visions for postwar Gaza
By JOSEF FEDERMAN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The United States has offered strong support to Israel in its war against the…
Continue Reading Spain complained that agents linked to US embassy had allegedly bribed Spanish agents for secrets
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Defense Minister Margarita Robles says the government filed a complaint to the United States after discovering that Spanish…
Continue Reading Labor union asks federal regulators to oversee South Carolina workplace safety program
By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — One of the largest labor organizations in the United States wants the…
Continue Reading Trump appeals ruling rejecting immunity claim as window narrows to derail federal election case
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is appealing a ruling that found he is not…
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Donald Trump returns to court, lauds his defense expert who sees no evidence of accounting fraud
By JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump returned to his civil fraud trial Thursday to…
Continue Reading Ivy League presidents reckon with swift backlash to remarks on campus antisemitism
By ANNIE MA and COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ivy League presidents are facing backlash over their remarks to on-campus…
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US sanctions money lending network to Yemen’s Houthi rebels, looks to boost maritime protections
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is encouraging Mideast allies to join the Combined Maritime Forces, a…
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Scientists: Climate change intensified the rains devastating East Africa
By CARLOS MUREITHI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An international team of climate scientists says the ongoing catastrophic rains in East…
Continue Reading Jayden Daniels, the dazzling quarterback for LSU, is the AP college football player of the year
By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels is The Associated Press college football player of the…
Continue Reading Autism is front and center in the pioneering new musical ‘How to Dance in Ohio’ on Broadway
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The stage musical “How to Dance in Ohio” opens on Broadway on Sunday, celebrating those…
Continue Reading Mom convicted of killing kids in Idaho pleads not guilty to Arizona murder conspiracy charges
A woman sentenced to life in an Idaho prison for murdering her two youngest children and another woman has pleaded not guilty to charges in Arizona…
Continue Reading Myanmar’s army is facing battlefield challenges and grants amnesty to troops jailed for being AWOL
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Reports from Myanmar say its military government has been freeing soldiers and police who had been…
Continue Reading Germany’s chancellor lights first Hanukkah candle on a huge menorah at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has expressed his unwavering support for the Jewish people as he…
Continue Reading Tampa teen faces murder charge in mass shooting on Halloween weekend
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Police say a 14-year-old is now facing a second-degree murder charge in the death of a 20-year-old during a Halloween weekend…
Continue Reading Meta makes end-to-end encryption a default on Facebook Messenger
NEW YORK (AP) — Meta is rolling out end-to-end encryption for calls and messages across its Facebook and Messenger platforms, the company announced…
Continue Reading Families had long dialogue after Pittsburgh synagogue attack. Now they’ve unveiled a memorial design
By PETER SMITH Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — In the years following the deadly 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue attack, relatives of those slain have…
Continue Reading Putin continues his blitz round of Mideast diplomacy by hosting the Iranian president
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has hosted Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in the Kremlin. That meetings continues a blitz round of…
Continue Reading Sierra Leone ex-president is called in for questioning over attacks officials say was a failed coup
By KEMO CHAM Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — A Sierra Leone government spokesman says that a former president has been called in for…
Continue Reading Hopes for a Mercosur-EU trade deal fade yet again as leaders meet in Brazil
By MAURICIO SAVARESE and DANIEL POLITI Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — The heads of state from South America’s Mercosur trade bloc are in Rio…
Continue Reading A federal grand jury in Puerto Rico indicts three men on environmental crimes
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Authorities in Puerto Rico say three men have been indicted as part of an ongoing federal investigation into…
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House votes to censure Democratic Rep. Bowman for pulling a fire alarm in a Capitol office building
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has voted to censure Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman for triggering a fire alarm in a…
Continue Reading What to know about the Hall & Oates legal fight, and the business at stake behind all that music
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — After more than a half-century of making music together, Daryl Hall is suing John…
Continue Reading Mexico focuses on looking for people falsely listed as missing, ignores thousands of disappeared
By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s government is pouring resources into detecting what it suggests are “fake”…
Continue Reading ‘New Year’s Rockin’ Eve’ will feature Janelle Monáe, Green Day, Ludacris, Reneé Rapp and more in LA
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ryan Seacrest will usher in 2024 on “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” from…
Continue Reading US Sen. Kevin Cramer’s son charged with manslaughter in crash that killed North Dakota deputy
By JACK DURA and JIM SALTER Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The 42-year-old son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer was charged Thursday with…
Continue Reading West Africa court refuses to recognize Niger’s junta, rejects request to lift coup sanctions
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — West Africa’s top court has rejected a request by Niger’s junta for a lifting of…
Continue Reading La Scala’s gala premiere of ‘Don Carlo’ celebrates Italian opera’s new status as cultural treasure
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Italian melodrama’s official recognition as a global cultural treasure is getting trumpeted with…
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