Auto worker strike highlights disparities between temporary and permanent employees
By JOHN SEEWER and TOM KRISHER Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — When Rhonda Naus got a job inspecting Jeep Wranglers fresh off the assembly…
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Russian strike on cafe kills 51, Ukrainian officials say, as Zelenskyy seeks more Western support
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press HROZA, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian rocket blast turned a village cafe and store in eastern Ukraine into rubble…
Continue Reading 4 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in fresh West Bank violence. Clashes erupt in flashpoint town
JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian health officials say four Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in the northern West Bank. The Israeli…
Continue Reading Nearly 50 European leaders stress support for Ukraine at a summit in Spain. Zelenskyy seeks more aid
By RAF CASERT and RENATA BRITO Associated Press GRANADA, Spain (AP) — Almost 50 European leaders are using a summit in southern Spain’s Granada…
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How farmers used California's floods to revive underground aquifers
Reasons to Be Cheerful dives into how flooding in California was turned into an opportunity to revive some of the state’s underground…
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New tax credits aim to boost rural business investment while helping communities
The Daily Yonder looks at how federal tax credits are encouraging investment in rural businesses and the effect it is having on rural…
Continue Reading Mayor of Tokyo’s Shibuya district asks Halloween partygoers to stay away
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The mayor of Tokyo’s busy Shibuya shopping and entertainment district is asking Halloween…
Continue Reading The Nobel literature prize goes to Norway’s Jon Fosse, who once wrote a novel in a single sentence
By DAVID KEYTON, MIKE CORDER and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Norwegian writer Jon Fosse, whose work tackles birth, death, faith…
Continue Reading Drone attack kills 80 and wounds 240 at a packed Syrian military graduation ceremony, official says
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB and ALBERT AJI Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A drone attack hit a crowded military graduation ceremony Thursday in the Syrian…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian benchmarks mostly rise in subdued trading on US jobs worries
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose in cautious trading Friday after Wall Street drifted to a quiet close on…
Continue Reading Trains collide in northern Polish city, injuring 5 people
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two trains have collided head-on in the northern Polish city of Gdynia, injuring five people. The collision occurred at 7…
Continue Reading Icy floodwaters kill at least 31 in India’s Himalayan northeast after lake bursts through major dam
By ASHOK SHARMA and SIBI ARASU Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Ice-cold floodwaters swept through mountain towns in India’s Himalayan…
Continue Reading Elite pilots prepare for ‘camping out in the sky’ as they compete in prestigious ballooning race
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Flying high in the air, pilots Barbara Fricke and Peter Cuneo will have little…
Continue Reading Elite pilots prepare for ‘camping out in the sky’ as they compete in prestigious ballooning race
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — It’s been 15 years since the world’s elite ballooning pilots have gathered in…
Continue Reading Georgia state Senate to start its own inquiry of troubled Fulton County jail
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia state Senate committee says it will start its own investigation of jail conditions in the…
Continue Reading Bedbugs are making France anxious ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics
By ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — They creep, they crawl, they feast on your blood as you sleep. They may travel in your clothes or…
Continue Reading Pavia leads New Mexico State to 34-17 victory over FIU
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Diego Pavia threw two touchdown passes and ran for a score to help New Mexico State pull away in the fourth quarter for a…
Continue Reading 1 dead, more than 300 injured as Typhoon Koinu sweeps parts of Taiwan
By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Typhoon Koinu is sweeping southern Taiwan. One person has died and more than 300 have…
Continue Reading Israeli arms quietly helped Azerbaijan retake Nagorno-Karabakh, to the dismay of region’s Armenians
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel has quietly helped fuel Azerbaijan’s campaign to recapture Nagorno-Karabakh,…
Continue Reading An atheist in northern Nigeria was arrested. Then the attacks against the others worsened
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press When the megaphone called out for the daily Islamic prayers, the nonbeliever grabbed his prayer beads and ambled…
Continue Reading Fearing ostracism or worse, many nonbelievers hide their views in the Middle East and North Africa
By MARIAM FAM Associated Press There’s the Tunisian woman who fasts during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, though not for God. The Iraqi woman…
Continue Reading In the pope’s homeland, more Argentines are seeking spiritual answers beyond the church
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and NATACHA PISARENKO Associated Press CAPILLA DEL MONTE, Argentina (AP) — In the pope’s homeland, there’s a woman who…
Continue Reading Nearly 80% of Italians say they are Catholic. But few regularly go to church
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press ISOLA DEL GRAN SASSO, Italy (AP) — Two children scribbled petitions to St. Gabriele dell’Addolorata…
Continue Reading America’s nonreligious are a growing, diverse phenomenon. They really don’t like organized religion
By PETER SMITH Associated Press Mike Dulak grew up Catholic in Southern California, but by his teen years, he began skipping Mass and driving…
Continue Reading In secular Japan, what draws so many to temples and shrines? Stamp collecting and tradition
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Momo Nomura, a graphic artist and entrepreneur, visits a shrine near her business meetings or trips…
Continue Reading Nonreligious struggle to find their voice and place in Indian society and politics
By DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press CHENNAI, India (AP) — Despite India’s millennia-old history of nonreligious movements, most atheists and…
Continue Reading Israel is perennially swept up in religious conflict. Yet many of its citizens are secular
By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press MEVASSERET ZION, Israel (AP) — Israel is a nation perennially swept up in religious fervor and conflict. And yet,…
Continue Reading Fearing ostracism or worse, many nonbelievers hide their views in the Middle East and North Africa
By MARIAM FAM Associated Press There’s the Tunisian woman who fasts during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, though not for God. The Iraqi woman…
Continue Reading Nearly every Alaskan gets a $1,312 oil check this fall. The unique benefit is a blessing and a curse
By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Nearly every Alaskan will receive a $1,312 check starting this week, their annual share from…
Continue Reading Rapids match with Dallas postponed due to thunderstorm
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Thunderstorms forced the postponement of Wednesday night’s match between the Colorado Rapids and FC Dallas. The league…
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