
US home sales fall with properties on market at a record low
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Sales of previously occupied homes fell in December for the first time in four months…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Sales of previously occupied homes fell in December for the first time in four months…
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that at least…
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has dropped its case against a Massachusetts Institute of Technology…
Continue ReadingBy KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban have stormed an apartment in Kabul, arresting a woman rights activist and…
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican has included a group that advocates for women’s ordination on a website promoting a…
Continue ReadingBy NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials say the CIA believes it’s unlikely that Russia or another foreign…
Continue ReadingBy NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s leader says the country holding the presidency of the Group of 20…
Continue ReadingBy LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Team USA’s opening ceremony uniforms for the Beijing Olympics include some sneaky new warming…
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The party of Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley appears to have won every legislative seat in the first elections…
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose to the highest level in three…
Continue ReadingPRAGUE (AP) — A heavy snowstorm that has hit the Czech Republic caused a multiple-car crash and completely shut down one of the major highways near…
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — The European Union is ordering Poland to pay a fine of nearly 70 million euros ($80 million) for its failure to shut down a…
Continue ReadingTIRANA, Albania (AP) — NATO has started work to upgrade Albania’s communist-era Kucova Air Base, which will allow it to be used for alliance…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Ghislaine Maxwell has formally requested a new trial, less than a month after her conviction on sex trafficking charges. In a…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — The bus-loving Pigeon of children’s picture books fame is back on the move. Author-illustrator Mo Willems has a five-book deal…
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — A 2nd-century saint known as a bridge between eastern and western Christianity has taken another step toward being declared a doctor of…
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Veterinarians in Poland say they have euthanized a brown bear cub after more than a week of treatment failed to ease its…
Continue ReadingLJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Slovenia’s president says parliamentary election in Slovenia will be held on April 24. The vote will test the…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister says that the country’s diplomats during the Nazi era shared blame for the Holocaust and she wants…
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A lawmaker from Britain’s governing Conservatives has accused the government of blackmailing…
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