White House: Texas hostage-taker had raised no red flags
By MICHAEL BALSAMO, JAKE BLEIBERG and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — A White House spokeswoman says an armed British man who took four…
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Majority of US states pursue nuclear power for emission cuts
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Many states in the U.S. are coming to the conclusion that solar, wind and other…
Continue Reading In tiny Wyoming town, Bill Gates bets big on nuclear power
By BRADY McCOMBS and MEAD GRUVER Associated Press KEMMERER, Wyoming (AP) — A tiny Wyoming town faces transformation when a company started by Bill…
Continue Reading Race to cut carbon emissions splits U.S. states on nuclear
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Many states in the U.S. are coming to the conclusion that solar, wind and other…
Continue Reading Norway’s Telenor to sell stake in Myanmar’s Wave Money
BANGKOK (AP) — Norwegian telecommunications company Telenor says it plans to sell its stake in the Myanmar fintech company Wave Money to its main…
Continue Reading Big voting bill faces defeat as 2 Dems won’t stop filibuster
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Voting legislation that is a cornerstone of the Democratic agenda and a top…
Continue Reading Biden year one takeaways: Grand ambitions, humbling defeats
By The Associated Press Joe Biden’s long arc in public life has always had one final ambition: to sit behind the Resolute Desk of the Oval Office.…
Continue Reading Before pullout, watchdog warned of Afghan air force collapse
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A year-old report by Washington’s Afghanistan watchdog has now been declassified…
Continue Reading Bloomberg funds city programs to build new urban solutions
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Bloomberg Philanthropies is supporting the innovative solutions of 15 cities to try to get others to use them as…
Continue Reading Tarnished Gold: Illegal mining stokes Indigenous divisions
By SAM COWIE Associated Press RAPOSA SERRA DO SOL INDIGENOUS TERRITORY, Brazil (AP) — Relentless pressure from the rapid growth of illegal gold…
Continue Reading Taiwan pays $900,000 for ally Guatemala to lobby Washington
By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Guatemala has hired for $900,000 a major supporter of former President Donald Trump to seek…
Continue Reading The AP Interview: Exiled artist Ai Weiwei on Beijing Games
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer The Chinese artist Ai Weiwei says the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing will allow China to show the world “a…
Continue Reading Japan ready to expand virus restrictions as infections surge
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government is preparing social restrictions in Tokyo and other regions as the omicron…
Continue Reading Stafford propels Rams past Cardinals 34-11 in playoff rout
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Matthew Stafford passed for 202 yards and two touchdowns in his first playoff victory and…
Continue Reading Australia has record COVID-19 deaths, hospitals under stress
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia has reported a record high of COVID-19 deaths, and its second-largest state…
Continue Reading Asia shares mostly higher after US holiday; BOJ stands pat
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mostly higher in the absence of big market-moving news following a national…
Continue Reading Hong Kong to kill 2,000 animals after hamsters get COVID-19
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong authorities say they will kill about 2,000 small animals, including hamsters, after several…
Continue Reading Despite huge volcano blast, Tonga avoids widespread disaster
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Despite sitting almost on top of the volcano that erupted so violently, the Pacific…
Continue Reading North Korea: Tactical guided missiles fired in latest test
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it conducted a test-firing of “tactical guided missiles” in its…
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‘No end in sight:’ Texas abortion clinics dealt new setback
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court has dealt opponents of Texas’ strict abortion law another defeat.…
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Tornado victim’s family sues Amazon over warehouse collapse
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The family of a delivery driver who died last month when a tornado collapsed the Amazon warehouse in central Illinois…
Continue Reading Mexican governor says predecessor made deals with gangs
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The governor of Mexico’s Morelos state is claiming his predecessor and the previous police chief negotiated with a drug gang.…
Continue Reading UN chief: Over 12,000 detainees held officially in Libya
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief says over 12,000 detainees are held officially in 27 prisons…
Continue Reading Colombian author García Márquez had secret Mexican daughter
By ASTRID SUÁREZ Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — For decades renowned Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez kept the public from…
Continue Reading Yellowstone bison species decision questioned by US judge
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to revisit part of its decision not to…
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Train derails near LA site of recent wave of cargo thefts
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Crews are making railroad repair in Los Angeles after a train derailed near the location where thieves have been raiding cargo…
Continue Reading Mexico news photographer killed; reporter slain last week
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A news photographer was killed in the Mexican border city of Tijuana Monday, the same day press groups said a reporter was…
Continue Reading Waves from eruption in Tonga cause oil spill in Peru
Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Unusually high waves attributed to the eruption of an undersea volcano in Tonga have caused an oil spill on the…
Continue Reading Pharrell Williams calls for economic equity during MLK event
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Singer and music producer Pharrell Williams is challenging corporate America to “do more” by supporting…
Continue Reading Virginia’s 1st female lt. gov. takes her seat in the Senate
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Republican Winsome Earle-Sears has taken her seat for the first day presiding over the…
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