Hungary’s Orbán claims Poland’s center-right government was installed by the EU
Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has suggested that Poland’s government and its prime minister,…
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Record-setting teen climber says Sherpas should be leading climbs
Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A Sherpa teenager who’s won mountaineering celebrity as the youngest person ever to summit the world’s…
Continue Reading Biden tries again at student loan cancellation, this time for those with financial hardships
AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is moving ahead with a new path to student loan cancellation for Americans who face…
Continue Reading Iran’s imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate sentenced to another 6 months in prison
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A group campaigning for Iran’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi says Iranian authorities have…
Continue Reading Anti-whaling activist detained in Greenland requests French citizenship after asylum bid dismissed
PARIS (AP) — Environmental activist Paul Watson, who is detained in Greenland and facing possible extradition to Japan, has formally requested…
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NASA astronaut remains in the hospital after returning from an extended stay in space
AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA astronaut was taken to the hospital for an undisclosed medical issue after returning from a…
Continue Reading After 20 years at the top of chess, Magnus Carlsen is making his next move
Associated Press STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Few chess players have produced the magic commodity which separates Norway’s Magnus Carlsen from any of…
Continue Reading Warsaw opens a new modern art museum as it tries to leave Poland’s communist legacy behind
Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The grand opening of new modern art museum designed by the American architect Thomas Phifer is taking place…
Continue Reading 3 Indian soldiers and 2 civilians are killed in an alleged rebel ambush in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Authorities say three Indian soldiers and their two civilian porters have been killed in a rebel ambush in Indian-controlled…
Continue Reading 1 dead and 12 injured after bus carrying Japanese tourists smashes into truck in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — One of Japan’s largest travel agencies says a tourist died and 12 other people were injured when their a tour bus…
Continue Reading Militants in northwest Pakistan attack a security post killing 10 forces
Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Authorities say a group of militants have attacked a security post in northwest Pakistan and killed 10…
Continue Reading Storm blows away from northern Philippines leaving 82 dead but forecasters warn it may do a U-turn
Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Tropical storm Trami has blown away from the northwestern Philippines, leaving at least 82 people dead…
Continue Reading Erik and Lyle Menendez are a step closer to leaving prison, but freedom won’t come quickly
Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Erik and Lyle Menendez still have a long way to go before they can walk out of prison, even though the Los…
Continue Reading Israel strikes Iran as payback for missile attack, risking escalation of Mideast wars
Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel pounded Iran with a series of airstrikes early Saturday, saying it was targeting…
Continue Reading Vote-weary Bulgarians face a seventh general election in just over 3 years
Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarians will cast ballots on Sunday in the seventh general elections in just over three years as their…
Continue Reading Former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO pleads not guilty to sex trafficking and prostitution charges
Associated Press CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — The former longtime CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch pleaded not guilty Friday to federal sex trafficking…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Wall Street closes mostly lower and ends a 6-week winning streak
AP Business Writers U.S. stock indexes gave up an early gain and drifted to a mixed finish Friday, helping give the market its first losing week…
Continue Reading Allies hope a Trump win changes the system for mortgages. Some warn it will make them pricier
Associated Press If Donald Trump wins the presidential election, Republicans hope he will fulfill a longstanding GOP goal of privatizing the mortgage…
Continue Reading Mother who beat and starved her 5-year-old son to death sentenced to over 50 years in prison
Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire woman has been sentenced to 53 years to life in prison in the death of her 5-year-old son,…
Continue Reading Biden visits Indian Country and apologizes for the ‘sin’ of a 150-year boarding school policy
Associated Press LAVEEN VILLAGE, Ariz. (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday formally apologized to Native Americans for the “sin” of a…
Continue Reading AI-generated child sexual abuse images are spreading. Law enforcement is racing to stop them
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A child psychiatrist who altered a first-day-of-school photo he saw on Facebook to make a group of girls appear…
Continue Reading In Asheville, high school seniors make key life choices under the stress of Helene recovery
Associated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — High school seniors in Asheville are grappling with several important life decisions as they still recover…
Continue Reading Mourners gather to mark a year since Maine’s deadliest mass shooting
Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Maine residents whose sense of safety was shattered last year by a mass shooting have marked the…
Continue Reading Harris and Beyoncé ignite a Houston rally with a double-barreled argument against Trump
Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Kamala Harris and Beyoncé ignited a Houston rally with a double-barreled argument against Donald Trump on Friday,…
Continue Reading Georgia prepares for a divisive election which could determine its future in Europe
Associated Press JAVAKHETI, Georgia (AP) — The South Caucasus country of Georgia will go to the polls Saturday in a parliamentary election many…
Continue Reading Lithuania votes in the 2nd round of its parliamentary election, with change uncertain
Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuanians will vote Sunday in the second round of parliamentary elections, with the conservative…
Continue Reading The dark sky over an urban park in central Mexico attracts stargazers who worry it might not last
Associated Press JOYA-LA BARRETA ECOLOGICAL PARK, Mexico (AP) — As night descended, a rumble of frogs filled the air in this park outside the…
Continue Reading One year after a massacre in Maine, survivors and loved ones search for new beginnings
Associated Press LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Ben Dyer was shot five times during Maine’s deadliest mass shooting, when a gunman killed 18 people at a…
Continue Reading In a suburban Miami shopping center, Kmart’s last ‘Blue Light Specials’ flicker
Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The last Kmart on the U.S. mainland sits at the west end of a busy suburban Miami shopping center, quiet and largely…
Continue Reading Progressives warn Harris must change her closing message as the election looms
AP National Political Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Progressive Democrats warn Kamala Harris risks losing the support of a small but significant portion…
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