The $10 billion charity no one has heard of
BY ALEX DANIELS of The Chronicle of Philanthopy Chronicle of Philanthropy A donor-advised fund devoted to supporting the United Nations Sustainable…
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Albania returns 20 stolen icons to neighboring North Macedonia
By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania has returned 20 icons to neighboring North Macedonia, which were stolen a decade…
Continue Reading Doping law leads to two more indictments, this time against coaches who used to be elite sprinters
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged a pair of former elite sprinters as part of a widening case alleging a conspiracy to supply banned…
Continue Reading ‘I didn’t change my number’: Macron still open to dialogue with Putin if it helps to bring peace
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says he’d still consider talking with his Russian…
Continue Reading Congressional Budget Office projects lower inflation and higher unemployment into 2025
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Congressional Budget Office says it expects inflation to nearly hit the Federal…
Continue Reading With Iowa’s caucuses a month away, Trump urges voters to hand him not just a victory, but a blowout
By THOMAS BEAUMONT and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press CORALVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump was uncharacteristically serious when he implored an…
Continue Reading A Thai senator linked to a Myanmar tycoon is indicted for drug trafficking and money laundering
BANGKOK (AP) — Prosecutors in Thailand have indicted a member of the country’s Senate on six charges involving narcotics trafficking, money…
Continue Reading A Spanish official says spotter planes are helping curtail the number of West African migrant boats
MADRID (AP) — A senior Spanish official says the deployment of two Spanish surveillance planes to watch for migrant boats heading on the…
Continue Reading Jury awards $148 million in damages to Georgia election workers over Rudy Giuliani’s 2020 vote lies
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A jury awarded $148 million in damages on Friday to two former…
Continue Reading Biggest solar flare in years temporarily disrupts radio signals on Earth
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA telescope has captured the biggest solar flare in years, which temporarily…
Continue Reading Dozens stranded in stuck elevators as lights flicker in brief NYC power outage
By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A small explosion at an electrical facility caused a momentary power outage in New York City.…
Continue Reading Moldova and Georgia celebrate as their aspirations for EU membership take crucial steps forward
By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Moldova and Georgia celebrated after European Union leaders buoyed their aspirations to join the 27…
Continue Reading West African court orders Niger’s president to be released and reinstated nearly 5 months after coup
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A court of the West African regional bloc has ordered the release and reinstatement of…
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ABC 7 StormTrack Weather: Quiet pattern persists through the weekend
For today, quiet conditions will continue with lows in the 30s and highs in the 60s. These very comfortable, fall-like conditions will persist…
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International court rules against Guatemala in a landmark Indigenous and environmental rights case
By DANIEL SHAILER Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Guatemala violated Indigenous rights by permitting a huge nickel mine on tribal land almost…
Continue Reading Prince Harry’s phone hacking victory is a landmark in the long saga of British tabloid misconduct
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry’s victory against Mirror Group Newspapers on Friday over what a British judge called…
Continue Reading Shops in 2 Dutch cities start selling legally grown cannabis in an experiment to regulate pot trade
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press BREDA, Netherlands (AP) — A paradox at the heart of the Netherlands’ permissive pot policy has gone up in smoke…
Continue Reading ‘Reacher’ star Alan Ritchson talks season two of hit show and how ‘Amazon took a risk’ on him
By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press There’s a common phrase associated with Jack Reacher in Lee’s Child’s books: “Reacher says…
Continue Reading Police officer fatally shoots 19-year-old in Mesquite, Texas, suspect in a vehicle theft
MESQUITE, Texas (AP) — Police in Mesquite, Texas, say an officer investigating a stolen vehicle fatally shot a 19-year-old man who was in another…
Continue Reading Finland reports a rush of migrant crossings hours before the reclosure of 2 border posts with Russia
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Dozens of migrants have crossed into Finland hours before the reclosure of two southern…
Continue Reading Maryland Gov. Wes Moore says Orioles lease at Camden Yards headed to a vote
By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland Gov. Wes Moore says a long-term agreement between the Baltimore Orioles and the…
Continue Reading The EU struggles to unify around a Gaza cease-fire call but work on peace moves continues
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — A number of European Union leaders are trying to use mounting concern about civilian deaths in…
Continue Reading The title of Bill Maher’s new book promises ‘What This Comedian Said Will Shock You’
NEW YORK (AP) — Bill Maher has had a few second thoughts, or at least some variations on the first ones. Next June, Simon & Schuster will…
Continue Reading Companies announce partnership to release dengue-fighting mosquitoes in the Caribbean
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Two private companies have announced a partnership to release mosquitoes across the Caribbean bred with a bacterium…
Continue Reading Plane crashes and catches fire on North Carolina highway with 2 people escaping serious injuries
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say a small plane crashed on a western North Carolina highway and caught fire, but the two people on board…
Continue Reading Why have thousands of United Methodist churches in the US quit the denomination?
Associated Press The United Methodist Church has been undergoing a major upheaval as more than 7,000 congregations across the country, one quarter of…
Continue Reading US national security adviser says a negotiated outcome is the best way to end Lebanon-Israel tension
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan says he has discussed with Israeli officials the…
Continue Reading One fourth of United Methodist churches in US have left in schism over LGBTQ ban. What happens now?
By PETER SMITH Associated Press A quarter of U.S. congregations in the United Methodist Church have received permission to leave the denomination…
Continue Reading Suriname’s ex-dictator faces final verdict in 1982 killings of political opponents. Some fear unrest
By GEROLD ROZENBLAD Associated Press PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) — Suriname’s former dictator will face a final verdict this month in the…
Continue Reading Germany’s parliament approves a plan for a bigger hike in carbon price after a budget deal
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s parliament has approved plans to raise the country’s levy on carbon dioxide emissions from fuel by more than…
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