Man stabs 10-year-old child in Munich department store
VIENNA (AP) — A 57-year-old man stabbed a 10-year-old boy with a kitchen knife in a department store in Munich Saturday evening, police told the…
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Proof of vax required as strict mandate takes effect in LA
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Starting Monday, anyone going to a shopping mall, theater, gym or nail…
Continue Reading Plenty of pitfalls await Zuckerberg’s ‘metaverse’ plan
By MATT O’BRIEN and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writers Mark Zuckerberg promises that the virtual-reality “metaverse” he’s planning to…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Prosecutors play up Rittenhouse inexperience
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors trying to convict Kyle Rittenhouse of murder are trying to paint the Illinois…
Continue Reading Australia police call off search for man attacked by shark
SYDNEY (AP) — Police in western Australia have called off a search for a swimmer who was attacked by a shark. The wife of 57-year-old Paul…
Continue Reading Schools take lead role in promoting vaccines for youngsters
By PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press Many elementary schools around the U.S. are preparing to offer COVID-19 shots that educators see as key to keeping…
Continue Reading Poland tells doctors: Ailing women have abortion rights
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s Health Ministry has issued instructions to doctors confirming that it is legal to end a pregnancy when the…
Continue Reading After drinking water crisis, Newark is winning war on lead
By DAVID PORTER Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — An ambitious program to replace thousands of residential lead water lines in New…
Continue Reading German police: Train attacker stabbed passengers ‘at random’
VIENNA (AP) — Police in Germany say a 27-year-old man who stabbed four people on a German high-speed train apparently attacked his victims “at…
Continue Reading Democrats facing tough slog in 2022 governor’s races
By THOMAS BEAUMONT and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are increasingly optimistic about flipping governor’s offices…
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High wind delays SpaceX crew homecoming after 6 months aloft
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — High wind off the Florida coast has prompted SpaceX to delay the return of four…
Continue Reading Biden vaccine mandates face first test with federal workers
By COLLEEN LONG and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — About 4 million federal workers, from FBI agents to Bureau of Prisons…
Continue Reading Pope decries Ethiopia’s humanitarian crisis, urges dialogue
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has decried the deteriorating humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia and is pressing for dialogue to prevail over…
Continue Reading Tension rises in Iraq after failed bid to assassinate PM
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Troops and patrols have deployed around Baghdad following the failed assassination attempt…
Continue Reading German rescue boat with 800 migrants reaches Sicilian port
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — A German humanitarian ship with more than 800 rescued migrants aboard has steamed into a…
Continue Reading Nationwide polio eradication campaign starts in Afghanistan
By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban-run Afghan public health ministry has announced the start of a four-day nationwide…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: How US rules on international travel are changing
By TALI ARBEL Associated Press More than a year and a half after the U.S. to closed its borders to international travelers, restrictions are shifting…
Continue Reading Libya govt rejects suspension of FM weeks before election
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s government has rejected a decision by the country’s presidential council to suspend the…
Continue Reading Palestinians, Israel spar over US mission in Jerusalem
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The Palestinians have slammed Israel for rejecting the promised reopening of the U.S.…
Continue Reading The magic 1.5: What’s behind climate talks’ key elusive goal
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Glasgow, Scotland (AP) — The overarching phrase that dominates Glasgow climate talks is simply a number: 1.5.…
Continue Reading Foreign citizens seek US-approved shots as travel resumes
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The United States is about to reopen to fully vaccinated foreign travelers. And citizens…
Continue Reading Kerry rallies global climate push as uncertainty grows in US
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — John Kerry is everywhere and on the move at a fateful U.N. climate summit. Kerry is…
Continue Reading Iran begins annual war games ahead of nuke talks with West
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — State TV says Iran’s military has begun its annual war games in a coastal area of the Gulf of Oman, less than a month before…
Continue Reading For headliner at deadly show, chaos part of popular formula
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Travis Scott’s high-energy performances are known for being chaotic and…
Continue Reading ‘Stop the show!’ Houston concertgoers describe chaos
By JUAN LOZANO, RYAN PEARSON and SALLY HO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Screaming. Suffocating. Panicked. Unconscious. The concertgoers at a…
Continue Reading Nicaragua’s Ortega seeks re-election in questioned vote
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is seeking a fourth consecutive term as voting begins in elections against a field of…
Continue Reading Mourning starts as Houston officials probe concert deaths
By JUAN A. LOZANO and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Mourners began building a memorial to those lost at a Texas concert as…
Continue Reading China’s exports stay strong, trade surplus tops $80 billion
BEIJING (AP) — China’s exports remained strong in October, a positive sign for an economy trying to weather power shortages and COVID-19…
Continue Reading Early-season snow blankets Beijing, northern China
BEIJING (AP) — An early-season snowstorm has blanketed much of northern China including the capital Beijing, prompting highway closures and flight…
Continue Reading N Korea stages artillery firing drill in latest weapons test
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it has conducted artillery firing exercises to bolster its defense…
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