Explosion at Chinese university laboratory kills 2
BEIJING (AP) — State media report that a laboratory explosion at a university in eastern China has killed two people and injured nine. State…
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6 candidates for US Senate in Ohio vie for evangelical votes
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press WESTERVILLE, Ohio (AP) — The lone Republican moderate at a U.S. Senate candidate forum in Ohio says that at…
Continue Reading Australia invests in $1.6 billion South Pacific telco deal
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian telco Telstra has partnered with the Australian government in a $1.6 billion…
Continue Reading Toyota testing hydrogen combustion engines in race cars
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toyota says it’s testing hydrogen combustion engines in race cars as it works toward using…
Continue Reading Stripping military bases of Confederate names stirs passions
By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer BLACKSTONE, Va. (AP) — Civil War history casts a long shadow in Virginia, the birthplace of Confederate…
Continue Reading Youngkin’s school warnings intensify the GOP’s suburban push
By STEVE PEOPLES, SARAH RANKIN and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press ASHLAND, Va. (AP) — Republican Glenn Youngkin is highlighting cases of alleged…
Continue Reading Sluggish pace of confirmations vexes Biden White House
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump struggled during his first year in office to get his nominees…
Continue Reading AP source: Manchin agreeable to wealth tax for Biden plan
By LISA MASCARO and HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — White House proposals for new taxes on billionaires and certain corporations to…
Continue Reading Hurricane Rick weakens to tropical depression over Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A compact Hurricane Rick has roared ashore along Mexico’s southern Pacific coast with 105 mph (165 kph) winds and heavy rain…
Continue Reading Asia stocks mixed after Wall St slips, China travel curbs
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are mixed after Wall Street slipped and China tightened travel controls in…
Continue Reading Judge sets final ground rules for Rittenhouse trial evidence
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge is setting the final ground rules for what evidence will be allowed at…
Continue Reading South Korea’s leader vows final push for talks with North
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president says he’ll keep striving to promote peace with North Korea…
Continue Reading Sudan’s military takes power in coup, arrests prime minister
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s military has seized power, dissolving the transitional government hours after troops arrested…
Continue Reading China to start vaccinating children to age 3 as cases spread
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Several Chinese provinces and cities say they’ll start giving COVID-19 vaccines to…
Continue Reading Tokyo festival features Yoshida’s films of hope amid despair
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Boxers, janitors, fishermen, the heroes of Keisuke Yoshida’s movies are Japanese society’s…
Continue Reading ASEAN leaders hold summit with Myanmar’s general shut out
By EILEEN NG and JIM GOMEZ Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Southeast Asian leaders are meeting this week for their annual summit…
Continue Reading Australia gives in-principle support for net zero by 2050
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced that a fifth National’s party minister…
Continue Reading Ex-Saudi official claims damaging intel against crown prince
By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A former senior Saudi security official who helped oversee joint…
Continue Reading Michigan vigil prays for missionaries kidnapped in Haiti
By ANNA LIZ NICHOLS Associated Press/Report for America HART, Mich. (AP) — More than 100 people gathered in a small Michigan town to pray for the…
Continue Reading James Michael Tyler, who played Gunther on ‘Friends,’ dies
By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — James Michael Tyler, the actor known widely for his recurring role as Gunther on “Friends,” has died.…
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Texas drag race driver slams into spectators, killing 2 kids
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a driver lost control during a Texas drag racing event and slammed into a crowd of spectators, killing two…
Continue Reading Plane from NY to LA makes emergency landing in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An American Airlines plane traveling from New York to Los Angeles was forced to make an emergency landing in Wisconsin. An…
Continue Reading Beleaguered Haiti capital brought to brink by fuel shortages
By MATÍAS DELACROIX Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s capital has been brought to the brink of exhaustion by fuel…
Continue Reading Bill would address higher military uniform prices for women
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire said she has introduced a bill to address a so-called “pink tax” in the military,…
Continue Reading More migrants report sex abuse crossing Panama’s Darien Gap
By KATHIA MARTÍNEZ Associated Press LAJAS BLANCAS, Panama (AP) — A growing number of women crossing the forbidding jungle of the Darien Gap…
Continue Reading Homeowner charged in slaying of motorist in his driveway
MARTINDALE, Texas (AP) — A Central Texas man has been charged with murder in the driveway shooting of a motorist who had pulled into his driveway.…
Continue Reading Demonstrators support Irving vs vaccine mandate at Nets game
By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Demonstrators supporting Nets guard Kyrie Irving and protesting New York’s vaccine mandate…
Continue Reading Man convicted of sex trafficking at 2020 Super Bowl
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — A jury in Florida has convicted a Connecticut man of sex trafficking at the 2020 Super Bowl in Miami. The U.S.…
Continue Reading Winther escapes bathroom, holds on to win Mallorca Open
SANTA PONSA, Spain (AP) — Getting trapped in the bathroom didn’t stop Jeff Winther from winning his first European Tour title at the Mallorca…
Continue Reading UN Security Council mission visits Mali, urges February vote
By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — A U.N. Security Council mission that is visiting Mali this weekend to assess the security…
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