US Navy rescues drug smugglers from burning ship off Oman
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Navy says it has rescued five Iranians suspected of smuggling drugs after they apparently set fire to…
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The AP Interview: Nikole Hannah-Jones’ warning on democracy
By AARON MORRISON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In an exclusive interview with The Associated Press, Pulitzer Prize-winning Black journalist…
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SYDNEY (AP) — Five children have died and four others are in critical condition after falling from a bouncy castle that was lifted 33 feet into the…
Continue Reading Widodo urges stay home after omicron confirmed in Indonesia
By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo has called on people and government officials to…
Continue Reading Beijing Olympic athletes and their garbage face restrictions
BEIJING (AP) — Beijing Winter Olympics organizers say measures to prevent cross-infections between athletes and the outside world are being…
Continue Reading In Kashmir, closed mosque belies India’s religious freedom
By AIJAZ HUSSAIN Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — The largest mosque in the disputed region of Kashmir dominates its neighborhood with an…
Continue Reading Ex-Epstein worker says she ‘never’ saw misconduct by Maxwell
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former office worker for financier Jeffrey Epstein has testified at Ghislaine…
Continue Reading Afghanistan’s health care system on the brink of collapse
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Hospitals in Afghanistan’s capital of Kabul are running out of supplies,…
Continue Reading DA’s last big decision: Whether to charge Trump
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — After a dozen years in office, one piece of unfinished business remains for Manhattan District…
Continue Reading Towns in mourning while digging out from deadly tornadoes
By SEAN MURPHY and BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press DAWSON SPRINGS, Ky. (AP) — Several tightknit communities of the South and Midwest are turning…
Continue Reading Biden acknowledges $2T bill stalled, but vows it will pass
By LISA MASCARO and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has all but acknowledged negotiations over his sweeping…
Continue Reading Vaccinated California employees face workplace restrictions
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s workplace regulators are extending the state’s coronavirus pandemic…
Continue Reading Jaguars fire Urban Meyer after 13 games, countless missteps
By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Urban Meyer’s tumultuous NFL tenure ended after just 13 games — and two victories…
Continue Reading Report: 11 executions in 2021 mark three-decade low
By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — States and the federal government carried out 11 executions this year. That’s the…
Continue Reading Company indicted for not stopping oil leak after many alarms
By BRIAN MELLEY and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Federal prosecutors are blaming a Texas oil company’s negligence for a…
Continue Reading How brothers in arms plotted theft, sale of US Army weaponry
By JAMES LAPORTA and JASON DEAREN Associated Press An Associated Press investigation has shown how U.S. troops have stolen guns and explosives from…
Continue Reading Can your pet get COVID-19?
By EMMA H. TOBIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials say pets and another animals can get the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, but…
Continue Reading Taiwan’s Tsai urges unity against rising authoritarianism
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Addressing a group of visiting French lawmakers, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen is calling for greater unity among…
Continue Reading Potter’s ex-chief: ‘I saw no violation’ of policy by officer
By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kim Potter’s police chief at the time she shot and killed Daunte Wright…
Continue Reading In tornado’s wake, a church and pastor turn to God, service
By HOLLY MEYER Associated Press MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — The Rev. Wes Fowler rode out the violent tornado that devastated Mayfield, Kentucky, in a…
Continue Reading Why the Fed feels now is time to tighten credit more quickly
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — For months, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell responded to surging inflation by…
Continue Reading Rescuers battle strong typhoon lashing southern Philippines
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A powerful typhoon has slammed into the southeastern Philippines and toppled trees,…
Continue Reading SKorea bans gatherings of 5 or more people amid virus surge
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea will prohibit private social gatherings of five or more people nationwide…
Continue Reading Jill Biden meets with families, victims of parade crash
First lady Jill Biden met with victims of a Christmas parade crash in suburban Milwaukee where six people were killed and dozens were injured after…
Continue Reading Music producer, 8 others killed in Dominican plane crash
By MARTÍN ADAMES Associated Press SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — An aviation company says a small plane it operates crashed in the…
Continue Reading Australia’s New South Wales sets record for new COVID cases
Australia’s New South Wales state has recorded 1,742 new cases of COVID-19, its highest daily total since the pandemic began. Hospitalizations are…
Continue Reading Span of Memphis street renamed for slain rapper Young Dolph
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Family and friends of slain rapper Young Dolph have remembered him as a generous…
Continue Reading Correction: Michigan Pipeline story
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — In a story published Dec. 15, 2021, about a lawsuit over a Michigan oil pipeline, The Associated Press erroneously…
Continue Reading 2021 Notebook: On Jan. 6, chaos inside the Capitol and out
By The Associated Press On Jan. 6, as Congress was meeting to certify the victory of President Joe Biden, hundreds of Donald Trump supporters who…
Continue Reading Appellate judges raise doubts about Weinstein’s conviction
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A New York appeals court has excoriated Manhattan prosecutors for filling out Harvey…
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