Gunmen kill town mayor, wound another in south Philippines
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AP) — Motorcycle-riding gunmen have killed a town mayor and wounded another in a brazen attack that also killed their…
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27 still missing after Indonesia volcanic eruption kills 22
By AGOES BASOEKI Associated Press SUMBERWULUH, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian rescuers on Monday retrieved more bodies buried under volcanic debris,…
Continue Reading Unvaccinated Italians face new restrictions as holidays near
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Italy is making life more uncomfortable for unvaccinated people as the holidays draw near. It is…
Continue Reading Israel: Palestinian car-rammer wounds guard, is shot dead
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli Defense Ministry says a 16-year-old Palestinian rammed a vehicle into an Israeli checkpoint in the West Bank…
Continue Reading Alibaba appoints new CFO, reshuffles e-commerce businesses
By ZEN SOO AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — China’s largest e-commerce group Alibaba said Monday it is appointing a new chief financial…
Continue Reading Japan’s Kirin seeks arbitration to help end Myanmar venture
BANGKOK (AP) — Japanese beverage giant Kirin Holdings is seeking commercial arbitration in a dispute over unwinding its joint venture brewery in…
Continue Reading Myanmar’s Suu Kyi convicted in further blow to democracy
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi was convicted on two charges and handed a four-year sentence that…
Continue Reading 101-year-old returns to Pearl Harbor to remember those lost
By AUDREY McAVOY and GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Pearl Harbor survivors and World War II veterans are gathering in Hawaii this…
Continue Reading High school seniors return to classrooms in Vietnam capital
By HAU DINH Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — High school seniors are returning to their classrooms in Hanoi, Vietnam’s capital, for the…
Continue Reading Turning outrage into power: How far right is changing GOP
By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy appears to have settled on a strategy as a handful of…
Continue Reading Trump-tied group pushing for voting changes in Wisconsin
By SCOTT BAUER and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press MADISON, Wisc. (AP) — A group supporting former President Donald Trump’s agenda is…
Continue Reading India hosts Putin as it balances ties with Russia, US
By ASHOK SHARMA and SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin…
Continue Reading Dictionary.com anoints allyship word of the year for 2021
By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Allyship is Dictionary.com’s word of the year. The look up site with 70 million monthly users…
Continue Reading Jury to hear opening statements in Potter case this week
By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Opening statements loom this week for a white former Minnesota police…
Continue Reading Asian shares mixed after China Evergrande warns of cash woes
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares are mixed in Asia after troubled Chinese property developer Evergrande warned late…
Continue Reading Japan’s military, among world’s strongest, looks to build
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press ENIWA, Japan (AP) — Dozens of Japanese tanks are participating in a major exercise on the northern island of…
Continue Reading Solomon Islands leader wins no-confidence vote after riots
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The leader of the Solomon Islands has survived a vote of no confidence in Parliament…
Continue Reading O’Neil, Miñoso, Hodges, Kaat, Oliva, Fowler get baseball HOF
By BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer Buck O’Neil, a champion of Black ballplayers during a monumental, eight-decade career on and off the field, has…
Continue Reading Kent State, Wyoming to meet in Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
By The Associated Press Wyoming and Kent State will meet for the first time ever in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl on Dec. 21 in Boise. This is the…
Continue Reading Dole mastered the caustic wisecrack, often against himself
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Bob Dole’s frequent scowl concealed a dry, often caustic wit. He singed political rivals with it — but…
Continue Reading Perdue gears up for primary brawl with Georgia GOP governor
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is likely to face a prominent challenger for the 2022 Republican primary for…
Continue Reading Tom Holland’s next dance: Playing Fred Astaire
By HILARY FOX AP Entertainment Writer LONDON (AP) — Tom Holland is trading in his Spidey suit for some tap shoes. The “Spider-Man” star told…
Continue Reading Skiing Santas back to shredding Maine slopes for charity
NEWRY, Maine (AP) — Santa is back to “sleighing” it on the slopes. More than 230 skiing and snowboarding Kris Kringles took to a western Maine…
Continue Reading Memphis, Hawaii to meet in Hawaii Bowl
The Associated Press The Memphis Tigers and Hawaii Rainbows will meet for the first time ever in the Hawaii Bowl in Honolulu on Dec. 24.…
Continue Reading Ex-foreign minister to run in Venezuelan election do over
By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press BARINAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has named a former foreign minister as his…
Continue Reading Gambia President Barrow wins re-election in post-Jammeh vote
By ABDOULIE JOHN Associated Press BANJUL, Gambia (AP) — Gambia’s President Adama Barrow has secured his re-election with a comfortable margin…
Continue Reading Lawyer: Artist didn’t know Michigan parents stayed in studio
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press A Detroit-area artist whose studio was where the parents of the Oxford High School student charged in a deadly…
Continue Reading Bob Dole, a man of war, power, zingers and denied ambition
By CONNIE CASS and CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are remembering Bob Dole, a man who defied the odds in war, only to…
Continue Reading Reaction to Bob Dole’s death from US dignitaries, veterans
By The Associated Press U.S. leaders and military veterans are mourning the loss of former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, a World War II veteran…
Continue Reading Fauci says early reports encouraging about omicron variant
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press U.S. health officials say that while the omicron variant of the coronavirus is rapidly spreading in the country,…
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