EXPLAINER: Turkey’s currency is crashing. What’s the impact?
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s beleaguered currency has been plunging to all-time lows against the U.S. dollar…
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Lebanese minister resigns in bid to ease crisis with Saudis
By ZEINA KARAM and SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s information minister has resigned in a bid to ease an unprecedented,…
Continue Reading Stocks slump after murky jobs report as markets swing
By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Wall Street closed out a bumpy week with more losses on Friday following a mixed reading on U.S. jobs…
Continue Reading Auckland reopens as New Zealand tries new virus approach
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Bars, restaurants and gyms have reopened in Auckland as the last major parts of a…
Continue Reading Defense lifts Dallas to 27-17 victory over sinking Saints
By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — CeeDee Lamb had 122 yards from scrimmage, Tony Pollard had a 58-yard touchdown run and the…
Continue Reading Grizzlies throttle Thunder by NBA-record 73-point margin
By CLAY BAILEY Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The Memphis Grizzlies broke the NBA record for margin of victory, beating the Oklahoma City…
Continue Reading Solomon Islands politician wants diplomatic ties with Taiwan
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The head of the most populous province in the Solomon Islands says the country would likely…
Continue Reading EPA head: ‘Journey to Justice’ tour ‘really personal for me’
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press RESERVE, La. (AP) — EPA Administrator Michael Regan says a recently completed “Journey to Justice” tour from…
Continue Reading WHO says measures used against delta should work for omicron
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — World Health Organization officials say that the measures used to counter the delta…
Continue Reading Honolulu utility shuts well to prevent fuel contamination
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu’s water utility is shutting down one of its wells so it doesn’t pull petroleum from…
Continue Reading Roe ‘settled’ law? Justices’ earlier assurances now in doubt
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — During his confirmation to the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh assured Sen. Susan…
Continue Reading UN says Islamic State committed war crimes at Iraqi prison
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of a U.N. team investigating atrocities in Iraq says Islamic State extremists…
Continue Reading EPA head: ‘Journey to Justice’ tour ‘really personal for me’
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press RESERVE, La. (AP) — EPA Administrator Michael Regan says a recently completed “Journey to Justice” tour from…
Continue Reading Racism plagues US military academies despite diversity gains
By AARON MORRISON, HELEN WIEFFERING and NOREEN NASIR Associated Press The nation’s military academies provide a key pipeline into the leadership of…
Continue Reading ‘We just feel it’: Racism plagues US military academies
By AARON MORRISON, HELEN WIEFFERING and NOREEN NASIR Associated Press The nation’s military academies provide a key pipeline into the leadership of…
Continue Reading Few want Roe overturned, but abortion opinions vary widely
By HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As the conservative-leaning Supreme Court this week signaled that it may dramatically limit…
Continue Reading Biden, allies increasingly pushing back at GOP’s virus barbs
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For months, President Joe Biden has taken it on the chin from Republicans over his handling of…
Continue Reading Mostly white jury seated for trial in Daunte Wright’s death
By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A mostly white jury has been seated for the trial of a white, former…
Continue Reading Preview of ‘a post-Roe world’ in Texas over abortion access
By PAUL J. WEBER and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The state of Texas is offering a glimpse in real time of what would be a…
Continue Reading Vatican takes in 12 migrants as pope denounces indifference
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Pope Francis denounced the “indifference” that the West…
Continue Reading US jobless rate sinks to 4.2% as many more people find jobs
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s unemployment rate tumbled last month to its lowest point since the…
Continue Reading Biden signs stopgap funding bill to keep government running
By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed into law the stopgap spending bill that will…
Continue Reading Australian opposition promises deeper emission reductions
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s opposition leader says the nation would set a more ambitious target of…
Continue Reading China, US tussle over Biden’s ‘Summit for Democracy’
By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China and the United States are tussling over President Joe Biden’s upcoming democracy…
Continue Reading South Korea tightens social distancing to fight virus wave
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea is tightening recently relaxed restrictions on social gatherings as it…
Continue Reading LA authorities announce arrests in smash-and-grab robberies
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities in Los Angeles announced more than a dozen arrests in recent smash-and-grab…
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Senate passes stopgap funding bill, avoiding shutdown
By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed a stopgap spending bill that avoids a short-term…
Continue Reading UN urges truce during winter Olympics in Beijing in February
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press United Nations (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly is urging all nations to observe a truce during the Beijing…
Continue Reading US started inquiry into Cuomo sexual harassment claims
By MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York officials have disclosed that the U.S. Department of Justice began a civil…
Continue Reading Governor, AG sue Defense Department over vaccine requirement
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma’s Republican governor and the state attorney general are suing in federal court to exempt the state’s…
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