US lawmakers nominate four jailed Chinese dissidents for Nobel Peace Prize
By DIDI TANG Associated Press Washington (AP) — Two U.S. lawmakers have nominated Jimmy Lai, a former Hong Kong publisher now standing trial on…
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By DIDI TANG Associated Press Washington (AP) — Two U.S. lawmakers have nominated Jimmy Lai, a former Hong Kong publisher now standing trial on…
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BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Mass street protests have intensified across Slovakia against a plan by populist Prime Minister Robert Fico to amend…
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By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press New York (AP) — This New York love story begins with a criminal act of sabotage. Under cover of darkness a year…
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By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Construction of two private villas inside a national park in Barbuda has sparked the…
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PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — A child’s body was found encased in concrete in a Colorado storage unit, and officers in Pueblo announced this week they are…
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By BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press/Report for America It was a passionate student letter in 2020 that caused the Southern York County school board to…
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By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The latest COVID-19 vaccines are 54% effective at preventing symptomatic infection in adults.…
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By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has approved President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Environmental Protection…
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By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A company that helped develop marketing campaigns for OxyContin and other opioids has agreed to a $350 million…
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By JEFF AMY Associated Press Georgia senators are passing a bill to allow sports gambling. The bill moves on to the House for more debate, but only…
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FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A second contractor says it has reached a $25 million settlement over its role in Flint, Michigan’s lead-contaminated water…
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By ANDREW WILKS Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish officials say police rescued seven hostages held at gunpoint for hours at a factory owned…
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By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer MIAMI (AP) — Some of Roberto Clemente’s most impactful career and life moments are on display at the Miami…
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By JIM SALTER Associated Press When two Native American boys from Nebraska died after being taken to a notorious boarding school hundreds of miles…
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By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press The new season of National Geographic’s “Genius” anthology series focuses on two civil rights legends, the…
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By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Missouri Supreme Court is considering whether changes should be made to the…
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By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Stanley J. Aronoff has died at age 91 after a long career that included nearly four…
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By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — The Oregon Supreme Court said Thursday that 10 Republican state senators who staged a…
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Women are far more likely than men to get autoimmune diseases, illnesses like lupus or…
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MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — Attorneys for the man charged with stabbing four University of Idaho students to death in late 2022 are seeking a change of…
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities have captured a man accused of taking a gun from the scene of a shooting inside a Philadelphia store that left a…
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By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer The Washington Commanders have an agreement with Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan Quinn to hire him as…
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By ILLIA NOVIKOV Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine is claiming it used sea drones to sink a Russian warship in the Black Sea during a…
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By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press NORTH WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey is refusing to allow a shore town whose sand dunes have washed away in…
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By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday he never told his staff to keep…
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By SRDJAN NEDELJKOVIC and COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Police and student protesters have clashed in the Greek capital…
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals has named actor Annette Bening as its 2024 Woman of the Year. Bening…
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By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Legendary Southern rapper Juvenile says he had been unaware of NPR’s Tiny Desk…
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By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — At the 2024 Grammys, boygenius — the major label rock band built of Phoebe Bridgers, Julien…
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By COLLEEN LONG, ZEKE MILLER and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday issued an executive order that…
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