Swiss rescue authorities search for 6 skiers missing in the Alps
GENEVA (AP) — Swiss police say that rescue authorities have launched a search for six cross-country skiers missing in the Alps in difficult weather…
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The diaries of presidents offer history in the raw — even the naked — and may have secrets to tell
By CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Just before dawn one summer day in Washington, the president of the United States stripped…
Continue Reading India signs a trade accord with 4 European nations for $100 billion investment over 15 years
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India has signed a trade agreement with Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland on Sunday…
Continue Reading Katie Porter’s star dims in failed US Senate bid, leaving the Californian facing an uncertain future
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. Rep. Katie Porter became a social media celebrity by brandishing a white board at…
Continue Reading How to watch (and stream) the 2024 Oscars
LOS ANGELES (AP) — It’s almost time for the Oscars. The 96th edition is Sunday, with a few new elements. The biggest switch from previous…
Continue Reading Moldova faces multiple threats from Russia as it turns toward EU membership, foreign minister says
By STEPHEN McGRATH and AUREL OBREJA Associated Press CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — The past two years have been the hardest and most tumultuous for…
Continue Reading First photo of Princess of Wales since her surgery is retracted because image appeared manipulated
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The first official photo of Kate, the Princess of Wales, since her abdominal surgery nearly two…
Continue Reading Hundreds of Tibetans march on New Delhi streets asking China to leave Tibet on uprising anniversary
By SHONAL GANGULY Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of Tibetans in exile have held a protest march in New Delhi to commemorate the 65th…
Continue Reading 2 killed as a motorcycle loaded with explosives detonates in the Pakistani city of Peshawar
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police say a motorcycle packed with explosives has detonated in the northwestern city of Peshawar, killing two…
Continue Reading The Netherlands opens a Holocaust museum as protesters oppose Israeli president’s presence
By MOLLY QUELL and BARBARA SURK Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Netherlands has opened a National Holocaust Museum in a ceremony presided…
Continue Reading An effort to get aid to Gaza by sea is moving ahead. But the first ship is still waiting in Cyprus
By WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A U.S. Army vessel carrying equipment to build a temporary pier…
Continue Reading These Barbies partied with Chanel the night before the Oscars
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The night before the Oscars isn’t a time to rest in Hollywood. For quite a few…
Continue Reading West Virginia Legislature ends session with pay raises, tax cut and failure of social issue bills
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s Republican-dominated state Legislature has concluded a session…
Continue Reading Turkish police detain 33 people accused of plotting attacks ahead of local elections, official says
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya says police have detained 33 people suspected of ties to the Islamic State group who were…
Continue Reading Saudi oil giant Aramco announces $121 billion profit last year, down from 2022 record
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi oil giant Aramco on Sunday reported it made $121 billion in profit last…
Continue Reading Review finds states’ rules often put the burden of enforcing open government on private citizens
By JOSH KELETY/AP, ERIC SCICCHITANO/CNHI NEWS and CARSON GERBER/CNHI NEWS HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Dana Holladay-Hollifield has worked as a nurse in…
Continue Reading 80 years after D-Day, a World War II veteran is getting married near beaches where US troops landed
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) — A 100-year-old American World War II veteran plans to marry his 96-year-old fiancee in…
Continue Reading Why you should stop texting your kids at school
By JOCELYN GECKER AP Education Writer Virginia high school teacher Joe Clement keeps track of the text messages parents have sent students sitting in…
Continue Reading Why is Haiti so chaotic? Leaders used street gangs to gain power. Then the gangs got stronger
By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press Haiti’s prime minister has said he will resign, bowing to international pressure to save his homeland…
Continue Reading A backcountry skier dies on a day of accidents on New Hampshire’s unforgiving Mount Washington
By NICK PERRY Associated Press MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — The steep bowl at Tuckerman Ravine on New Hampshire’s Mount Washington has long made it…
Continue Reading Portugal is in suspense after an election produces no clear winner and a surging populist party
By BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s political future is hanging in the balance after a general election Sunday,…
Continue Reading Nationwide review finds patchwork, ‘broken’ systems for resolving open records disputes
By JOSH KELETY/AP, ERIC SCICCHITANO/CNHI NEWS and CARSON GERBER/CNHI NEWS HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Dana Holladay-Hollifield has worked as a nurse in…
Continue Reading ‘Oppenheimer’ crowned best picture at an Academy Awards shadowed by war
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Oppenheimer,” a solemn three-hour biopic that became an unlikely billion-dollar box-office…
Continue Reading West Virginia bill letting teachers remove ‘threatening’ students from class dies at end of session
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia bill that would provide a framework for public school teachers to…
Continue Reading Ethiopia’s Tigray region is now peaceful, but extreme hunger afflicts its children
By AMIR AMAN KIYARO Associated Press NEBAR HADNET, Ethiopia (AP) — Once-lush fields lie barren. Mothers, faces etched with worry, watch helplessly…
Continue Reading Krystyna Pyszková from Czech Republic crowned Miss World 2024
By RAJANISH KAKADE Associated Press MUMBAI, India (AP) — Krystyna Pyszková of the Czech Republic was crowned Miss World at a glittering contest…
Continue Reading West Virginia lawmakers OK bill drawing back one of the country’s strictest child vaccination laws
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s GOP-controlled state Legislature voted Saturday to allow some…
Continue Reading Gunmen kidnap nearly 300 students in northwest Nigeria. 2 days later, some lose hope of finding them
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press KURIGA, Nigeria (AP) — Rashidat Hamza is in despair. All but one of her six children are among the nearly 300…
Continue Reading Auburn student makes a 94-foot, length-of-the-court putt and wins a car
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — An Auburn University student connected on a long-distance shot, draining a length-of-the-basketball court putt on Saturday to…
Continue Reading No recoverable oil is left in the water from sheen off Southern California coast, officials say
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Officials say no recoverable oil remains in the water after a sheen was reported off the Southern California coast,…
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