Teenager charged after throwing gas on a bonfire, triggering explosion that burned 17
SHAWANO, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors have charged a Wisconsin teenager with triggering a bonfire explosion that injured more than a dozen people.…
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By ANNIE MA and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The first time the College Board bumped up against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s…
Continue ReadingKenyan doctors say civilians were shot and some killed while running from police during protests
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Doctors in Kenya say the bullet wounds civilians received during opposition protests last month…
Continue ReadingFBI gives lie-detector tests to family of missing Wisconsin boy James Yoblonski
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The FBI has joined a weekslong search for a missing Wisconsin boy. Thirteen-year-old James Yoblonski’s father reported…
Continue ReadingJapan’s Kishida hopes to further strengthen strategic cooperation with US and South Korea at summit
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says he has high hopes to discuss further strengthening of…
Continue ReadingU.N. group says people abused by late Japanese boy band producer deserve apologies and compensation
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The men who came forward to allege they were sexually abused as teenagers by Japanese boy band…
Continue ReadingBark beetles are eating through Germany’s Harz forest. Climate change is making matters worse
By MATTHIAS SCHRADER and DANA BELTAJI Associated Press CLAUSTHAL-ZELLERFELD, Germany (AP) — Tiny bark beetles have been causing havoc in…
Continue ReadingKashmir leader says the region lacks democracy and asks India to restore its special status
By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Kashmir’s top pro-India politician says the disputed region lacks democracy four years after…
Continue ReadingFall abortion battle propels huge early voter turnout for an Ohio special election next week
By SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republicans in Ohio have set in motion a summer special election…
Continue ReadingAP Election Brief | What to expect in Ohio’s special election
By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The battle over abortion rights looms over an Ohio ballot measure being voted on statewide…
Continue ReadingUS and UN should impose more sanctions on Sudanese leaders for alleged atrocities, rights group says
By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A leading human rights group has called on the United States and the United Nations to impose more…
Continue ReadingNew Jersey to hold three-day state funeral for late Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey will send off Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver, who died after being hospitalized this week, with a three-day state funeral.…
Continue ReadingDamage from clashes could delay start of school year in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian camp, UN says
By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The United Nations says damage to the school complex in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp…
Continue ReadingLandslide hits Georgia mountain resort, killing seven people and leaving more than 30 missing
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A landslide has hit a resort area in the mountains of the country of Georgia, killing at least seven people and leaving…
Continue ReadingHow 6 Mississippi officers tried to cover up their torture of 2 Black men
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Men who had sworn an oath to protect and serve were huddled on the…
Continue ReadingGlobal food prices rise after Russia ends grain deal and India restricts rice exports
By The Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Global prices for food commodities like rice and vegetable oil have risen for the first time in months after…
Continue ReadingAP Election Brief | What to expect in Mississippi’s state primaries
By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Tuesday is primary day in Mississippi. Republican Gov. Tate Reeves’ bid for renomination to a…
Continue ReadingLithuania declares more than 1,000 Belarusians and Russians to be national security risks
By LIUDAS DAPKUS Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania has declared more than a thousand citizens of Russia and Belarus living in…
Continue ReadingPolice arrest pair for 8.5 million-euro theft of jewelry and cash from Barcelona airport passengers
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Police in northeastern Spain said Friday they arrested two men who allegedly stole carry-on luggage containing some 8.5…
Continue ReadingInitially delayed, the ‘Barbie’ movie is now set to be released in the United Arab Emirates
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates has approved the release of the “Barbie” movie after a three-week delay over…
Continue ReadingPope presides over solemn Way of the Cross prayer as Portugal government weighs in on LGBTQ+ protest
By NICOLE WINFIELD, BARRY HATTON and PIETRO DE CRISTOFARO Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Pope Francis led an estimated 800,000 people in…
Continue ReadingA Greek zoo serves up frozen meals to animals to help them beat the heat
By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press SPATA, Greece (AP) — A zoo outside Athens is feeding animals with frozen meals to help shield them from the…
Continue ReadingProtests, poisoning and prison: The life of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny
By JOANNA KOZLOWSKA and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — In a span of a decade, Alexei Navalny has gone from the Kremlin’s biggest…
Continue ReadingInfluencer Andrew Tate released from house arrest while he awaits human trafficking and rape trial
By STEPHEN MCGRATH and ANDREEA ALEXANDRU Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Andrew Tate, the divisive internet influencer who is charged in…
Continue Reading2 Palestinians killed in separate episodes in latest West Bank violence
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian health officials say that two Palestinians were killed in the West Bank Friday —…
Continue ReadingKremlin critic Navalny convicted of extremism and sentenced to 19 years in prison
MELEKHOVO, Russia (AP) — A Russian court convicted imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny on charges of extremism and sentenced him to 19…
Continue ReadingCyprus allows human COVID-19 medications to be used against deadly virus mutation in cats
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ veterinarians association on Friday lauded a government decision to allow…
Continue Reading3 people killed in Slovenia by torrential storms and flash floods
By ALI ZERDIN Associated Press LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Heavy rains have caused flash floods and landslides in parts of Slovenia, killing at…
Continue ReadingEthiopia’s declaring a state of emergency in its Amhara region as local fighters clash with military
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s Council of Ministers is declaring a state of emergency in the country’s Amhara region after authorities…
Continue ReadingIndia’s top court temporarily halts conviction of opposition leader for mocking Modi’s surname
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top court on Friday temporarily halted the criminal defamation conviction of opposition…
Continue ReadingEgypt raises interest rates as it battles spiraling inflation and households struggle to keep up
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s Central Bank announced a new hike in interest rates as the cash-strapped North African country battles surging inflation and…
Continue ReadingPioneering mothers are breaking down barriers to breastfeeding in Olympic sports
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — When Clarisse Agbégnénou won her sixth world judo title, confirming the reigning Olympic champion…
Continue ReadingAustrian leader proposes enshrining the use of cash in his country’s constitution
BERLIN (AP) — Austria’s leader is proposing to enshrine in the country’s constitution a right to use cash, which remains more popular in…
Continue ReadingUkraine says its drones damaged a Russian warship, showing Kyiv’s growing naval capabilities
By HANNA ARHIROVA and EMMA BURROWS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine said its sea drones struck a major Russian port Friday and damaged…
Continue ReadingWest Africa defense chiefs finalize Niger intervention plan as junta negotiations deadlock
By SAM MEDNICK and CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Defense chiefs from West African nations finalized an intervention plan…
Continue ReadingChina reopens trade in Australian barley in a new sign of improved relations
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — China is lifting a stifling 3-year-old tariff on Australian barley in a sign of an…
Continue ReadingThailand train collision with pickup truck kills 8 people and injures 4, railway agency says
By YUCHENG TANG Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Eight people were killed when a freight train struck a pickup truck crossing the tracks in an…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Wall Street falls again to close out its first losing week in four
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell Friday to close out a rare losing week for Wall Street following mixed reports on the…
Continue ReadingZimbabwe’s opposition leader tells AP intimidation is forcing voters to choose ruling party or death
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of violating…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea detains suspect in high school teacher’s stabbing a day after separate attack wounded 14
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean police detained a man suspected of stabbing a high school teacher with a…
Continue ReadingDeadly flooding in China worsens as rescues and evacuations intensify
BEIJING (AP) — Heavy rain and high water levels in China’s northeastern rivers are threatening cities downstream, prompting the evacuation of…
Continue ReadingAnother harrowing escape puts attention on open prostitution along Seattle’s Aurora Avenue
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The kidnapping of a woman who authorities say escaped her abductor by punching her way out of a…
Continue ReadingA feud between a patriarch and a militia leader adds to the woes of Iraqi Christians
By ABBY SEWELL and SALAR SALIM Associated Press IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi Christians have struggled since the Nineveh plains, their historic…
Continue ReadingBiden’s inaction on death penalty may be a top campaign issue as Trump and DeSantis laud executions
By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Capital punishment could emerge as a major campaign issue in the U.S. presidential race for…
Continue Reading3 years after Beirut port blast, intrigue foils an investigation and even the death toll is disputed
By BASSEM MROUE and LUJAIN JO Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Three years after Beirut’s massive port explosion, attempts to prosecute those…
Continue ReadingMega Millions players spurned again as jackpot climbs to $1.55 billion
By The Associated Press Another Mega Millions drawing, another night without a jackpot winner. The numbers drawn Friday night were: 11, 30, 45, 52,…
Continue ReadingOregon crabbers and environmentalists are at odds as a commission votes on rules to protect whales
By ED KOMENDA Associated Press In the wheelhouse of a crab boat named Heidi Sue, Mike Pettis watched the gray whale surface and shoot water through…
Continue ReadingUS expands curfews for asylum-seeking families to 13 cities as an alternative to detention
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. authorities are sharply expanding the reach of curfews for the heads of asylum-seeking…
Continue ReadingAs Typhoon Khanun makes a U-turn, residents of Okinawa brace for another lashing with wind and rain
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Residents of Japan’s southwestern islands are bracing for high winds and rain from Typhoon…
Continue ReadingIn Niger, the US seeks to hang on to its last, best counterterrorist outpost in West Africa
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, SAM MEDNICK and CARA ANNA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ten days into a coup in Niger, life has become more challenging…
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