Rwanda and WHO declare end of Marburg outbreak after no new cases reported
Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — The World Health Organization and the Rwandan government have declared the outbreak in Rwanda of the…
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Ailing French man on death row pleads to return home as Indonesia to pardon 44,000 prisoners
Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities say an ailing French national on death row for drug offenses has made a…
Continue ReadingInternal divisions doom Michigan Democrats in their final days of legislative control
Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Democrats are ending their final days in control of the state government bogged down with disunity…
Continue ReadingCongo replaces top military chief and other senior officers as fighting in its east rages on
Associated Press GOMA, Congo (AP) — Congolese state media says President Felix Tshisekedi has replaced the armed forces chief and several other top…
Continue ReadingA teenager stabs a 7-year-old to death and wounds a teacher and 3 more children in a Croatian school
Associated Press ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — A knife-wielding teenager walked into a school in Croatia’s capital on Friday, stabbed a 7-year-old girl…
Continue ReadingFrance’s anti-terrorism court convicts 8 people of involvement in the 2020 beheading of a teacher
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s anti-terrorism court on Friday convicted eight people of involvement in the beheading of teacher Samuel…
Continue ReadingWhite House starts scrapping pending regulations on transgender athletes and student debt
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is abandoning his efforts to provide some protections for transgender student athletes and…
Continue ReadingTaiwan lawmakers clash after party members break into legislature to occupy speaker’s chair
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Lawmakers have clashed in Taiwan’s legislature after members of a leading political party broke into the building overnight…
Continue Reading8 dead, 18 rescued as speedboat carrying migrants capsizes near Greek island of Rhodes
ATHENS, Greeece (AP) — Greek authorities say a speedboat carrying migrants capsized Friday morning off the eastern Greek island of Rhodes, leaving…
Continue ReadingA Russian official says a Ukrainian strike with US-supplied missiles kills 6
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian attack Friday on a town in Russia’s Kursk border region using U.S.-supplied missiles killed six…
Continue ReadingMalaysia agrees to resume ‘no find, no fee’ hunt for flight MH370, 10 years after plane disappeared
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s government has agreed in principle to accept a second “no find, no fee” proposal from a U.S.…
Continue ReadingItalian court set to issue verdict in Salvini’s kidnapping trial over migrants blocked at sea
ROME (AP) — A court in Sicily is expected to announce its verdict on whether Italy’s vice premier, Matteo Salvini, is guilty of illegally…
Continue ReadingGiant sloths and mastodons lived with humans for millennia in the Americas, new discoveries suggest
AP Science Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Sloths weren’t always slow-moving, furry tree-dwellers. Their prehistoric ancestors were huge — up to 4 tons…
Continue ReadingSri Lanka’s navy rescues 102 Rohingya refugees found adrift aboard a fishing trawler
Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s navy says it has rescued more than 100 people believed to be Rohingya refugees who…
Continue ReadingFor thousands of Jews, Israel still doesn’t feel safe after the Oct. 7 attacks. So they’re leaving
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Leaving Israel is easier, Shira Z. Carmel thinks, by saying it’s just for now. But she knows better. For the…
Continue ReadingFor thousands of Jews, Israel still doesn’t feel safe after the Oct. 7 attacks. So they’re leaving
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Leaving Israel is easier, Shira Z. Carmel thinks, by saying it’s just for now. But she knows better. For the…
Continue ReadingGisèle Pelicot’s Australian supporters are moved that their French heroine wore an Aboriginal scarf
Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A group of Gisèle Pelicot’s Australian admirers say they’re moved that the victim in…
Continue ReadingWhat to know about Vanuatu, the Pacific island nation struggling to recover from a massive quake
Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Efforts to recover bodies of people trapped in collapsed buildings continues in the earthquake-hit…
Continue ReadingChina’s Xi swears in new leader of casino hub Macao, telling the city to diversify economy
Associated Press MACAO (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged the casino hub of Macao to diversify its economy as he swore in the former…
Continue ReadingUS drops $10M terrorism bounty offered for capture of Syrian rebel leader who ousted Assad
Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The Biden administration said Friday it has decided not to pursue a $10 million reward it had offered for…
Continue ReadingA lynching in the family inspired Michigan’s first Black woman elected justice to pursue the law
Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Justice Kyra Harris Bolden is the first Black woman to be elected to the Michigan Supreme Court. Her victory…
Continue ReadingIndiana man sentenced to the maximum of 130 years in prison for 2017 killings of 2 teenage girls
Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana man convicted in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls who vanished during a winter hike was…
Continue ReadingFrance’s military is being ousted from more African countries. Here’s why
Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — It’s been a tumultuous month for France and its relationship with former colonies in Africa, as its…
Continue ReadingIt’s beginning to look like another record for holiday travel
AP Airlines Writer Drivers and airline passengers without reindeer and sleighs better make a dash for it: it’s beginning to look like another…
Continue ReadingThe warm Turkish welcome for refugees is ending and Syrians are worried
Associated Press GAZIANTEP, Turkey (AP) — Turkey gained renown as a haven for refugees by welcoming more than 3 million Syrians fleeing violence…
Continue ReadingInternational students urged to return to US campuses before Trump inauguration
Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A growing number of U.S. colleges and universities are advising international students to return to campus…
Continue ReadingA beginner’s guide to Kwanzaa
Associated Press Kwanzaa has become a nationally recognized celebration of African culture and community in the United States since its founding in…
Continue ReadingTurkey and Russia engage in delicate maneuvers over Syria after Assad’s downfall
The rapid downfall of Syrian leader Bashar Assad has touched off a new round of delicate geopolitical maneuvering between Russia’s Vladimir Putin…
Continue ReadingDemocratic governors hammered Trump before the election. Now they’re hoping to work with him
Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — They warned about him. Now they’ll have to work with him. A handful of prominent Democratic governors…
Continue ReadingRising butter prices give European consumers and bakers a bad taste
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Creamy, delectable – and pricey. Butter has shot up in price across the European Union in recent months, forcing…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Wall Street rises to turn a dismal week into just a bad one
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose Friday to turn what would have been one of the market’s worst weeks of the year into just a…
Continue ReadingSouth Korean investigators seek to question reluctant president over martial law
Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean investigators are pressing ahead with their probe into impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol…
Continue ReadingVenezuelan opposition member leaves Argentine diplomatic compound after sheltering for 9 months
Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — One of the six members of Venezuela’s political opposition who have been sheltering for nine months in the…
Continue ReadingFor some, the pope’s big Holy Year only aggravates housing crisis as overtourism pushes out Romans
When Pope Francis left the Vatican earlier this month for his traditional Christmastime outing downtown, he acknowledged what many Romans have been…
Continue ReadingTestimony of Texas man whose execution was halted in shaken baby case is challenged again
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas’ attorney general is again trying to block a man on death row from giving testimony at the state Capitol. Robert…
Continue Reading‘Raygun: The Musical’ won’t use the name of the notorious Australian breaker
AP Sports Writer BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Australian breaker Rachael “Raygun” Gunn has tried to be a good sport about the jokes and criticism…
Continue ReadingAustralia announces $118 million deal to enhance policing in Solomon Islands
Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia has announced it will pay for more police in Solomon Islands and create a police training…
Continue ReadingMan suspected of killing 3 people fatally shot by police near Chicago
BERWYN, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a 24-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting three people in central Illinois has been killed after firing…
Continue ReadingActivists sue federal government for images of dead orcas entangled by fishing boats
Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Activists sued the federal government Thursday to release images of dead orca whales, sea lions and other marine…
Continue ReadingAlaska governor asks Trump to roll back restrictions on oil and gas drilling
Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s wish list for the incoming Trump administration includes oil and gas…
Continue ReadingArizona secretary of state overstepped his authority on elections manual, judge rules
Associated Press/Report for America PHOENIX (AP) — A ruling by a Maricopa County judge has invalidated provisions of Arizona’s elections…
Continue ReadingMichigan school shooter loses bid to withdraw guilty plea in 4 deaths
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A judge has refused to allow a Michigan school shooter to withdraw his guilty plea to two dozen charges, including terrorism…
Continue ReadingUN General Assembly asks court to say what Israel needs to provide in Gaza
Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has approved a resolution asking the U.N.’s highest court to state what…
Continue ReadingA Minnesota man whose juvenile murder sentence was commuted to remain jailed amid appeal in new case
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man yelled “Y’all don’t stop fighting” to his supporters after a judge decided not to free him from custody…
Continue ReadingAlberta’s premier says Americans will pay a lot more for gas if Trump applies 25% tariffs on Canada
Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — The premier of Canada’s oil-rich province of Alberta says Americans will pay a lot more for gas if…
Continue ReadingBritain’s Stonehenge is yet again a source of fascination ahead of the winter solstice
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — It’s that time of year when crowds of pagans, druids, hippies and tourists head to Stonehenge in Britain to…
Continue ReadingLA Zoo hatches first-ever perentie lizards, one of largest lizard species in the world
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two new baby lizards have hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo, the first of their species to be bred there, zoo officials said…
Continue ReadingBeshear says food company to create 925 jobs in Kentucky, adding to the state’s economic momentum
Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear says a food company has chosen the Bluegrass State for a facility that will…
Continue ReadingClosures, Social Security checks, furloughs: What a government shutdown might mean
Associated Press Congress has until midnight Friday to come up with a way to fund the government, or federal agencies will shutter. It’s up to…
Continue ReadingScandals, some changes in public perception highlighted the year for sports betting
AP Sports Writer In the six years since the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for states to offer sports betting, each successive year has set a…
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