US job openings fall as demand for workers weakens
AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers posted fewer job openings in July than they had the previous month, a sign that hiring…
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Takeaways from AP’s report on government programs tackling the US maternal death crisis
AP Science Writer Across the U.S., programs at all levels of government — federal, state and local — are striving to reduce maternal mortality…
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AP Science Writer TULSA, Okla. (AP) — At the site of a race massacre that reduced neighborhoods to ashes a century ago, where murals memorialize a…
Continue ReadingHawaii lawmakers say Congress should replenish disaster relief fund to help Maui and others recover
Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s congressional representatives say the nation’s disaster relief fund needs to be replenished so…
Continue ReadingQueen guitarist Brian May says he had a ‘minor stroke’ but can still play
LONDON (AP) — Queen guitarist Brian May has revealed that he had a “minor stroke” last week. It caused him to lose control over his arm. The…
Continue ReadingTurkey seeks to join the BRICS bloc of emerging economies, a Kremlin official says
MOSCOW (AP) — A top Kremlin official says Turkey has formally applied for a membership in the BRICS bloc of developing economies as Russia and…
Continue ReadingA lawyer denies a Kosovo man’s alleged ties to Mossad
Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A lawyer representing the family of a man from Kosovo who was arrested in Turkey for allegedly…
Continue ReadingThe Nordstrom family teams up with a Mexican retail group to bid for its namesake retailer
NEW YORK (AP) — Members of the Nordstrom family are teaming up with a Mexican retail group and are offering to take the department store retailer…
Continue ReadingBelarus’ president pardons 30 political prisoners
Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko’s press service says that the leader has pardoned 30…
Continue ReadingQuestions swirl around attempted jailbreak in Congo as families of victims demand accountability
Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Families of those killed in what officials called an attempted jailbreak in Congo’s biggest prison are…
Continue Reading‘Fake heiress’ Anna Sorokin will compete on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ amid deportation battle
Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anna Sorokin, the con artist who was convicted of swindling banks, hotels and friends in 2019 after falsely…
Continue ReadingWhat to know about Israel’s major weeklong raid in the West Bank city of Jenin
Associated Press For more than a week, hundreds of Israeli forces have carried out the deadliest operation in the occupied West Bank since the war in…
Continue ReadingA Greenland court extends an anti-whaling activist’s custody as Japan seeks his extradition
Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A court in Greenland has again extended the time in custody for a prominent anti-whaling activist as…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea says North Korea has again launched trash-carrying balloons across the border
Associated Press PAJU, South Korea (AP) — North Korea is flying more trash-carrying balloons toward South Korea in the latest round of Cold…
Continue ReadingTakeaways from AP’s report on JD Vance and the Catholic postliberals in his circle of influence
Associated Press Ohio Sen. JD Vance’s 2019 conversion to Catholicism helped shape his political worldview, he has written. It has also put him in…
Continue ReadingDaddy Yankee’s memoir, ‘ReaDY! The Power To Change Your Story,’ will be out in April
NEW YORK (AP) — Latin music superstar Daddy Yankee, the Grammy winning “King of Reggaeton,” hopes his memoir will inspire others to believe in…
Continue ReadingJD Vance’s Catholicism helped shape his views. So did this little-known group of Catholic thinkers
Associated Press By his own account, Ohio Sen. JD Vance’s 2019 conversion to Catholicism provided a spiritual fulfillment he couldn’t find in his…
Continue ReadingFormer Lebanese central bank governor charged with embezzling $42m in ongoing corruption probe
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Three judicial officials have told the Associated Press that Lebanon has charged its embattled former central bank…
Continue ReadingFilipino politician wanted over killings likely to be returned home soon, East Timor president says
Associated Press DILI, East Timor (AP) — East Timor’s president says a former Filipino congressman who sought asylum in East Timor after…
Continue ReadingWhich cousin SUV is better? Edmunds compares the 2025 Hyundai Santa Fe and 2025 Kia Sorento
Edmunds The Hyundai Santa Fe and Kia Sorento are two popular SUVs with a lot of similarities. Both can seat up to seven people, both share roots from…
Continue ReadingThe AP Interview: East Timor’s president says the pope’s visit isn’t time to dwell on past sins
Associated Press DILI, East Timor (AP) — The president of East Timor sees Pope Francis’ upcoming visit as a prime opportunity to promote…
Continue ReadingEU chief says she’s pushing full steam ahead for gender parity in EU’s executive office
Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen is doubling down to achieve gender parity in her executive Commission…
Continue ReadingAfter the king’s endorsement, Thailand has a new Cabinet but with some familiar faces
Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand has new a Cabinet after King Maha Vajiralongkorn approved the appointment of 35 members to serve under…
Continue ReadingUS-sanctioned Serbia official meets Putin, says Belgrade is an ally and won’t join Western penalties
Serbia’s deputy prime minister has met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and vowed that his country will remain an ally of Moscow despite…
Continue ReadingUS envoy to Taiwan declares ties ‘rock solid’ amid military threats from China
Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The top U.S. envoy to Taiwan has declared support for the island as “rock-solid, principled, and…
Continue ReadingCambodia says China gifting 2 warships as it finishes work expanding strategically important port
Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s Defense Ministry says China is giving its navy two warships of the type it has had docked…
Continue ReadingBoko Haram militants on motorcycles attacked a Nigerian village, killing over 100, residents say
Associated Press MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Residents in northeastern Nigeria say at least 100 villagers were killed when suspected Boko Haram…
Continue ReadingShe made ‘very demure’ go viral. Now she wants to trademark its use
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Very demure, very mindful” has become the latest vocabulary defining the internet’s summer. And TikTok…
Continue ReadingBritish hiker found dead after a flood on the Spanish island of Mallorca
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish police say that a British woman has been found dead while emergency services search for a man of the same…
Continue ReadingA day after 12 deaths, other migrants risk their lives trying to cross the English Channel
Associated Press WIMEREUX, France (AP) — The deaths of a dozen migrants on the English Channel hasn’t stopped more boats from attempting to…
Continue ReadingIndonesia arrests a fugitive former Filipino town mayor wanted for illegal online gaming scams
Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A dismissed town mayor who fled the Philippines after being accused of helping establish an illegal…
Continue ReadingEgypt’s president makes his first visit to Turkey as relations thaw
Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The presidents of Turkey and Egypt are finding common ground on the war in Gaza as they continue to mend…
Continue ReadingA lightning strike damages Rome’s ancient Constantine Arch
Associated Press ROME (AP) — Workers mounted a crane Wednesday to secure Rome’s Constantine Arch near the Colosseum after a lightning strike…
Continue ReadingRights group alleges Lebanon and Cyprus violated refugees’ human rights and EU funds paid for it
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A global watchdog report says European Union aid sent to Lebanon in an attempt to regulate migration by sea is…
Continue ReadingUkrainian foreign minister resigns ahead of expected reshuffling of government leaders
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, one of Ukraine’s most recognizable faces on the international stage,…
Continue ReadingLeaders of South Korea, New Zealand strongly condemn expanding North Korea-Russia military ties
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The leaders of South Korea and New Zealand have strongly condemned the deepening military ties between North Korea and…
Continue ReadingHope for recovery emerges for a Ukrainian soldier who suffered a severe brain injury 2 years ago
Associated Press MODRYCHI, Ukraine (AP) — A devoted father has stayed by the side of his bedridden son for two years. Vitalii Shumei is a Ukrainian…
Continue Reading2 Phoenix officers shot with 1 listed in critical condition, police say
PHOENIX (AP) — Two Phoenix police officers were shot and wounded by a man suspected of breaking into a vehicle, and one of the officers was likely…
Continue ReadingIraqi women fear rise in child marriages as lawmakers consider giving conservative clerics more say
Associated Press IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Shaimaa Saadoun is haunted by her memory of being forced into an abusive marriage to a 39-year-old man just…
Continue ReadingCocaine trade in the rugged Micay Canyon threatens Colombia’s peace efforts
Associated Press EL PLATEADO, Colombia (AP) — In the rugged Micay Canyon of southwestern Colombia, rebel groups have beefed up their presence over…
Continue ReadingTimeline of events surrounding the 2017 fire at Grenfell Tower in West London that killed 72
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The inquiry into Britain’s worst residential fire since World War II is releasing its final report on failings…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Wall Street extends losses as technology and energy stocks fall
AP Business Writers U.S. stock indexes lost more ground Wednesday, with declines in the technology, energy and other sectors adding to Wall…
Continue ReadingGrenfell Tower was a ‘death trap’ after failures by UK government and industry, inquiry says
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A damning report on a deadly London high-rise fire concluded Wednesday that decades of failures by government,…
Continue ReadingThe pope urges Indonesia to live up to its promise of ‘harmony in diversity’
Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Pope Francis urged Indonesia to live up to its promise of “harmony in diversity” and fight religious…
Continue ReadingDrought forces Kenya’s Maasai and other cattle herders to consider fish and camels
Associated Press KAJIADO, Kenya (AP) — The blood, milk and meat of cattle have long been staple foods for Maasai pastoralists in Kenya, perhaps the…
Continue ReadingHuman rights group implicates Venezuelan security forces in killings during post-election protests
Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A global human rights watchdog on Wednesday implicated Venezuelan security forces and pro-government armed…
Continue ReadingHarris visits New Hampshire to tout her small business tax plan
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has used a New Hampshire campaign stop to propose an expansion of tax incentives…
Continue ReadingRaise taxes on the rich or cut them? Harris, Trump differ on how to boost the US economy
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump is betting that Americans crave trillions of dollars in tax cuts — and that growth will be so…
Continue ReadingLady Gaga, Joaquin Phoenix bring ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ to Venice Film Festival
AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — Five years after “Joker” won the top prize at the Venice Film Festival, director Todd Phillips can’t help…
Continue ReadingJustice Ketanji Brown Jackson discusses new memoir, ‘Lovely One,’ at Apollo Theater
AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In one of her first public appearances on behalf of her newly published memoir, “Lovely One,” Supreme Court…
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