Citizens against smog: Protesters in North Macedonia demand action against pollution
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Protesters across North Macedonia have taken part in demonstrations to demand better air quality in cities that are…
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How to bridge a retirement shortfall
If you want to get yourself thoroughly depressed, spend a little time looking at statistics about Americans’ retirement preparedness. Though many…
Continue ReadingHaitians demand protection after gang leader massacres dozens of people to avenge son’s death
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A coastal community in Haiti’s capital is reeling days after a gang leader was accused of killing more than 100…
Continue ReadingNew Orleans attorneys accused of staging vehicle accidents in fraud scheme
Authorities say eight people and two law firms have been charged in a more than decade-long scheme that allegedly began with staging vehicle crashes…
Continue ReadingDengue cases set a new record in the Americas this year as deaths also surge
Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Dengue fever is sweeping across the Caribbean and the Americas, with a record 12.6 million suspected…
Continue ReadingEcuador’s government will stop rationing electricity nationwide just before the holidays
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s President has announced that the government will stop rationing electricity services just before the holidays,…
Continue ReadingMonarch butterflies to be listed as a threatened species in US
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials announced a decision Tuesday to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies…
Continue ReadingFederal officials say South Carolina mental illness group homes leave little hope of independence
Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The federal government has sued South Carolina, saying the state has not done enough to make sure people…
Continue ReadingMan is charged with burning American flag during Washington protest over Netanyahu visit
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal authorities have charged a man with burning an American flag in the nation’s capital during protests…
Continue ReadingDA suggests unusual idea for halting Trump’s hush money case while upholding his conviction
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors are trying to preserve President-elect Donald Trump’s hush money conviction as he returns to office,…
Continue ReadingWoman killed in crash as officer responds to threat at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s home
ROME, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say a motorist was killed as police responded to a bomb threat at the Georgia home of U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor…
Continue ReadingVenezuela’s opposition signals flexible timeline toward long-sought government transition
MADRID (AP) — Venezuela’s political opposition is signaling a shift toward a flexible timeline for a government transition that it had long…
Continue ReadingTrump lawyers and aide hit with 10 additional felony charges in Wisconsin over 2020 fake electors
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin prosecutors have filed 10 additional felony charges against two attorneys and an aide to…
Continue ReadingTruck drivers in Mexico block major highways to protest the government’s failure to pay bills
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Truck drivers have blocked some major highways in central Mexico to protest the fact the government hasn’t paid them for…
Continue ReadingGunmen kidnap at least 50 people in northwestern Nigeria
Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Armed men kidnapped dozens of people in northwestern Nigeria, residents and the police told The Associated…
Continue ReadingJapanese survivor of atomic bomb recalls its horrors in Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech
Associated Press OSLO, Norway (AP) — A Japanese man who lived through the American atomic bombing of Nagasaki has accepted this year’s Nobel…
Continue ReadingResearch biologist based in Berlin receives $10,000 prize given to unpublished Black poets
NEW YORK (AP) — A biologist’s debut poetry collection that weaves science with a condemnation of slavery and colonialism has received a $10,000…
Continue ReadingPeople jumping in front of cars to get injury payouts sparks a grim holiday warning in South Africa
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A trend in South Africa of people jumping in front of slow-moving cars to get compensation payouts for injuries has…
Continue ReadingBritain will provide intel to Cyprus to help fight Russia’s sanctions evasion
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Britain will provide intelligence to a newly formed unit in Cyprus tasked with preventing Russia evade international…
Continue ReadingFrench rugby players are cleared of sexual assault in Argentina
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An Argentine court has dropped aggravated sexual assault charges against two professional French rugby players…
Continue ReadingSyrians in Germany worried by some politicians’ eagerness for them to go home after Assad’s fall
Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Nearly a decade after hundreds of thousands of Syrians arrived in Germany, many are now well-integrated and settled…
Continue ReadingAng Lee to receive DGA Lifetime Achievement Award
AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Ang Lee, the protean filmmaker of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and “Brokeback Mountain,” will receive…
Continue ReadingFortnite players ‘tricked’ into unwanted purchases are starting to get refunds. Here’s how to apply
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. consumers who were tricked into purchases they didn’t want from Fortnite maker Epic Games are now…
Continue ReadingAfter withdrawing as attorney general nominee, Matt Gaetz lands a talk show on OANN television
AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Former congressman Matt Gaetz, who withdrew last month as President-elect Trump’s nominee to be U.S. attorney…
Continue ReadingBoosting Cyprus’ defense is key so close to the war-wracked Mideast, defense minister says
Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ defense minister says that bolstering the defense capacity of the east Mediterranean island…
Continue ReadingSecond child dies after falling through thin ice on an upstate New York lake
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — An 11-year-old girl who fell through the ice while trying to help a 12-year-old boy who plunged in before her over the weekend…
Continue ReadingUS says it will support new Syrian leaders who protect women and renounce terrorism
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration says the United States will recognize and support a new Syrian government that…
Continue ReadingBelarus has dozens of Russian nuclear weapons and is ready for its newest missile, its leader says
MOSCOW (AP) — Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko says his country is hosting dozens of Russian nuclear weapons and will…
Continue ReadingUS officials to investigate labor and human rights abuses in Nicaragua
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. official says the Biden administration is opening an investigation into labor and human rights abuses in…
Continue ReadingDeath toll from contaminated infant IV feeding bags in Mexico rises to 17
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in Mexico say a total of 17 children have died in central Mexico from suspected contamination of IV feeding bags,…
Continue ReadingJustice Department ignored some policies when seizing reporters’ phone records, watchdog finds
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors sidestepped some Justice Department rules when they seized the phone records of reporters as…
Continue ReadingOpenAI releases AI video generator Sora but limits how it depicts people
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — OpenAI has publicly released its new artificial intelligence video generator Sora but the company won’t let most users…
Continue ReadingWomen’s monument planned for Ohio Statehouse grounds receives anonymous $1 million donation
Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The organization spearheading installation of a monument to women’s suffrage at the Ohio Statehouse has…
Continue ReadingChristopher Nolan on ‘Interstellar’s’ cosmic success 10 years later
AP Film Writer The hardest movie ticket to get this weekend was for a film audiences have been able to watch at home for years: Christopher Nolan’s…
Continue ReadingUS health panel adds self-testing option for cervical cancer screening
AP Medical Writer Women should have the option of taking their own test samples for cervical cancer screening, an influential health panel said…
Continue ReadingSmall businesses plan events, start marketing earlier to deal with shorter holiday shopping season
AP Business Writer The holiday shopping season is underway, and this year small businesses have less time to capitalize on the busy shopping period.…
Continue ReadingNegotiations over the war in Ukraine could start ‘in the winter,’ Poland’s leader Tusk says
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says negotiations over the war in neighboring Ukraine could start “in the winter” as…
Continue Reading10 notable books of 2024, from Sarah J. Maas to Melania Trump
AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Even through a year of nonstop news about elections, climate change, protests and the price of eggs, Americans…
Continue ReadingNetanyahu is testifying in his corruption trial. He has been dogged by scandal for years
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the witness stand for the first time in his long-running trial on corruption…
Continue ReadingCourt rules former Zambian leader Lungu can’t run for president again in 2026 election
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Zambia’s Constitutional Court has ruled that former President Edgar Lungu is barred from contesting an election in 2026…
Continue ReadingPakistan’s military court indicts a former spy chief for abuse of power
Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s military says a retired army general who served as the spy chief in the government of imprisoned…
Continue ReadingSerbia’s president says he won’t flee his country like Syria’s Assad did despite growing protests
Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić says he isn’t like ousted Syrian leader Bashar Assad and has no…
Continue ReadingAt least 8 killed in building collapse in Cairo
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities say at least eight people have been killed when an apartment building collapsed Cairo. They say the collapse of…
Continue ReadingFrance flies out 2 Mirage fighter jets from Chad to signal beginning of military withdrawal
PARIS (AP) — The French military says it has flown out the two Mirage fighter jets it had stationed in Chad. The move Tuesday signaled the…
Continue ReadingHundreds of bookstore staffers receive holiday bonuses from author James Patterson
NEW YORK (AP) — Staffers at Thank You Books in Birmingham, Alabama, San Francisco’s City Lights Books and The Nook in Cedar Falls, Iowa, are…
Continue ReadingIran to shut offices, colleges and schools in Tehran because of air pollution
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state TV says authorities have ordered the closure of all governmental offices, universities and schools in the…
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