5 takeaways from AP’s reporting on Pell Grants for prisoners getting college degrees
By AARON MORRISON AP National Writer The Associated Press visited a California prison for a graduation ceremony last month, as dozens of prisoners…
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Flight delays are easing on a busy travel day. One airline has by far the most cancellations
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Backups are easing at U.S. airports thanks to a break in the weather, but travelers are still…
Continue Reading Pedro Pascal and World Bank’s Ajay Banga among those named to Carnegie’s 2023 Great Immigrants list
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — World Bank President Ajay Banga, Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan, singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette…
Continue Reading More than half a million left Germany’s Catholic Church last year as abuse scandal swirls
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — More than half a million people formally left the Catholic Church in Germany last year,…
Continue ReadingDozens of Israeli air force vets threaten not to serve after Netanyahu resumes judicial overhaul
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Dozens of Israeli air force say they won’t show up for duty if the right-wing…
Continue Reading Do credit card late fees actually protect consumers?
By JAIME HANSON of NerdWallet The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is considering a new rule that would slash credit card late fees by 75%, from…
Continue Reading Edmunds: The best three-row SUVs of 2023
By MICHAEL CANTU Edmunds Three-row SUVs have been a popular choice among car shoppers with large families. They typically seat up to eight passengers…
Continue Reading Just Stop Oil protesters briefly disrupt Ashes cricket test between England and Australia
LONDON (AP) — Two protesters from the Just Stop Oil group have run onto the field at Lords and briefly disrupted play about five minutes after the…
Continue Reading A ‘rolling recession’ or a ‘richcession’ might spare the US economy from a full-scale downturn
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite more than a year of widespread warnings that a recession was near, America’s…
Continue Reading Iga Swiatek is No. 1 and owns 4 Grand Slam titles at age 22. Can she win Wimbledon, too?
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer Iga Swiatek is coming off her third title in the past four years on the French Open’s red clay. She also won a…
Continue Reading National Women’s Soccer League experiencing youth movement as teenagers take the field
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer When Olivia Moultrie was just 13, her family moved from California to Oregon so she could train with the…
Continue Reading Cyprus battles disease-carrying mosquitoes by breeding them with irradiated, sterilized ones
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus is battling an influx of disease-carrying mosquitoes by bringing in hundreds of thousands of the insects after being…
Continue Reading Some Dutch people seeking euthanasia cite autism or intellectual disabilities, researchers say
By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — Several people with autism and intellectual disabilities have been legally euthanized in the…
Continue Reading Muslims at Hajj brave intense heat to cast stones at pillars representing the devil
By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims on Wednesday braved intense heat to perform the…
Continue Reading Norway approves 19 oil and gas projects, saying the resulting investments are worth over $19 billion
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway has approved 19 oil and gas projects on the Norwegian continental shelf, saying the total investments are worth…
Continue Reading France heightens security after unrest prompted by police shooting of 17-year-old
OLEG CETINIC NANTERRE, France (AP) — France’s government on Wednesday announced heightened police presence around Paris and other big cities and…
Continue Reading New migrant tragedy at sea changes little as EU leaders forge ahead with tougher borders plans
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders will push ahead this week with plans to beef up the bloc’s borders and…
Continue Reading Russian missile kills 11 in a pizza parlor and Ukraine arrests man accused of directing the strike
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities on Wednesday arrested a man they accused of helping Russia direct a…
Continue Reading Recruitment of children by armed groups in Syria is on the rise, even as fighting subsides
By HOGIR ABDO and ABBY SEWELL Associated Press QAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — A 13-year-old Kurdish girl went missing on her way home from a school exam…
Continue Reading Threatened by shortages, electric car makers race for supplies of lithium for batteries
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Threatened by possible shortages of lithium for electric car batteries, automakers are racing to…
Continue Reading As a lengthy legal battle ends, a Palestinian family braces for eviction from Jerusalem home
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Few places in Jerusalem speak of the larger conflict being waged over the city more than the…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Asian shares are lower after central bankers say interest rates must stay high
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday after leaders of major central banks said they need to…
Continue Reading London jury seated in Kevin Spacey sex assault trial on allegations over a decade old
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Jurors who will decide the fate of actor Kevin Spacey were sworn in Wednesday in a London court as…
Continue Reading Thai court acquits 5 who were accused of blocking the queen’s motorcade during 2020 protests
By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Thailand has acquitted a student activist and four other people of impeding the…
Continue Reading Exonerated member of ‘Central Park Five’ takes lead in New York City Council primary
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man who was part of a group of teenagers wrongly accused and imprisoned for the rape of a…
Continue Reading Activist detained in Hong Kong begins final appeal for recognition of his overseas same-sex marriage
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — An activist detained in Hong Kong began his final appeal Wednesday seeking recognition for his…
Continue Reading Trump wants to keep ‘communists’ and ‘Marxists’ out of the US. Here’s what the law says
By REBECCA SANTANA and ALI SWENSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has announced a new campaign proposal on United States…
Continue Reading Supreme Court rejects novel legislative theory but leaves a door open for 2024 election challenges
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press The U.S. Supreme Court shot down a controversial legal theory that could have changed the way…
Continue Reading Families worry over the future of Medicaid caregiver payments that were expanded during the pandemic
By TOM MURPHY and AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press Nathan Hill started receiving $12.75 an hour from a state Medicaid program to help care for his…
Continue Reading Smoke from Canada wildfires is increasing health risks in Black and poorer US communities
By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Smoky air from Canada’s wildfires shrouded broad swaths of the U.S. from…
Continue Reading Impeachment? Censure? Stigma is falling away from Congress’ most severe punishments
By STEPHEN GROVES and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have held it over Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro…
Continue Reading Threatened by shortages, electric car makers race for supplies of lithium for batteries
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Threatened by possible shortages of lithium for electric car batteries, automakers are racing to…
Continue Reading Gunmen abduct 14 state police officers in the Mexican state of Chiapas
By ÉDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Armed men have abducted 14 state police officers in southern Mexico. The kidnapping on…
Continue Reading Sisters tell Australia court that abuse by Jewish school principal broke trust, painful to remember
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Two sisters have told an Australian court that being sexually abused by their Jewish…
Continue Reading Vietjet plane with 214 people aboard lands safely in Philippines after technical problem
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A Vietjet plane carrying 214 people has made an unscheduled but safe landing in the northern Philippines after…
Continue Reading Regulators begin final safety inspection before treated Fukushima wastewater is released into sea
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese regulators have begun a final inspection before treated radioactive wastewater is released…
Continue Reading Maine lawmakers are a single vote from approval of bill to allow later abortions
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The Maine House has voted again to allow later abortions in some circumstances, putting the…
Continue Reading Rights to the works of Argentine literary giant Jorge Luis Borges granted to his widow’s nephews
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A court has granted the rights to the works of the late Jorge Luis Borges, considered Argentina’s most…
Continue Reading Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani interviewed in Jan. 6 investigation
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rudy Giuliani, who as a member of Donald Trump’s legal team sought to overturn 2020…
Continue Reading NFL RedZone channel will be available on DirecTV after agreement with NFL Media
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — The NFL RedZone channel will be available to DirecTV customers for the first time as part of a multiyear renewal of its…
Continue Reading Former Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett dies at 35 in an apparent drowning
DESTIN, Fla. (AP) — Former Arkansas quarterback Ryan Mallett, who also played for New England, Houston and Baltimore during five seasons in the…
Continue Reading California man gets prison for nearly $9M phony cow manure-to-green energy investment scheme
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A California man is going to prison for running a cow dung-to-green energy scheme that authorities say was a load of manure.…
Continue Reading Wagner chief walks free after armed revolt. Other Russians defying the Kremlin aren’t so lucky
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin led an armed rebellion against the Russian military…
Continue Reading Labor group requests ethics probe of Kentucky GOP gubernatorial candidate over campaign solicitation
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A labor group has requested an ethics investigation of Kentucky Attorney General Daniel…
Continue Reading Woman loses bid to sue prosecutor over sexual abuser’s light sentence
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana woman who watched the man who coerced her into a sex act when she was 16 walk free…
Continue Reading Reappointment vote ends in partisan deadlock for battleground Wisconsin’s top elections official
By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A vote on the future of Wisconsin’s top elections official has ended…
Continue Reading US arrests 4 Mexican nationals in 2022 deaths of 53 migrants trapped in hot tractor trailer
By JIM VERTUNO and ERIC GAY Associated Press SAN ANTONIO (AP) — U.S. authorities have announced the arrests of four men they say were part of a…
Continue Reading UN urges Israel and Palestinians to halt West Bank violence in statement backed by US and Russia
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is urging Israel and the Palestinians to avoid actions that…
Continue Reading Sexual abuse victims’ chance to file lawsuits in old cases remains in question after court ruling
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press Louisiana’s Supreme Court has sidestepped a ruling on the constitutionality of legislation that gave adult…
Continue Reading Bernardo Arévalo, Guatemala’s electoral surprise, makes corruption fight top priority
By SONIA PÉREZ D. and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Bernardo Arévalo, the surprise of the first round of voting in…
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