Guyana birdsong competitions flourish amid oil boom
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press METEN-MEER-ZORG, Guyana (AP) — The judges leaned in, hands clasped behind their backs. Everyone grew quiet as they…
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Wahoo! ‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ is No. 1 for third week
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” continued to rack up coins at the box office, leading ticket sales…
Continue Reading Canada suspends consular services in Sudan amid crisis
OTTAWA, Canada (AP) — Canada has suspended its consular services in Sudan, saying a rapidly deteriorating situation has made it impossible to…
Continue Reading Tachlowini Gabriyesos runs for refugees at Belgrade Marathon
By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Tachlowini Gabriyesos fled his native Eritrea and walked the desert to reach Israel when he…
Continue Reading 3,000 migrants begin walk north from southern Mexico
By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Around 3,000 migrants set out Sunday on what they call a mass protest procession…
Continue Reading Jordan: Israel arrested lawmaker on arms-smuggling charges
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday said a Jordanian lawmaker has been arrested by Israel on suspicion of smuggling…
Continue Reading Scholz party paves way for new center-right mayor in Berlin
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Members of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party have narrowly approved a local coalition deal in Berlin…
Continue Reading Armenia says soldier killed, but Azerbaijan rejects claim
The Associated Press Armenia’s defense ministry says that one of its soldiers was killed by an Azerbaijani sniper near the border. But Azerbaijan…
Continue Reading Pollution lawsuit could curb use of aerial fire retardant
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A legal dispute in Montana could drastically curb the government’s use of aerial…
Continue Reading German soccer match abandoned after referee doused in beer
ZWICKAU, Germany (AP) — A third-tier soccer game in Germany has been abandoned after the referee was doused in beer by an angry fan at halftime.…
Continue Reading Peru’s ex-president returned home to face corruption charges
By FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Former President Alejandro Toledo arrived in Lima Sunday after being extradited from the…
Continue Reading Ukrainian troop positions spark counteroffensive speculation
By DAVID RISING and JOANNA KOZLOWSKA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian military forces have successfully established positions on the…
Continue Reading Indian climber pulled from crevasse in Nepal improving
By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An Indian climber who was rescued after spending three days in a 980-foot-deep…
Continue Reading ‘People are suffering’: Food stamp woes worsen Alaska hunger
By MARK THIESSEN and BECKY BOHRER Associated Press EAGLE RIVER, Alaska (AP) — Thousands of Alaskans who depend on government assistance have waited…
Continue Reading GOP lawmakers push for state control of St. Louis police
By DAVID A. LIEB and JIM SALTER Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Ten years after gaining local control of its police for the first time…
Continue Reading Dying patients protest looming telehealth crackdown
By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer At age 93, struggling with the effects of a stroke, heart failure and recurrent cancer, Teri Sheridan was ready to…
Continue Reading Baltics condemn China envoy’s stance on ex-Soviet nations
By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — The three Baltic states have strongly condemned comments by China’s envoy to France who appeared…
Continue Reading 39 bodies dug up in cult investigation of pastor in Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Thirty-nine bodies have been found so far on land owned by a pastor in coastal Kenya who was arrested for telling his…
Continue Reading Fox’s settlement with Dominion unlikely to cost it $787.5M
By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer Fox Corp.’s $787.5 million settlement with Dominion Voting Systems over defamation charges is eye-popping,…
Continue Reading National push to bolster security of key election technology
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — An effort to create a national testing program for technology central to U.S elections will…
Continue Reading Slotkin’s Senate run may complicate Dems bid to retake House
By JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — When U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin announced plans to run for a critical Senate seat in…
Continue Reading Top election official in Myanmar assassinated by guerrillas
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A top election official in Myanmar was fatally shot in his car in Yangon, the country’s commercial…
Continue Reading Suspect arrested in German gym attack that left 4 wounded
BERLIN (AP) — Authorities say a man has been arrested over last week’s stabbing attack at a gym in the western German city of Duisburg in which…
Continue Reading Diplomats flee Sudan fighting as citizens struggle to escape
KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Foreign governments evacuated diplomats, staff and others from Sudan on Sunday as rival generals battled for a ninth day…
Continue Reading Train hits car at crossing in Germany, 3 killed
BERLIN (AP) — Police say a train has hit a car at a crossing in northern Germany, killing all three people in the car. The regional train hit the…
Continue Reading German government, unions reach pay deal for public workers
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German government officials and labor unions have reached a pay deal for more than 2.5 million…
Continue Reading Animatronic dragon bursts into flames during Disneyland show
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Spectators at Disneyland’s popular “Fantasmic” show got a shock this weekend when the feature’s…
Continue Reading A deeply divided Israel limps toward its 75th birthday
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Orit Pinhasov strongly opposes the Israeli government’s proposed judicial overhaul, but you…
Continue Reading Why the 155 mm round is so critical to the war in Ukraine
By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The 155 mm howitzer round is one of the most requested artillery munitions of the war in Ukraine.…
Continue Reading Unprepared for long war, US Army under gun to make more ammo
By MARC LEVY Associated Press SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — One of the most important munitions of the Ukraine war comes from a historic factory in this…
Continue Reading Venezuela hosts event of sports, table games and geopolitics
By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Hundreds of people from 11 countries are gathered in Venezuela to participate in…
Continue Reading Indian police arrest Sikh separatist leader after long hunt
By ASHOK SHARMA and PRABHJOT GILL Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian police on Sunday arrested a separatist leader who has revived calls for…
Continue Reading The front door, threshold of welcome — and perilous border
By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The American front door is a place where the welcome mat offers friendly greetings, where affable…
Continue Reading Special forces swiftly evacuate US embassy staff from Sudan
By MATTHEW LEE, TARA COPP and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. special operations forces carried out a precarious evacuation…
Continue Reading 76ers finish sweep of Nets without Embiid in 96-88 win
By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — All Joel Embiid could give the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday was encouragement. The…
Continue Reading State migrants chief held for trial in Mexico’s deadly fire
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — A judge in Mexico has ordered the immigration director of the northern border state of Chihuahua to stand trial on…
Continue Reading Curfew in Jamaica district after gunmen wound 7 boarding bus
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Police enforced a curfew in a community on the southern fringes of Jamaica’s capital Saturday after gunmen fired on…
Continue Reading Conservative Robinson joins race for N. Carolina governor
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press ALTAMAHAW, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson has formally entered next…
Continue Reading Bud Light exec takes leave after boycott calls, reports say
NEW YORK (AP) — The marketing executive who oversaw a partnership between Bud Light and a transgender influencer is taking a leave of absence after…
Continue Reading Slain Minnesota deputy remembered as ‘definition of a hero’
GLENWOOD, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota sheriff’s deputy who died in a shootout was remembered as a loving father and husband, heroic military veteran…
Continue Reading Ken Potts, one of last 2 USS Arizona survivors, dies at 102
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — One of the last two remaining survivors of the USS Arizona battleship, which sank during the 1941…
Continue Reading NAACP sues Mississippi over ‘separate and unequal policing’
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The NAACP warns that “separate and unequal policing” will return to…
Continue Reading Mexico seizes 10 tigers, 5 lions in cartel-dominated area
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors in Mexico say they have seized a huge collection of exotic animals including 10 tigers, five lions and other species…
Continue Reading Drug suspect takes off with sheriff’s meth after sting fails
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A suspected drug trafficker is on the run with nearly 60 pounds (27 kilograms) of methamphetamine belonging to a…
Continue Reading Cruise line let passenger’s body decompose, lawsuit says
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A widow and her family are suing Celebrity Cruises for allegedly mishandling her husband’s body after he died…
Continue Reading Wrexham earns promotion on wild journey under Ryan Reynolds
By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer Ryan Reynolds held his head in his hands. Rob McElhenney leaned forward, took a deep breath and was soon wiping…
Continue Reading Seeking a rebound, CNN turns to Charles Barkley, Gayle King
NEW YORK (AP) — TV personalities Gayle King and Charles Barkley will headline a new prime-time weekly CNN show, “King Charles,” debuting in the…
Continue Reading Longtime Trump ally Laxalt joins PAC supporting DeSantis
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former Nevada Attorney General Adam Laxalt, a longtime Donald Trump ally, will help…
Continue Reading DeSantis seeks federal aid for Fort Lauderdale flood victims
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Saturday that he will ask the Biden administration to declare Broward County a disaster…
Continue Reading Israelis protest legal changes before nation’s 75th birthday
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesters have flocked to Tel Aviv and cities across Israel to vent their opposition to Prime…
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