Pakistan seals off its capital ahead of a planned rally by Imran Khan supporters
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan is sealing off its capital ahead of a planned rally by supporters of imprisoned former premier Imran Khan. It’s the…
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Modi’s party heads for victory in Maharashtra state election while opposition wins Jharkhand
Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party is headed for a victory in state elections in…
Continue ReadingThe Philippine vice president publicly threatens to have the president assassinated
Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said Saturday she has contracted an assassin to kill the…
Continue ReadingDeadly alcohol poisoning casts shadow over the Laotian backpacker town
Associated Press VANG VIENG, Laos (AP) — A little town known as a backpacker paradise in northern Laos has come under spotlight for a mass…
Continue ReadingFighting between armed sectarian groups in restive northwestern Pakistan kills at least 37 people
Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Fighting between armed Sunni and Shiite groups in northwestern Pakistan killed at least 37 people and…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea will not attend Sado mines memorial event in Japan amid lingering historical tensions
Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government says it has decided not to attend a memorial service near Japan’s Sado…
Continue ReadingJapan holds first memorial for ‘all workers’ at Sado gold mines but blurs WWII atrocity. Why?
Associated Press SADO, Japan (AP) — Japan hs held a memorial ceremony near the Sado Island Gold Mines, listed in July as a UNESCO World Heritage…
Continue ReadingKey UN committee adopts resolution paving the way for a first-ever treaty on crimes against humanity
Associated Pres UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A key U.N. General Assembly committee has adopted a resolution paving the way for negotiations on a…
Continue ReadingWill a winter storm hit the US over Thanksgiving week? Here’s what forecasts show so far
Associated Press WINDSOR, Calif. (AP) — Forecasters warned over the weekend that another round of winter weather could complicate travel leading up…
Continue ReadingOrchestra conductor mourns childhood home’s destruction in Israel’s southern Lebanon offensive
Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lubnan Baalbaki, the conductor of the Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra, watched on his phone screen as the Israeli…
Continue ReadingHydrate. Make lists. Leave yourself time. And other tips for reducing holiday travel stress
Associated Press Travel can be stressful in the best of times. Now add in the high-level anxiety that seems to be baked into every holiday season and…
Continue ReadingAn influx of outsiders and money turns Montana Republican, culminating in a Senate triumph
Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Democrats’ crushing loss in Montana’s nationally important U.S. Senate race settled a fierce political…
Continue ReadingVoters rejected historic election reforms across the US, despite more than $100M push
Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two weeks before Election Day, activists from across the country gathered for an online rally heralding…
Continue ReadingTrump raced to pick many Cabinet posts. He took more time to settle on a treasury secretary
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump launched a blitz of picks for his Cabinet, but he took his time before settling on…
Continue ReadingPeople on breathing machines struggle without power after weather disasters
Associated Press/Report for America HOUSTON (AP) — Extreme weather is making power outages longer and more frequent across the U.S. People with…
Continue ReadingA $300B a year deal for climate cash at UN summit sparks outrage for some and hope for others
Associated Press BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — United Nations climate talks adopted a deal to inject at least $300 billion annually in humanity’s fight…
Continue ReadingAs fast fashion’s waste pollutes Africa’s environment, designers in Ghana are finding a solution
Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — In a sprawling secondhand clothing market in Ghana’s capital, early morning shoppers jostle as they search…
Continue ReadingWhat to know about Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Trump’s pick for labor secretary
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has named Oregon Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer to lead the Department of Labor,…
Continue ReadingIdaho teen is arrested in connection with a dead infant found in a baby box at a hospital
BLACKFOOT, Idaho (AP) — Idaho police say a teenager has been arrested in connection with the body of an infant found last month at a hospital in a…
Continue ReadingTrump taps a Fox News personality, a surgeon and a former Congressman to lead public health agencies
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has nominated a critic of COVID-19 health measures to lead the Food and Drug…
Continue ReadingWhat to know about Scott Bessent, Trump’s pick for treasury secretary
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has chosen money manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction and…
Continue ReadingWisconsin man to spend decades in prison for wrong-way crash that killed 4 siblings
WAUPACA, Wis. (AP) — A drunken driver who was traveling the wrong way on a Wisconsin highway has been sentenced to more than 35 years in prison.…
Continue ReadingVenezuela’s government will investigate opposition leader Machado for supporting US House bill
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s government has announced another investigation against opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, continuing…
Continue ReadingTrump chooses Bessent to be treasury secretary, Vought as budget chief, Chavez-DeRemer for Labor
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that he’ll nominate billionaire hedge fund manager Scott…
Continue ReadingGuest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Sens. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., and Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sen.…
Continue ReadingLouisiana GOP lawmakers want to make it easier to try juveniles as adults
Associated Press/Report for America BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s GOP-dominated Legislature approved a constitutional amendment on…
Continue ReadingListeria outbreak tied to Yu Shang Food leaves California infant dead and 10 people sick
AP Health Writer A California infant has died and at least 10 other people have been sickened in an outbreak of listeria food poisoning tied to…
Continue ReadingMassachusetts will phase out use of hotels and motels to shelter homeless families, governor says
Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has announced that the state’s reliance on hotels and motels to shelter…
Continue ReadingUN expert: Myanmar’s desperate military ramps up attacks including beheadings, rapes and torture
Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Myanmar’s desperate military junta is ramping up attacks on villages that have fallen to opposition…
Continue ReadingDetroit-area police officer charged with manslaughter in crash that killed 2 men
Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A suburban Detroit police officer has been charged with manslaughter after his patrol car smashed into another…
Continue ReadingDaniel Penny doesn’t testify as his defense rests in subway chokehold trial
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Daniel Penny has chosen not to testify at his trial in the death of an agitated man he choked on a subway train.…
Continue ReadingCharlotte airport workers voting on whether to strike during busy Thanksgiving travel week
Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Service workers at Charlotte Douglas International Airport are voting on whether to go on a 24-hour strike…
Continue ReadingUS senator says Trump would laugh at Canada’s military spending as Canadian security forum begins
Associated Press HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — A U.S. senator and supporter of Donald Trump said Friday the president-elect would laugh at Canada’s…
Continue ReadingLawyer says ex-Temple basketball standout Hysier Miller met with NCAA for hours amid gambling probe
Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A lawyer for former Temple basketball standout Hysier Miller says the 22-year-old sat for a long interview…
Continue ReadingFlorida detective sentenced to 24 years in prison for sexually exploiting a teenage girl
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A former Florida detective accused of severely beating a Black man has been sentenced to nearly 25 years in federal…
Continue ReadingSean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ third bid to be released on bail won’t be decided until next week
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge says he’ll rule next week on Sean “Diddy” Combs’ third request to be released from jail on bail…
Continue ReadingNational monument proposed for North Dakota Badlands, with tribes’ support
Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A coalition of conservation groups and Native American tribal citizens have asked President Joe Biden to…
Continue ReadingAlice Brock, who helped inspire Arlo Guthrie’s classic ‘Alice’s Restaurant,’ dies at 83
NEW YORK (AP) — Alice Brock has died at age 83. Her Massachusetts-based eatery helped inspire Arlo Guthrie’s deadpan Thanksgiving standard,…
Continue ReadingA police chief in Mexico kills himself as troops try to arrest him in a corruption probe
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The police chief of a small town in central Mexico took his own life as troops closed in to arrest him as part of a large-scale…
Continue ReadingOfficer kills pet dog mistaken for a coyote in Massachusetts town. The owner says it was unnecessary
Associated Press An animal control officer shot and killed a pet dog in a Massachusetts town after mistaking it for a coyote in an incident that has…
Continue ReadingAlyssa Nakken, first full-time female coach in MLB history, leaving Giants to join Guardians
AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Alyssa Nakken, the first woman to coach in a Major League Baseball game, is leaving the San Francisco Giants to…
Continue ReadingCheating on your spouse is no longer a crime in New York, with the repeal of a little-known 1907 law
Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York has repealed a seldom-used law over a century old that made it a crime to cheat on your spouse. The…
Continue ReadingLouisiana lawmakers pass income and corporate tax cuts, raising statewide sales tax to pay for it
Associated Press/Report for America BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s GOP-dominated legislature passed tax cuts on personal and corporate…
Continue ReadingFox attorneys seek to dismiss shareholder lawsuit over reporting of vote rigging allegations in 2020
AP Business Writer WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Attorneys for Fox Corp. are asking a Delaware judge to dismiss a lawsuit seeking to hold current and…
Continue ReadingCNN wants the North Carolina lieutenant governor’s defamation lawsuit against it thrown out
Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — CNN wants a defamation lawsuit against it filed by North Carolina’s lieutenant governor dismissed. Mark…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court steps into fight over FCC’s $8 billion subsidies for internet and phone services
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has stepped into a major legal fight over the $8 billion a year the federal government spends to subsidize…
Continue ReadingEx-Colorado football player dedicates time to fulfilling wishes for older adults
AP Sports Writer BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Former Colorado wide receiver and Olympic freestyle skier Jeremy Bloom has made it his mission to fulfill as…
Continue ReadingCharges dropped against pro-Palestinian protester arrested under mask ban for wearing a kaffiyeh
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped charges against a pro-Palestinian protester arrested under a local face mask ban for…
Continue ReadingSchool district defends decision to punish parents for wearing pink ‘XX’ wristbands
Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — School district officials who punished two parents for wearing pink wristbands marked “XX” during a…
Continue ReadingAuthorities are investigating the death of a woman who was struck by an NYPD vehicle
NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s attorney general has announced an investigation into the death of a woman who was struck and killed by an unmarked…
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