Tokyo City Hall is developing a dating app to encourage marriage and childbirth
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Called “Tokyo Futari Story,” the city hall’s new site is just that: An effort to create…
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Tornado hits Michigan, killing toddler, while Ohio and Maryland storms injure at least 13
By LEA SKENE and MELINA WALLING Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A tornado that ripped through suburban Detroit earlier this week downed trees…
Continue ReadingEV sales boom in Nepal, helping to save on oil imports, alleviate smog
By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal’s abundant hydroelectric power is helping the Himalayan nation cut its…
Continue ReadingDaniel and Robinson-O’Hagan complete indoor/outdoor sweeps at NCAA track and field championships
EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Kentucky pole vaulter Keaton Daniel and shot putter Tarik Robinson-O’Hagan of Mississippi both completed NCAA indoor/outdoor…
Continue ReadingChicago Sky players say teammate was ‘harassed’ at hotel ahead of game against Washington Mystics
By Jacob Lev, CNN (CNN) — Several Chicago Sky players posted online that a teammate was harassed Wednesday at a team hotel ahead of their…
Continue ReadingTrump vuelve a sugerir que perseguiría a sus adversarios políticos si es reelegido
Julia Hernández (CNN) — El expresidente Donald Trump volvió a sugerir este martes que intentaría enjuiciar a sus oponentes políticos si es…
Continue ReadingEl jefe de la ONU dice que el mundo está en la “autopista hacia el infierno climático”: el planeta soportó 12 meses seguidos de calor sin precedentes
Melissa Velásquez Loaiza (CNN) — El planeta acaba de marcar un nuevo hito “impactante”, al soportar 12 meses consecutivos de calor…
Continue ReadingKeeping children safe on social media: What parents should know to protect their kids
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer At what age should kids be on social media? Should they be on it at all? If they aren’t, will they be…
Continue ReadingA timeline of the investigation of the Gilgo Beach killings
By The Associated Press Starting in 2010, police searching for a missing woman found 10 sets of human remains in the scrub along a barrier island…
Continue ReadingTakeaways from AP’s report on sanctioned settlers in the West Bank
By SAM MEDNICK and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press SOUTH HEBRON HILLS, West Bank (AP) — More than a dozen Israeli settlers — as well as two…
Continue ReadingLa misión Starliner de Boeing se acopló con la Estación Espacial Internacional, después de haber tenido problemas en el camino
Sofía Barruti (CNN) — La misión Starliner de Boeing se acopló de forma segura a la Estación Espacial Internacional (ISS, por sus siglas en…
Continue ReadingMan charged in Gilgo Beach serial killings kept ‘blueprint’ of crimes on computer, prosecutors say
By PHILIP MARCELO and JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (AP) — The New York architect accused of murdering multiple women and…
Continue ReadingMigrants are rattled and unsure as deportations begin under new rule halting asylum
By VALERIE GONZALEZ and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press DULZURA, Calif. (AP) — Abigail Castillo was about to cross the U.S. border illegally when…
Continue ReadingIsraeli settlers in the West Bank were hit with international sanctions. It only emboldened them
By SAM MEDNICK and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press SOUTH HEBRON HILLS, West Bank (AP) — For weeks after being sanctioned by the United States, Yinon…
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Pet Pics: Those looks – not always adorable but often memorable
When your pup or kitty gives you “that look” – whatever that look is – you just have to capture it for posterity, right? Then share it with us, here,…
Continue ReadingDenmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama and Somalia get seats on the UN Security Council
By EDITH M. LEDERER and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Denmark, Greece, Pakistan, Panama and Somalia have gotten seats…
Continue ReadingSouth Africa questions its very being. Yet a difficult change has reinforced its young democracy
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africa is in a moment of deep soul-searching after an election that brought a…
Continue ReadingElection certification disputes in a handful of states spark concerns over 2024 presidential contest
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, two Republican members of a county canvassing board…
Continue ReadingOne image, seen by millions: A social media effort to draw attention to Rafah surges
By VERDA SUBZWARI Associated Press The image shows tents in a camp, highlighted to spell out one single phrase: “All Eyes on Rafah.” It has been…
Continue ReadingA realistic way to protect kids from social media? Find a middle ground
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Ahmed Othman isn’t on TikTok and doesn’t want to be. He and his younger sister got iPhones when…
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