Report: Japanese carmaker Toyota set to end massive Olympic sponsorship deal
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — Reports in Japan are saying vehicle manufacturer Toyota will end its massive sponsorship deal with…
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A synthetic drug ravages youth in Sierra Leone. There’s little help, and some people are chained
By KEMO CHAM Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — In Sierra Leone, a cheap, synthetic drug is ravaging youth. Trash-strewn alleys are…
Continue ReadingSouth Africa’s election could bring the biggest political shift since it became a democracy in 1994
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South Africans will vote Wednesday to decide whether their country takes its most…
Continue ReadingMilitary labs do the detective work to identify soldiers decades after they died in World War II
By JOSH FUNK Associated Press OFFUTT AIR FORCE BASE, Neb. (AP) — Generations of American families have grown up not knowing exactly what happened…
Continue ReadingAt least 22 dead in Memorial Day weekend storms that devastated several US states
By BRUCE SCHREINER and JULIO CORTEZ Associated Press A series of powerful storms swept over the central and southern U.S. over the Memorial Day…
Continue ReadingA woman could be Mexico’s next leader. Millions of others continue in shadows as domestic workers.
By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Some 2.5 million Mexicans — mostly women — are domestic workers, a profession that has…
Continue ReadingChina has threatened trade with some countries after feuds. They’re calling ‘the firm’ for help
By DIDI TANG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Business is good at “the firm.” The eight-person team at the State Department is leading…
Continue ReadingForced to rebuild a life at 12, a Haitian girl joins thousands seeking an escape from gang violence
By DANICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — For 12-year-old Juliana St. Vil, life begins every afternoon. She bounds out of the…
Continue ReadingA woman could be Mexico’s next leader. Millions of others continue in shadows as domestic workers
By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Concepción Alejo is used to being invisible. Alejo, 43, touches her face up with makeup on a…
Continue ReadingRussian POWs get to make phone calls home. Ukrainians don’t. A growing movement wants that to change
By LORI HINNANT and VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press FAR WESTERN UKRAINE (AP) — Precious few choices are available to Alexander, a 26-year-old…
Continue ReadingWhat to stream this weekend: Willie Nelson, Chip & Joanna Gaines, Jim Henson and Ben Platt
By The Associated Press This week’s new streaming entertainment releases include a new album from Willie Nelson, Benedict Cumberbatch playing a…
Continue ReadingStock market today: World shares are mostly higher after rebound on Wall St
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares advanced in Europe and Asia ahead of Monday’s Memorial Day holiday in the United States. Oil prices…
Continue ReadingPapua New Guinea says Friday’s landslide buried more than 2,000 people and formally asks for help
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A Papua New Guinea government official has told the United Nations that more than 2,000…
Continue ReadingLibertarians nominate Chase Oliver for president, spurning both Trump and Kennedy
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Libertarian Party has nominated party activist Chase Oliver for president. The third party rejected former President Donald…
Continue ReadingNigeria is emerging as a critical mineral hub. The government is cracking down on illegal operations
By TAIWO ADEBAYO Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s government is cracking down on illegal mining, making dozens of arrests of…
Continue ReadingA tropical storm floods villages and cuts power to millions in parts of Bangladesh and India
By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The weakening tropical storm Remal has flooded dozens of coastal villages and left nearly…
Continue ReadingLightning strike kills Colorado rancher and 34 head of cattle
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — A Colorado sheriff’s office says a lightning strike has killed a Colorado…
Continue ReadingFormer ‘General Hospital’ actor Johnny Wactor killed in downtown Los Angeles shooting
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Former “General Hospital” actor Johnny Wactor was shot and killed when he interrupted thieves stealing the catalytic…
Continue ReadingChina premier agrees on cooperation with Seoul, Tokyo but issues veiled rebuke against their US ties
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — China’s premier agreed Monday to revive three-way cooperation with…
Continue ReadingGunman arrested after wounding 5 people in Los Angeles area home, firing at helicopter, police say
SAN FERNANDO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities say a 61-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of shooting and wounding five people at a Los Angeles area…
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