Attack blamed on IS militants kills 22 pro-government fighters in central Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — An opposition war monitor and a pro-government media outlet say an attack on pro-government fighters by suspected members of the…
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San Francisco mayor announces the city will receive pandas from China
BEIJING (AP) — San Francisco is the latest U.S. city preparing to receive a pair of pandas from China, in a continuation of Beijing’s famed…
Continue ReadingMaurizio Cattelan, Zoe Saldana join iconoclastic Vatican Biennale exhibition inside women’s prison
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press VENICE, Italy (AP) — A pair of nude feet — dirty, wounded and vulnerable — are painted on the façade of the…
Continue ReadingStaff and shoppers return to ‘somber’ Sydney shopping mall 6 days after mass stabbings
By MARK BAKER and KEIRAN SMITH Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Shoppers and workers returned to a “really quiet” Sydney mall Friday, where six…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Tumbling tech stocks drag Wall Street to the finish line of another losing week
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The worst week for big technology stocks since the COVID crash in 2020 dragged Wall Street on…
Continue ReadingLaborers and street vendors in Mali find no respite as deadly heat wave surges through West Africa
By BABA AHMED and CARLOS MUREITHI Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Street vendors in Mali’s capital of Bamako peddle water sachets,…
Continue Reading3 dead amid heavy flooding caused by record rain in the UAE
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Officials say three people have died in the United Arab Emirates as a result of heavy flooding caused by…
Continue Reading4/20 grew from humble roots to marijuana’s high holiday
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Saturday marks marijuana culture’s high holiday, 4/20, when college students gather — at 4:20…
Continue Reading5 Japanese workers in Pakistan escape suicide blast targeting their van. A Pakistani bystander dies
By ADIL JAWAD Associated Press KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber targeted a van carrying Japanese nationals in Pakistan’s port city…
Continue ReadingBNSF Railway says it didn’t know about asbestos that’s killed hundreds in Montana town
By MATTHEW BROWN and AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — BNSF Railway attorneys told a Montana jury Friday that the railroad…
Continue ReadingRussia pummels exhausted Ukrainian forces with smaller attacks ahead of a springtime advance
By The Associated Press Russian troops are ramping up pressure on exhausted Ukrainian forces to prepare to seize more land this spring and summer as…
Continue ReadingWould you like a cicada salad? The monstrous little noisemakers descend on a New Orleans menu
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — They may look like little monsters. And their seemingly endless racket may be a nuisance. But…
Continue ReadingThe Latest | World leaders call on Iran and Israel to avoid allowing conflict to worsen
By The Associated Press World leaders are calling on Iran and Israel to try to avoid escalating tensions following the apparent Israeli strike near…
Continue ReadingChicago’s response to migrant influx stirs longstanding frustrations among Black residents
By MATT BROWN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The closure of Wadsworth Elementary School in 2013 was a blow to residents of the majority-Black…
Continue ReadingA trial is underway for the Panama Papers, a case that changed the country’s financial rules
By JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Eight years after 11 million leaked secret financial documents revealed how some of the…
Continue ReadingFinding an apartment may be easier for California pet owners under new legislation
By TERRY CHEA and JANIE HAR Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California pet owners struggling to find a rental that accepts their furry,…
Continue ReadingSoldiers who lost limbs in Gaza fighting are finding healing on Israel’s amputee soccer team
By PAMELA SAMPSON Associated Press RAMAT GAN, Israel (AP) — When Ben Binyamin was left for dead, his right leg blown off during the Hamas attack on…
Continue ReadingChildren of reality TV’s Chrisleys hope court hearing is step toward bringing convicted parents home
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Lawyers for reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, who are in prison after being convicted on…
Continue ReadingEmergency rooms refused to treat pregnant women, leaving one to miscarry in a lobby restroom
By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — One woman miscarried in the lobby restroom of a Texas emergency room as front desk staff refused…
Continue ReadingBitcoin’s latest ‘halving’ has arrived. Here’s what you need to know
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The “miners” who chisel bitcoins out of complex mathematics are taking a 50% pay…
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