Fans welcome UConn’s repeat champs back to the ‘Basketball Capital of the World’
By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn’s men’s basketball team returned Tuesday night to the campus the school…
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Champions League matches go ahead despite Islamic State terror threat
NYON, Switzerland (AP) — This week’s Champions League soccer games are going ahead as scheduled despite an Islamic State terror threat. Several…
Continue ReadingIf you’re retired or about to retire, think carefully about your tax strategy
By KATHERINE ROTH Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Coming up with the best tax strategy in retirement can be much trickier than it seems, and tax…
Continue ReadingSimon Harris is installed as Ireland’s new prime minister. He’s the country’s youngest leader
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Irish lawmaker Simon Harris has been elected prime minister by a vote in parliament. At 37,…
Continue ReadingA Moroccan activist was sentenced to 5 years for criticizing the country’s ties to Israel
By SAM METZ Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — An activist who criticized Morocco’s decision to normalize relations with Israel has been…
Continue ReadingNew EPA rule says 218 US chemical plants must reduce toxic emissions that are likely to cause cancer
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 200 chemical plants nationwide will be required to reduce toxic emissions that are…
Continue ReadingAmanda Knox faces a new slander trial in Italy that could remove the last legal stain against her
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Amanda Knox faces another trial for slander this week in Italy in a case that could remove the last…
Continue ReadingMany eclipse visitors to northern New England pulled an all-nighter trying to leave
By NICK PERRY and KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press FRANCONIA, N.H. (AP) — Thousands of visitors to northern New England communities in the path of…
Continue ReadingLibrarians fear new penalties, even prison, as activists challenge books
By HILLEL ITALIE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press When an illustrated edition of Margaret Atwood’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” was released in…
Continue ReadingNorfolk Southern agrees to $600M settlement in fiery Ohio derailment. Locals fear it’s not enough
By JOSH FUNK Associated Press Norfolk Southern has agreed to pay $600 million in a class-action lawsuit settlement related to a fiery train…
Continue ReadingTruck driver fatally shot in confrontation with police officer in Michigan
ST. JOSEPH TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Officials say the driver of a semitrailer-truck rammed a police vehicle in southwestern Michigan, crashed it into…
Continue ReadingUN atomic watchdog says the status of Russian-occupied Ukraine nuclear plant is ‘extremely serious’
By ILLIA NOVIKOV and SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The U.N.’s atomic watchdog says an explosion caused by an alleged drone…
Continue Reading3 Tanzanian soldiers were killed as violence persists in eastern Congo
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI and RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Three Tanzanian soldiers have been killed and three others injured…
Continue ReadingProtesters demanding restoration of Nepal’s monarchy clash with police
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Hundreds of protesters demanding the restoration of the monarchy in Nepal have clashed with riot police in Kathmandu.…
Continue ReadingUS wildfires are getting bigger and more complex, prompting changes in firefighting workforce
By TY ONEIL Associated Press PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) — Forecasters are warning that the potential for wildfires will be above normal in some areas…
Continue ReadingTurkey and Israel announce trade barriers on each other as relations deteriorate over Gaza
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey and Israel announced trade barriers on each other Tuesday as relations deteriorated…
Continue ReadingExplosive device thrown onto porch of Satanic Temple in Massachusetts. No injuries were reported
: SALEM, Mass. (AP) — Someone threw an explosive device onto the porch of The Satanic Temple in Massachusetts at a time when no one was inside, and…
Continue ReadingOlympic rings for the Paris Games will be displayed on the Eiffel Tower
PARIS (AP) — The Paris Games organizers say the Olympics rings will be displayed on the Eiffel Tower this summer. The 95-foot-long and…
Continue ReadingUS Indo-Pacific Commander ‘very, very concerned’ about Chinese aggression in South China Sea
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The head of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command says he is “very, very concerned” about…
Continue ReadingMillennial Money: Is financial trauma holding you back from living your best life?
By ALANA BENSON of NerdWallet Know you should be investing but can’t quite bring yourself to do it? Feeling nervous about investing and other…
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