Fasting at school? More Muslim students in the US are getting support during Ramadan
By COREY WILLIAMS, GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO, MARIAM FAM and DARREN SANDS Associated Press DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — While Muslim students remain a…
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7 soldiers killed in a suicide truck bombing and shootout in northwest Pakistan
By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s military says a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden truck into a…
Continue ReadingIndia announces 6-week general elections starting April 19 with Modi’s BJP topping surveys
NEW DELHI (AP) — India has announced its 6-week-long general elections will start on April 19, with most surveys predicting a victory for Prime…
Continue ReadingWales will get its first Black leader after Vaughan Gething wins a Welsh Labour Party contest
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Vaughan Gething has won the Welsh Labour Party leadership contest and is set to become the first…
Continue ReadingCease-fire talks with Israel and Hamas are expected to resume on Sunday in Qatar
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Stalled talks aimed at securing a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war are expected to resume in earnest…
Continue ReadingGerman railway operator resumes talks with train drivers’ union in a long dispute
BERLIN (AP) — A union representing many German train drivers and the main national railway operator have resumed negotiations in a bitter dispute…
Continue ReadingNew Dodger Ohtani says Seoul MLB games will be ‘great memories’ for him and wife
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani says the upcoming Major League Baseball season…
Continue ReadingSuspect arrested in Indianapolis bar shooting that killed 1 person and injured 5, police say
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis police have arrested a suspect in connection with an early morning shooting at a bar that killed one person and…
Continue ReadingRussia says Ukrainian shelling killed 2 in a border city while it thwarted an incursion
By ELISE MORTON Associated Press A Russian regional governor says two people have been killed in Ukrainian shelling of the city of Belgorod, close to…
Continue ReadingWith Navalny dead, his allies keep fighting to undermine Putin’s grip on power
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Alexei Navalny’s team is used to working independently. The most potent foe of…
Continue ReadingRussians cast ballots in an election preordained to extend President Vladimir Putin’s rule
By EMMA BURROWS Associated Press Voters across Russia cast ballots Saturday on the second day of an election set to formalize six more years of power…
Continue ReadingA warming island’s mice are breeding out of control and eating seabirds. An extermination is planned
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Mice accidentally introduced to a remote island near Antarctica 200 years ago are…
Continue ReadingWhat makes people happy? California lawmakers want to find out
By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California lawmaker is trying to get the state Legislature to…
Continue ReadingWhat to know about the Maine mass shooting commission report
By NICK PERRY Associated Press MEREDITH, N.H. (AP) — An independent commission has been reviewing the events leading up to Maine’s deadliest…
Continue ReadingHong Kong jails 12 people over the storming of the legislature in 2019 protests
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court has sentenced 12 people to prison Saturday over the storming of the city’s…
Continue ReadingWhen it’s St. Patrick’s Day in New Orleans, get ready to catch a cabbage
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The grandly colonnaded old city hall was designed by an Irish architect. A neighborhood near…
Continue ReadingWith green and glee, major US parades mark St. Patrick’s Day — a little early
NEW YORK (AP) — People across the United States celebrated Irish heritage at several major St. Patrick’s Day parades Saturday, marking the…
Continue ReadingAbortion story from wife of Nevada Senate hopeful reveals complexity of issue for GOP candidates
By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America RENO, Nev. (AP) — Last month, when the wife of a Republican U.S. Senate candidate from Nevada…
Continue ReadingThe Hur interview transcript offers a window into the life of ‘frustrated architect’ Joe Biden
By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden was returning from church a week ago when he stepped out of his…
Continue ReadingTikTok creators warn of economic impact if app sees ban, call it a vital space for the marginalized
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press Alex Pearlman shut the door on dreams of a standup comedy career almost a decade ago, pivoting from the stage to…
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