Rain pushes Daytona 500 to Monday in first outright postponement since 2012
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — NASCAR has postponed the season-opening Daytona 500 until Monday because of two…
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German labor union calls on Lufthansa ground staff to strike at 7 airports on Tuesday
BERLIN (AP) — A labor union in Germany has called on ground staff for Lufthansa to walk off the job at seven airports on Tuesday following a…
Continue ReadingGOP candidates elevate anti-transgender messaging as a rallying call to Christian conservatives
By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Thousands of people in one of South Carolina’s most conservative…
Continue ReadingTurkey detains company director as part of inquiry into gold mine landslide that left 9 missing
Istanbul (AP) — Authorities in Turkey have detained the director of the company managing a gold mine where a massive landslide in the…
Continue ReadingJordan kills 5 drug smugglers on the Syrian border. The area is known for an addictive amphetamine
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The Jordanian military says its forces have killed five smugglers who allegedly tried to bring drugs into the country from…
Continue ReadingRepublican opponent of US aid to Ukraine brings his case to an international conference
MUNICH (AP) — A Republican opponent of new U.S. funding for Ukraine argued at an international security conference Sunday that the package stuck in…
Continue Reading‘Oppenheimer’ wins 7 prizes, including best picture, at the British Academy Film Awards
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Atom bomb epic “Oppenheimer” won seven prizes, including best picture, director and actor, at…
Continue ReadingUS condemns Rwanda’s support of armed M23 rebels in eastern Congo and calls for troop withdrawal
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The U.S. has condemned Rwanda’s support of the armed M23 group in eastern Congo, whose rebellion has caused the…
Continue ReadingOver 300 detained in Russia as country mourns the death of Alexei Navalny, Putin’s fiercest foe
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press Over 300 people were detained in Russia while paying tribute to opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died at a…
Continue ReadingIsrael vows to ‘finish the job’ in Gaza as War Cabinet member threatens a Ramadan deadline for Rafah
By WAFAA SHURAFA, KAREEM CHEHAYEB and MELANIE LIDMAN Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday…
Continue ReadingHungary’s government declines offer to meet US senators seeking approval for Sweden’s NATO bid
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A bipartisan delegation of U.S. senators has made an official visit to Hungary’s…
Continue ReadingChina’s coast guard to ramp up patrols near Taiwan’s Kinmen archipelago after 2 fishermen drown
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — China is stepping up patrols in the waters off the coast of Taiwan’s Kinmen archipelago, days…
Continue ReadingSolemn monument to Japanese American WWII detainees lists more than 125,000 names
By AKIRA OLIVIA KUMAMOTO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Samantha Sumiko Pinedo and her grandparents file into a dimly lit enclosure at the…
Continue ReadingA year after Jimmy Carter entered hospice care, advocates hope his endurance drives awareness
By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Since Jimmy Carter entered hospice care at his home in south Georgia one year ago, the former U.S.…
Continue ReadingTop UN court to hold hearings on legality of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian-claimed lands
By MIKE CORDER and JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations’ highest court opens historic hearings…
Continue ReadingHouston megachurch holds healing and thanksgiving service a week after deadly shooting
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Celebrity pastor Joel Osteen’s Houston megachurch held a special service Sunday dedicated…
Continue ReadingSouthern Illinois home of Paul Powell, the ‘Shoebox Scandal’ politician, could soon be sold
By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Paul Powell, the southern Illinois political powerhouse who died and left…
Continue ReadingCalifornia is forging ahead with food waste recycling. But is it too much, too fast?
By AMY TAXIN Associated Press CHULA VISTA, Calif. (AP) — Two years after California launched an effort to keep organic waste out of landfills, the…
Continue ReadingTrump rails against New York fraud ruling as he faces fines that could exceed half-a-billion dollars
By THOMAS BEAUMONT and JILL COLVIN Associated Press WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump railed against the judge who…
Continue ReadingGeorge Santos sues late-night host Jimmy Kimmel for tricking him into making videos to ridicule him
NEW YORK (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. George Santos alleged in a lawsuit filed Saturday that late-night host Jimmy Kimmel deceived him into making…
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