How to defend against food poisoning at your Super Bowl party
By JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer When Americans gather to watch the Super Bowl on Sunday, the culinary choices may be as important as the final…
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Here’s how to bet legally on the Super Bowl
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — More people in the U.S. than ever before are expected to bet on this year’s Super…
Continue ReadingIndonesians join the final campaign events before the presidential election
By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The three candidates in Indonesia’s presidential election have held their final…
Continue ReadingPakistan hits back at criticism of election conduct and insists cellphone curbs were necessary
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan on Saturday hit back at criticism over the conduct of its parliamentary elections, which were held amid sporadic militant…
Continue ReadingDelays, deals, nepo babies, trends and vote rigging: Five takeaways from Pakistan’s elections
By RIAZAT BUTT LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan held parliamentary election l ast Thursday, with 44 parties fighting for a share of 266 seats in…
Continue ReadingTaylor Swift reaches LAX in journey from Tokyo to Super Bowl, online sleuths say. Will she make it?
By MARIA SHERMAN and FOSTER KLUG Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Will she make it in time? Intrepid flight trackers online seem to think so. On…
Continue ReadingRussian drone strike on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s 2nd largest city, kills 7
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian drone strike on Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, killed seven people…
Continue ReadingGaza mediators and others warn Israel of disaster if it launches a ground invasion on crowded Rafah
By NAJIB JOBAIN, SAMY MAGDY and CARA ANNA Associated Press RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s neighbors and key mediators warned Saturday of…
Continue ReadingHow a run-down Ford launched a music revolution that swept Brazil’s Carnival
By DAVID BILLER Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Behemoth sound trucks known as electric trios are a fixture of Brazil’s Carnival…
Continue ReadingAs Indonesia goes to the polls, women and minority candidates face challenges
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — With a broad smile on his face, Jakarta city council candidate Rian Ernest answers…
Continue ReadingHere’s how to beat the hype and overcome loneliness on Valentine’s Day
By LEANNE ITALIE AP Lifestyles Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Elise Plessis hasn’t been in a long-term relationship for 26 years. It’s by…
Continue ReadingAn Israeli drone strike in Lebanon kills 2 in one of the deepest hits inside the country in weeks
By BASSEM MROUE and ABDULRAHMAN ZEYAD Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli drone struck a car near Lebanon’s southern port city of Sidon on…
Continue ReadingTommy Hilfiger takes over the Oyster Bar in Grand Central for a joyous New York-centric fashion show
By LEANNE ITALIE AP Lifestyles Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tommy Hilfiger threw himself a welcome home party Friday night at Grand Central’s Oyster…
Continue ReadingWayne Kramer, late guitarist of rock band MC5, also leaves legacy of bringing music to prisons
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The tributes that poured in following Wayne Kramer’s death last week came from…
Continue ReadingWar-scarred Sarajevo celebrates 40th anniversary of 1984 Winter Olympics and looks to the future
By SABINA NIKSIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — War-scarred Sarajevo is looking back to happier times from February 1984 as…
Continue ReadingSchools are trying to get more students therapy. Not all parents are on board
By MICHAEL ELSEN-ROONEY of Chalkbeat NEW YORK (AP) — Derry Oliver was in fifth grade when she first talked to her mom about seeing a therapist. She…
Continue ReadingRepublican lawmakers are backing dozens of bills targeting diversity efforts on campus and elsewhere
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Diversity initiatives would be defunded or banned from universities…
Continue ReadingHow Biden and his allies are pushing back against a special counsel’s claims about his memory
By STEVE PEOPLES, ZEKE MILLER and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s Democratic allies are launching an…
Continue ReadingFor Native American activists, the Kansas City Chiefs have it all wrong
By NOREEN NASIR Associated Press Dozens of Indigenous activists have traveled to Las Vegas to gather outside the Super Bowl and demand the Kansas…
Continue ReadingMama Antula, the Jesuit who didn’t want to marry or be a nun, will be Argentina’s first female saint
By DÉBORA REY Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A Catholic laywoman who lived in 18th-century Argentina and joined the Jesuits in…
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