US and Britain say their navies shot down 15 attack drones over the Red Sea
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A U.S. warship shot down 14 suspected attack drones over the Red Sea on Saturday, and a Royal Navy…
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In pivotal moment, Notre Dame Cathedral spire gets golden rooster weathervane, a symbol of a phoenix
By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Notre Dame Cathedral got its rooster back Saturday, in a pivotal moment for the Paris landmark’s…
Continue ReadingKuwait’s ruling emir, Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, dies at age 86
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Kuwait’s ruling emir has died at age 86. State television reported Sheikh…
Continue ReadingVoter apathy and concerns about violence mark Iraq’s first provincial elections in a decade
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqis have begun voting for the first time in a decade to select new provincial council…
Continue ReadingThe Indian Navy is shadowing a bulk carrier likely taken by Somali pirates in the Arabian Sea
NEW DELHI (AP) — The Indian Navy says it is shadowing a bulk carrier that was boarded by unknown attackers in the Arabian Sea. Suspicion has fallen…
Continue ReadingRussia and Ukraine exchange drone attacks after European Union funding stalled
By KARL RITTER and ELISE MORTON Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Both Russia and Ukraine have reported dozens of attempted drone attacks in…
Continue ReadingNetanyahu says Israel is as ‘committed as ever’ to war after soldiers mistakenly killed 3 hostages
By JULIA FRANKEL, NAJIB JOBAIN and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Three Israeli hostages who were mistakenly shot by Israeli troops…
Continue ReadingIran says it has executed an Israeli Mossad spy
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state TV is reporting that an Israeli Mossad spy has been executed in the country’s southeast. The report said the…
Continue ReadingA vibrant art scene in Uganda mirrors African boom as more collectors show interest
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Lilian Nabulime hasn’t forgotten the time in the 1990s when the Ugandan capital had…
Continue ReadingNo room at the inn? As holidays approach, migrants face eviction from New York City shelters
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It could be a cold, grim New Year for thousands of migrant families living in New York City’s…
Continue ReadingCambodia welcomes the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s plan to return looted antiquities
By MAYSOON KHAN and SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia has welcomed the announcement that New York’s…
Continue ReadingAs Trump threatens to repeal Obamacare, these ‘insurance godmothers’ are signing Florida Latinos up
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Salsa music blares from the food court in a rundown Miami shopping center as Latinos head to a…
Continue ReadingCardinal is convicted of embezzlement in big Vatican financial trial, sentenced to 5½ years
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — A Vatican tribunal on Saturday convicted a cardinal of embezzlement and sentenced him to…
Continue ReadingLatino Democrats shift from quiet concern to open opposition to Biden’s concessions in border talks
By STEPHEN GROVES, LISA MASCARO and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Prominent Latinos in Congress looked on quietly, at first,…
Continue ReadingWomen and children first? Experts say that in most crises, it’s more like everyone for themselves
By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — So much for women and children first. The phrase and its grave implications about who to save…
Continue ReadingFederal Reserve on cusp of what some thought impossible: Defeating inflation without steep recession
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — It was the most painful inflation Americans had experienced since 1981, when “The…
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Federal judge denies cattle industry’s request to temporarily halt wolf reintroduction in Colorado
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A federal judge has denied a request to halt the reintroduction of gray wolves in Colorado just days…
Continue Reading‘General Hospital’ dominates 50th annual Daytime Emmys with 6 trophies, Susan Lucci honored
By BETH HARRIS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — “General Hospital” has won six trophies, including four for acting, at the Daytime Emmy…
Continue ReadingDC firefighters battle blaze in historic firehouse near US Capitol
WASHINGTON (AP) — Firefighters in Washington, D.C., are battling a three-alarm fire that started in a three-story former firehouse under renovation…
Continue Reading$600M in federal funding to go toward replacing I-5 bridge connecting Oregon and Washington
By CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The program tasked with replacing the century-old Interstate 5 bridge that connects Portland,…
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