Russian girl shoots several classmates, leaving 1 dead, before killing herself
MOSCOW (AP) — State news agencies and authorities in Russia say a girl shot several classmates before killing herself at a school in the city of…
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Turkish, Greek leaders signal markedly improved ties between the two NATO allies
By DEREK GATOPOULOS and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — After several years of strained relations that raised tensions to…
Continue ReadingFormer Polish President Lech Walesa, 80, says he is better but remains hospitalized with COVID-19
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Nobel Peace Prizer winner and former President Lech Walesa says he is improving after being hospitalized with…
Continue ReadingTwitch says it’s withdrawing from the South Korean market over expensive network fees
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Twitch, a popular video service, will shut down its struggling business in South…
Continue ReadingDemocracy activist Agnes Chow says she still feels under the watch of Hong Kong police in Canada
By TIAN MACLEOD JI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow says she still feels under the watch of the Chinese…
Continue ReadingPutin moves a step closer to a fifth term as president after Russia sets 2024 election date
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press Lawmaker’s in Russia have set March 17 as the date for the country’s 2024 presidential election. A…
Continue ReadingAustralia pushes against China’s Pacific influence through a security pact with Papua New Guinea
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government has signed a security pact with its nearest neighbor Papua New…
Continue ReadingA milestone for Notre Dame: 1 year until cathedral reopens to public after devastating fire
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — When flames tore into Notre Dame in 2019, people who worked in the cathedral felt orphaned. But as…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Wall Street rises ahead of Friday’s jobs report to snap a 3-day losing streak
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street rose Thursday to snap its first three-day losing streak since Halloween. The S&P…
Continue ReadingA nurse’s fatal last visit to patient’s home renews calls for better safety measures
By DAVE COLLINS and PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press WILLIMANTIC, Conn. (AP) — The killing of a Connecticut nurse making a house call in October was…
Continue ReadingUNLV gunman had list of targets at the university and 150 rounds of ammunition, police say
By RIO YAMAT and BEN FINLEY Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The 67-year-old gunman who killed three faculty members and wounded a fourth in a…
Continue ReadingAn appreciation: How Norman Lear changed television — and with it American life — in the 1970s
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In many American living rooms, the 1960s didn’t really begin until Jan. 12, 1971. That was…
Continue ReadingTexas judge grants pregnant woman permission to get an abortion despite state’s ban
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas judge has given a pregnant woman whose fetus had a fatal diagnosis permission to get…
Continue ReadingWyoming holds off on auctioning huge piece of pristine land inside Grand Teton
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming officials have decided to hold off on auctioning a pristine and valuable chunk of…
Continue ReadingIndonesian maleo conservation faced setbacks due to development and plans for a new capital city
By EDNA TARIGAN and DITA ALANGKARA Associated Press MAMUJU, Indonesia (AP) — A pair of tall birds with black feathers and pinkish breasts crossed a…
Continue ReadingHouse votes to censure Democratic Rep. Bowman for pulling a fire alarm in a Capitol office building
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has voted to censure Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman for triggering a fire alarm in a…
Continue ReadingA sea otter pup found alone in Alaska has a new home at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium
By ERIN HOOLEY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — An 8-week-old arrival from Alaska chirps loudly before devouring ice chips in the nursery at…
Continue ReadingFrom SZA to the Stone of Scone, the words that help tell the story of 2023 were often mispronounced
By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press Some of the words tied to this year’s hottest topics were also among the most mangled when it came to saying…
Continue ReadingHopes for a Mercosur-EU trade deal fade yet again as leaders meet in Brazil
By MAURICIO SAVARESE and DANIEL POLITI Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — The heads of state from South America’s Mercosur trade bloc are in Rio…
Continue ReadingDonald Trump returns to court, lauds his defense expert who sees no evidence of accounting fraud
By JENNIFER PELTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump returned to his civil fraud trial Thursday to…
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