US consumers feeling slightly less confident in October for 3rd straight month
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — American consumers are feeling increasingly less confident these days as fears of an oncoming…
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Senior Chinese official meets Myanmar leader for security talks as fighting rages in frontier area
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A high-ranking official from China has made a visit to military-ruled Myanmar to discuss security…
Continue ReadingJudge in trial of 3 Washington police officers allows a breathing expert to testify over objections
By MARTHA BELLISLE Associated Press TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Five weeks into the trial of three Tacoma police officers charged in the death of Manny…
Continue ReadingWar plunged Israel’s agricultural heartlands into crisis, raising fears for its farming future
By JULIA FRANKEL and MOSHE EDRI Associated Press ASHKELON, Israel (AP) — The soldiers guarding Avi Chivivian’s organic vegetable farm in…
Continue ReadingCyprus proposes to establish a sea corridor to deliver a stream of vital humanitarian aid to Gaza
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus is working out with partners in the European Union and the Middle East the…
Continue ReadingToyota more than doubles investment and job creation at North Carolina battery plant
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Toyota will invest an additional $8 billion in the hybrid and…
Continue ReadingUN peacekeepers have departed a rebel stronghold in northern Mali early as violence increases
By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — United Nations peacekeepers have withdrawn from a rebel stronghold in northern Mali weeks…
Continue ReadingSpain’s bishops apologize for sex abuses but dispute the estimated number of victims in report
By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Catholic bishops have apologized again for sex abuses committed by members following…
Continue ReadingEx-military couple hit with longer prison time in 4th sentencing in child abuse case
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A former U.S. Army major and his wife accused of routinely beating their young foster children and denying them food and water…
Continue ReadingVisitors will be allowed in Florence chapel’s secret room to ponder if drawings are Michelangelo’s
By LUIGI NAVARRO Associated Press FLORENCE, Italy (AP) — Just four at a time, visitors soon will be allowed access to a long-hidden space inside…
Continue ReadingUS wages rose at a solid pace this summer, posing challenge for Fed’s inflation fight
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Wages and benefits grew at a slightly faster pace in the July-September quarter than…
Continue Reading2 die in Bangladesh as police clash with opposition supporters seeking prime minister’s resignation
By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Police in Bangladesh have clashed with opposition supporters who are blocking roads to…
Continue ReadingFreedom Under Fire: 5 takeaways from AP’s series on rising tension between guns and American liberty
By ADAM GELLER AP National Writer In a country shadowed by the threat of mass shootings and neighborhood violence, courts have embraced an…
Continue ReadingIn a first, MIT trains students to resolve clean energy conflicts
By AMY HARDER, Cipher News CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — As the United States injects hundreds of billions of dollars into clean energy through its…
Continue ReadingIn the shadow of loss, a mother’s long search for happiness
By MATT SEDENSKY AP National Writer AJIJIC, Mexico (AP) — There’s a look Sandy Phillips came to know each time she arrived somewhere a gunman had…
Continue ReadingAbuse victims say gun surrender laws save lives. Will the Supreme Court agree?
By MARYCLAIRE DALE Legal Affairs Writer As Janet Paulsen prepared to leave her husband, who had become increasingly volatile over their 15-year…
Continue ReadingVeterans are more likely than most to kill themselves with guns. Families want to keep them safe.
By CLAIRE GALOFARO AP National Writer FLINT, Texas (AP) — She leaned out of the tent at a small-town summer festival, hoping someone would stop to…
Continue ReadingFor parents who’ve been through shootings, raising kids requires grappling with fears
By ADAM GELLER AP National Writer LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP) — By the time Hollan Holm pulls the family minivan into Chickasaw Park, the buzz rising…
Continue ReadingTwo pastors worry for their congregants’ safety. Are more guns the answer or the problem?
By ADAM GELLER AP National Writer NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — Inside the columned church on the corner, the rich tones of the organ have wrapped…
Continue ReadingA UN report urges Russia to investigate an attack on a Ukrainian village that killed 59 civilians
By NEBI QENA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.N investigators on Tuesday urged Russia to acknowledge responsibility for a missile strike on…
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