Armenia grapples with multiple challenges after the fall of Nagorno-Karabakh
By The Associated Press Tens of thousands of now-homeless people have streamed into Armenia from the separatist region of Nagorno-Karabakh,…
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Native Hawaiian neighborhood survived Maui fire. Lahaina locals praise its cultural significance
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — Shaun “Buge” Saribay felt like giving up. Hours of makeshift firefighting…
Continue ReadingJimmy Carter turns 99 at home with Rosalynn and other family as tributes come from around the world
By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter has always been a man of discipline and habit. But the former president broke routine…
Continue ReadingIn New York City, scuba divers’ passion for the sport becomes a mission to collect undersea litter
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and TED SHAFFREY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — On a recent Sunday afternoon, the divers arrived on a thin strip of sand at…
Continue ReadingWho is Arthur Engoron? Judge weighing future of Donald Trump empire is Ivy League-educated ex-cabbie
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — He’s driven a taxi cab, played in a band and protested the Vietnam War. As a New York City…
Continue ReadingA fight over precious groundwater in a rural California town is rooted in carrots
By AMY TAXIN Associated Press NEW CUYAMA, Calif. (AP) — In a remote, dry patch of California farm country, a battle is raging over carrots. Or…
Continue ReadingBiden says there’s ‘not much time’ to keep aid flowing to Ukraine and Congress must ‘stop the games’
By KEVIN FREKING and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Sunday that American aid to Ukraine will keep flowing…
Continue ReadingA populist ex-premier who opposes support for Ukraine leads his leftist party to victory in Slovakia
By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — A populist former prime minister and his leftist party have won early parliamentary elections in…
Continue ReadingIndonesia is set to launch Southeast Asia’s first high-speed railway, largely funded by China
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia is preparing to launch Southeast Asia’s first high-speed railway, a key…
Continue ReadingPowerball jackpot rises to $1.04 billion after another drawing without a big winner
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Powerball jackpot climbed to an estimated $1.04 billion after no one beat the immense odds and won the giant prize. The…
Continue ReadingPromoting tradition as well as beans, Ethiopian coffee shops find fans far from home
By ALMAZ ABEDJE Associated Press LONDON (AP) — When Yared Markos moved to London a quarter century ago, he didn’t see any Ethiopian coffee…
Continue ReadingOne year after deadly fan crush at Indonesia soccer stadium, families still seek justice
By HENDRA PERMANA and EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press MALANG, Indonesia (AP) — A year has passed slowly for Devi Athok, an Indonesian man whose two…
Continue ReadingCalifornia governor rejects bill to give unemployment checks to striking workers
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California won’t be giving unemployment checks to workers on strike. While state…
Continue ReadingCalifornia governor signs law to bolster eviction protections for renters
By TRÂN NGUYỄN Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law to close a loophole…
Continue ReadingCalifornia Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s body returns to San Francisco on military flight
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A military jet carrying the body of California U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein has landed in her hometown of San Francisco. The…
Continue ReadingUN to vote on resolution to authorize one-year deployment of armed force to help Haiti fight gangs
By DÁNICA COTO and EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is scheduling a vote for Monday on a…
Continue ReadingPanama Canal reduces the maximum number of ships travelling the waterway to 31 per day
PANAMA CITY (AP) — The Panama Canal is reducing the maximum number of ships allowed to travel the waterway to 31 per day due to a drought that has…
Continue ReadingThe police chief who led a raid of a small Kansas newspaper has been suspended
By SUMMER BALLENTINE Associated Press The police chief who led a highly criticized raid of a small Kansas newspaper has been suspended, the mayor…
Continue ReadingNorth Macedonia national park’s rising bear population poses a threat to residents
By KONSTANTIN TESTORIDES Associated Press SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — A rising bear population is posing a threat to people in an area in…
Continue ReadingRep. Jamaal Bowman triggered a fire alarm in a House office building amid voting on a funding bill
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman has acknowledged triggering a fire alarm in a U.S. Capitol…
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