Lawmakers author proposal to try to cut food waste in half by 2030
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A bipartisan coalition of U.S. lawmakers has introduced a proposal designed to cut food waste in half by 2030. The lawmakers…
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Chicago man gets life in prison for role in 2016 home invasion that killed 5 people
CHICAGO (AP) — A Chicago man convicted of fatally shooting five people during a 2016 home invasion has been sentenced to life in prison. A Cook…
Continue ReadingCapitol rioter who attacked AP photographer and police officers is sentenced to 5 years in prison
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who attacked an Associated Press photographer and threw a flagpole and smoke grenade…
Continue ReadingDirector of migration drama denounced by right-wing leaders as film opens in Poland
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s right-wing leaders have amplified their denunciations of a new feature film…
Continue ReadingBrazil’s top court opens vote on decriminalizing abortion up to 12th week of pregnancy
By MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s top court is deciding whether abortion up to the 12th week of pregnancy will be…
Continue ReadingTropical Storm Ophelia off the mid-Atlantic coast producing winds just below hurricane force
By SARAH BRUMFIELD and BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Tropical Storm Ophelia gained strength as it churned toward the North…
Continue ReadingJudge blocks government plan to scale back Gulf oil lease sale to protect whale species
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Biden administration is appealing a federal judge’s order requiring the Interior…
Continue ReadingUS ambassador to Japan calls Chinese ban on Japanese seafood ‘economic coercion’
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel has accused China of using “economic coercion” against…
Continue ReadingBack at old job, Anthony Mackie lends star power to New Orleans’ post-Ida roof repair effort
By STEPHEN SMITH Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Movie star Anthony Mackie was back in his home town — and back at an old job — as he took…
Continue ReadingThe fall equinox is here. What does that mean?
By MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fall is in the air — officially. The equinox arrives on Saturday, marking the start of the…
Continue ReadingPuerto Rico National Guard helps fight large landfill fire in US Virgin Islands
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s National Guard has been deployed to help fight a large landfill fire in the U.S Virgin Islands that…
Continue ReadingOn the sidelines of the U.N.: Hope, cocktails and efforts to be heard
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Across New York City, civil society groups and large philanthropies meet on the sidelines of the…
Continue ReadingNetanyahu tells UN that Israel is ‘at the cusp’ of a historic agreement with Saudi Arabia
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the U.N. General Assembly on Friday that Israel is “at the cusp” of a…
Continue ReadingGold bars, cash-stuffed envelopes: New indictment of Sen. Menendez alleges vast corruption
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ, ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Powerful Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey was charged…
Continue ReadingCalifornia bishop acquitted in first United Methodist court trial of its kind in nearly a century
By PETER SMITH Associated Press A United Methodist Church court acquitted a California bishop Friday of all charges in the first trial of one of the…
Continue ReadingParents who want Youngkin’s transgender policies enacted sue the Virginia Beach school board
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press Two Virginia Beach parents have filed a lawsuit seeking to force their local school system to adopt Republican…
Continue ReadingBulgaria to purchase US Stryker combat vehicles and related equipment
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s government has approved the purchase of U.S.-made Stryker combat vehicles to modernize the country’s land…
Continue ReadingShimano recalls 760,000 bike cranksets over crash hazard following several injury reports
NEW YORK (AP) — Cycling company Shimano is recalling some 760,000 bike cranksets in the U.S. and Canada due to a crash hazard that has resulted in…
Continue ReadingZelenskyy speaks before Canadian Parliament in his campaign to shore up support for Ukraine
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Canada to stay with his country to victory as he…
Continue ReadingIsrael strikes Gaza after Palestinians in besieged strip launch incendiary balloons toward Israel
By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian activists in the Gaza Strip have launched incendiary balloons into Israel, prompting…
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