Prague government cancels performance by Russian soprano Anna Netrebko
PRAGUE (AP) — Officials say a scheduled performance by Russian opera singer Anna Netrebko in the Czech capital has been canceled. The announcement…
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Rights group and UN experts single out Sudanese paramilitary with accusations of sexual violence
By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s powerful paramilitary has been singled out by a leading rights group and 30 United…
Continue ReadingComposer Bernstein’s children defend Bradley Cooper’s prosthetic nose after ‘Maestro’ is criticized
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After Bradley Cooper’s prosthetic nose in the trailer for the upcoming Leonard Bernstein biopic…
Continue ReadingUS imposes sanctions on 2 Turkey-backed Syrian militias and the groups’ leaders
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The United States has imposed sanctions on two Turkey-backed Syrian militias and the…
Continue ReadingKansas City Superfan ‘ChiefsAholic’ charged with stealing almost $700,000 in bank heists
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City Chiefs superfan known as “ChiefsAholic” and familiar for attending games dressed as a wolf in the NFL…
Continue ReadingBengals RB Joe Mixon found not guilty of aggravated menacing during traffic dispute
CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati Bengals running back Joe Mixon was found not guilty Thursday of aggravated menacing in a January traffic dispute.…
Continue ReadingNYC bans use of TikTok on city-owned phones, joining federal government, majority of states
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City has directed its employees to delete TikTok from their city-issued phones. The city joins the federal government and…
Continue ReadingGuatemalans to choose between political veteran, surprise outsider in presidential runoff
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalans will select a new president Sunday between former first lady Sandra…
Continue ReadingAverage long-term US mortgage rate climbs to 7.09% this week to highest level in more than 20 years
By ALEX VEIGA and MATT OTT AP Business Writers The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed this week to its highest level in more than 20 years,…
Continue ReadingAt Camp David, Biden aims to nudge Japan and South Korea toward greater unity in complicated Pacific
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to welcome the leaders of Japan and South Korea for the first summit…
Continue Reading‘Blue Beetle’ director Ángel Manuel Soto says the DC film is a ‘love letter to our ancestors’
By LESLIE AMBRIZ Asssociated Press WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif.. (AP) — Director Ángel Manuel Soto didn’t think too much about the “Latino side of…
Continue ReadingInvestment scams are everywhere on social media. Here’s how to spot one
By CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Social media is full of scammers promising guaranteed returns on investment, and consumers lost $3.8…
Continue ReadingProgress toward parity for women on movie screens has stalled, report finds
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A new study on inclusion in film shows just how much of a rarity “Barbie” is. For every woman as a…
Continue ReadingPro-military party says it will join populist Pheu Thai party to form Thailand’s next government
By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A pro-military party affiliated with outgoing Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha says it has…
Continue ReadingRussia doping questions persist because of the war in Ukraine
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The task force created nearly eight years ago to chart Russia’s path back into track…
Continue ReadingTwila Kilgore tapped as interim coach for US women’s national soccer team
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer Twila Kilgore will serve as interim coach of the U.S. women’s national soccer team following the…
Continue ReadingDramatic video footage shows shooting ambush in Fargo that killed an officer last month
By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Dramatic video footage of a shooting ambush last month in Fargo that left one police officer…
Continue ReadingMississippi judge declares mistrial for 2 white men charged in attack on Black FedEx driver
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (AP) — Citing errors by police, a Mississippi judge declared a mistrial Thursday in the…
Continue ReadingBiden pays respects to former Pennsylvania first lady Ellen Casey, who died last week in Scranton
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — President Joe Biden has traveled to Pennsylvania to privately pay his respects to the…
Continue ReadingBills’ Damar Hamlin has little more to prove in completing comeback, coach Sean McDermott says
By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Damar Hamlin has little more to prove to Bills coach Sean McDermott in the third-year…
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