Jury delivers verdict over Brussels extremist attacks that killed 32
BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian media say a jury has found six people guilty of terrorist murder for extremist attacks in 2016 that killed 32 people,…
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South Korean court overturns impeachment of government minister ousted over deadly crowd crush
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s Constitutional Court has overturned the impeachment of the public…
Continue ReadingLegal dispute facing Texan ‘Sassy Trucker’ in Dubai shows the limits of speech in UAE
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Houston woman known online as the “Sassy Trucker” has been stuck in Dubai…
Continue ReadingYouth coach hopes Women’s World Cup raises soccer’s profile for Maori people in New Zealand
By LUKE VARGAS Associated Press HAMILTON, New Zealand (AP) — When New Zealand kicked off the Women’s World Cup opener against Norway last week,…
Continue ReadingTwo teachers called out far-right activities at their German school. Then they had to leave town.
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BURG, Germany (AP) — Two teachers in eastern Germany tried to counter the far-right activities of students…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea’s Casey Phair becomes the youngest ever World Cup player at 16 years and 26 days of age
By ABBY HALPIN Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Casey Phair has become the youngest player in soccer World Cup history at the age of 16 years and 26…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Asian markets decline ahead of what traders hope will be final Fed rate hike
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets retreated Wednesday after Wall Street hit a 15-month high ahead of a Federal…
Continue ReadingAnger grows in Ukraine’s port city of Odesa after Russian bombardment hits beloved historic sites
By HANNA ARHIROVA and LORI HINNANT Associated Press ODESA, Ukraine (AP) — Tetiana Khlapova’s hand trembled as she recorded the wreckage of…
Continue ReadingIsraeli military kills 3 alleged Palestinian gunmen in volatile West Bank
NABLUS, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli military says it has and killed three alleged Palestinian gunmen in the northern occupied West Bank.…
Continue ReadingMaine aims to restore 19th century tribal obligations to its constitution. Voters will make the call
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Voters in Maine will likely be the ones to decide whether to restore long removed…
Continue ReadingPermafrost expert and military pilot among 4 killed in a helicopter crash on Alaska’s North Slope
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Friends and family are remembering the three passengers and pilot killed when a…
Continue ReadingStudy finds climate change fingerprints on July heat waves in Europe, China and America
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The fingerprints of climate change are all over the intense heat waves gripping the globe this month, a new…
Continue ReadingMaine lawmakers endorse proposal that would jumpstart offshore wind projects
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine is poised to launch an offshore wind program that would meet clean energy goals and…
Continue ReadingExtremist attacks wounded Paris. Here’s why the city turned to the 2024 Olympics to heal
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — For the mayor of Paris, the city’s journey to next year’s Olympic Games included an…
Continue ReadingJapan police arrest woman, parents in beheading of man at hotel in Hokkaido entertainment district
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese police said they arrested a woman and her parents in a beheading case in a popular night…
Continue ReadingCalifornia aims to tap beavers, once viewed as a nuisance, to help with water issues and wildfires
By AMY TAXIN Associated Press For years, beavers have been treated as an annoyance for chewing down trees and shrubs and blocking up streams, leading…
Continue ReadingRamaswamy slated to headline South Carolina county GOP fundraiser in return to early voting state
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Biotech entrepreneur and Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy is slated to…
Continue ReadingSafety net with holes? Programs to help crime victims can leave them fronting bills
By MIKE CATALINI and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press Pamela White stared at the silver tree with twinkling lights while she cleaned out her son’s…
Continue ReadingFor Emmett Till’s family, national monument proclamation cements his inclusion in the American story
By AARON MORRISON AP National Writer When President Joe Biden signed a proclamation Tuesday establishing a national monument honoring Emmett Till and…
Continue ReadingNashville school shooter’s writings reignite debate over releasing material written by mass killers
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In Tennessee, a request for police to release a school shooter’s private writings has…
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