Spain conservatives entrust Feijóo, the boring guy who wins every election by a landslide
By DAVID BRUNAT Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Those who know him in Spain say that Alberto Núñez Feijóo doesn’t enter a…
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After decades of struggle for a place in Israel, dozens of Black Hebrews face threat of deportation
By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press DIMONA, Israel (AP) — The African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem made their way to Israel from the United States…
Continue ReadingAttention turns to Mega Millions after California store sells winning Powerball ticket
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Lottery dreamers are setting their sights on the growing Mega Millions jackpot drawing on Friday after a…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Wall Street ends mixed, still marks another winning week
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street drifted to a mixed closed but still marked another weekly gain. The S&P 500 eked…
Continue ReadingA travel guide’s warning to avoid Lake Tahoe may jolt the region into managing huge tourist crowds
By SCOTT SONNER and HAVEN DALEY Associated Press SAND HARBOR, Nev. (AP) — Tourism officials at Lake Tahoe were surprised when a respected…
Continue ReadingSunak’s Conservatives suffer 2 big defeats but avoid a wipeout in trio of UK special elections
By JILL LAWLESS and PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Voters weary of economic pain and political turmoil handed Britain’s governing…
Continue ReadingPropaganda tool? Bargaining chip? What North Korea may have in mind for Travis King
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — So what will North Korea do about the first U.S. soldier in decades to flee into its…
Continue ReadingAlabama lawmakers refuse to create 2nd majority-Black congressional district
By KIM CHANDLER and JEFF AMY Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama on Friday refused to create a second majority-Black congressional…
Continue ReadingMan who ambushed Fargo officers likely had bigger and bloodier attack in mind, attorney general says
By JACK DURA and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The heavily armed man who ambushed Fargo police officers investigating a…
Continue ReadingBy pulling out of the Ukrainian grain deal, Russia risks alienating its few remaining partners
By The Associated Press By pulling out of a landmark deal that allowed Ukrainian grain exports through the Black Sea, Russian President Vladimir…
Continue ReadingRacist text scandal at Northern California police department at center of court hearing
By JANIE HAR Associated Press MARTINEZ, Calif. (AP) — Racist text messages between members of a San Francisco Bay Area police department were the…
Continue ReadingNortheast floods devastate ‘heartbroken’ farmers as months of labor and crops are swept away
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press Well before it was warm enough to plant seedlings in the ground, farmer Micah Barritt began nursing crops like…
Continue ReadingDeSantis takes his presidential campaign to Utah, a heavily GOP state where Trump has struggled
By MICHELLE L. PRICE and SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Ron DeSantis is taking his presidential campaign to Utah on Friday,…
Continue ReadingActors and writers strikes enter second week with no signs of a deal to get Hollywood working again
By KRYSTA FAURIA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The combined strike by Hollywood actors and screenwriters entered its second…
Continue ReadingBiden is building his 2024 reelection bid around an organization Obama shunned
By WILL WEISSERT Associated press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is staking his reelection bid on the political and financial muscle of the…
Continue ReadingFormer Israeli principal will be sentenced in Australia next month for abusing 2 students
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A former principal of an Australian Jewish school will be sentenced on Aug. 24 on…
Continue ReadingMusic Review: ‘Barbie’ soundtrack delivers a dreamhouse of Kenergy and ballads alike
By JIM POLLOCK Associated Press The Barbie industrial complex has detonated, coating the planet in pink, sparkly fallout. For the blockbuster’s…
Continue ReadingA notorious Indonesian animal market has ended its brutal dog and cat meat trade, campaigners say
By MOHAMMAD TAUFAN Associated Press TOMOHON, Indonesia (AP) — Authorities on Friday announced the end of the “brutally cruel” dog and cat meat…
Continue ReadingIdaho jury finds 5 from white nationalist group guilty of criminal conspiracy to riot at Pride event
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Five members of the white nationalist hate group Patriot Front were convicted Thursday of misdemeanor charges of…
Continue ReadingFederal judge blocks Arizona law banning transgender athletes from girls’ sports teams
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked Arizona from enforcing a law banning transgender girls from playing on girls’ school…
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