Newly formed Hurricane Beatriz sweeps close to Mexico’s southwest Pacific coast
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Newly formed Hurricane Beatriz is sweeping along Mexico’s southwestern Pacific coast, threatening heavy rain for several…
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Stock market today: Wall Street heads toward gains as markets try to finish the month strong
By ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street pointed toward gains Friday ahead of closely-watched inflation data that could…
Continue ReadingA California scholar’s research into a flowering shrub took him to Mexico and a violent death
By STEFANIE DAZIO and FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Gabriel Trujillo’s family says he was killed in Mexico during a…
Continue ReadingUkraine’s Zelenskyy meets Greta Thunberg and others to address the war’s effect on ecology
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met Thursday with Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg and prominent European…
Continue ReadingThe IMF agrees to a long-awaited bailout for Pakistan of $3 billion
By ZARAR KHAN Associated PRess ISLAMABAD (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has agreed to provide $3 billion to Pakistan — a long-awaited…
Continue ReadingHow Mecca is the lynchpin for Saudi Arabia’s hospitality and tourism drive
By RIAZAT BUTT and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Billboards line the Umm Al Qura highway leading to the Grand Mosque in…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court’s affirmative action ruling leaves colleges looking for new ways to promote diversity
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has sent shockwaves through higher education with a landmark decision…
Continue ReadingTennessee law changes starting July 1 will restrict trans health care and fund more school safety
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican lawmakers and Gov. Bill Lee have approved hundreds of…
Continue ReadingA Vermont museum is gifted a more than 200-piece collection of Native American art
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press SHELBURNE, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont museum has acquired a more than 200-piece collection of Native American art. It is…
Continue ReadingUkraine aims to wear down and outsmart a Russian army distracted by infighting
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The ambush had been postponed three times before Ukrainian commanders decided one recent…
Continue ReadingGeorgia launches Medicaid expansion in closely watched test of work requirements
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia is offering a new bargain to some adults without health insurance beginning Saturday: Go to…
Continue ReadingHeat waves like the one that’s killed 14 in the southern US are becoming more frequent and enduring
By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Heat waves like the one that engulfed parts of parts of the South and Midwest and killed more than a…
Continue ReadingThey envision the world’s tallest flagpole in this Maine town. Instead of uniting, it is dividing
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press COLUMBIA FALLS, Maine (AP) — Lobster boat engines rumble to life, lumberjacks trudge into the woods and farmers…
Continue ReadingThe world’s tallest flagpole. A tiny Maine town. An idea meant to unite people is dividing them
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press COLUMBIA FALLS, Maine (AP) — Lobster boat engines rumble to life in quiet coves. Lumberjacks trudge deep into the…
Continue ReadingJersey Shore towns say state’s marijuana law handcuffs police and emboldens rowdy teens
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press OCEAN CITY, N.J. (AP) — Officials and residents of several New Jersey shore towns say the state’s law…
Continue ReadingIn workaholic Japan, ‘job leaving agents’ help people escape the awkwardness of quitting
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — In Japan, a nation reputed for loyalty to companies and lifetime employment, people who job-hop are…
Continue ReadingElián González two decades on: From focus of international tug-of-war to member of Cuba’s congress
By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Elián González has the same big, expressive eyes he did 23 years ago when an international…
Continue ReadingYouths clash with French police and loot in 4th night of riots triggered by fatal police shooting
By SYLVIE CORBET, JOHN LEICESTER and LEWIS JOLY Associated Press NANTERRE, France (AP) — Young rioters clashed with police and looted stores…
Continue ReadingIn rural India, summer’s heat can be deadly. Ambulance crews see the toll up close
By RAJESH KUMAR SINGH, PIYUSH NAGPAL and SIBI ARASU Associated Press BANPUR, India (AP) — Siren blaring, Sunil Kumar Naik’s ambulance tore…
Continue ReadingUN warns that 90% of Syrians are below the poverty line, while millions face cuts in food aid
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. humanitarian chief warned Thursday that the 12-year conflict in Syria has…
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