UConn students getting expelled for vandalism that followed team’s NCAA championship
STORRS, Conn. (AP) — Some University of Connecticut students are getting expelled for vandalizing their campus following their basketball team’s…
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Reparations campaigns get boost from new philanthropic funding
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A new philanthropic funding initiative announced Friday will support campaigns for reparations for…
Continue ReadingMan pleads guilty to helping 2 others accused in the fatal shooting of rapper Young Dolph
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee man pleaded guilty Friday to helping two other men charged with fatally shooting…
Continue ReadingBlinken to travel to China next week, carrying out trip postponed after spy balloon incident
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken is planning to travel to China next week as the Biden…
Continue ReadingNatalee Holloway disappearance suspect pleads not guilty to extorting victim’s mother
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Joran van der Sloot, the chief suspect in Natalee Holloway’s 2005 disappearance, pleaded…
Continue ReadingWhite House says Iran is helping Russia build a drone factory east of Moscow for the war in Ukraine
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran is providing Russia with materials to build a drone manufacturing plant east of Moscow as…
Continue ReadingAfter making Oscar history, Troy Kotsur pays tribute to his father in new short film
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When Troy Kotsur made history as the first Deaf male actor win an Oscar at the Academy Awards, he was…
Continue ReadingPutin says Russian tactical nuclear weapons to be deployed to Belarus next month
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Moscow will deploy some of its tactical nuclear weapons to Belarus next month, a move that…
Continue ReadingErdogan’s new central bank chief signals hope for Turkey’s economic turnaround
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s president has appointed a former U.S.-based bank executive to head the…
Continue ReadingBelmont Park will resume live racing after air quality improves ahead of Belmont Stakes
ELMONT, N.Y. (AP) — The New York Racing Association has announced that live racing will resume at Belmont Park on Friday following significant…
Continue ReadingUN agency says Myanmar has suspended international aid deliveries to cyclone-hit areas
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A U.N. agency says Myanmar’s military government has rescinded its approval for international…
Continue ReadingThe US and Canada saw dangerous smoke this week. It’s a routine peril for many developing countries
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Thick, smoky air from Canadian wildfires made for days of misery in New York City and across…
Continue ReadingRussia claims it blew up advanced Ukrainian tank, but video shows its helicopter attacked a tractor
By MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A grainy black-and-white gunsight video Russia released this week to bolster a claim its…
Continue ReadingGreece: Jailed far-right leader backs new party in bid to bypass election ban
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A far-right party banned from participating in Greece’s upcoming election has pledged support for a newly founded political…
Continue ReadingOfficial says two migrants drowned trying to reach Spain in two boats, 132 arrive safely
MADRID (AP) — A Spanish government official says the bodies of two migrants were found on a beach in southeastern Spain after 132 other people…
Continue ReadingClimate activist Greta Thunberg won’t be school striking after graduation but vows to still protest
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg said Friday she will no longer be able to skip classes as a way to draw attention to…
Continue ReadingPalestinians say Israeli troops kill man at West Bank checkpoint; Israel says he attacked a soldier
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian health officials say Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian man at a checkpoint in the occupied…
Continue ReadingIsraeli troops fire tear gas to disperse protesters along Lebanon border
By AHMAD MANTASH Associated Press KFAR CHOUBA, Lebanon (AP) — Israeli soldiers have fired tear gas to disperse scores of stone-throwing protesters…
Continue ReadingNATO hopeful Sweden charges man with attempting to extort money for group outlawed in Turkey
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish prosecutors have charged a Turkish man with attempted extortion, a weapons offense and attempted terrorist financing on…
Continue ReadingHonduran president begins first visit to China since breaking off ties with Taiwan
By SIMINA MISTREANU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Honduran President Xiomara Castro has arrived in Shanghai on her first visit to China…
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