Lawyer wraps up Prince Harry’s phone hacking case by grilling ex-tabloid reporter
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A lawyer for Prince Harry has finished setting out the royal’s case against a newspaper publisher.…
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Three sopranos discuss their roles in Strauss’s most complex opera
By MIKE SILVERMAN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — It’s part fairy tale, part psychodrama. Richard Strauss’s opera “Die Frau Ohne…
Continue ReadingBaltimore police commissioner departing after 4 years; led department through court-ordered reforms
By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Baltimore’s police commissioner is stepping down after four years in the role. Commissioner…
Continue ReadingPakistani Taliban target police in northwestern province, kill 2 officers and guard at a local bank
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say that militant targeted Pakistani security forces in a northwestern province, killing two officers and a…
Continue ReadingUS applications for jobless benefits highest since October 2021
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week rose to its highest level since October 2021, but…
Continue ReadingLocal representative says ethnic clashes at U.N. site in South Sudan kill at least 13 people
By DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — A local representative says at least 13 people are dead and 21 have been wounded in…
Continue ReadingNorway domestic security agency had intelligence about imminent attack before LGBTQ+ Pride shooting
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A report into a deadly shooting during Oslo’s annual LGBTQ+ Pride festival last year says Norway’s domestic…
Continue ReadingPat Robertson, broadcaster who helped make religion central to GOP politics, dies at 93
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Pat Robertson, a religious broadcaster who turned a tiny Virginia station into the global…
Continue ReadingIt’s ‘Groundhog Day’ again as ‘existential’ musical comedy returns to the London stage
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Well this is fitting: “Groundhog Day” is back. Again. The story of a jaded weatherman fated to…
Continue ReadingAP Exclusive: Drone footage of collapsed dam shows devastation, no evidence to back Russian claims
KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — Exclusive drone footage of the collapsed Ukrainian dam and surrounding villages under Russian occupation showed the ruined…
Continue ReadingRussia says top UN court should dismiss Ukraine’s case over Crimea and terrorism funding
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Russia is urging judges at the United Nations’ highest court to throw out a case…
Continue ReadingUS vice president announces more than $100M to help Caribbean during official visit to Bahamas
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has announced that the U.S. is investing more than…
Continue ReadingItalian court throws out case alleging early pandemic mismanagement by ex-premier, ex-minister
MILAN (AP) — A special Italian court has shut down a probe into whether the country’s former premier and former health minister caused…
Continue ReadingBiden condemns wave of state legislation restricting LGBTQ+ rights, says ‘these are our kids’
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday condemned a wave of “cruel” and “callous” state…
Continue ReadingPhilippines raises alert level around volcano, villagers told to leave danger zone
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine officials have raised the alert level for one of the country’s most active volcanoes after superheated…
Continue ReadingHead of UK’s biggest police force says sorry for past treatment of LGBTQ+ community
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The head of Britain’s biggest police force has apologized for the department’s past…
Continue ReadingEU Commission proposes common ethics body for all EU officials in wake of corruption scandal
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive is proposing to create an ethics body that would set up…
Continue ReadingIndia not planning to invite Ukraine to G20 summit in September
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India says it is not planning to invite Ukraine to the G20 summit of industrialized and…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Asian shares mostly rise, lifted by bull market on Wall Street
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Friday, led by a jump on the Tokyo Stock Exchange where share prices got…
Continue ReadingNo homecoming for Messi as Barcelona again fails to do enough to lure him back
By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Once again, Barcelona couldn’t do enough to entice Lionel Messi. Nearly two years after the…
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