Stock market today: Asian shares slip following technology selloff on Wall Street
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares fell Thursday after heavy selling of big-name tech stocks pushed benchmarks lower on…
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North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum jumps into crowded Republican race for president
By JACK DURA and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum touted his small-town roots and business…
Continue ReadingIn Jerusalem’s contested Old City, shrinking Armenian community fears displacement after land deal
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A real estate deal in Jerusalem’s Old City, at the epicenter of the Israeli-Palestinian…
Continue Reading‘Home is like jail’: Afghan soldier who helped the US weathers injuries, uncertainty in asylum bid
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A former Afghan intelligence officer who fled the Taliban after sharing information with American…
Continue ReadingTakeaways of AP investigation into a missing boat of 180 Rohingya refugees
By KRISTEN GELINEAU Associated Press TEKNAF, Bangladesh (AP) — On Dec. 1, 2022, a boat carrying around 180 Rohingya refugees set out from…
Continue ReadingVirginia regulators expected to vote on Youngkin plan to withdraw from climate initiative
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia regulators are expected to take a final vote on whether to advance Republican Gov.…
Continue ReadingLeaders gather in Paris to accelerate wringing more out of every ounce of fuel
By BRITTANY PETERSON and DREW COSTLEY Associated Press As 30 environment and trade ministers, and 50 CEOs gather in Paris for the 8th international…
Continue ReadingMan pleads guilty to assisting in plot to kidnap Michigan governor
By JOHN FLESHER Associated Press BELLAIRE, Mich. (AP) — Prosecutors in Michigan have notched another conviction in a 2020 plot to kidnap Gov.…
Continue ReadingThe pause on student loan payments is ending. Can borrowers find room in their budgets?
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — In a good month, Celina Chanthanouvong has about $200 left after rent, groceries and car…
Continue ReadingProtesters brawl as Southern California school district decides whether to recognize Pride Month
GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) — Protesters briefly scuffled and punches flew Tuesday as a Southern California school district decided whether to recognize…
Continue ReadingOpponents compete to square off against Venezuela’s powerful leader
By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Leaders of Venezuela’s fractured opposition are shaking voters’ hands and…
Continue ReadingJapan, Australia, US to fund undersea cable connection in Micronesia to counter China’s influence
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has joined the United States and Australia in signing an agreement on a $95 million undersea…
Continue ReadingAs conservatives target schools, LGBTQ+ kids and students of color feel less safe
By ANNIE MA, CLAUDIA LAUER and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press NOLENSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The first encounter with racism that Harmony Kennedy…
Continue ReadingBottomless supply? Concerns of limited Canadian hydropower as U.S. seeks to decarbonize grid
By SUSAN HAIGH and WILSON RING Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — An ambitious push to decarbonize Canada’s grid and the nation’s growing…
Continue ReadingPence opens presidential bid with denunciation of Trump over Jan. 6 insurrection and abortion
By JILL COLVIN and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press ANKENY, Iowa (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence opened his bid for the Republican…
Continue ReadingChina trade tumbles in May, adding to signs economic recovery is slowing
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s exports fell 7.5% from a year earlier in May and imports were down 4.5%, adding to…
Continue ReadingMissing Mount Rainier climber’s body found in crevasse; he was celebrating 80th birthday
MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP) — Search crews on Mount Rainier have found and recovered the body of a man matching the description of an…
Continue ReadingFlorida grand jury involved in Trump documents probe by Justice Dept., AP source says
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal prosecutors are using a grand jury in Florida as part of their investigation into the…
Continue ReadingMillions breathing hazardous air as smoke from Canadian wildfires streams south over US
By JENNIFER PELTZ and ROB GILLIES Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Smoke from Canadian wildfires poured into the U.S. East Coast and Midwest on…
Continue ReadingFiji reconsiders security ties with China amid Pacific tensions
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Fiji’s leader indicated his nation is reconsidering its security ties with China at…
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