Protests, poisoning and prison: The life of Kremlin opposition leader Alexei Navalny
By JOANNA KOZLOWSKA and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — In a span of a decade, Alexei Navalny has gone from the Kremlin’s biggest…
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As anti-gay sentiment grows, more LGBTQ+ people seek to flee Uganda
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI and BRIAN INGANGA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Pretty Peter flicked through frantic messages from friends at home in…
Continue ReadingInside Russia’s penal colonies: A look at life for political prisoners caught in Putin’s crackdowns
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When Alexei Navalny turns 47 on Sunday, he’ll wake up in a bare concrete cell…
Continue ReadingUAE defends Big Oil’s role at UN climate summit it will host
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A senior United Arab Emirates official says the Gulf nation wants the U.N. climate summit…
Continue ReadingDeSantis wraps up 1st early states tour as candidate with more personal touch in South Carolina
By MEG KINNARD and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is wrapping up his first tour of early…
Continue ReadingIndia train crash kills over 280, injures 900 in one of nation’s worst rail disasters
By RAFIQ MAQBOOL, ASHOK SHARMA and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press BALASORE, India (AP) — Rescuers found no more survivors in the overturned and…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Panama launches operation against smugglers in Darien Gap
By JUAN ZAMORANO and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press NICANOR, Panama (AP) — Panama unveiled a new effort to control illegal migration through…
Continue ReadingWhat to know about the case of the missing Missouri ER doctor found dead in Arkansas
By MARGARET STAFFORD and JOHN HANNA Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A doctor in the Missouri Ozarks went missing for over a week until his…
Continue ReadingUN agency for Palestinian refugees raises just $107 million of $300 million needed
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Donors at a pledging conference provided just $107 million in new funds for the United…
Continue ReadingHoskin seeks second term as leader of powerful Cherokee Nation
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) — The largest Native American tribe in the U.S., the Cherokee Nation, is set to elect a new…
Continue ReadingTragedy that left 5 dead or missing puts spotlight on safety in Alaska charter fishing industry
By BECKY BOHRER, JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Morgan Robidou posed next to the bright aluminum…
Continue ReadingHoneybee health blooms at federal facilities across the country
By MARK PRATT Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — While judges, lawyers and support staff at the federal courthouse in Concord, New Hampshire,…
Continue ReadingAmid shrinking freedoms, Hong Kongers commemorate Tiananmen anniversary privately
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — As the 34th anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square crackdown approaches Sunday, many in Hong…
Continue ReadingUS, allies clash with Russia, China over North Korea’s failed military spy satellite launch
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and its allies clashed with Russia and China on Friday over North…
Continue ReadingMan repeatedly shocked with Taser by LAPD died from enlarged heart and cocaine use, coroner says
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A teacher who was repeatedly shocked with a Taser by Los Angeles police died from an enlarged heart and cocaine use, according…
Continue ReadingUS defense secretary says Washington won’t stand for ‘coercion and bullying’ from China
By DAVID RISING Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin vowed Saturday that Washington would not stand for any…
Continue ReadingCommunity mourns teenager’s death after gas station owner charged with murder
By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Elected officials met a South Carolina community mourning the death of a…
Continue ReadingHouseboats catch fire at popular destination Lake Powell on Utah-Arizona line
By SAM METZ and RIO YAMAT Associated Press More than half a dozen house boats momentarily caught fire at a popular boating destination on the…
Continue ReadingHawaii allows more concealed carry after US Supreme Court ruling, but bans guns in most places
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii Gov. Josh Green on Friday signed legislation that will allow more people to carry…
Continue ReadingEven Nebraska’s nonpartisan Legislature is divided from acrimonious 2023 session
By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska has the country’s only single-chamber, nonpartisan legislature, and state…
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