Belarus upholds 8-year prison sentence for journalist of top Polish newspaper
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus’ Supreme Court on Friday upheld an eight-year prison sentence that was handed…
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2 more Oath Keepers sentenced to prison terms for Jan. 6 Capitol attack
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Army veterans who stormed the U.S. Capitol…
Continue ReadingJudge says fire retardant drops are polluting streams but allows use to continue
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. government can keep using chemical retardant dropped from aircraft to fight…
Continue ReadingLatest GOP 2024 hopeful DeSantis ‘blazing a trail’ on book bans in Republican-controlled states
By ANDREW DeMILLO, ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Florida (AP) — As he vies for the Republican presidential…
Continue ReadingKiller whales damage boats in Spanish, Portuguese waters in puzzling new behavior
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A pod of killer whales repeatedly rammed a yacht in the Strait of Gibraltar this week,…
Continue Reading5 things to know about Memorial Day including its controversies
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Memorial Day is supposed to be about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, but it’s…
Continue ReadingFirst Republic hit with 1,000 job cuts after California bank was seized and sold to JPMorgan
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — About 1,000 employees of First Republic Bank are being let go about a month after it was seized by…
Continue ReadingClimate protesters face tear gas at oil giant TotalEnergies shareholder meeting in Paris
PARIS (AP) — French police have thrown a security cordon around a shareholders meeting in Paris of oil major TotalEnergies. Officers on Friday…
Continue ReadingWorld Bank approves $300 million financing to help poor people in Lebanon
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The World Bank has approved a $300 million additional financing to Lebanon’s poor, giving cash…
Continue ReadingCrash of private Japanese moon lander blamed on software, last-minute location switch
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A Tokyo company whose lunar lander slammed into the moon says a software issue and a…
Continue ReadingJill Biden to promote women, youth on trip to Mideast, North Africa, Europe
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden will promote women and youth empowerment — and attend a Jordanian royal…
Continue ReadingRwandan genocide suspect appears in court holding Bible after 22 years on the run
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — One of Rwanda’s most wanted suspect in that country’s genocide has appeared…
Continue ReadingSpecial counsel Durham to testify before Congress next month about his report on Trump-Russia probe
By FARNOUSH AMIRI and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former special counsel John Durham is scheduled to testify before a House…
Continue ReadingProsecutor: Trio convicted of murder in fatal shooting of former Indiana U football player
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Three people have been convicted in the fatal shooting of a former Indiana University football player who was gunned down…
Continue ReadingProtester involved in pulling down abolitionist’s statue in Wisconsin gets 6 months in jail
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A man who drove the car that helped pull down the statue of a Civil War hero and abolitionist outside of the Wisconsin state…
Continue ReadingCan’t afford Taylor Swift tickets? See all of Swift’s eras on display at this costume exhibit
By ELISE RYAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Taylor Swift has been breaking records and delighting fans on the U.S. leg of her Eras Tour, a…
Continue ReadingPro-government rally held in Serbia amid growing discontent after mass shootings
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Tens of thousands of people attended a rally in the Serbian capital in support of…
Continue ReadingPoland’s lawmakers approve contentious law targeting opposition
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s lawmakers have approved a contentious law targeting the opposition.…
Continue ReadingPope runs fever, skips meetings, Vatican says
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis skipped meetings Friday because he was running a fever, the Vatican said.…
Continue ReadingSerbian border troops on high alert after ethnic clashes inside Kosovo
By ZENEL ZHINIPOTOKU and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Serbian border troops are on high alert following clashes inside…
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