Judge shows willingness to release some records in Tyre Nichols beating death
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge has continued to temporarily block the release of more video footage and…
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Zimbabwe releases prisoners in amnesty, reducing overcrowding
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe has begun releasing more than 4,000 prisoners under a presidential amnesty.…
Continue ReadingMilan’s La Scala and Paris Opera commission opera based on Umberto Eco’s ‘The Name of the Rose’
MILAN (AP) — An Italian composer has been commissioned by Milan’s Teatro alla Scala and the Paris Opera to write a new opera based on Umberto…
Continue ReadingDebt limit talks start, stop as Republicans, White House face ‘serious differences’
By LISA MASCARO, FARNOUSH AMIRI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Debt limit talks between the White House and House Republicans…
Continue Reading‘A day of joy’: Brittney Griner makes WNBA season debut after being jailed in Russia
By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Brittney Griner stood for the national anthem before her first regular-season WNBA game since…
Continue ReadingTunisian leader calls meeting with Syria’s Assad ‘historic,’ buries memories of Arab Spring
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Smiles, a handshake and what Tunisian President Kais Saied called a “historic meeting” with the long-ostracized…
Continue ReadingKatie Taylor’s impact on women’s boxing hits home for young Irish fighters
By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer DUBLIN (AP) — Katie Taylor’s success has been paving the way for young Irish fighters as women’s boxing gains…
Continue ReadingHow one North Carolina lawmaker’s defection from the Democratic Party upended abortion protections
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina state Rep. Tricia Cotham’s recent switch from the…
Continue ReadingSlovak court acquits businessman in retrial over 2018 murder of journalist
by KARL JANICEK PRAGUE (AP) — A court in Slovakia has acquitted for a second time a businessman accused of masterminding the 2018 slaying of an…
Continue ReadingGerman surgeon fired after getting hospital cleaner to assist amputation
BERLIN (AP) — Officials at a hospital in western Germany have expressed regret after it emerged that one of their surgeons got a cleaner to assist…
Continue ReadingSean Penn, backing WGA strike, says AI dispute is ‘a human obscenity’ at Cannes Film Festival
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — Sean Penn has strongly backed the current Hollywood screenwriters strike while speaking at the…
Continue ReadingUS and allied naval commanders in Mideast transit Strait of Hormuz, in show of force against Iran
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press ABOARD THE USS PAUL HAMILTON IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ (AP) — The Mideast-based chiefs of the U.S., British and…
Continue ReadingPolice officer charged with lying about leaks to Proud Boys leader
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press A Washington, D.C. police officer was arrested Friday on charges…
Continue ReadingSaudi surge of diplomacy brings Assad, Zelenskyy to Arab summit
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia is hosting an Arab League summit that is welcoming back Syrian President…
Continue ReadingRussia-Georgia flights resume despite protests, strained ties
MOSCOW (AP) — Direct flights have resumed between Russia and Georgia amid protests and sharp criticism from the South Caucasus nation’s…
Continue ReadingIn Cannes, Harrison Ford bids adieu to Indiana Jones
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — As the Cannes Film Festival crowd stood in rapturous applause, a visibly moved Harrison Ford…
Continue ReadingBritish climber scales Everest for 17th time, the most by a non-Sherpa guide
By BINAJ GURUBACHARYA Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A British mountain guide returned to Nepal’s capital on Friday after scaling…
Continue ReadingPakistan’s Imran Khan dials down campaign of defiance, allows police search of home for suspects
By BABAR DOGAR Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan has dialed down his campaign of defiance,…
Continue ReadingThreatening 22 million people, Mexico’s Popocatepetl is a very closely watched volcano
By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano rumbled to life again this week, belching out towering…
Continue ReadingProsecutor suggests any indictments in Trump election investigation would likely come in August
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta prosecutor investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and others broke the law…
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