Ukrainian president says counteroffensive won’t aim to attack Russian territory
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country’s planned counteroffensive is…
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NYC converts hotels to shelters as pressure mounts to accommodate asylum seekers
By DEEPTI HAJELA and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The historic Roosevelt Hotel in midtown Manhattan shuttered three years…
Continue ReadingStained glass window shows Jesus Christ with dark skin, stirring questions about race in New England
By MARK PRATT Associated Press WARREN, R.I. (AP) — A nearly 150-year-old stained-glass church window that depicts a dark-skinned Jesus Christ…
Continue ReadingOff-grid solar brings light, time and income to remotest villages
By VICTORIA MILKO and DITA ALANGKARA Associated Press LAINDEHA, Indonesia (AP) — In Indonesia’s far-east island of Sumba, off-grid solar is…
Continue ReadingMother of Honduran migrant teen who died in US custody says he had epilepsy but wasn’t seriously ill
By MARLÓN GONZALEZ Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — The mother of a 17-year-old Honduran migrant who died in U.S. custody says her…
Continue ReadingFighting cancer, Saints tight end Foster Moreau could participate in voluntary offseason practices
By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer METAIRIE, La. (AP) — Saints coach Dennis Allen says newly signed Saints tight end Foster Moreau “absolutely”…
Continue ReadingNative American leader and advocate for tribal sovereignty Joe A. Garcia dies at 70
SANTA FE, New Mexico (AP) — Native American leader Joe A. Garcia’s family says he has died at age 70. Based in New Mexico, he was an advocate…
Continue ReadingAustralian tennis player Owen Davidson, who won 13 Grand Slam doubles titles, dies at 79
By The Associated Press Australian tennis player Owen Davidson, who won 13 Grand Slam doubles titles, has died. He was 79. The International Tennis…
Continue ReadingMichigan boy uses a slingshot to save his sister from being abducted from backyard, police say
ALPENA, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan girl was able to escape an attempted kidnapping when her brother used a slingshot to strike the would-be attacker,…
Continue ReadingGreece protests arrest of mayoral candidate in Albania accused of buying votes
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The detention of a mayoral candidate belonging to the Greek minority in Albania has raised tensions between the two…
Continue ReadingBiden’s reelection pitch that he can govern well faces daunting challenges with debt, border, more
By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspodent WASHINGTON (AP) — A showdown with Congress that has the nation’s creditworthiness at stake; a frenzied…
Continue ReadingTennessee police shootout leaves 1 dead, police dog wounded
SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A gunfight between police and a man inside a home in east Tennessee left him dead and wounded a K-9 police dog named…
Continue ReadingBiden to graduates of historically Black Howard University: US history hasn’t been a ‘fairy tale’
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Saturday told graduates of a leading historically Black university…
Continue ReadingKelly Clarkson responds to report accusing her daytime talk show of being a toxic workplace
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kelly Clarkson has responded to a Rolling Stone report accusing her daytime talk show of being a toxic workplace. Clarkson…
Continue ReadingKenya cult death toll hits 200, with more than 600 reported missing
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The death toll linked to a doomsday cult in Kenya hit 201 Saturday after police exhumed…
Continue ReadingSyria extends opening of 2 border crossings with Turkey for quake aid
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — The Syrian government has agreed to extend by another three months the use of two border crossings with Turkey into the…
Continue ReadingGerman rail union cancels planned two-day strike after employers meet minimum wage demand
BERLIN (AP) — A labor union representing more than 200,000 railway workers in Germany says it is cancelling plans for a two-day strike after…
Continue ReadingLebanese and UAE foreign ministers speak after man dies in custody
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s Foreign Ministry says the foreign ministers of Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates have spoken following the death…
Continue ReadingTennessee company refuses US request to recall 67 million potentially dangerous air bag inflators
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A Tennessee company could be heading for a legal battle with U.S. auto safety regulators after…
Continue ReadingEnd of Title 42 hasn’t stopped migrants’ push north to US from across the Americas
By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — For weeks, Solangel Contreras raced. The Venezuelan migrant and her family of 22 trudged…
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