Northern Ireland peacemakers urge end to political impasse
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — An American architect of Northern Ireland’s historic 1998 peace accord on…
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Myanmar army rulers free 3,000 prisoners in holiday gesture
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government has granted amnesty to more than 3,000 prisoners to mark the…
Continue ReadingTrump’s House GOP allies take fight to Manhattan DA’s turf
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Republicans upset with Donald Trump’s indictment are escalating their war on the prosecutor…
Continue ReadingWhat sparked the violent struggle to control Sudan’s future?
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The prospects for an immediate cease-fire appear to be slim in Sudan, where a battle is raging for a…
Continue ReadingMan charged in front-door shooting of Black teen Ralph Yarl
By MARGARET STAFFORD and JIM SALTER Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — An 84-year-old white man in Kansas City, Missouri, was charged Monday…
Continue ReadingNonprofits scramble for help amid dearth of volunteers
By THALIA BEATY and GLENN GAMBOA Associated Press CASA of Lexington has tried just about everything to find volunteers to serve as advocates for…
Continue ReadingTexas freight train collision injures 2, no hazmat onboard
CHICO, Texas (AP) — Federal transportation officials say they are investigating a train collision and derailment that injured two rail employees in…
Continue ReadingUS, allies stage drills as N. Korea warns of security crisis
By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States, South Korea and Japan have conducted a joint…
Continue ReadingProgressives focus on local-level wins to counter setbacks
By WILL WEISSERT and SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — For many progressives, the past decade has been littered with disappointments.…
Continue ReadingRussia’s UN council presidency is most contentious in memory
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — First the Russians gave the U.N. spotlight to the commissioner of children’s rights…
Continue ReadingGOP leader McConnell returns to Senate after head injury
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell is back at work in the U.S. Capitol on Monday,…
Continue Reading2 bodies lifted from sea after Japan army helicopter crash
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s military has recovered two bodies of the 10 crewmembers from an army helicopter that had…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Asia mixed despite China growth data
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were trading mixed Tuesday as pessimism about global uncertainties remained even as…
Continue ReadingUS sails warship through Taiwan Strait after China’s drills
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The United States Navy has sailed a warship through the Taiwan Strait in its first known transit since China carried out a…
Continue ReadingJoshua Wong sentenced in another Hong Kong activism case
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong has been sentenced to three months in prison for breaching court…
Continue ReadingG-7 diplomats reject Chinese, N. Korean, Russian aggression
By MATTHEW LEE and FOSTER KLUG Associated Press KARUIZAWA, Japan (AP) — Top diplomats from the Group of Seven wealthy democracies are vowing a…
Continue ReadingMuslims around the world consider climate during Ramadan
By EDNA TARIGAN and MARIAM FAM Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — In the heart of Jakarta, the grand Istiqlal Mosque was built with a…
Continue ReadingNetflix keeps ‘Love Is Blind’ fans waiting for live reunion
By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Love isn’t patient, love isn’t kind — at least if you ask the fans of Netflix’s…
Continue Reading‘The Phantom of the Opera’ closes on Broadway after 35 years
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The final curtain came down Sunday on New York’s production of “The Phantom of the…
Continue ReadingEvacuation order lifted in area near Indiana plastics fire
RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — Authorities in eastern Indiana lifted a dayslong evacuation order Sunday for an area near a plastics fire after they said it…
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