Criticized over response to war, Swiss offer $2B for Ukraine
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland says it will spend about $2 billion to help Ukraine with humanitarian and development…
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US retail sales fall 1% amid high inflation, rising rates
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans cut their spending at retail stores and restaurants in March for the second…
Continue ReadingThere’s a reason every hit worship song sounds the same
By BOB SMIETANA, Religion News Service (RNS) — On Easter Sunday, the worship band at Bethel Community Church in Redding, California, opened the…
Continue ReadingAt Knock Shrine, Biden meets priest who gave Beau last rites
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, COLLEEN LONG and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press KNOCK, Ireland (AP) — President Joe Biden was moved to tears on Friday during…
Continue ReadingVenezuela arrests U.S. fugitive as part of oil graft purge
By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Authorities in Venezuela have charged with corruption a businessman who is a fugitive in a separate…
Continue ReadingClint Eastwood set to direct ‘Juror No. 2’ for Warner Bros.
NEW YORK (AP) — Clint Eastwood is getting back in the director’s chair. The “Unforgiven” and “Gran Torino” filmmaker is set to direct the…
Continue ReadingJessica Chastain returns to theater with ‘A Doll’s House’
By JOHN CARUCCI Associated Press New York (AP) — Jessica Chastain counts her performance as Nora in the current Broadway revival of “A Doll’s…
Continue ReadingRussian forces bear down on Ukrainian defenders in Bakhmut
By ADAM PEMBLE Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Analysts and Russian officials say the battle for the eastern Ukraine city of Bakhmut is…
Continue ReadingCapitol rioter who crushed officer with shield gets 7 years
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Connecticut man who used a stolen riot shield to crush a police officer in a doorframe…
Continue ReadingIn first, Iran’s president addresses Palestinians in Gaza
By FARES AKRAM Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Iran’s president has delivered an unprecedented speech to an annual pro-Palestinian…
Continue ReadingDA: Suspect in killing of Cash App founder planned attack
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The tech consultant charged with the killing of Cash App founder Bob Lee…
Continue ReadingNew this week: ‘Judy Blume,’ Rodrigo y Gabriela, Minecraft
By The Associated Press Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming…
Continue ReadingCuba expects to resume US deportation flights this month
By REBECCA SANTANA and ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Pres BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — A Cuban official says Cuba plans to resume accepting deportation flights…
Continue ReadingNJ charges itself with damaging land it was bound to protect
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection has charged itself with damaging habitat for threatened and…
Continue ReadingRussia’s Pacific Fleet placed on high alert for snap drills
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s entire Pacific Fleet has been put on high alert for snap drills that will involve practice missile launches. The…
Continue ReadingAustrians tried for allegedly helping Mossad shield Syrian
By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — A trial has opened in Vienna of five former Austrian officials who are accused of…
Continue ReadingFrance’s Macron tours Notre Dame Cathedral reconstruction
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has toured the reconstruction works at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. He has cheered on workers…
Continue ReadingEl Chapo sons among 28 Sinaloa cartel members charged by US
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Friday announced charges against more…
Continue ReadingDigital conglomerate buys right-wing app Parler
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The digital media conglomerate Starboard said Friday it purchased the conservative social media site Parler and…
Continue ReadingAttorney: Mom of Virginia boy who shot teacher was depressed
By BEN FINLEY and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — An attorney says the mother of a 6-year-old Virginia boy who shot and…
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