Hezbollah chief: Israel didn’t hit Hamas in Lebanon strikes
By AHMAD EL-KHATIB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group claims that Israel did not hit Hamas or…
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Black church, NHL’s Penguins reach historic land-use accord
By PETER SMITH Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — More than 60 years ago, a historic Black church was forced to give up its sanctuary, compensated…
Continue ReadingDutch prosecutors investigate activist who desecrated Quran
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch prosecutors say an anti-Islam activist who tore pages out of the Quran and called it a “fascist book” in…
Continue ReadingMinneapolis OKs dawn Muslim prayer call, 1st for big US city
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (AP) — Minneapolis will allow broadcasts of the Muslim call to prayer at all hours, becoming the first major U.S. city to allow…
Continue ReadingSpain: Court releases man charged with sending letter bombs
By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — A magistrate in Spain has ordered the conditional release of a 74-year-old man charged with…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court asked to preserve abortion pill access rules
By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration and a drug manufacturer are asking the Supreme Court…
Continue ReadingAmerica’s first heroes: Revolutionary War soldiers reburied
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The 12 U.S. soldiers died in a pine forest in South Carolina in 1780, their bodies…
Continue ReadingExpelled Russian diplomats are spies, Norwegians say
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A senior Norwegian spy agency officer says ”the intelligence threat from Russia is…
Continue ReadingLeak suspect appears in court as US reveals case against him
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, ERIC TUCKER and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused in the leak…
Continue ReadingTop Fed official sees need for more interest rate increases
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Federal Reserve official said Friday that there has been little progress on…
Continue ReadingRussia trained Belarusian pilots in nuclear weapons use
MOSCOW (AP) — Belarusian air force crews have completed their training in the use of tactical nuclear weapons as part of Russia’s plan to deploy…
Continue Reading‘Exhausted’ Indiana city waits for all-clear after big fire
RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — An evacuation order for people living near an extraordinary plastics fire in Indiana stretched into a fourth night Friday as…
Continue ReadingJapan approves plan to open first casino to lure tourists
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government has approved a controversial plan to open the country’s first casino in the…
Continue ReadingEuropean spacecraft on way to Jupiter and its icy moons
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer A European spacecraft rocketed away Friday on a decadelong quest to explore Jupiter and three of its icy moons…
Continue ReadingSpanish climber leaves cave after 500 days in isolation
By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — A Spanish mountain climber has emerged from a cave 70 meters (230 feet) underground after spending…
Continue ReadingPopulist Iraqi cleric announces suspension of his movement
BAGHDAD (AP) — Influential Iraqi Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr says he will suspend the movement he leads for one year, citing…
Continue ReadingAirport reopens as South Florida flood water slowly recedes
By FREIDA FRISARO, DANIEL KOZIN and TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — One of Florida’s busiest airports reopened…
Continue ReadingHungary’s Orban calls US a ‘friend’ despite sanction on bank
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s prime minister is seeking to bring down the temperature on spiraling…
Continue Reading7.0 magnitude earthquake shakes Indonesia’s main island
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A strong earthquake has shaken parts of Indonesia’s main island of Java and tourist island of Bali, causing panic but…
Continue ReadingMoldovan oligarch sentenced to 15 years in $1B bank theft
CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — A fugitive Moldovan oligarch and opposition party leader was sentenced in absentia Thursday to 15 years in jail for his…
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