The anime hit ‘Suzume’ and Shinkai’s cinema of cataclysm
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Makoto Shinkai was never the same filmmaker after the 2011 earthquake struck Japan. When the tsunami…
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Louisville bank employee livestreamed attack that killed 5
By DYLAN LOVAN and CLAIRE GALOFARO Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Louisville bank employee armed with a rifle opened fire at his…
Continue ReadingWhen exactly will India surpass China as most populous?
By MIKE SCHNEIDER and SIBI ARASU Associated Press India’s population will surpass China’s by the middle of this year. Unless it’s…
Continue ReadingThousands of Rutgers faculty go on unprecedented strike
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (AP) — Thousands of professors, part-time lecturers and graduate student workers at New Jersey’s flagship university went…
Continue ReadingUN food agency: $800m urgently needed for Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.N. food agency says it urgently needs $800 million for the next six months to help Afghans, with the country at the highest…
Continue ReadingPope renews call to pray for peace celebrating Easter Monday
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis renews his call to pray for peace on Easter Monday, celebrating the Regina Coeli prayer in St. Peter’s Square.…
Continue Reading7 electricity pylons collapse onto highway in South Africa
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — At least seven large electricity pylons have collapsed onto a highway near the South African capital of Pretoria and…
Continue ReadingDoctors express ‘cautious optimism’ on Berlusconi’s health
ROME (AP) — The condition of former Italian premier Silvio Berlucsconi, hospitalized in intensive care for a lung infection, is progressively…
Continue ReadingBomb targeting Pakistani police in SW kills 4, wounds 18
By ABDUL SATTAR Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A government spokesman says a roadside bomb targeting a police vehicle in volatile…
Continue Reading2 dead, 20 missing as migrant boat sinks off Tunisia
ROME (AP) — German aid group ResQship says at least two migrants have died and about 20 others are missing after their boat sank in the…
Continue ReadingEnglish doctors’ strike could be catastrophic, official says
LONDON (AP) — Britain is bracing for a four-day walkout by tens of thousands of doctors at the state-funded health care system. One official said…
Continue ReadingAcademic coaches help students finish community college
By REBECCA GRIESBACH, AL.com PHENIX CITY, Ala. (AP) — A decade after dropping out, Briana Mathis, a 30-year-old mother of two, is navigating her…
Continue ReadingTaliban ban restaurant gardens for families, women in Herat
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban have banned families and women from restaurants with gardens or green spaces in Afghanistan’s…
Continue ReadingNew BOJ head says banks stable, rules out major policy shift
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — The new governor of Japan’s central bank has signaled, once again, that he plans no drastic…
Continue ReadingGrand jury weighs charges for police in Jayland Walker death
By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press A grand jury in Ohio will hear evidence this week to decide whether police officers should face criminal charges in…
Continue ReadingFire damages Massachusetts church after Easter services
CAMBRIDGE A fire broke out at a Massachusetts church not long after Easter services, with more than 100 firefighters working to save the 114-year-old…
Continue ReadingKimberly Palmer: How to protect parents from financial scams
By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Scam artists often target older adults because they hold significant levels of wealth, but family and friends can…
Continue ReadingRights group: China sentences 2 lawyers on ‘farcical’ charge
BEIJING (AP) — A human rights group says two prominent Chinese human rights lawyers have been sentenced to more than a decade in prison. It’s…
Continue ReadingDalai Lama apologizes after video shows him kissing boy
DHARAMSALA, India (AP) — Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama apologized Monday after a video showing him kissing a child on the lips triggered…
Continue ReadingRomanian prosecutors search devices in Andrew Tate case
By STEPHEN McGRATH and VADIM GHIRDA Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian prosecutors have carried out forensic searches of…
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