Why do Jerusalem tensions fuel regionwide unrest?
JERUSALEM (AP) — It’s become something of a grim, springtime tradition in the Holy Land. Israeli police fire tear gas and rubber bullets at…
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Kansas OKs bill on opting kids out of LGBTQ-themed lessons
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas lawmakers have approved a bill aimed at helping parents opt their children out of…
Continue ReadingSKorea, US, Japan call for support of ban on NKorea workers
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea, the U.S. and Japan have called for stronger international support of…
Continue ReadingKansas passes anti-ESG bill, but it’s milder than some want
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A proposal designed to thwart environmentally and socially conscious investing has cleared…
Continue ReadingNailed to a cross, Filipino prays for Ukraine war to end
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press SAN PEDRO CUTUD, Philippines (AP) — Eight Filipinos were nailed to crosses to reenact Jesus Christ’s suffering in a…
Continue ReadingMost oppose Social Security, Medicare cuts: AP-NORC poll
By AMANDA SEITZ and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Most U.S. adults are opposed to proposals that would cut into Medicare or…
Continue ReadingUS adds a healthy 236,000 jobs despite Fed’s rate hikes
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added a solid 236,000 jobs in March, suggesting that the economy…
Continue ReadingFirefighters battle large blaze at sprawling Mexican market
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Some 200 firefighters battled a huge blaze in Mexico City’s sprawling wholesale market Thursday night without any reported…
Continue ReadingDebris found in search for Japanse army copter with 10 crew
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — An unused lifeboat, a door and other fragments believed to be from a Japanese army helicopter have…
Continue ReadingChina sanctions Reagan library, others over Tsai’s US trip
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China is imposing sanctions against the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and other U.S.-…
Continue ReadingIn India, mangrove trees make way for booming city of Kochi
By K PRAVEEN KUMAR, Press Trust of India KOCHI, India (AP) — Burrowed between mangroves and a bustling skyline, 70-year-old Rajan, who only uses…
Continue ReadingSamsung cutting memory chip production as profit slides
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics is cutting the production of its computer memory chips in an…
Continue ReadingBuenos Aires airport turns into unofficial homeless shelter
By VICTOR R. CAIVANO and NATACHA PISARENKO Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — At the start of the long Easter weekend, the airport in…
Continue ReadingCalifornia seeks federal help for salmon fishers facing ban
By JULIE WATSON and LISA BAUMANN Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — California officials want federal disaster aid for the state’s salmon…
Continue ReadingTribe, US officials reach deal to save Colorado River water
By KEN RITTER and TERRY TANG Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A Native American tribe in Arizona reached a deal Thursday with the U.S. government…
Continue ReadingMan pleads guilty to robbery-killing of rapper Pop Smoke
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — One of four men charged in the killing of rapper Pop Smoke during a robbery at a Hollywood Hills mansion has pleaded…
Continue ReadingFentanyl caused ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ rapper Coolio’s death
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Gangsta’s Paradise” rapper Coolio suffered an accidental death from the effects of fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine…
Continue ReadingArizona judge skeptical of suit seeking to execute prisoner
By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A judge is expressing skepticism about whether he can order any changes in response to a…
Continue ReadingXXXTentacion’s convicted killers sentenced to life in prison
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Three men were given life sentences on Thursday for the 2018 killing of star rapper XXXTentacion, who was shot outside…
Continue ReadingKoepka living large at Masters, leads with Rahm and Hovland
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Brooks Koepka carved out a new identity that sure looked familiar Thursday in the Masters. This…
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