Lanterns and crescents: more retailers court Ramadan buyers
By MARIAM FAM and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO Associated Press With her 3-year-old daughter sitting inside a red Target shopping cart, Aya Khalil looked…
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‘War of the states’: EV, chip makers lavished with subsidies
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — States are doling out more cash than ever to lure multibillion-dollar microchip, electric…
Continue ReadingTaliban close women-run Afghan station for playing music
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — A women-run radio station in Afghanistan’s northeast has been shut down for playing music during the holy month of…
Continue ReadingAt least 26 dead after tornadoes rake US Midwest, South
By ADRIAN SAINZ and ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press WYNNE, Ark. (AP) — Storms that dropped possibly dozens of tornadoes killed at least 26 people…
Continue ReadingFatal fire complicates border city’s tensions with migrants
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — When Irwing López made it to Ciudad Juarez on the U.S.-Mexico border in January,…
Continue ReadingDoomsday plot? After 3 years, slain kids’ mom to stand trial
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — It has been more than three years since police announced that two kids were missing from a…
Continue ReadingAlaska Native Scouts feted 67 years after rescuing Navy crew
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press GAMBELL, Alaska (AP) — Bruce Boolowon, then a lean 20-year-old, and a group of friends were hunting for murre…
Continue ReadingNorwegian Arctic area to be evacuated due deadly avalanches
HELSINKI (AP) — Norwegian authorities plan to evacuate an area in northern Norway where avalanches and landslides have killed four people.…
Continue ReadingUkrainian court puts an Orthodox leader under house arrest
By KARL RITTER and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Kyiv court ordered a leading priest to be put under house arrest…
Continue ReadingPakistani police arrest 8 after deadly Ramadan food stampede
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police on Saturday arrested eight people in the southern port city of Karachi after a stampede killed 12 people…
Continue ReadingUK travelers face hours-long waits for ferries to France
LONDON (AP) — British vacation travelers were stuck in hours-long lines as they tried to cross the English Channel on Saturday, with the Port of…
Continue ReadingPope Francis leaves hospital; ‘Still alive,’ he quips
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — A chipper-sounding Pope Francis was discharged Saturday from the Rome hospital where he was…
Continue ReadingKenyan opposition leader to sue over alleged attempt on life
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has denounced the point-blank firing of a tear gas…
Continue ReadingNBA, players reach deal for a new labor agreement
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer The NBA will have labor peace for years to come. The league and its players came to an agreement early Saturday…
Continue ReadingSmall areas reopen near Fukushima nuclear plant, few return
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Evacuation orders have been lifted in small sections of Tomioka, a town just southwest of the…
Continue ReadingCharles wins hearts in Germany as soft power pays off
By FRANK JORDANS and EMILY SCHULTHEIS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — King Charles III won plenty of hearts during his three-day visit to Germany,…
Continue ReadingCredit Suisse takeover hits heart of Swiss banking, identity
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The UBS takeover of embattled rival Credit Suisse has shaken Switzerland’s self-image and dented…
Continue ReadingRussia-Ukraine war: Will there be a spring counteroffensive?
By BARRY HATTON Associated Press Europe’s biggest armed conflict since World War II is poised to enter a new phase in the coming weeks. With no…
Continue ReadingClark, Iowa end perfect South Carolina season in Final Four
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer DALLAS (AP) — Caitlin Clark tossed the ball high in the air as the clock ticked down, gave a huge shout-out…
Continue ReadingIntensity and insults rise as lawmakers debate debt ceiling
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Fights over increasing the nation’s borrowing authority have been contentious in Congress,…
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