Ex-priest acquitted of assaulting girl at Canadian school
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — A Canadian judge has acquitted a now-retired 93-year-old priest of assault after a student at one of Canada’s notorious…
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Top UN court rejects Iranian bid to free assets frozen by US
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The United Nations’ top court has rejected Tehran’s legal bid to free up some $2…
Continue ReadingBubba Wallace rebuilds confidence on track, community off it
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer Bubba Wallace’s self-confidence is struggling after a slow start to the season and back-to-back poor…
Continue ReadingTrinidad wins $100 million verdict in key corruption lawsuit
By GISELA SALOMON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The government of Trinidad and Tobago has won a multimillion-dollar verdict in a…
Continue ReadingTikTok propaganda labels fall flat in ‘huge win’ for Russia
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Social media platforms often rely on labels to let users know an account is operated by a…
Continue ReadingUS Navy deploys more chaplains for suicide prevention
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Virginia. (AP) — On Navy ships docked at this vast base, hundreds of sailors in…
Continue ReadingMyanmar resistance says military bombing kills 8 civilians
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Ethnic rebels and independent media in Myanmar say air strikes by Myanmar’s military on a village…
Continue ReadingUS Navy deploys more chaplains for suicide prevention
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Virginia. (AP) — On Navy ships docked at this vast base, hundreds of sailors in…
Continue ReadingUsed-car prices, after finally easing, are back up again
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer Well, it was nice while it lasted. For nearly a year, the average used vehicle in the United States had been edging…
Continue ReadingCNN preaches patience as ratings tank during turnaround
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — CNN’s leadership is preaching patience even though thousands of viewers are abandoning the…
Continue ReadingFrench foreign minister hopes Sweden, Finland join NATO soon
By LIUDAS DAPKUS Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — France’s top diplomat says she hopes the NATO applications of Sweden and Finland will…
Continue ReadingBahrain sentences 3 for questioning Islamic teachings
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Prosecutors in the Arab Gulf nation of Bahrain have handed down yearlong prison sentences to three people for…
Continue ReadingCovering over well at Indian temple collapses, killing 8
NEW DELHI (AP) — A structure built over an old temple well in India has collapsed as a large crowd of Hindu devotees prayed at a festival, killing…
Continue ReadingStudy: Biggest Hollywood films still go mostly to white men
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As Hollywood emerged from the pandemic, its biggest film productions dipped in diversity after years…
Continue ReadingUS revises down last quarter’s economic growth to 2.6% rate
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy maintained its resilience from October through December despite rising…
Continue ReadingIowa’s Caitlin Clark wins AP Player of the Year
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer DALLAS (AP) — Iowa’s Caitlin Clark is The Associated Press college women’s basketball Player of the…
Continue ReadingBlinken compares Bosnia Serb leader to Putin
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has compared the policies of separatist leader of the Serbs in Bosnia to…
Continue ReadingBolsonaro returns to Brazil after 3-month stint in Florida
By CARLA BRIDI and ELÉONORE HUGHES Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Former President Jair Bolsonaro has returned to Brazil after a…
Continue ReadingNATO, US forces join Romania-led Black Sea military drills
MAHMUDIA, Romania (AP) — Romania’s navy is leading multinational military drills in the Black Sea region. The sea and air exercises are bringing…
Continue ReadingAverage Wall Street bonuses dipped 26% to $176,700 last year
NEW YORK (AP) — Average Wall Street bonuses dropped sharply last year to $176,700 amid lagging profits and recession fears, New York state’s…
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