Pakistani Taliban target police, kill 4 in roadside bombing
By RIAZ KHAN Associated Press PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials say militants targeted police in two attacks in the country’s…
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China e-commerce giant Alibaba outlines future strategy
By ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Top executives of Chinese e-commerce and financial giant Alibaba say it plans to spin off some of…
Continue ReadingSibling, 5, fatally shoots 16-month-old brother in Indiana
LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — A 16-month-old boy was fatally shot by his 5-year-old sibling at a northwestern Indiana apartment, authorities said. The…
Continue ReadingThai authorities battle spread of mountain wildfires
BANGKOK (AP) — Thai authorities have ordered urgent action to stop the spread of a fire that overnight engulfed forests on two mountains in a…
Continue ReadingGwyneth Paltrow gets vindication at ski collision trial
By SAM METZ Associated Press PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Gwyneth Paltrow wasn’t to blame for a 2016 collision with a retired optometrist on a beginner…
Continue ReadingA college in upheaval: War on ‘woke’ sparks fear in Florida
By JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Professors at the New College of Florida are using personal email because they’re afraid…
Continue ReadingAcross Latin America, migrant blaze families left reeling
SONIA PÉREZ D., MORGAN LEE and CLAUDIO ESCALÓN Associated Press SAN MARTIN JILOTEPEQUE, Guatemala (AP) — The last Ana Marina López heard of her…
Continue ReadingAustralia makes biggest carbon polluters curb emissions
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian Parliament has created landmark new laws that will make the nation’s biggest greenhouse gas polluters…
Continue ReadingManhattan claws back people as urban counties stem outflow
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Turns out the pandemic hasn’t permanently dissuaded people — especially immigrants — from seeking their…
Continue ReadingHarris enters the fray over democracy with visit to Tanzania
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is encouraging Tanzania’s…
Continue ReadingUkraine by rail: Inside Zelenskyy’s efforts to buoy a nation
By JULIE PACE Associated Press ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — The caravan of unmarked vehicles tears across the muddy grass next to the playground.…
Continue ReadingTaiwan’s leader, in US, stresses security for her island
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN and LISA MASCARO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In a highly sensitive U.S. visit, Taiwan’s president…
Continue ReadingHouse GOP approves broad bill to ‘unleash’ American energy
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have passed a sprawling energy package that would counter virtually all of…
Continue ReadingBulls C Drummond ruled out after posting about mental health
By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Bulls center Andre Drummond missed the team’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers after he…
Continue ReadingEcuador court says congress can pursue impeaching president
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday the opposition-dominated National Assembly can take up the question of…
Continue ReadingTrans woman awaits ruling from Australian basketball league
By DENNIS PASSA AP Sports Writer BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — A transgender female player is awaiting a decision from Basketball Australia on whether…
Continue ReadingPhilippine ferry fire kills 31 people; at least 7 missing
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A fire broke out on a ferry in the southern Philippines and raged overnight for eight…
Continue ReadingJudge orders US to resume oil lease sales in North Dakota
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A judge has ordered the U.S. government to resume regular oil and gas lease sales on federal lands in North Dakota. The order…
Continue ReadingBiden won’t veto Republican-led bill ending COVID emergency
By SEUNG MIN KIM and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden won’t veto a Republican-led measure to end the national…
Continue ReadingVictims of Nashville school shooting honored in somber vigil
By TRAVIS LOLLER, KIMBERLEE KRUESI and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Hundreds gathered Wednesday at a candlelight vigil in…
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