Federal agents in Kansas standoff after gunfire exchanged
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Federal law enforcement agents were involved in a standoff at a Kansas apartment complex Friday evening after a suspect…
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BBC crisis escalates as players, stars rally behind Lineker
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The BBC faces an escalating crisis over its suspension of program host Gary Lineker for comments…
Continue ReadingHaunted by post-election riot, Brazil’s Lula reins in army
By MAURICIO SAVARESE and CARLA BRIDI Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — When rioters stormed Brazil’s top government buildings in January to…
Continue ReadingChina denies hidden motives after hosting Iran-Saudi talks
BEIJING (AP) — China says it has no hidden motives and isn’t trying to fill any vacuum in the Middle East after it hosted talks at which Iran…
Continue ReadingUK: Russian advance in Bakhmut could come with heavy losses
By KARL RITTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces have made progress in their campaign to capture the city of Bakhmut in eastern…
Continue ReadingYemen sides begin UN-brokered talks on prisoner exchange
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. says Yemen’s warring sides have begun talks aimed at implementing a U.N.-brokered deal on a…
Continue ReadingMaine college goes into lockdown after shot fired on campus
By BRIAN P. D. HANNON The campus of a liberal arts college in Maine was on a temporary lockdown early Saturday after a shot was fired in a student…
Continue ReadingIS group says it killed more than 35 ‘Christians’ in Congo
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for killing more than 35 people and…
Continue ReadingSaudi deal with Iran worries Israel, shakes up Middle East
By ISABEL DEBRE and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — News of the rapprochement between long-time regional rivals Saudi Arabia and Iran…
Continue ReadingIndonesia’s Merapi volcano spews hot clouds in new eruption
By SLAMET RIYADI Associated Press MOUNT MERAPI, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Mount Merapi erupted Saturday with avalanches of searing gas clouds…
Continue ReadingJapan marks 12 years since tsunami and nuclear disaster
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has marked the 12th anniversary of the massive earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster with…
Continue ReadingFarmers, environmental activists hold demos in The Hague
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Thousands of farmers and other demonstrators have protested in a park in The Hague…
Continue ReadingBomb kills 1, wounds 8 at press award event in Afghanistan
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — Officials say a bomb went off during an award ceremony for journalists in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e- Sharif…
Continue ReadingPope Francis at 10 years: A reformer’s learning curve, plans
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — So much for a short pontificate. Pope Francis celebrates the 10th anniversary of his…
Continue ReadingRecords in Fox defamation case show pressures on reporters
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It wasn’t critics, political foes or their bosses that united Fox News stars Tucker Carlson,…
Continue ReadingWV Senate joins GOP effort to limit trans youth health care
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s Republican supermajority Senate followed a growing national…
Continue ReadingHong Kong activists behind Tiananmen vigil jailed for months
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Three former organizers of Hong Kong’s annual vigil in remembrance of the 1989 Tiananmen…
Continue ReadingChina names Li Qiang premier nominally in charge of economy
BEIJING (AP) — China on Saturday named Li Qiang, a close confidant of top leader Xi Jinping, as the country’s next premier nominally in charge of…
Continue ReadingNew Hampshire lawmaker arrested for obstructing snowplow
By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A Republican lawmaker in New Hampshire was arrested Friday for allegedly screaming and…
Continue ReadingBill would ban marriages under age 16 in West Virginia
By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A bill addressing child marriage in West Virginia has passed the state Senate. The Senate…
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