Doctor in embattled Somaliland city says at least 145 dead
By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — The director of a hospital in a disputed city in the Somaliland region says at least 145…
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In Chicago, adapting electric buses to winter’s challenges
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer CHICAGO (AP) — The No. 66 bus rattles just like a regular diesel bus on Chicago’s west side, but no one seems…
Continue ReadingUN nuclear head says Iran pledges more access for inspectors
By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — The head of the U.N.’s nuclear agency said Saturday that Iran…
Continue ReadingIn Britain, ‘warm hubs’ emerge to beat soaring energy costs
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, England (AP) — Thousands of warm hubs have sprouted across Britain as high energy bills fuel…
Continue ReadingPhilippine governor, 5 others killed in brazen attack
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Gunmen in military uniforms have shot and killed a Philippine provincial governor and five…
Continue ReadingFriends, family remember Thai soccer boy rescued from cave
By KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA Associated Press CHIANG RAI, Thailand (AP) — To the chant of Buddhist prayers, friends and family of one of the soccer boys…
Continue ReadingOlympic ticket sales for Paris Games get off to rocky start
By NICOLAS GARRIGA and BARBARA SURK Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Organizers of next year’s Paris Olympics promised relatively modest prices…
Continue ReadingUkraine ally Kallas fights for reelection in Estonia vote
By JARI TANNER Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Estonia is preparing to hold a general election that will determine whether it can sustain…
Continue ReadingUkraine plant builds 6-person bunkers for war’s front lines
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KRYVYI RIH, Ukraine (AP) — The pops of welding torches and the piercing whine of angle grinders fill the…
Continue ReadingChina: Defense boost to meet ‘complex security challenges’
BEIJING (AP) — China says increases in its defense budget have been “appropriate and reasonable” and are aimed at meeting the complex security…
Continue ReadingUN report: Modern weapons being smuggled to Haiti from US
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Increasingly sophisticated weapons are being trafficked into Haiti mainly from the…
Continue ReadingOhio derailment tests Sen. Brown’s push to buck Dem defeats
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Sherrod Brown has survived a decade of statewide Democratic losses in Ohio by building a…
Continue ReadingTexas congressman who broke with GOP is censured
By PAUL J. WEBER and KEN MILLER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas was censured Saturday in a rare…
Continue ReadingReports: 3 children dead, 2 wounded in attack at Texas home
ITALY, Texas (AP) — News reports say three children have been killed and two other children wounded in an attack at a home in Texas on Friday…
Continue ReadingPaid express lanes grow more popular in once-reluctant South
By JEFF McMURRAY Associated Press Trucker Tim Chelette has been making the same twice-daily drive for 16 years hauling empty whiskey barrels from…
Continue ReadingYear after the slap, Chris Rock punches back in new special
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer A year after Will Smith smacked him on the Academy Awards stage, Chris Rock finally gave his rebuttal in a forceful…
Continue ReadingAfter Murdaugh trial ‘circus,’ Walterboro welcomes normality
By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) — Walterboro native Danny Murdaugh is ready for his small South Carolina…
Continue ReadingIndonesia fuel depot fire kills 19; 3 still missing
By TATAN SYUFLANA and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian rescuers and firefighters are searching for three people…
Continue ReadingTom Sizemore, ‘Saving Private Ryan’ actor, dies at 61
By The Associated Press BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Tom Sizemore, the “Saving Private Ryan” actor whose bright 1990s star burned out under the…
Continue ReadingHong Kong court convicts activists behind Tiananmen vigil
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Three Hong Kong activists from a now-defunct group that organized annual vigils commemorating…
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