US criticizes Israeli settlement plans but offers no action
JERUSALEM (AP) — The United States has criticized new Israeli plans to build thousands of new homes for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank.…
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UK presents evidence linking Iran in Houthi weapon supply
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain says it has for the first time presented evidence to the UN that Iran is supplying advanced…
Continue ReadingWHO says Equatorial Guinea confirms 1st outbreak of Marburg
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The World Health Organization says Equatorial Guinea has confirmed its first-ever outbreak of Marburg disease, saying the…
Continue ReadingColombian government, rebels resume peace talks in Mexico
By MARÍA VERZA and ASTRID SUÁREZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Colombia’s government and its largest remaining rebel group have met in…
Continue ReadingRussia delays launch to space station while leak is probed
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia will postpone the launch of an empty space capsule to the International Space Station pending further investigation of a…
Continue ReadingPolygamy kidnapping suspect jailed; his niece said to be OK
MINOT, N.D. (AP) — The nephew of imprisoned Utah polygamous leader Warren Jeffs is jailed in North Dakota on kidnapping charges. The father of the…
Continue ReadingTwitter’s plan to charge for crucial tool prompts outcry
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria, thousands of volunteer software…
Continue ReadingFeds probe United plane’s December dip near ocean off Hawaii
By The Associated Press Federal investigators are seeking more information about an incident in which a United Airlines plane dropped to within about…
Continue ReadingNewborn saved from rubble in quake-hit Syria in good health
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A baby girl born under the rubble of her family’s home in northern Syria after last week’s…
Continue ReadingRoslyn Pope, author of ‘Appeal for Human Rights,’ dies at 84
By MICHAEL WARREN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Roslyn Pope, a college professor and musician who wrote “An Appeal for Human Rights,” laying…
Continue ReadingUK queen consort tests positive for COVID-19
LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace says Camilla, Britain’s queen consort, has tested positive for Covid-19 after suffering from cold symptoms. The…
Continue Reading5 years after Parkland, families cope through good works
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — After a gunman murdered 14 students and three staff members at Parkland’s Marjory…
Continue ReadingU-Haul driver’s NYC ‘rampage’ leaves 1 dead, 8 hurt
By DEEPTI HAJELA and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man driving a U-Haul truck swerved onto sidewalks and plowed into cyclists…
Continue ReadingMyanmar’s military rulers to let ‘loyal’ citizens carry guns
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military government plans to allow people who are “loyal to the nation” to carry…
Continue ReadingFlint lifts 3-day boil water advisory caused by line break
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Flint, Michigan, has lifted a three-day boil-water advisory following the discovery last week of a break in a 24-inch…
Continue ReadingMaersk sues Evergreen over 2021 blocking of Suez Canal
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The world’s biggest shipping company has sued a rival shipping line in a Danish court, seeking…
Continue ReadingMaine blueberries vs. fly: US senator files bill to help
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s Republican senator is introducing legislation that calls on the federal…
Continue ReadingJapan watchdog OKs new safety rules to extend reactor life
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese nuclear regulators have approved contentious safety evaluation changes and draft…
Continue ReadingJudge to release parts of Georgia special grand jury report
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia judge has ordered the partial release later this week of a report by a special grand…
Continue ReadingA few poems Maine Gov. Janet Mills wrote over the years
The Associated Press Maine’s Democratic Gov. Janet Mills says poems “elevate our soul.” Here are a few that she has written over the…
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