Oldest schoolhouse for Black children in US moved to museum
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — A building believed to be the oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children in the U.S.…
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Man pleads guilty to racial harassment of neighbors
LEXINGTON, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty to repeatedly tossing banana peels onto his neighbors’ property in what…
Continue ReadingYear after ‘Crypto Bowl,’ crypto ads vanish from big game
By KEN SWEET and MAE ANDERSON The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Cryptocurrency companies grabbed the spotlight during the 2022 Super Bowl, with…
Continue ReadingHow the ‘boneless wing’ became a tasty culinary lie
By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One day in 2020, at the pandemic’s height, an earnest-looking man with long hair the color of…
Continue ReadingBuilding collapses in northern Egypt; 2 killed, 20 injured
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities say at least two people were killed and 20 others were injured when an apartment building collapsed in the…
Continue ReadingRussia puts Prague-based, anti-war activist on wanted list
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russia has put Alexandra Garmazhapova, the founder of the anti-war group Free Buryatia Foundation, on its federal…
Continue ReadingIndian gov’t withdraws appeal to hug cows on Valentine’s Day
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s government has withdrawn its earlier appeal to citizens to mark Valentine’s Day next week not as a celebration of…
Continue ReadingMalaysian leader wants tougher ASEAN pressure on Myanmar
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has issued a strong call for fellow members of the Association…
Continue ReadingDriver arrested after crash through fence at Texas Capitol
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas woman has been arrested after an SUV she was allegedly driving crashed through a fence at the Texas State Capitol in…
Continue ReadingJapan’s earthquake recovery offers hard lessons for Turkey
By FOSTER KLUG Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Mountains of rubble and twisted metal. Death on an unimaginable scale. Grief. Rage. Relief at having…
Continue ReadingEthiopia’s social media blocked amid church split tensions
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Widespread tensions caused by a rift within Ethiopia’s Orthodox Christian church have resulted in the suspension of access…
Continue ReadingIsraeli police: 2 killed, 5 wounded in Jerusalem car-ramming
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police say a suspected assailant rammed his car into several pedestrians in east…
Continue ReadingDutch-owned grid operator mulls sale to German government
BERLIN (AP) — A state-owned Dutch company that is Germany’s biggest electricity grid operator says it plans to hold talks on selling its entire…
Continue ReadingEU lawmaker held for questioning in corruption scandal
BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium’s federal prosecutor’s office says an EU lawmaker linked to a corruption scandal that rocked the bloc’s…
Continue ReadingMoldovan President names candidate for Prime Minister
By CRISTIAN JARDAN and STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — Moldova’s president has named businessman and former minister…
Continue ReadingSuper Bowl ads keep it light by using nostalgia and stars
By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Super Bowl ads are more than just breaks between gameplay during the biggest sporting event of…
Continue ReadingCorruption endangers world’s shrinking fisheries
By FU TING, GRACE EKPU and HELEN WIEFFERING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As Indonesia’s fisheries minister, Edhy Prabowo was tasked with…
Continue ReadingBomb hits vehicle, killing 2 troops, wounding 3 in Pakistan
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities say a roadside bomb has exploded near a vehicle carrying security forces in the country’s…
Continue ReadingBiden, Lula focus on democracy, climate during visit
By DAVID BILLER, AAMER MADHANI and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da…
Continue ReadingRussia says it will cut oil production over Western caps
By DAVID McHUGH and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia announced Friday that will cut oil production by 500,000 barrels per…
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