Taliban ban on women workers hits vital aid for Afghans
By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Last June, a team of female doctors and nurses drove six hours across mountains, dry…
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Idaho stabbing suspect to face preliminary hearing in June
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press The man charged in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students will have a preliminary hearing in late…
Continue ReadingMissing boy’s mom: ‘I could feel his fingers slipping’ away
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lindsy Doan didn’t think the water flowing over the creek crossing on San Marcos Road was…
Continue ReadingOklahoma executes man who killed elderly couple in 2003
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma has executed a man convicted of killing an elderly couple and committing other…
Continue ReadingAlly of ex-Pakistan PM wins confidence vote in blow to gov’t
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say a key political ally of Pakistan’s former prime minister has won a confidence vote in the Punjab Assembly…
Continue ReadingUS consumer inflation eased again to 6.5% in December
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Rising U.S. consumer prices moderated again last month, bolstering hopes that…
Continue ReadingIn Washington, ‘classified’ is synonymous with ‘controversy’
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton’s presidential dreams were undermined by her use of a private email server…
Continue ReadingLate Pentagon chief Ash Carter to be honored at service
By TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and other past and present U.S. officials are honoring the late Ash Carter, who…
Continue ReadingAustralia finalizing new security pact with Pacific neighbor
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The leaders of Australia and neighboring Papua New Guinea say they are finalizing a…
Continue ReadingRights group: Litany of crises in 2022 but also good signs
By EDNA TARIGAN and DAVID RISING Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Widespread opposition to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine…
Continue ReadingChina FM on Africa visit sidesteps call for UN council seat
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — China’s new foreign minister has sidestepped a new call by the African Union for permanent representation on the United…
Continue ReadingThe Girl Guides of Canada has renamed its Brownies branch
TORONTO (AP) — The Girl Guides of Canada has renamed its Brownies branch the “Embers” in a bid to become more inclusive and welcoming to all…
Continue ReadingUS border authorities roll out updated pursuit policy
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. border authorities have updated their policy for pursuing smugglers and those…
Continue ReadingLos Angeles chief ‘deeply concerned’ by 2 police shootings
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles police chief says he is concerned about two recent fatal police shootings,…
Continue ReadingSource: Biden team finds more docs with classified markings
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s legal team has discovered additional documents…
Continue ReadingPeru anti-government protests spread, with clashes in Cusco
By DAVID PEREDA Z. Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Protests against Peruvian President Dina Boluarte’s government that have left 48 people…
Continue ReadingColombia’s VP hears UN condemnation of attempt on her life
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Colombia’s vice-president listened to members of the Security Council condemn the…
Continue ReadingOregon paper closing after more than century of publishing
MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — One of Oregon’s oldest operating newspapers will shut down by the end of the week. The Mail Tribune publisher and CEO Steven…
Continue ReadingColorado man: Vegas solar site fire was clean energy message
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Colorado dentist accused of setting a fire that damaged a transformer at a solar power array…
Continue ReadingMississippi governor bans TikTok from government devices
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — TikTok will be banned from all Mississippi-issued government devices…
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