EXPLAINER: Why has Syria’s economic crisis hit a new low?
By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s economy has hit its lowest point since the start of its civil war nearly 12 years ago, with…
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Biden agenda, lithium mine, tribes, greens collide in Nevada
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Opponents of the largest lithium mine planned in the U.S. urged a federal judge in Nevada on…
Continue ReadingElectric chair, firing squad’s legality at S. Carolina court
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina’s highest court will hear arguments Thursday on whether a newly…
Continue ReadingFaithful mourn Benedict XVI at funeral presided over by pope
By NICOLE WINFIELD, GIADA ZAMPANO and FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis joined tens of thousands of faithful…
Continue ReadingBeds run out at Beijing hospital as COVID-19 spreads
By ANDY WONG and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Mostly older men and women wearing masks rested on cots in hallways, while others…
Continue ReadingSony unveils prototype EV, Afeela, to be made with Honda
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Sony unveiled a new high-tech prototype car it will produce in partnership with Honda at the CES tech show Wednesday. The vehicle,…
Continue ReadingPalestinian backers and Israel at odds over holy site visit
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Palestinians and many Muslim and non-Muslim supporters sharply disagreed with Israel…
Continue Reading‘A disaster’: Speaker fight exposes GOP leadership vacuum
By STEVE PEOPLES and JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The stalemate over the Republican House speaker vote is more than just an…
Continue Reading8 found fatally shot in Utah home, including 5 children
By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Eight family members, five of them children, were found dead from gunshot wounds in a southern…
Continue ReadingMan gets 2 years for crash that killed pregnant woman, sons
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois man charged in a July 2017 crash that killed a pregnant woman and her three sons has been sentenced to two years in…
Continue ReadingAmazon, Salesforce jettison jobs in latest tech worker purge
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writers E-commerce giant Amazon and business software maker Salesforce are the latest U.S.…
Continue ReadingHong Kong cardinal, Taiwan at papal funeral, but not China
By KEN MORITSUGU and KANIS LEUNG Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The attendance of both the former bishop of Hong Kong and an adviser to Taiwan’s…
Continue ReadingUS settles with Mexican man arrested despite DACA status
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A Mexican man who was arrested by U.S. immigration agents in 2017 despite his participation in a…
Continue ReadingMan accused of chewing off man’s ear said victim was a robot
By LISA BAUMANN Associated Press A man accused of chewing off the ear of a 78-year-old man on a light-rail train platform near Portland, Oregon, told…
Continue ReadingKentucky gov touts economy, resilience after tragedies
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear has told a statewide audience that Kentucky’s future is brighter…
Continue ReadingUS House has no members, no rules as speaker race drags on
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As Republicans squabble over who will be the next speaker, there are essentially no…
Continue ReadingEvacuations ordered as California storm knocks out power
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Officials in California ordered evacuations in a high-risk coastal area where mudslides…
Continue ReadingDenver officer indicted on 2 felony charges in July shootout
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Denver police officer who fired at an armed man in a crowd and has been accused of accidentally…
Continue ReadingJill Biden to have lesion removed from above right eye
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Jill Biden will undergo a medical procedure next week to remove a small lesion from above…
Continue ReadingAustralia to buy US-made HIMARS in boost to defense systems
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia announced Thursday it will boost its defense capabilities by buying advanced missile and rocket systems,…
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