Islamic State claims Afghanistan airport checkpoint bombing
By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a bombing near a checkpoint at the Afghan…
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Best of CES 2023: Electric skates, pet tech and AI for birds
By ADRIANA MORGA, HALELUYA HADERO and CARA RUBINSKY Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tech companies of all sizes are showing off their latest…
Continue ReadingMyanmar army leader touts election plan on Independence Day
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s ruling military leader has pardoned over 7,000 prisoners, including some political…
Continue ReadingAt Benedict’s summer home, a town mourns its beloved visitor
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) — The shopkeeper named her daughter after him. The parish priest wears his old…
Continue ReadingChinese regulators approve capital expansion for Ant Group
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese regulators have said e-commerce giant Alibaba’s finance affiliate Ant Group can raise $1.5…
Continue ReadingGOP’s McCarthy rejected for House speaker — again and again
By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans flailed through a long second day of fruitless balloting…
Continue ReadingCalifornia trying to find, compensate sterilization victims
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California officials want to pay reparations for government-forced or coerced…
Continue ReadingCollege scam mastermind Rick Singer gets 3.5 years in prison
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — The mastermind of the nationwide college admissions bribery scheme that ensnared…
Continue ReadingAsia shares up as sentiments boosted by Fed minutes, US jobs
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mostly higher following a rally on Wall Street as investors assessed minutes from…
Continue ReadingColorado funeral home owner sentenced in body sales case
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado funeral home operator accused of illegally selling body parts and giving clients fake ashes has been…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: What to expect on Day 2 of House speaker election
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — What was expected to be a day of triumph for House Republicans coming into the majority turned…
Continue ReadingFacing migration flood, US resumes services at Cuba embassy
By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Grappling with the biggest flood of Cuban migrants in decades, the United States reopened their…
Continue ReadingMega Millions jackpot climbs to $940M after no winner
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Mega Millions jackpot increased to an estimated $940 million after another drawing resulted in plenty of losers but not…
Continue ReadingNew president to lead Atlantic City’s Hard Rock casino
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City’s Hard Rock casino on Tuesday hired a new management team as the…
Continue Reading1 dead, 1 wounded in shooting outside Indianapolis mall
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Police say a juvenile male has been killed and a man has been wounded in a shooting outside an Indianapolis shopping mall. The…
Continue ReadingDemocrat voted Pennsylvania speaker, foiling GOP hopes
By MARK SCOLFORO and BROOKE SCHULTZ Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Democrat who promised to govern as an independent was elected speaker…
Continue ReadingCourt: Teacher wearing MAGA hat fell under protected speech
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in favor of a former teacher in Vancouver, Washington, concluding that his…
Continue ReadingBiden to host Japan’s Kishida for talks on NKorea, economy
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House later this month for economic and security…
Continue ReadingMan suspected of intentionally driving off California cliff
MONTARA, Calif. (AP) — The driver of a car that plunged off a cliff in Northern California, seriously wounding two children and a second adult…
Continue ReadingUN Security Council welcomes new members; 2 are first-timers
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Ecuador, Japan, Malta, Mozambique and Switzerland are getting a formal welcome into the U.N. Security Council. Ambassadors…
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