New Year’s organizer charged with murder in Uganda stampede
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda’s vice president says the death toll in a stampede at a shopping mall during New Year’s celebrations in…
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Benedict aide’s tell-all book will expose ‘dark maneuvers’
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s longtime personal secretary has written a tell-all book that…
Continue Reading3 dead, 2 hurt in North Carolina construction site accident
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Authorities say three construction workers were killed and two others were hurt when scaffolding collapsed in an industrial…
Continue ReadingIdaho slayings suspect’s family voices sympathy for victims
STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Relatives of a man arrested in Pennsylvania in the slayings of four University of Idaho students expressed sympathy for the…
Continue ReadingPrince Harry says he wants his father and brother back
LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry has said he wants to have his father and brother back and that he wants “a family, not an institution,” during a TV…
Continue ReadingProtests near German village vacated to expand coal mine
BERLIN (AP) — Scuffles have broken out outside a village in western Germany that is to be razed to allow the expansion of a coal mine, a plan that…
Continue ReadingEU Parliament starts process to lift 2 lawmakers’ immunity
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The president of the European Parliament has launched an urgent procedure to waive the…
Continue ReadingAt the Supreme Court, it’s taking longer to hear cases
By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When lawyers argue before the Supreme Court, a small white light goes on to tell them when…
Continue ReadingCalifornia braces for more storms following Saturday’s flood
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Northern California residents are bracing for another round of powerful storms. A weather…
Continue ReadingNYC nurses, hospitals resume contract talks; some reach pact
NEW YORK (AP) — A possible strike by thousands of New York City nurses loomed Monday even as nurses at one hospital reached a tentative agreement…
Continue ReadingTransgender woman’s scheduled execution would be US first
By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Unless Missouri Gov. Mike Parson grants clemency, Amber McLaughlin, 49, will become the first…
Continue ReadingWave of migrants in Florida Keys is a crisis, sheriff says
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — At least 500 migrants have arrived in the Florida Keys over the last several days in what the local sheriff’s office…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: How the House of Representatives elects a speaker
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House will convene Tuesday to elect a speaker for the new Congress. The majority of the…
Continue ReadingSouth Africa gas truck explosion death toll rises to 34
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African officials say the death toll from an explosion of a tanker truck on Christmas Eve near eastern Johannesburg has…
Continue ReadingSuspected gas blast levels 2 homes, hurts 5 in Philadelphia
A suspected gas explosion a few hours into the new year demolished two Philadelphia row homes and sent several people to the hospital. Fire…
Continue ReadingBotswana issues arrest warrant for ex-President Ian Khama
By SELLO MOTSETA Associated Press GABORONE, Botswana (AP) — An arrest warrant has been issued in Botswana for former President Ian Khama on a…
Continue ReadingBrazilians mourn Pelé at the stadium where he got his start
By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SANTOS, Brazil (AP) — Thousands of mourners, including high school students and supreme court justices, began…
Continue ReadingKaptur, longtime Ohio Democrat: Congress overlooks heartland
By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Democrat Marcy Kaptur is set to become the longest-serving woman in congressional history…
Continue ReadingKimberly Palmer: How to prepare for your next emergency
By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Emergencies such as power outages or severe weather can happen at any time and can be costly. Unplanned hotel stays,…
Continue ReadingGermany condemns New Year’s attacks on fire, police officers
BERLIN (AP) — The German government is condemning incidents on New Year’s Eve in which police officers and firefighters were attacked mostly with…
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