Making pig livers humanlike in quest to ease organ shortage
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Scientists are transforming pig livers to look and act like human ones, part of a…
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Weapons checks in Greek town turn up grenades, machine guns
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — A series of pre-Christmas weapons inspections in a small town in northern Greece has turned up hand grenades, assault…
Continue ReadingSpain scraps value-added tax on staple foods in aid package
By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain has announced a new series of measures including scrapping Value Added Tax on staple food and…
Continue ReadingLufthansa flight lands at Chicago O’Hare after laptop fire
CHICAGO (AP) — Lufthansa says a flight from Los Angeles to Frankfurt, Germany, made an unscheduled landing at Chicago’s O’Hare International…
Continue ReadingFormer soldier tasked with getting Navy builder in shipshape
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press BATH, Maine (AP) — The new leader of Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works said he’s been rejuvenated by a shift…
Continue ReadingWomen’s sports saw pivotal growth in deals, interest in 2022
By ALANIS THAMES AP Sports Writer South Carolina coach Dawn Staley has been around women’s basketball long enough to see the growing pains of a…
Continue ReadingNorth Macedonia: 9 police officers arrested for corruption
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Authorities in North Macedonia say the commander of the police station at a border crossing to Serbia, his deputy…
Continue ReadingGermany’s governing coalition argues over COVID restrictions
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s governing coalition is arguing over whether remaining COVID-19 restrictions should be dropped after one of the…
Continue ReadingJosé Andrés and his daughters eat their way through Spain
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The new TV series “José Andrés and Family in Spain” follows the groundbreaking chef…
Continue ReadingMilitary police enforce driving ban in snow-stricken Buffalo
By CAROLYN THOMPSON and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — State and military police were sent Tuesday to keep people off…
Continue ReadingUN calls on Taliban to drop restrictions on women
BERLIN (AP) — The U.N. Security Council and the U.N. human rights chief have decried increasing restrictions on women’s rights in Afghanistan,…
Continue ReadingFlight canceled? Experts share some advice about what to do
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Thousands of travelers have been stranded at airports or stuck on hold trying to rebook flights this week as a…
Continue Reading1st 2 years revealed President Biden’s generational ambition
By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — When he ran for the White House, Joe Biden told voters his presidency would be a…
Continue ReadingLavrov: Ukraine must demilitarize or Russia will do it
By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned that Ukraine must meet Moscow’s…
Continue ReadingSuspect arrested in killing of UN peacekeeper in Lebanon
By ABBY SEWELL and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese army has arrested a suspect in the killing earlier this month of a…
Continue ReadingMillennial Money: 5 ways to build your credit score in 2023
By LAUREN SCHWAHN of NerdWallet For those of us with big financial plans or resolutions for the new year, such as buying a home or new car, getting…
Continue ReadingIran holds funerals for troops killed in 1980s Iraq war
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Thousands of Iranians across the country have attended funerals for 400 troops killed in the 1980s Iran-Iraq…
Continue ReadingSerbs put up new roadblocks as tensions soar in Kosovo
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC and SYLEJMAN KLLOKOQI Associated Press MITROVICA, Kosovo (AP) — Serbs have erected more roadblocks in northern Kosovo and…
Continue ReadingAbduction, torture, rape: Conflict in Congo worsens, says UN
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The accounts are haunting. Abductions, torture, rapes. Scores of civilians including women…
Continue ReadingSouthwest Airlines flight cancellations continue to snowball
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Families hoping to catch a Southwest Airlines flight after days of cancellations, missing luggage…
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