Taliban bar women from university education in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers on Tuesday banned female students from attending universities effective immediately in…
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US starts grappling with ‘travesty’ of untreated hepatitis C
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Too many Americans are missing out on a cure for hepatitis C. A study underway in a…
Continue ReadingHow Congress is changing electoral law in response to Jan. 6
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House and the Senate are set to pass an overhaul of the Electoral Count Act, the…
Continue ReadingGambling interests gave GOP group behind pro-DeWine PACs $1M
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Associated Press review finds that gambling interests positioning for lucrative…
Continue ReadingA ravaged Quebec coast fights climate change by retreating
By CALVIN WOODWARD, LYNN BERRY, CHRISTINA LARSON and CAROLYN KASTER Associated Press PERCE, Quebec (AP) — Against the ravaging seas, Quebec’s…
Continue ReadingPolice, FBI plan update on deadly Indiana mall shooting
By RICK CALLAHAN Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Five months after a 20-year-old man fatally shot three people at a suburban Indianapolis…
Continue ReadingCongress moves to ban TikTok from US government devices
By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — TikTok would be banned from most U.S. government devices under a spending bill Congress…
Continue ReadingTennis ace Boris Becker recalls prison loneliness, friends
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — During his first interview after being released from prison, tennis great Boris Becker recalled the…
Continue ReadingPole killed fighting in Ukraine buried as hero of 2 nations
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish man who died fighting in Ukraine was buried back home in his native soil, with…
Continue ReadingKrasinski’s ‘Jack Ryan’ returns to TV after 3-year wait
By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press Season three of “ Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan,” starring John Krasinski, returns to Amazon Prime Video…
Continue ReadingA ravaged Quebec coast fights climate change by retreating
By CALVIN WOODWARD, LYNN BERRY, CHRISTINA LARSON and CAROLYN KASTER Associated Press PERCE, Quebec (AP) — Against the ravaging seas, Quebec’s…
Continue ReadingNASA Mars lander InSight falls silent after 4 years
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — It could be the end of the red dusty line for NASA’s InSight lander, which has…
Continue ReadingSudan’s Bashir takes ‘full responsibility’ for 1989 coup
JACK JEFFERY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s ousted president has taken ‘’full responsibility″ for the 1989 coup that led to his…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Undoing of Roe quickly shifts abortion in states
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press The legality of abortions has been in flux in some states since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade six…
Continue ReadingProjects examining Richmond’s history win $16M in funding
By SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The former capital of the Confederacy has secured an $11 million philanthropic donation to…
Continue ReadingLawmakers using spending bill to delay lobster restrictions
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s congressional delegation is using a federal spending bill to delay new lobster…
Continue ReadingGermany returns Nigerian bronzes, notes its ‘dark past’
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Germany returned 20 historic bronze sculptures to Nigeria as part of efforts to address…
Continue ReadingGerman churches save on heat, still help the needy warm up
BERLIN (AP) — Churches have joined in Germany’s efforts to save on heating costs this winter, forcing their congregations into ever more layers…
Continue ReadingPlanned Parenthood starts telemedicine abortions in Kansas
By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Planned Parenthood affiliate says it has started teleconferences with off-site doctors for…
Continue ReadingWells Fargo to pay $3.7B over consumer law violations
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer banking giant Wells Fargo agreed to pay $3.7 billion to settle charges that it harmed…
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