Election nonprofit that drew GOP ire in 2020 renews grants
By HARM VENHUIZEN Associated Press/Report for America MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A nonprofit group that became a point of controversy for distributing…
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Arizona Gov. Ducey stacks containers on border at term’s end
By ANITA SNOW and ROSS D. FRANKLIN Associated Press SAN RAFAEL VALLEY, Arizona (AP) — Work crews have steadily erected hundreds of double-stacked…
Continue ReadingTurkey’s Erdogan calls on Putin to establish Syrian corridor
By ANDREW WILKS Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called for a 30-kilometer (19-mile) security corridor…
Continue ReadingBiden aims to narrow trust gap with US-Africa leaders summit
By AAMER MADHANI, FARAI MUTSAKA add MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to play host to dozens of…
Continue ReadingIran’s currency falls further against the dollar amid unrest
CAIRO (AP) — Iran’s currency has reached its lowest value against the dollar with anti-government protests now in their third month. A breakdown…
Continue ReadingTensions run high in north Kosovo as Serbs block roads
By SYLEJMAN KLLOKOQI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Tensions were high in northern Kosovo on Sunday, with Serbs…
Continue ReadingJapanese company’s lander rockets toward moon with UAE rover
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A Tokyo company aimed for the moon with its own private lander Sunday, blasting off…
Continue ReadingPakistan PM’s son returns from exile to face graft charges
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A son of Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif has returned home after four years in London to face corruption charges that were…
Continue ReadingFree for a month, Kherson still toils to clear Russian traps
By INNA VARENYTSIA and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — A hand grenade jerry-rigged into the detergent tray of a Kherson…
Continue ReadingFacing COVID surge, China expanding hospitals, ICUs
By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Facing a surge in COVID-19 cases, China is setting up more intensive care facilities and trying to…
Continue ReadingScientists lower alert for Mauna Loa, say eruption could end
HONOLULU (AP) — Scientists lowered the alert level for the Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island from a warning to a watch on Saturday and…
Continue ReadingUSC’s Williams wins Heisman after leading Trojan turnaround
By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Caleb Williams brought sizzle, excitement and star power back to Southern California…
Continue ReadingOregon loses 2nd elections director in as many years
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon is losing its second elections director in as many years with the current one…
Continue ReadingPioneering Black feminist Dorothy Pitman Hughes dies at 84
By JOCELYN NOVECK AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Dorothy Pitman Hughes, a pioneering Black feminist, child welfare advocate and lifelong…
Continue ReadingEU parliament chief takes action as lobbying scandal simmers
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — A vice president of the European Union’s parliament was suspended from her duties on Saturday…
Continue ReadingTwitter relaunching subscriber service after debacle
NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter is once again attempting to launch its premium service, a month after a previous attempt failed. The social media company…
Continue ReadingPolice arrest man wounded in Oklahoma pot farm slayings
By KEN MILLER Associated Press The survivor of a shooting at an Oklahoma marijuana farm that killed four people has been arrested after being…
Continue ReadingDeputy in California slayings killed self with service gun
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A Virginia sheriff’s deputy who police say traveled to California to kill three family members of a 15-year-old girl he…
Continue ReadingMauritanian indicted in 3 deadly 2015 terror attacks in Mali
NEW YORK (AP) — A Mauritanian national suspected of planning and coordinating three lethal attacks in 2015 on Westerners in Mali has been arraigned…
Continue ReadingHeavy rain, wind, snow blows through California into Sierra
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A winter storm packing powerful winds, heavy rain and potentially several feet of snow in the…
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