Peru’s president asks Cabinet to take anti-corruption pledge
By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peru’s newest president has sworn in her Cabinet and asked each member to pledge not to…
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Memorial to American writer Wahl placed at World Cup game
AL KHOR, Qatar (AP) — American soccer writer Grant Wahl has been honored with a tribute from FIFA on the desk where he was due to work at the World…
Continue ReadingEcstatic Moroccans celebrate World Cup victory over Portugal
By TARIK EL-BARAKAH and BARBARA SURK Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Ecstatic Moroccans have poured into the streets of their capital and…
Continue ReadingMan killed by troopers was hauling suspected cocaine
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana state trooper shot and killed a man who was reportedly hauling drugs after what started as a high-speed chase…
Continue ReadingAttorney: Kidnap plot leader should not get life sentence
By RICK CALLAHAN Associated Press The leader of a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer should not be sentenced to life in prison because…
Continue ReadingFifth teenager pleads guilty in shooting near Iowa school
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Another teenager accused in a fatal shooting near an Iowa high school has admitted to the crime, marking the fifth guilty…
Continue ReadingMorocco reaches World Cup semifinals, tops Portugal, Ronaldo
By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Morocco became the first African country to reach the World Cup semifinals by beating Portugal…
Continue ReadingKosovo postpones election in ethnic-Serb-dominated north
By ZENEL ZHINIPOTOKU and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo has postponed a local election due to be held Dec. 18 in…
Continue ReadingGas prices fall again in NJ, nation as demand remains low
TRENTON. N.J. (AP) — Gas prices have again dropped sharply in New Jersey and around the country as demand remains slow and supplies continue to…
Continue ReadingCourt: Resentence mom who put newborn in trash at sorority
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A woman who was imprisoned without parole for killing her newborn daughter by throwing the infant in the trash after giving…
Continue ReadingMail carrier killed while delivering mail in Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Police in Wisconsin are searching for the shooter who killed a U.S. Postal Service employee as he was delivering mail. The…
Continue ReadingNewcomer wins seat on Louisiana Public Service Commission
By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Newcomer Davante Lewis has won Saturday’s runoff for a seat on Louisiana’s Public…
Continue ReadingGerman hostage freed after 2018 jihadi abduction in Niger
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — German aid organization Help says Jorg Lange, a German national who headed its Niger…
Continue ReadingRonaldo fails again in likely last chance to win World Cup
By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo choked up with emotion as the tears ran down his cheeks. He momentarily…
Continue ReadingNobel Peace Prize winners blast Putin’s invasion of Ukraine
By MARKUS SCHREIBER Associated Press OSLO, Norway (AP) — The winners of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize from Ukraine, Russia and Belarus have…
Continue ReadingEffect of Georgia’s voting law unclear, despite high turnout
By AYANNA ALEXANDER and GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Georgia’s 2022 election season ended dramatically this past week, but that…
Continue ReadingDevotion to Virgin Mary draws millions to Mexico City shrine
By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — It is one of the world’s most visited and beloved religious venues – the…
Continue Reading2 Yemeni soldiers escorting UN convoy killed in ambush
By AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The U.N. says two Yemeni troops have been killed in an armed ambush on one of its convoys in…
Continue ReadingBiden called gay marriage ‘inevitable’ and soon it’ll be law
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A decade ago, then-Vice President Joe Biden shocked the political world and preempted his boss…
Continue ReadingBiden called gay marriage ‘inevitable’ and soon it’ll be law
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A decade ago, then-Vice President Joe Biden shocked the political world and preempted his boss…
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