EXPLAINER: What hazards are posed by Hawaii’s Mauna Loa?
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Lava is shooting 100 feet to 200 feet (30 to 60 meters) into the air as Hawaii’s Mauna Loa,…
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Asian shares mostly decline ahead of Fed chair’s key speech
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower Wednesday ahead of a closely watched speech by the Federal Reserve…
Continue Reading‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ wins at Gotham Awards
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Everything Everywhere All at Once” won best feature at the 32nd Gotham Awards on Monday,…
Continue ReadingGOP’s new committee leaders prepare blitz of investigations
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans are promising aggressive oversight of the Biden administration once they…
Continue ReadingBiden, Macron ready to talk Ukraine, trade in state visit
By AAMER MADHANI and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron will be the guest for the first state visit…
Continue ReadingSupreme Court wrestles with Biden’s deportation policy
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday wrestled with a politically tinged dispute over a Biden…
Continue ReadingSnell runs for go-ahead TD, Steelers hold off Colts 24-17
By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Benny Snell Jr. kept waiting for his first carry of the season. When he finally got the…
Continue ReadingVirginia Rep. McEachin dies at 61 after cancer battle
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Rep. A. Donald McEachin, D-Va., died Monday after a battle with colorectal cancer, his office said. He was 61. Tara…
Continue ReadingVolcano begins to erupt in eastern El Salvador
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Authorities in El Salvador on Monday warned residents near the Chaparrastique volcano in the country’s east…
Continue Reading4 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in occupied West Bank
By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police have shot and killed a Palestinian man who rammed his car into an Israeli soldier…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea orders striking cement truckers back to work
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government has ordered some of the thousands of truck drivers who have…
Continue ReadingPence calls on Trump to apologize for dinner with antisemite
By JILL COLVIN and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A growing number of Republicans, including former Vice President Mike Pence,…
Continue ReadingSenate set to vote on bill protecting same-sex marriages
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate is set to vote Tuesday on legislation to protect same-sex and…
Continue ReadingDrying California lake to get $250M in US drought funding
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The federal government said Monday it will spend $250 million over four years on…
Continue ReadingJudge mulls arguments in Mississippi death penalty protocol
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A federal judge will decide whether to block Mississippi from using three drugs when…
Continue ReadingAustralia argues against ‘endangered’ Barrier Reef status
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s environment minister said Tuesday her government will lobby against UNESCO…
Continue ReadingLandmark trial over Arkansas youth gender care ban resumes
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The landmark trial over Arkansas’ ban on gender-affirming care for children has…
Continue ReadingOregon lawmakers lift security measure imposed on senator
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — On Monday an Oregon Senate panel rescinded the protective measure it had imposed on a state…
Continue ReadingConnecticut facing growing cost of pandemic bonus pay
By SUSAN HAIGH and DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A greater-than-expected demand for aid has forced the Connecticut General…
Continue ReadingTexas prosecutor resigns amid 2019 Walmart attack criticism
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A Texas prosecutor facing mounting criticism over the handling of the 2019 Walmart mass shooting in El Paso that killed 23…
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