EXPLAINER: How will OPEC+ cuts affect oil prices, inflation?
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Major oil-producing countries led by Saudi Arabia and Russia have decided to slash the…
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Leaders of Turkey, Armenia hold face-to-face meeting
PRAGUE (AP) — The leaders of Turkey and Armenia have held their first face-to-face meeting since the two countries agreed to improve relations.…
Continue ReadingSchool shooter chose Valentine’s Day to ruin it forever
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz calmly told a psychologist he picked…
Continue ReadingSierra Leone journalist Clarence Roy-Macaulay dies at 85
By KRISTA LARSON Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Journalist Clarence Roy-Macaulay, who covered Sierra Leone for The Associated Press for…
Continue ReadingBelarus hands 4 independent journalists lengthy prison terms
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Belarusian court has sentenced four journalists at country’s largest independent…
Continue ReadingPsych exam set for NYC man charged with killing EMS officer
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has ordered a psychiatric examination for a man charged with fatally stabbing a New York…
Continue ReadingUK nurses vote on strikes as cost-of-living squeeze worsens
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s biggest nurses’ union is asking its 300,000 members whether they want to go on strike in a dispute over pay. Members of…
Continue ReadingJudge temporarily blocks search of slain reporter’s devices
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nevada judge has granted a temporary restraining order that bars authorities from immediately searching the personal devices of…
Continue ReadingNew survey suggests little progress against U.S. teen vaping
By MIKE STOBBE and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The latest government study on teen vaping suggests there’s been little…
Continue ReadingIndonesian police to charge 6 people in soccer disaster
By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian police say they are bringing criminal charges against three officers and…
Continue ReadingJan. 6 committee schedules next public hearing for Oct. 13
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has scheduled its next…
Continue ReadingMan charged with smuggling pythons in his pants at US border
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York City man has been charged with smuggling three Burmese pythons in his pants at a U.S-Canadian border crossing.…
Continue ReadingWhistleblower: 665 left FBI over misconduct in two decades
By ERIC TUCKER and JIM MUSTIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. senator is pressing the FBI for more information after a whistleblower…
Continue ReadingCollege football at 49? North Dakota lineman has right stuff
By DAVE KOLPACK Associated Press WAHPETON, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota junior college has a senior statesman on its football team. North Dakota…
Continue Reading11 turkey farm workers charged with cruelty caught on video
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Eleven people working for a leading turkey producer have been charged with animal cruelty in Pennsylvania after…
Continue Reading2021 Nobel Peace Prize winners have faced a year of battles
By LYNN BERRY and JIM GOMEZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Winning the Nobel Peace Prize often provides a boost for a grassroots activist or…
Continue ReadingIMF warns of higher recession risk and darker global outlook
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund is once again lowering its projections for global economic…
Continue ReadingNew S Korea gov’t seeks to abolish gender equality ministry
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s new conservative government says it will push to abolish a gender…
Continue ReadingFrance’s Macron opposes building new Iberia gas pipeline
PRAGUE (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says his government doesn’t support building a new pipeline to pump natural gas between the…
Continue ReadingDrug gang kills 20 in attack on city hall in southern Mexico
By EDUARDO VERDUGO Associated Press SAN MIGUEL TOTOLAPAN, Mexico (AP) — A drug gang shot to death 20 people, including a mayor and his father, in…
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