In world beset by turbulence, nations’ leaders gather at UN
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Facing a complex set of challenges that try humanity as never before, world leaders…
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Thousands march in Turkey to demand ban on LGBTQ groups
ISTANBUL (AP) — A conservative anti-LGBTQ group has marched in Istanbul to demand that LGBTQ associations be shuttered and their activities banned.…
Continue ReadingReport: Some census takers who fudged data didn’t get fired
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Some census takers who falsified information during the 2020 count didn’t have their work redone fully,…
Continue ReadingSteven Spielberg’s ‘Fabelmans’ wins Toronto audience award
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer Steven Spielberg’s autobiographical coming-of-age drama “The Fabelmans” won the Toronto International Film…
Continue ReadingHurt in June shooting, Ludacris’ manager faces murder charge
ATLANTA (AP) — The manager for the rapper Ludacris faces a murder charge in Atlanta in connection with a June shooting. Police reports show that…
Continue ReadingSpanish charity rescues 372 in central Mediterranean; 1 dead
By PETROS KARADJIAS Associated Press ABOARD THE OPEN ARMS UNO (AP) — The Spanish charity Open Arms has rescued 372 people seeking to cross the…
Continue ReadingKentucky court suspends prosecutor who asked for nude photos
MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Supreme Court has suspended an Eastern Kentucky prosecutor who promised to help a defendant in exchange for nude…
Continue Reading‘The Woman King’ takes North American box office throne
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The Viola Davis-led action epic “The Woman King” easily conquered the North American box office in its first…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: How the strong U.S. dollar can affect everyone
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The buck isn’t stopping. The value of the U.S. dollar has been on a tear for more than a year…
Continue ReadingIconic Russian singer asks to be named ‘foreign agent’
Iconic Russian singer Alla Pugacheva, hugely popular since Soviet times, says she wants to be placed on Russia’s foreign agents list in solidarity…
Continue Reading5 years after Maria, reconstruction drags on in Puerto Rico
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press LOÍZA, Puerto Rico (AP) — Jetsabel Osorio Chévere looked up with a sad smile as she leaned against her battered…
Continue ReadingDwindling Colorado River Basin key to New Mexico agriculture
By SCOTT WYLAND Santa Fe New Mexican SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A federal system of tunnels and dams known as the San Juan-Chama Project accounts for…
Continue ReadingMexican faith leader jailed for sex abuse; flock stays loyal
By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) — Their spiritual leader is behind bars in California after pleading guilty…
Continue ReadingTaiwanese fly and flop for fun in Red Bull glider contest
By TAIJING WU Associated Press TAICHUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Pilots with homemade gliders in Taiwan launched themselves into a harbor from a 20-foot-high…
Continue ReadingPelosi condemns Azerbaijan over Armenia attack
YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi says the United States deplores recent attacks by Azerbaijan on…
Continue ReadingNew model to enlist regular Americans to resettle refugees
By JULIE WATSON and AMY TAXIN Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — When nearly 80,000 Afghans arrived in the United States, refugee resettlement…
Continue ReadingMaine rematch could be a bellwether for control of Congress
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press AUBURN, Maine (AP) — Donald Trump isn’t on the ballot in Maine’s 2nd Congressional District this…
Continue ReadingBiden warns US democracy threatened, but how can he save it?
By COLLEEN LONG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is finding it’s easier to call out attacks on democracy…
Continue ReadingThey ended wanted pregnancies. Post-Roe, they face new pain.
By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer Ashley Lefebvre hugs her unborn daughter’s urn each night. Sarah Halsey treasures the tiny hat worn by her baby…
Continue ReadingOnce McCain’s party, Arizona GOP returns to far-right roots
By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The far-right forces that former Sen. John McCain successfully marginalized within the…
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