Bernard Shaw, CNN’s 1st chief anchor, dies at 82
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Bernard Shaw, CNN’s chief anchor for two decades and a pioneering Black broadcast journalist best…
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Florida school board votes down recognizing LGBTQ+ month
MIAMI (AP) — The school board in Florida’s largest district won’t recognize October as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer…
Continue ReadingRegulators try to stop unlawful nursing home debt collection
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal report says nursing homes and debt collectors are flouting a law that prohibits them…
Continue ReadingHunt for shooting suspect shut down much of fearful Memphis
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Two college campuses locked down. City buses stopped running. A baseball stadium halted a…
Continue ReadingEgypt latest in Mideast to detect 1st case of monkeypox
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s health authorities have detected the country’s first case of monkeypox in a 42-year-old man who frequently travels to…
Continue ReadingTropical Storm Kay dumps rain on Mexico’s Baja peninsula
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Kay made landfall on a sparsely populated peninsula on Mexico’s Pacific coast before weakening into a tropical storm…
Continue ReadingJeep unveils its 1st electric SUVs for North America, Europe
DETROIT (AP) — Jeep will start selling two fully electric SUVs in North America and another one in Europe over the next two years. The new EVs,…
Continue ReadingFewer Americans apply for jobless aid last week
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market continues to motor…
Continue ReadingNigeria seizes donkey penises to be smuggled to Hong Kong
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian officials have seized thousands of donkey penises that were about to be exported…
Continue ReadingQueen Elizabeth II dead at 96 after 70 years on the throne
By DANICA KIRKA, JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and a symbol…
Continue ReadingUkraine energy chief: Russia trying to ‘steal’ nuclear plant
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of Ukraine’s atomic energy operator accused Russia on Thursday of trying to…
Continue ReadingSatellite photos: Israel attack damages Syria airport runway
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Israeli strike on a Syrian airport tore large craters in three spots on the…
Continue ReadingEx-chancellor Merkel’s memoirs to be published in 2024
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Angela Merkel, who served as chancellor of Germany for 16 years, will release her political…
Continue ReadingUnited makes ‘conditional’ order for electric air taxis
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — United Airlines thinks that in a few years, plenty of big-city customers will pay $100 or more for…
Continue ReadingUkraine, neighbors, to get big new aid, Blinken says in Kyiv
By MATTHEW LEE and KARL RITTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has paid an unannounced visit to Kyiv,…
Continue ReadingEgypt: 4 independent journalists questioned over reports
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s prosecutors have charged four journalists from one of the country’s few remaining independent news outlets of spreading…
Continue ReadingUN approves Austria’s Volker Türk as new human rights chief
By EDITH M. LEDERER and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly has approved veteran Austrian diplomat…
Continue ReadingPakistani PM: World should ramp up climate change fight
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s prime minister is urging the world to step up the fight against climate change as a…
Continue ReadingPlaying Marilyn Monroe was life-changing for Ana de Armas
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — The 79th edition of the Venice International Film Festival is starting to wind down, but…
Continue ReadingMore than 1,000 evacuated as Turkey battles wildfire
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — More than 1,000 people have been evacuated as firefighters battle a wildfire in southern Turkey for a second day running. The…
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