Crash threat over Mississippi skies ends with pilot’s arrest
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS and NIKKI BOERTMAN Associated Press RIPLEY, Miss. (AP) — An airport worker who knew how to take off but not land stole a…
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Border patrol: 9 migrants die crossing swift Texas river
By ELLIOT SPAGAT and SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Officials on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border are searching for more victims after at least…
Continue ReadingGOP escalates fight against citizen-led ballot initiatives
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people signed petitions this year backing proposed ballot…
Continue ReadingKansas governor lauds abortion vote but focuses on economy
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly wasted little time after a decisive victory in Kansas for…
Continue ReadingHow Archives went from ‘National Treasure’ to political prey
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It was the setting for “National Treasure,” the movie in which Nicolas Cage’s…
Continue ReadingFight over future of library that sparked civil rights ideas
By TRAVIS LOLLER Associated Press A library where Rosa Parks, John Lewis and other civil rights leaders forged strategies that would change the world…
Continue ReadingLaura Poitras film spotlights activist photographer Goldin
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — Laura Poitras’ Nan Goldin documentary “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” is…
Continue ReadingIndonesia hikes fuel prices by 30%, cuts energy subsidies
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Fuel prices have increased by about 30% across Indonesia after the government reduced some of the costly subsidies that…
Continue ReadingPakistan appeals for more aid for 33M affected by flooding
By ZARAR KHAN Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan appealed Saturday to the international community for an “immense humanitarian…
Continue Reading5 dead in Russian volcano climb
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian news reports say five people climbing Eurasia’s tallest active volcano have died in an accident and rescuers are trying to…
Continue ReadingWith no immunity, Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksa faces legal troubles
By KRISHAN FRANCIS and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa could face legal…
Continue ReadingLeak ruins NASA moon rocket launch bid; next try weeks away
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s new moon rocket sprang another dangerous fuel leak Saturday, forcing launch…
Continue ReadingUkraine’s nuclear plant partly goes offline amid fighting
By YESICA FISCH and JOANNA KOZLOWSKA Associated Press ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Saturday that the…
Continue ReadingAl-Shabab kills at least 20, burns food trucks in Somalia
By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somali state media and residents say the extremist group al-Shabab killed at least 20…
Continue ReadingPutin ally: US dream of Russian breakup is road to doom
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A top Russian official has accused the U.S. and its allies of trying to provoke the…
Continue Reading3 rescued dolphins swim free from Indonesia sanctuary
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Three bottlenose dolphins have been released into the open sea in Indonesia after years of being…
Continue ReadingTeacher shortages grow worrisome in Poland and Hungary
By VANESSA GERA and JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Public schools in Poland and Hungary are facing a shortage of teachers at a…
Continue ReadingZimbabwe government harasses opposition with arrests, jail
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe’s general election is several months away but many opposition figures say they…
Continue ReadingGorbachev buried in Moscow in funeral snubbed by Putin
By JIM HEINTZ and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, who launched drastic reforms that…
Continue ReadingIAEA visit to Ukraine nuclear plant highlights risks
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency are used to risky missions —…
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