Palau VP delegation quarantined in Taiwan after 2 get virus
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Palau’s vice president and her eight-member delegation have been quarantined in Taiwan after two of them tested positive…
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Pakistan floods leave wrecked lives, half million in camps
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Nearly a half million people crowded into camps after losing their homes in widespread flooding…
Continue ReadingIndianapolis police quiet on fatal shooting of Dutch soldier
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two Dutch soldiers wounded in a downtown Indianapolis shooting that killed another member of their commando unit could soon…
Continue ReadingPalestinian toll mounts as Israel steps up West Bank raids
By JOSEPH KRAUSS and JALAL BWAITEL Associated Press TUBAS, West Bank (AP) — At least 85 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank this year as…
Continue ReadingDiana’s last moments: French doctor recalls ‘tragic night’
By JADE LE DELEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The woman was crumpled on the floor of a mangled Mercedes, unconscious and struggling to breathe.…
Continue ReadingHawaii wins Little League title, beating Curacao 13-3
By JAKE STARR Associated Press SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — For a week and a half at the Little League World Series, no team came close to…
Continue ReadingIsraeli tycoon appeals corruption conviction in Swiss court
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Lawyers for Israeli diamond magnate Beny Steinmetz have urged an appeals court to throw out…
Continue ReadingNASA scrubs launch of new moon rocket after engine problem
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA called off the launch of its mighty new moon rocket on its debut flight with…
Continue ReadingChina’s drought-hit areas get rain, bringing flood risks
BEIJING (AP) — More than 100,000 people had moved to safer areas by Monday as heavy rains brought flood risks to a region of southwest China that…
Continue ReadingUN agency to inspect Ukraine nuclear plant in urgent mission
By PAUL BYRNE Associated Press KYIV (AP) — A U.N. nuclear watchdog team set off on an urgent mission Monday to safeguard the Russian-occupied…
Continue ReadingPolice: Heroic Safeway employee confronted gunman in store
By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Safeway employee who previously served in the U.S. Army for two decades attacked a…
Continue ReadingStrong undersea quake causes panic in western Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A strong and shallow undersea earthquake has shaken western Indonesia, but no damage was immediately reported. Witnesses…
Continue ReadingLiz Cheney in 2024? Deep skepticism emerges in key states
By STEVE PEOPLES, HOLLY RAMER and THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — As the sun set in Wyoming, U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney described…
Continue ReadingMan suspected of killing 3 ‘terrorized’ Detroit, chief says
By ED WHITE and JOEY CAPPELLETTI Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A 19-year-old man suspected of randomly killing three people on Detroit streets…
Continue ReadingAsian stocks after Wall St pullback on Fed inflation stance
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks were mixed Tuesday after Wall Street fell following last week’s Federal…
Continue ReadingPeru judge: preventative prison for president’s relative
LIMA, Peru (AP) — A Peruvian judge has ordered President Pedro Castillo’s sister-in-law to be held in prison up to 2.5 years while she is…
Continue ReadingFlooding looms large again in Mississippi’s capital city
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss (AP) — Some Jackson residents are moving belongings out of their homes while…
Continue ReadingHistoric marker at boyhood home of late US Rep. John Lewis
TROY, Ala. (AP) — There’s now a historic marker at the one-story brick house in Alabama where the late civil rights leader and Georgia…
Continue ReadingIllness interrupts O’Rourke campaign for Texas governor
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Texas Democratic gubernatorial nominee Beto O’Rourke said Sunday that he had cleared his campaign schedule after receiving…
Continue ReadingDetroit police arrest suspected gunman in ‘random’ shootings
DETROIT (AP) — Four people were shot, three fatally, by a man who appeared to be firing at people randomly over a roughly 2 1/2-hour period Sunday…
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