Oil spill settlement reached with California businesses
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A pipeline operator says it has reached a settlement with Southern California tourism companies, fishermen and other…
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Court: Arkansas can’t ban treatment of transgender kids
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A federal appeals court has agreed with a judge’s ruling preventing the state…
Continue ReadingDesert flooding damages Los Angeles to Phoenix highway
DESERT CENTER, Calif. (AP) — Officials say the main highway from Los Angeles to Phoenix has been damaged by a flash flood that washed out lanes on…
Continue ReadingExecution date set for Missouri man who shot police officer
By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press The Missouri Supreme Court has set a Nov. 29 execution date for a 36-year-old man who killed a suburban St.…
Continue ReadingAcademy CEO Bill Kramer looks to future of the Oscars
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Bill Kramer has been thinking about the future of the Oscars since the day he was named CEO of the Academy of Motion…
Continue ReadingDutch agencies help migrants sleeping outside crowded camp
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press TER APEL, Netherlands (AP) — Aid agencies are tending to hundreds of migrants camped in sweltering heat outside an…
Continue ReadingUS: Strikes kill 4 Iranian-backed militia members in Syria
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military says four Iranian-backed militia members have been killed in U.S. strikes…
Continue ReadingFlash flooding: Toddlers rescued, fish flop in parking lot
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Law enforcement officers in central Mississippi carried…
Continue ReadingLatvia brings down Soviet-era monument’s obelisk in capital
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A concrete obelisk topped by Soviet stars that was the centerpiece of a monument…
Continue ReadingRussia frees ex-mayor but he still faces charges for remarks
A Russian court has ordered the release of a former mayor of the country’s fourth-largest city from custody pending an investigation and trial on…
Continue ReadingReports: Iran allows women to attend Tehran soccer game
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian news agency says that in a rare move, authorities have allowed women to attend a soccer game at the Tehran Azadi…
Continue ReadingBritish sewage overflows stink up relations across Channel
PARIS (AP) — EU lawmakers have a new, post-Brexit reason to be annoyed with the U.K.: British sewage overflows seeping into the English Channel and…
Continue ReadingReforms help Cuban farmers, but many still struggle
By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — A package of 63 reforms approved last year was meant to make it easier and more profitable for…
Continue ReadingGermany charges Vietnamese linked to 2017 kidnapping case
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s federal prosecutor says a man suspected in the 2017 kidnapping of a former Vietnamese oil executive in Berlin has been…
Continue Reading‘Conceptual agreement’ reached in Columbus teachers strike
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The school board and union representing teachers and other employees in Ohio’s largest school district say they have…
Continue ReadingPutin orders Russian military to beef up forces by 137,000
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the Russian military to increase the number of troops by 137,000 to a total of 1.15…
Continue ReadingFall books a broad mix of literary and commercial favorites
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Anticipation for one of the fall’s likeliest bestsellers has been growing all year. For…
Continue ReadingGovernment revision shows economy shrank 0.6% last quarter
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy shrank at a 0.6% annual rate from April through June, the government said in…
Continue ReadingFewer Americans claim jobless benefits last week
By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fewer Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market continues to stand…
Continue ReadingGerman group: Animal hoarding cases hit 10-year high in 2021
BERLIN (AP) — Cases of people hoarding cats, dogs and other living creatures in Germany reached a ten-year high in 2021, the country’s Animal…
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