DC’s pioneering ‘Baby Bonds’ plan aims to narrow wealth gap
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Aaliyah Manning’s dreams of becoming a psychologist ended abruptly during her freshman year…
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Abrams aims to win back Dems who voted in Ga.’s GOP primary
By BILL BARROW Associated Press CLAYTON, Ga. (AP) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is a conservative by any measure. As the Republicans seeks a second…
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By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The prosecution spent three weeks telling jurors how Nikolas Cruz murdered 14…
Continue ReadingJapan’s PM Kishida isolates with COVID-19, cancels travels
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has mild symptoms of COVID-19 and has canceled his planned…
Continue ReadingPope voices worry over bishop’s detention in Nicaragua
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis voiced worry Sunday about the situation in Nicaragua, where police…
Continue ReadingStrike at biggest shipping port adds to UK industrial chaos
LONDON (AP) — The first day of a planned strike at Britain’s biggest container port started Sunday, joining a series of walkouts by…
Continue ReadingFlash fooding kills dozens in Afghanistan, Pakistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Local officials in eastern Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan say heavy flooding from seasonal rains has left dozens of people…
Continue ReadingFloods, landslides leave 40 dead in northern India
NEW DELHI (AP) — At least 40 people have died and others are missing in flash floods triggered by intense monsoon rains in northern India over the…
Continue ReadingOn Ukraine’s front line, a fight to save premature babies
By INNA VARENYTSIA Associated Press POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February, three hospitals in…
Continue ReadingTurkey: Crashes at emergency sites kill at least 35 people
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish authorities are investigating a pair of secondary crashes at emergency sites that killed at least 35 people. In both cases,…
Continue ReadingCar blast kills daughter of Russian known as ‘Putin’s brain’
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The daughter of an influential Russian political theorist often referred to as “Putin’s brain”…
Continue ReadingSomali forces end hotel attack that left 21 dead, 117 hurt
By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Somali authorities have ended a deadly attack by Islamic extremists in which 21 people…
Continue ReadingRussia’s war at 6 months: A global economy in growing danger
By PAUL WISEMAN and DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writers MECKENHEIM, Germany (AP) — Martin Kopf needs natural gas to run his family’s company,…
Continue ReadingPolice arrest several after panic at Kentucky State Fair
Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say nine people were arrested at the Kentucky State Fair, which closed early Saturday night…
Continue ReadingChina plans cloud seeding to protect grain crop from drought
By MARK SCHIEFELBEIN Associated Press CHONGQING, China (AP) — China says it will try to protect its grain harvest from record-setting drought by…
Continue Reading2 Russians, 1 Ukrainian arrested as alleged spies in Albania
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Two Russians and a Ukrainian were arrested for alleged espionage at a military plant in southern Albania, the Albanian…
Continue ReadingIndonesia announces its first case of monkeypox
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A man in Indonesia has tested positive for monkeypox, making him the country’s first confirmed case of the disease.…
Continue ReadingPride of Ukraine: Usyk beats Joshua, keeps heavyweight belts
KING ABDULLAH SPORTS CITY, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Oleksandr Usyk kissed the blue-and-yellow flag of Ukraine and looked to the Saudi Arabian sky as he…
Continue ReadingDorli Rainey, symbol of Occupy movement, dies at 95
SEATTLE (AP) — Dorli Rainey, a self-described “old lady in combat boots” who became a symbol of the Occupy protest movement when she was…
Continue ReadingLittle change in Kansas abortion recall; 1 county not done
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Recounts of election results in eight of nine Kansas counties appear to confirm that voters soundly rejected an amendment to…
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