Bus collision at accident site leaves 15 dead in Turkey
ISTANBUL (AP) — Officials in southern Turkey say at least 15 people were killed when a passenger bus collided with emergency teams handling an…
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For Republican governors, all economic success is local
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Gov. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, often knocks President Joe Biden for high inflation and a looming…
Continue ReadingStatue honors once-enslaved woman who won freedom in court
By MARK PRATT Associated Press A bronze statue of an enslaved woman from Massachusetts who went to court to win her freedom in 1781 has been unveiled…
Continue ReadingChinese farmers struggle as scorching drought wilts crops
By MARK SCHIEFELBEIN Associated Press LONGQUAN, China (AP) — Hundreds of persimmon trees that should be loaded with yellow fruit lie wilted in Gan…
Continue ReadingFrance pays homage to beloved New Yorker cartoonist Sempé
By JADE LE DELEY Associated Press Family, friends and fans have paid tribute to French cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempé, who died last week at age 89.…
Continue ReadingUN: US buying big Ukraine grain shipment for hungry regions
By CARA ANNA Associated Press BULLA HAGAR, Kenya (AP) — The United States is stepping up to buy about 150,000 metric tons of grain from Ukraine in…
Continue ReadingFinland asks: Does a prime minister have a right to party?
By KOSTYA MANENKOV and KARL RITTER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — In a leaked video, Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin is seen dancing and…
Continue ReadingGreece rid of budget watch but inflation, energy woes bite
By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s close financial oversight by European Union creditors is ending.…
Continue ReadingChemical tanker, cargo ship crash near southwestern Japan
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese chemical tanker ship crashed into a cargo ship off the coast of southwestern Japan, the…
Continue ReadingAfrican migratory birds threatened by hot, dry weather
By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Africa’s migratory birds are threatened by changing weather patterns in the center…
Continue ReadingProtesters demand Utah require clergy to report sex abuse
By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Survivors and faith leaders rallied Friday at the Utah State Capitol to demand change to a state…
Continue ReadingIMF fees on war-torn countries closer to elimination
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund is facing pressure to reevaluate how it imposes fees on loans…
Continue ReadingPro-Trump wins in blue states threaten GOP hopes in November
By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Republicans have found success in Democratic strongholds like Maryland and Massachusetts…
Continue ReadingOn Chile rivers, Native spirituality and development clash
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press MELIPEUCO, Chile (AP) — Mist suddenly arose from the Truful Truful River as it flowed below the…
Continue ReadingOn Chile rivers, Native spirituality and development clash
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press MELIPEUCO, Chile (AP) — Mist suddenly arose from the Truful Truful River as it flowed below the…
Continue ReadingGunmen storm hotel in Somali capital, leave 20 dead
By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Islamic militants have stormed a hotel in Somalia’s capital, engaging in an…
Continue ReadingCalifornia nuke extension challenged in legislative proposal
BY ADAM BEAM and MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal to extend the…
Continue ReadingFlood-damaged Death Valley to reopen popular sites to public
DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Death Valley National Park’s most popular sites will reopen to the public on Saturday, two weeks after…
Continue ReadingGrand jury wants school board members removed over massacre
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida grand jury empaneled after a deadly mass shooting at a Parkland high…
Continue ReadingJudge throws out Maine lawsuit against COVID vaccine mandate
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a complaint from a group of workers who said they were…
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