Monks’ role in Sri Lanka protests raises familiar questions
By HALEY BARKER Religion News Service (RNS) — The street protests that drove Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa from office last month…
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Storms ground US air travelers as airlines cancel flights
NEW YORK (AP) — Thunderstorms on the East Coast are causing travel headaches for tens of thousands of airline passengers. Airlines canceled about…
Continue ReadingNew attacks against illegal miners after South Africa rapes
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Violence against illegal miners in South Africa has spread despite calls for restraint…
Continue ReadingGOP Rep who voted to impeach advances in Washington primary
By RACHEL LA CORTE Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Republican Rep. Dan Newhouse, who voted to impeach Donald Trump, advanced Friday to the…
Continue ReadingStill isolating, Biden signs anti-fraud pandemic bills
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed legislation intended to curb fraud in pandemic relief programs.…
Continue ReadingPython hunt! 800 compete to remove Florida’s invasive snakes
MIAMI More than 800 competitors will be trudging through the Florida Everglades for the next eight days, in search of invasive Burmese pythons that…
Continue ReadingDoctor critical of lax COVID rules wins Tenn. Dem gov race
By JONATHAN MATTISE and KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Nashville doctor critical of Republican Gov. Bill Lee’s…
Continue ReadingEfforts continue to reach 10 miners northern Mexico
By ELIZABETH MONROY and FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press SABINAS, Mexico (AP) — Round-the-clock pumping slightly lowered the level of water inside…
Continue ReadingUK: ‘Early signs’ that monkeypox outbreak may be peaking
By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — British health authorities say the monkeypox outbreak across the country may be peaking and that the…
Continue ReadingPipeline developer pleads no contest in pollution cases
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The developer of a major pipeline system has pleaded no contest to criminal charges…
Continue ReadingPentagon denies DC request for National Guard migrant help
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon rejected a request from the District of Columbia seeking National Guard…
Continue ReadingWoman heading to prenatal checkup killed in California crash
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A pregnant woman who died along with her young son and three others in a fiery crash caused…
Continue ReadingLawyer: Arbery shooter fears he’ll be killed in state prison
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery after chasing him in a Georgia neighborhood says…
Continue ReadingKentucky flood survivors turn to grim task: Burying the dead
By LEAH WILLINGHAM and BRYNN ANDERSON CHAVIES, Ky. (AP) — Angel Campbell should have been looking through photo albums and eating soup beans in her…
Continue ReadingAlex Jones ordered to pay $45.2M more over Sandy Hook lies
By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury on Friday ordered conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to pay $45.2 million in punitive…
Continue ReadingRwanda rejects UN report on support for rebels in Congo
By IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda’s government is rejecting a report by United Nations experts saying they have…
Continue ReadingJohn Rensenbrink, US Green Party co-founder, dies at 93
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — John Rensenbrink has died at age 93 after a life in which he co-founded the Green Party…
Continue ReadingOregon’s wildfire risk map emerges as new climate flashpoint
By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A new map in Oregon that rated the wildfire risk of every tax lot in the state —…
Continue ReadingTaliban: 2 civilians killed in a bomb blast in Afghanistan
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban say at least two civilians have been killed after a bomb went off near a mosque in a minority Shiite neighborhood in…
Continue ReadingCanada to use regulation to ban handgun imports in 2 weeks
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada plans to temporarily ban the import of handguns into the country without the approval of Parliament, using a…
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