Cities face crisis as fewer kids enroll and schools shrink
By MILA KOUMPILOVA and MATT BARNUM of Chalkbeat, and COLLIN BINKLEY of The Associated Press Chalkbeat and Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — On a…
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Spain fully backs Western Balkan integration into EU
By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has said the Western Balkans are an integral part of the European Union,…
Continue ReadingUS begins court battle against publishing giants’ merger
By MARCY GORDON and HILLEL ITALIE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government and publishing titan Penguin Random House have exchanged…
Continue ReadingUK court says hospital can end comatose boy’s life support
LONDON (AP) — A British court on Monday refused to block a hospital from ending life-support treatment for a 12-year-old boy who has suffered…
Continue ReadingSerbia’s parliament convenes some 4 months after election
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s new parliament has convened for its first session, some four months after an election that reaffirmed the…
Continue ReadingThreat of protests, violent escalation stirs fears in Iraq
By SAMYA KULLAB and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Thousands of Shiites gathered in Baghdad for a counter-rally called by…
Continue ReadingUSDA getting tougher on salmonella in chicken products
By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is proposing new regulations that would force food…
Continue ReadingHarris cites climate ‘crisis,’ pushes $1B for floods, storms
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is making more than $1 billion available to states to address flooding and…
Continue ReadingSudan detects first case of monkeypox in Darfur
CAIRO (AP) — Sudan says it has detected the country’s first case of the monkeypox virus in the conflict-wrecked Darfur region. The Health…
Continue ReadingChinese company eyes Solomon Islands deep-water port
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A Chinese state-owned company is negotiating to buy a forestry plantation with a…
Continue ReadingMyanmar leader announces extension of state of emergency
BANGKOK (AP) — The leader of Myanmar’s military-installed government has announced the extension of its mandate to rule for another six months in…
Continue ReadingBlaze in southern France, which injured 4, contained
PARIS (AP) — Officials say a weekend wildfire in France’s southern French Gard region that injured four firefighters has now been contained.…
Continue ReadingUkraine seeks to retake the south, tying down Russian forces
By The Associated Press Even as Moscow’s war machine crawls across Ukraine’s east, trying to achieve the Kremlin’s goal of securing…
Continue Reading2 years later, hope for justice in Beirut explosion fades
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — It’s been two years since his 3-year-old daughter, Alexandra, was killed in a massive explosion at…
Continue ReadingAustralian Parliament considers lifting euthanasia ban
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian Parliament is considering a bill that would lift a 25-year-old ban on two…
Continue ReadingAP sources: Decision in Watson discipline case coming Monday
By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer A decision on discipline for Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson following accusations of sexual…
Continue Reading1st ship carrying Ukrainian grain leaves the port of Odesa
By SUSIE BLANN and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The first ship carrying Ukrainian grain set out Monday from the port of Odesa…
Continue ReadingAs species recover, some threaten others in more dire shape
By JOHN FLESHER, CHRISTINA LARSON and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press GLEN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — In a forest near Lake Michigan, two scientists…
Continue ReadingAppalachian cultural center reeling from historic flooding
By BRUCE SCHREINER, ANITA SNOW and TIMOTHY D. EASLEY Associated Press WHITESBURG, Ky. (AP) — The raging floodwaters that left dozens dead or…
Continue ReadingStocks start August with slide after best month since 2020
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks on Wall Street gave up early gains and closed slightly lower Monday as investors began…
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