Indiana Senate narrowly passes near-total abortion ban
By ARLEIGH RODGERS and RICK CALLAHAN Associated Press/Report for America INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana state senators narrowly passed a near-total…
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Ride-sharing apps rise in Venezuela as public transit decays
By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Ride-sharing apps like Uber, DiDi and Lyft may have driven across much of the…
Continue ReadingFealty to Trump defines Republican Senate primary in Arizona
By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The race for Arizona Senate doesn’t fit easily into the Donald Trump vs. GOP…
Continue ReadingBiden no longer shy in singling out Trump, the ‘former guy’
By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — One month into his presidency, Joe Biden made clear his distaste for even naming the man he had…
Continue ReadingTennessee’s embrace of conservative Michigan college sours
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — After riding high on a promise to bring 50 charter schools to Tennessee, the…
Continue ReadingSpain reports 2nd death from monkeypox
By JOSEPH WILSON and MARIA CHENG Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain has reported a second death in as many days from monkeypox. These…
Continue ReadingNew Hurricane Frank gains force over eastern Pacific
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Newly formed Hurricane Frank rapidly gained force over the open eastern Pacific Ocean on Saturday, but it was far from being any…
Continue ReadingTicket bought in Illinois wins $1.337B Mega Millions jackpot
By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A single ticket bought in a Chicago suburb beat the odds and won a $1.337 billion Mega Millions…
Continue ReadingTruss surges ahead, wins key backers in UK leadership race
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.K. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has cemented her place as front-runner in the race to replace Prime…
Continue ReadingRussian energy corporation Gazprom cuts off gas to Latvia
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s state-owned natural gas corporation says it has halted shipments to Latvia because of contract violations. In a brief…
Continue ReadingUK inquiry urges immediate payouts to tainted-blood victims
LONDON (AP) — The head of an inquiry into a tainted-blood scandal that killed 2,400 people in Britain urged the government to pay survivors and…
Continue ReadingRed Cross struggles to see prison where Ukrainian POWs died
By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian and Russian officials blamed each other Saturday for the deaths of dozens of…
Continue ReadingTrain drivers’ walkout brings more misery on UK railways
LONDON (AP) — Workers, vacationers and sports fans are facing another day of travel disruption in Britain amid a walkout by thousands of train…
Continue ReadingDeath of doctor who faced threats over COVID shocks Austria
BERLIN (AP) — Austrian political leaders are expressing shock over the death of a doctor who had closed her practice after she reported receiving…
Continue ReadingIraqi protesters storm parliament in Baghdad, set up sit-in
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Thousands of followers of an influential Shiite cleric stormed into…
Continue ReadingCourt upholds Taiwan tycoon’s sentence in tainted oil case
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A court has upheld a nine-year prison term for one of Taiwan’s richest businesspeople on charges of selling tainted cooking…
Continue ReadingPakistan says 1 soldier killed, 6 separatists dead in clash
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s military says security forces have killed six separatists in a remote area of the country’s restive…
Continue ReadingPope says he’ll slow down or retire: ‘You can change a pope’
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis acknowledged Saturday that he can no longer travel like he used to…
Continue ReadingChina announces military exercise opposite Taiwan
BEIJING (AP) — China’s government says it is conducting military exercises off its coast opposite Taiwan. The show of force comes amid…
Continue ReadingPope: Canadian residential schools were cultural ‘genocide’
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis agreed Saturday that the attempt to eliminate Indigenous culture in…
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