Colorado clerk gets primary recount after raising $250,000
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A Colorado county clerk and election conspiracy theorist will get a recount of her failed bid…
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Wildfire in southwest Turkey spreads to hotel; no one hurt
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A wildfire that broke out in a resort area in southeastern Turkey has been brought under control a few hours after it started…
Continue Reading3rd Wisconsin Dem US Senate candidate bows out, backs Barnes
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Treasurer Sarah Godlewski has dropped out of the state’s Democratic U.S.…
Continue ReadingBlinken off to Asia, Africa as Russia, China tensions rise
WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken is headed to Asia and Africa as the U.S. and rivals China and Russia intensify their battle for…
Continue ReadingDitch the necktie: Spain’s leader backs conserving energy
By RAQUEL REDONDO Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s leader has proposed an energy-saving move that many men have already embraced.…
Continue ReadingSouth Africa’s ruling ANC opens policy meeting amid problems
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party begins its key policy conference…
Continue ReadingPalestinians say Israeli fire kills teen in West Bank rally
By IMAD ISSEID Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry says a 16-year-old Palestinian died afternoon shortly…
Continue ReadingInflation and wage data suggest US prices will keep climbing
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation surged in June and workers’ average wages accelerated in the spring…
Continue ReadingSt. Louis region hit by more flooding, prompting rescues
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Heavy rains brought another round of flooding to the St. Louis region that was already recovering from record rains earlier this…
Continue ReadingUS rules out summer COVID boosters to focus on fall campaign
By MATTHEW PERRONE and LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators said Friday they are no longer considering authorizing a…
Continue ReadingPassenger rail return to Vermont city took vision, decades
By WILSON RING Associated Press BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Passenger rail service is returning to Vermont’s largest city after an absence of…
Continue ReadingWhite House hosts lawyers for discussion on abortion access
By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland headlined a White House event bringing together pro bono…
Continue ReadingEgypt prosecutors deny prominent jailed activist faced harm
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s prosecutors are refuting allegations of torture and ill-treatment against one of the country’s most prominent jailed…
Continue ReadingRussian space chief: no date yet for space station pullout
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The head of Russia’s space agency says the country has not set a date for pulling out of…
Continue ReadingAustrian ex-vice chancellor acquitted in corruption trial
VIENNA (AP) — Former Austrian Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache has been acquitted in a corruption trial, the second he has faced since a…
Continue ReadingColeen Rooney victorious in ‘Wagatha Christie’ court battle
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — In a legal showdown between soccer spouses that mixed celebrity, social media and amateur sleuthing,…
Continue ReadingNavy expedites waterborne drones to close gap with China
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press Facing a growing threat from China, the Navy envisions drone ships keeping an electronic eye on enemy forces across…
Continue ReadingZelenskyy visits port as Ukraine prepares to ship out grain
By INNA VARENYTSIA Associated Press ODESA, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has visited a Black Sea port to watch crews…
Continue ReadingDemocrats bareknuckle Green Party off North Carolina ballot
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Democrats have a good chance in North Carolina of picking up a Senate…
Continue ReadingSpain: Prosecutors to seek 8-year prison term for Shakira
MADRID (AP) — Prosecutors in Spain said Friday they would ask a court to sentence Colombian pop star Shakira to eight years and two months in…
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