Sudden arena idea angers, unnerves Philadelphia’s Chinatown
By CLAUDIA LAUER The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Wei Chen wants people who visit Philadelphia’s Chinatown to look through the…
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How an AP reporter broke the Tuskegee syphilis story
By ALLEN G. BREED AP National Writer SOUTHPORT, N.C. (AP) — Jean Heller was toiling away on the floor of the Miami Beach Convention Center when an…
Continue ReadingTrump v. DeSantis: Young conservatives debate GOP’s future
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump received a rock star’s welcome at a gathering of young…
Continue ReadingEmbrace for Hungary’s Orban deepens among US conservatives
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press When heads of state visit the U.S., the top item on their itinerary is usually a White House…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea pushes traditional medicine to fight COVID-19
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press PAJU, South Korea (AP) — As a medical student in North Korea, Lee Gwang-jin said he treated his fevers and other…
Continue ReadingAsian stocks higher ahead of possible US rate hike
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mostly higher Tuesday as investors braced for another sharp interest…
Continue ReadingAlaska experiencing wildfires it’s never seen before
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska is burning this year in ways rarely or ever seen, from the largest wildfire in a…
Continue ReadingPope apologizes for ‘catastrophic’ school policy in Canada
By NICOLE WINFIELD and PETER SMITH Associated Press MASKWACIS, Alberta (AP) — Pope Francis issued a historic apology Monday for the Catholic…
Continue ReadingAP-NORC poll: 2 in 3 in US favor term limits for justices
By JESSICA GRESKO and EMILY SWANSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — About 2 in 3 Americans say they favor term limits or a mandatory retirement…
Continue ReadingMyanmar executes ex-lawmaker, 3 other political prisoners
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar has carried out its first executions in nearly 50 years, hanging a former lawmaker, a…
Continue ReadingJury selected for Alex Jones’ Sandy Hook defamation trial
By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is set to face a defamation trial over his false comments that…
Continue ReadingVolcanic eruption in Japan forces evacuations in 2 towns
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Dozens of people have evacuated two towns on Japan’s main southern island of Kyushu where a…
Continue ReadingChina adds science laboratory to its orbiting space station
BEIJING (AP) — China has added a laboratory to its permanent orbiting space station as it moves toward completing the structure in coming months.…
Continue ReadingLA park shooting occurred at softball game meant for peace
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A weekly softball game designed to promote peace between gangs in the Los Angeles area was…
Continue ReadingTakeaways from Republican Wisconsin gubernatorial debate
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Republican candidate for Wisconsin governor supported by Donald Trump, a former two-term…
Continue ReadingBoat carrying Haitian migrants sinks off Bahamas, killing 17
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in the Bahamas say a boat carrying Haitian migrants apparently capsized at sea, and Bahamian security forces…
Continue ReadingAbout 2,500 Boeing workers to strike after rejecting deal
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — Roughly 2,500 Boeing workers are expected to go strike next month at three plants in the St. Louis area after they voted…
Continue ReadingBob Rafelson, New Hollywood era director, dies at 89
By COLLEEN SLEVIN and LINDSEY D. BAHR Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Bob Rafelson, an influential figure in the New Hollywood era of the 1970s who…
Continue ReadingBus falls off a bridge in Kenya, leaves 21 dead
Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police in Kenya say at least 21 people have died after a bus fell off a bridge and plunged into a river…
Continue ReadingYellen downplays US recession risk as economic reports loom
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Sunday said the U.S. economy is slowing but pointed…
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