AP PHOTOS: Despair and poverty fuel drug use in Afghanistan
By EBRAHIM NOROOZI Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Hundreds of men using heroin, opium and meth were strewn over a hillside above Kabul…
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European Parliament VP urges renewed China-Taiwan dialogue
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — European Parliament Vice President Nicola Beer has met with Taiwan’s leader Tsai Ing-wen and called for China to open a…
Continue ReadingMicronesia last of bigger nations to have COVID-19 outbreak
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Micronesia has likely become the final nation in the world with a population of more…
Continue ReadingFuneral held for Ivana Trump; ex-president pays tribute
By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Ivana Trump, the 1980s style icon and businesswoman who helped Donald Trump build the empire that…
Continue ReadingAlex Murdaugh pleads not guilty to murdering wife and son
WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) — The once-powerful and now disbarred South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to murdering his…
Continue ReadingNASCAR to hit the streets of Chicago with downtown race
By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — NASCAR has added its first street course to the Cup schedule with a planned 2023 race through downtown…
Continue Reading4 dead, 13 injured in Tianjin gas explosion in north China
BEIJING (AP) — Four people have died in a gas explosion at a six-story residential building in the Chinese port city of Tianjin. State broadcaster…
Continue ReadingHoover Dam transformer explodes; no one hurt
By KEN RITTER and FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press BOULDER CITY, Nev. (AP) — A transformer exploded at Hoover Dam, producing a thick cloud of black…
Continue ReadingUkraine graft concerns resurface as Russia war goes on
By MATTHEW LEE and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s dismissal of senior officials is…
Continue ReadingTrump, Pence rivalry intensifies as they consider 2024 runs
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence is becoming increasingly brazen in his willingness to counter…
Continue Reading‘Forgotten’ US victims of Mexican drug lord want justice
By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — When fugitive 1980s Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero was arrested in Mexico last week,…
Continue ReadingCrowd protests relocation of abortion clinic to New Mexico
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Anti-abortion activists from across the country have converged in southern New Mexico to protest relocation plans by the…
Continue ReadingStanton, Buxton lead AL over NL in 9th straight All-Star win
By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton homered into an especially sweet spot in his Dodger Stadium homecoming at the…
Continue ReadingElection of unpopular Sri Lankan PM invites more turmoil
By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan lawmakers have elected the unpopular prime minister as their new…
Continue ReadingDelta flight from Atlanta blows tires at Los Angeles landing
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta blew two tires Tuesday while landing at Los Angeles International Airport but nobody on…
Continue ReadingTeens charged after United Methodist Church leader is killed
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A 15-year-old boy has been charged with murder in the death of a pastor and leader of the…
Continue ReadingPickup driver hits family in Montana, kills 2 with shotgun
By MATTHEW BROWN ASSOCIATED PRESS BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A man drove his pickup truck into a family as they walked in a tourist village bordering…
Continue ReadingSheriff asked to investigate ballot-box surveillance
SEATTLE (AP) — An elections director in Washington state’s most populous county says her office is asking the sheriff’s office to investigate…
Continue ReadingSesame Place apologizes after Black girls snubbed at parade
By NARDOS HAILE Associated Press A Sesame Street-themed amusement park has apologized and promised more training for its employees after a video…
Continue ReadingAmnesty Intl says Myanmar army has laid landmines in Kayah
BANGKOK (AP) — Amnesty International says Myanmar’s military has laid landmines that have killed and injured people in and around villages in…
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