Ashes of 8,000 WWII victims found in two Poland mass graves
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Special investigators in Poland say they have found two mass graves containing the ashes of at least 8,000 Poles slain by the…
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Police: 14-year-old girl dies on Denmark amusement park ride
COPENHAGEN (AP) — A 14-year-old girl died Thursday at a popular amusement park in northern Denmark, police said, reportedly when the rear part of a…
Continue ReadingWith elections in sight, Brazil increases spending cap
By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Millions of Brazilians will get a hefty boost from a measure approved by Brazil’s…
Continue ReadingEmirates slams Heathrow Airport’s order to cut flights
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Emirates Air has rejected a demand by London’s Heathrow Airport for airlines to cut summer…
Continue ReadingPolice fatally shoot man in Minneapolis apartment standoff
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Officials says police in Minneapolis fatally shot a man, ending an hourslong standoff at an apartment complex that began with a…
Continue ReadingWholesale inflation in June surged 11.3% from a year ago
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation at the wholesale level climbed 11.3% in June compared with a year earlier, the…
Continue ReadingOutbreaks from animals in Africa surge by 60% in last decade
LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization says that the number of outbreaks of diseases that jumped from animals to humans in Africa has…
Continue ReadingEstonian leader Kaja Kallas asked to form new government
By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia’s president has asked Prime Minister Kaja Kallas to form a new government after she…
Continue ReadingGirl dies 6 months after crash that killed 2 other children
WILTON MANORS, Fla. (AP) — A 10-year-old girl has died from injuries suffered in a hit-and-run-crash six months ago, when a driver tried to go…
Continue ReadingVan Gogh self-portrait found hidden behind another painting
LONDON (AP) — A previously unknown self-portrait of Vincent Van Gogh has been discovered behind another of the artist’s paintings, the…
Continue ReadingLithuania won’t argue with Brussels over Kalingrad transit
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Lithuania’s prime minister says her country won’t try to reverse a decision by the European Union’s…
Continue ReadingEugenio Scalfari, revolutionized Italy’s journalism, dies
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italian journalist Eugenio Scalfari has died at age 98. Scalfari helped revolutionize…
Continue ReadingWildfire threat becomes tool to fight home builders
By MICHAEL PHILLIS and SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press Preston Brown knows the risk of wildfire that comes with living in the rural,…
Continue ReadingUS Embassy alarmed by power struggle at Libya’s oil company
By NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Libya says it’s concerned over the struggle for control of Libya’s oil…
Continue ReadingItalian Premier Draghi’s resignation is rebuffed — for now
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Mario Draghi offered to step down Thursday after a populist coalition…
Continue ReadingWhat does ‘plead the Fifth’ mean? Will the Trumps do it?
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump, son Donald Trump Jr. and daughter Ivanka Trump are due soon to…
Continue ReadingBuffalo supermarket to reopen 2 months after racist shooting
By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The names of the 10 Black people massacred by a white gunman were read aloud outside the…
Continue ReadingParent sues Australian cardinal over child sex abuse charge
The father of a deceased former choirboy has filed a lawsuit against Cardinal George Pell and the Catholic Church in an Australian court claiming the…
Continue ReadingWHO: COVID-19 cases rise for the 5th week, deaths stable
GENEVA (AP) — The number of new coronavirus cases reported worldwide rose for the fifth week in a row while the number of deaths remained…
Continue ReadingStark political divides loom as US governors gather
By ANDREW DeMILLO and DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Stark political divides are threatening to overshadow a meeting this week…
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