Ukraine plays special role in France’s Bastille Day parade
By JADE LE DELEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s Bastille Day has been shaken by the war in Ukraine. France celebrated its national…
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WNBA’s Griner gets support at trial from character witnesses
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press KHIMKI, Russia (AP) — Brittney Griner’s drug possession trial resumed Thursday with the head of the Russian…
Continue ReadingNations discuss coordinating Ukraine war crimes probes
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has called for an…
Continue ReadingNHL free agency: Johnny Gaudreau makes Blue Jackets a winner
By LARRY LAGE AP Hockey Writer The Columbus Blue Jackets made the biggest splash in NHL free agency, stunning the league by landing Johnny Gaudreau…
Continue ReadingReviled and revered Russian arms dealer is back in spotlight
By JIM HEINTZ and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian arms dealer labeled the “Merchant of Death” who once inspired a…
Continue ReadingIn Ukraine war, a race to acquire smarter, deadlier drones
By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Never in the history of warfare have drones been used as intensively…
Continue ReadingAsian shares mixed after China says growth weakened in 2Q
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Share prices were mixed in Asia on Friday after China reported its economy contracted by…
Continue ReadingPersonal connections show lawyer Alex Murdaugh’s downfall
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The downfall of disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh can be traced through…
Continue ReadingWith COVID surging, Los Angeles may soon require masks
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and CARLA K. JOHNSON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The nation’s most populous county is facing a return to a broad…
Continue ReadingCourt documents in Polanski criminal case ordered released
By ROBERT JABLON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California appeals court has ordered the unsealing of some documents in the criminal case…
Continue ReadingProtesters retreat as Sri Lankan president sends resignation
By KRUTIKA PATHI and KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Protesters have retreated from government buildings in Sri Lanka,…
Continue ReadingCapitol riot hearings raise questions of presidential power
By GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Jan. 6 committee’s investigation of the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election…
Continue ReadingTrump, Hogan fight emerges in Maryland’s GOP governor’s race
By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump and Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan aren’t waiting until 2024 to…
Continue ReadingBiden, Lapid agree to stop Iran nuke program, differ on how
By AAMER MADHANI, JOSH BOAK, and CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid…
Continue ReadingN. Korea backs independence of breakaway regions in Ukraine
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has become one of the few nations in the world to recognize the…
Continue ReadingColombia’s incoming finance minister wants fair capitalism
By ASTRID SUAREZ and MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s next finance minister says the left-leaning government…
Continue ReadingBurn pits legislation nears finish line with House approval
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has approved a significant expansion of health care and disability benefits for…
Continue ReadingAnchorage police investigated in White Privilege card photo
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An investigation has been launched after a person believed to be an Anchorage, Alaska,…
Continue ReadingUN Security Council delays vote on Haiti political mission
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council has postponed its vote on extending the U.N. political mission…
Continue ReadingUS approves American Airlines flights to more cities in Cuba
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The U.S. government is giving American Airlines permission to resume flights to five cities in Cuba outside the capital of…
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