Biden delivers tough talk on Iran as he opens Mideast visit
By JOSH BOAK, JOSEF FEDERMAN and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — President Joe Biden has opened a Mideast visit by offering anxious…
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Harris vows US will strengthen its Pacific islands relations
SUVA, Fiji (AP) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris assured Pacific island leaders of more U.S. engagement after acknowledging the United States…
Continue ReadingHurricane Darby losing strength in Pacific, far from land
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Darby is losing strength while moving westward over the Pacific, falling from a powerful Category 4 storm to Category…
Continue ReadingUN stresses key communications role to combat disinformation
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council say smore needs to be done to counter disinformation and…
Continue ReadingPSA on nuclear attack leaves New Yorkers worried, baffled
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City residents are accustomed to warnings about all kinds of potential threats — severe weather, public health, mass…
Continue ReadingPenalty cut for Oregon bakers who refused to serve couple
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The state of Oregon has slashed the financial penalties it assigned a baker who refused to bake a wedding cake for a lesbian…
Continue ReadingBiden fondly recalls less polarized era while hosting picnic
By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden hosted hundreds of lawmakers, their families and aides for the first…
Continue ReadingSuspect charged in LA assault of Olympic volleyball player
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California prosecutors say a man with a criminal history has been charged with assaulting a former Olympic volleyball player…
Continue ReadingTelemedicine abortion continues on Guam after Roe overturned
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Guam’s attorney general says a 1990 law that prohibited virtually all abortion is invalid and…
Continue ReadingWoman, child killed when boat capsizes in NYC’s Hudson River
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City officials say a woman and a 7-year-old child were killed when the chartered boat capsized in the Hudson River. Nearby…
Continue ReadingA brief history of the rise, fall of Sri Lanka’s president
By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Before he fled Sri Lanka on Wednesday, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was the last of six…
Continue ReadingPreventative fires credited with saving Yosemite sequoias
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — A famed grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park survived its first wildfire in more than a century,…
Continue ReadingDozens dead, injured in Haiti’s capital in gang clashes
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Local officials in Haiti say dozens of people have died in four days of gang battles in a violent neighborhood of the…
Continue ReadingWisconsin elections commission rejects guidance for clerks
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s bipartisan elections commission can’t agree on what guidance, if any, to…
Continue ReadingBig gunbattle on edge of Mexico City wounds 4 officers
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Officials in Mexico City say four police officers were wounded when police engaged in a a shootout with more than a dozen gunmen…
Continue ReadingMan accused of using drone to smuggle contraband into prison
BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) — A Houston man has been indicted on charges accusing him of trying to use a heavy-duty drone to drop forbidden items to…
Continue ReadingMinister: Brazil wants to buy a lot of diesel from Russia
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Brazil’s foreign minister says the country wants to buy as much diesel fuel as it can…
Continue ReadingDoctors urge access to psychedelic therapies in New Mexico
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Physicians and researchers are urging New Mexico legislators to allow the use of psychedelic…
Continue ReadingJan. 6 rioter apologizes to officers after House testimony
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER A man who joined the pro-Trump mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol apologized Tuesday to officers who…
Continue ReadingPanamanians angry over inflation press on with protests
By JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — Frustrated Panamanians have taken to the streets in protest for more than a week, building…
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