More flexibility proposed for student debt forgiveness
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer New rules proposed by the Biden administration on Wednesday would make it easier for borrowers to get their…
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Cyprus brings back indoor mask wearing amid COVID-19 surge
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus has brought back compulsory mask-wearing in all indoor areas for everyone age 12 and over amid a surge of COVID-19…
Continue ReadingBiden tells Griner’s wife he’s working to get her home
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Joe Biden has called the wife of WNBA player Brittney…
Continue ReadingNashville bid for GOP convention trips up in metro council
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A bid to bring the 2024 Republican National Convention to Nashville has hit a…
Continue ReadingTrump property appraiser held in contempt in NY civil probe
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A company that has performed appraisals on some of Donald Trump’s most prized properties has…
Continue ReadingMan sentenced in death of undercover detective, informant
CLEVELAND (AP) — A man has pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison for a botched robbery that ended with the fatal shooting of an…
Continue ReadingNorwegian Cruise Line to drop requirement for COVID-19 test
MIAMI (AP) — The Norwegian Cruise Line company is dropping a requirement that passengers test negative for COVID-19 before sailing. The company…
Continue ReadingGeorgia slabs called satanic by some torn down after bombing
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A rural Georgia monument that some conservative Christians criticized as satanic and others dubbed…
Continue ReadingDemocrats frustrated by party’s response to abortion ruling
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — As Sen. Michael Bennet sought to encourage a small crowd of fellow Democrats…
Continue ReadingSyrians fear effects of Russia blocking aid to rebel area
By GHAITH AL-SAYED and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press IDLIB, Syria (AP) — Syrians in the last major rebel stronghold of the war-torn country are…
Continue ReadingFrench government plans to nationalize electricity giant EDF
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne says the government plans to nationalize French electricity…
Continue ReadingJacqueline Stewart to lead Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Film scholar Jacqueline Stewart has been named the next director and president of the Academy Museum of Motion…
Continue ReadingBiden in Ohio spotlights effort to rescue union pensions
By AAMER MADHANI and JOSH BOAK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — President Joe Biden has used an Ohio visit to showcase federal action aimed at…
Continue ReadingSen. Graham to fight Georgia election subpoena, lawyers say
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Attorneys representing Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said Wednesday he intends to challenge…
Continue ReadingTurkey again asks Sweden, Finland to extradite suspects
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s justice minister says his country has sent letters to Sweden and Finland renewing its request for the…
Continue ReadingDutch airline KLM sued over alleged ‘greenwashing’
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Several environmental groups have launched legal action against Dutch airline KLM over advertisements that promote flying as a…
Continue ReadingTexas officials ID all but 6 of 53 migrant truck victims
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — All but six of the 53 migrants found dead or dying in a tractor-trailer in Texas last week have been identified. Officials in…
Continue ReadingFavorable weather helps fight against California forest fire
JACKSON, Calif. (AP) — Favorable weather has helped the fight against a wildfire in California’s Gold Country that has forced evacuations in two…
Continue ReadingTrump White House counsel Cipollone to testify to 1/6 panel
By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Pat Cipollone, Donald Trump’s former White House counsel, is scheduled to testify Friday…
Continue ReadingPolice: July 4 mass shooting thwarted in Virginia’s capital
By DENISE LAVOIE and SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Police in Richmond, Virginia, say they thwarted a planned Fourth of July…
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