US testing new fire retardant, critics push other methods
By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — U.S. officials are testing a new wildfire retardant after two decades of buying millions of…
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Musk meets pope, uses Twitter to announce the audience
ROME (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk has used Twitter to announce he had met with Pope Francis. Musk used the @Pontifex handle in tweeting that he was…
Continue ReadingBodies of 3 missing kids, woman found in Minnesota lake
VADNAIS HEIGHTS, Minn. (AP) — The bodies of three young children and a woman believed to be their mother have been recovered from a Minnesota lake,…
Continue ReadingWoman charged after 1,000 pigs found dead at Iowa site
SAC CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa woman is facing criminal charges after more than 1,000 pigs were found dead on a property. KCCI-TV reports that the…
Continue ReadingAfghan clerics’ assembly urges recognition of Taliban govt
By RAHIM FAIEZ Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A three-day assembly of Islamic clerics and tribal elders in Kabul has concluded with pledges of…
Continue ReadingTexas’ border mission grows, but crossings still high
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Following the horror of a human-smuggling attempt that left 53 people dead, Republican Gov.…
Continue ReadingPride parade returns in London on 50th anniversary
By MIKE FULLER Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people have turned out on the streets of London to mark the 50th anniversary…
Continue ReadingStuck bags add to tangles at Paris airports amid travel boom
Airlines worked Saturday to deliver luggage to passengers around the world after a technical breakdown left at least 1,500 bags stuck at Paris’…
Continue ReadingParkland jurors must manage trial stress on their own
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The 12 jurors chosen to decide whether Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz is…
Continue ReadingIndia stops Kashmiri photojournalist from flying to Paris
NEW DELHI (AP) — A Pulitzer Prize-winning Kashmir photojournalist says she has been stopped by Indian immigration authorities from flying to Paris…
Continue ReadingGreece gets European assistance for summer wildfire season
By DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The first of the more than 200 firefighters from six European countries that will help…
Continue ReadingChina’s top diplomat visits Myanmar amid opposition protest
BANGKOK (AP) — China’s top diplomat has arrived on his first visit to Myanmar since the military seized power last year to attend a regional…
Continue ReadingFrom AM to PM, the fickle force of government is with you
By CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When you groggily roll out of bed and make breakfast, the government edges up to your kitchen…
Continue ReadingMedication abortion is common; here’s how it works
By LINDSEY TANNER and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press Medication abortions became the preferred method for ending pregnancy in the U.S. even before…
Continue ReadingFor now, wary US treads water with transformed COVID-19
By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer The fast-changing coronavirus has kicked off summer in the U.S. with lots of infections but relatively few…
Continue ReadingWith hospitalizations up, France weighs return to masks
By BARBARA SURK and JADE LE DELEY Associated Press NICE, France (AP) — Tourism is booming again in France — and so is COVID-19. French officials…
Continue ReadingUN condemns protesters’ storming of Libya’s parliament
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — A senior U.N. official for Libya has condemned the storming of the parliament’s headquarters by angry…
Continue ReadingRegulator urges Germans to prepare for possible gas shortage
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Fearing Russia might cut off natural gas supplies, the head of Germany’s regulatory agency…
Continue ReadingPope urges Congo, South Sudan to work for peace, prosperity
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis urged the people and leaders of Congo and South Sudan on Saturday to “turn a page”…
Continue ReadingShip sinks in storm off Hong Kong, dozens of crew in danger
HONG KONG (AP) — An industrial support ship operating in the South China Sea has sunk in a storm with the possible loss of more than two dozen crew…
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