Dutch police release 2 Belgians held after jewelry heist
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch police have released without charge two Belgians who were arrested on suspicion of involvement in a daring…
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Israeli PM Bennett won’t run in upcoming election
By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, who led a broad but fragile coalition government that…
Continue ReadingGiuliani’s former Ukraine fixer gets 20 months in prison
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An associate of Rudy Giuliani who was a figure in former President Donald Trump’s first…
Continue ReadingMost say nation on wrong track, including Dems: AP-NORC poll
By JOSH BOAK and EMILY SWANSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An overwhelming and growing majority of Americans say the U.S. is heading in the…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: How was Turkey’s veto of Nordic NATO bid avoided?
By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY, JAN M. OLSEN and JARI TANNER Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — When the leaders of Finland, Sweden and Turkey met with NATO’s…
Continue ReadingPope urges end to ideological polemics over old Latin Mass
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is urging the Catholic faithful to stop exploiting the old Latin Mass for ideological…
Continue ReadingSyria to recognize Ukraine’s Luhansk and Donetsk regions
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria says it has decided to recognize the “independence and sovereignty” of Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk and Donetsk…
Continue ReadingEnviros train drone pilots to find and pursue pollution
By MICHAEL PHILLIS and JULIO CORTEZ Associated Press POOLESVILLE, Md. (AP) — People who work to protect rivers and waterways have begun using…
Continue ReadingMerger vote at Spirit could reshape discount airline market
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Shareholders of Spirit Airlines will vote next month on a proposed merger with Frontier Airlines.…
Continue ReadingPowell: ‘No guarantee’ Fed can tame inflation, spare jobs
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said there’s “no guarantee” the central…
Continue ReadingEx-Coast Guard employee pleads guilty in test-fixing case
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a former U.S. Coast Guard employee has pleaded guilty in a test score-fixing scheme that happened over…
Continue ReadingDuma moves forward on proposed law on banning foreign media
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The lower house of Russia’s parliament has the second reading of a proposed law that would allow the…
Continue ReadingEssence Fest is back in New Orleans after two-year hiatus
By CHEVEL JOHNSON Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Black culture, in all its glory, will be on display over the 4th of July holiday weekend in…
Continue ReadingNew NHTSA chief: Agency to scrutinize auto-driver technology
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The new head of the government’s road safety agency says he will intensify efforts to understand…
Continue ReadingA viral reprise: When COVID-19 strikes again and again
By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer For New York musician Erica Mancini, COVID-19 made repeat performances. March 2020. Last December. And again this…
Continue ReadingYellowstone bison gores Colorado man, causes arm injury
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — A Colorado man who Yellowstone National Park officials say got too close to a bison was thrown by the animal…
Continue ReadingLast remaining WWII Medal of Honor recipient dies at 98
By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Hershel W. “Woody” Williams, the last remaining Medal of Honor recipient from World War…
Continue ReadingSt. Pete mayor reopens talks on future of Rays stadium site
By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida, is reopening talks about the future of the…
Continue ReadingWHO chief: U.S. abortion ruling ‘a setback,’ will cost lives
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization has criticized the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. WHO…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Why Indonesia’s leader is visiting Kyiv, Moscow
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the…
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