Australia commits to reducing greenhouse emissions by 43%
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s new government on Thursday formally committed to a more ambitious…
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Migrant crossings at US border rise for 4th straight month
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. border authorities stopped migrants more often on the southern border for a fourth straight month in May, apparently…
Continue ReadingLetters sent to García Márquez to be shown in Mexico City
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — While reviewing the photo archives left by Nobel Prize-winning Colombian author Gabriel…
Continue ReadingDC trolls Saudi embassy by naming street Jamal Khashoggi Way
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — One month ahead of President Joe Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia, the District of Columbia is…
Continue ReadingJapan PM’s cautious course sets up potential long-term rule
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, despite an underwhelming start eight months ago, is enjoying…
Continue ReadingCosby lawyer urges jurors to consider only proof from trial
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — A lawyer for Bill Cosby told jurors they need to look past years of public…
Continue ReadingSummer rainy season sets up across Four Corners region
By FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — As the summer rainy season known simply as the monsoon started Wednesday, concerns grew…
Continue ReadingCourt: Amazon customers can sue over lack of toxic warnings
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s Supreme Court is allowing customers to sue Amazon.com for failing to warn buyers that some products it…
Continue ReadingOregon’s prison chief in lead for top federal prisons job
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Colette Peters, the director of Oregon’s prison system, has now…
Continue ReadingLouisiana lawmakers resume work on remapping House districts
By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers have returned to the Capitol amid mounting frustration to redesign political…
Continue ReadingResolution apologizing for Boston’s role in slavery approved
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Boston’s city council has approved a resolution apologizing for the Massachusetts…
Continue ReadingUN: Sahel violence could drive more refugees toward Europe
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The head of the U.N. refugee agency says Europe should be more much worried than it is that larger…
Continue ReadingLawyers urge leniency at sentencing for Ghislaine Maxwell
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell say she should face no more than four to five…
Continue ReadingPalin, Begich, Gross advance in Alaska US House race
By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Republican Nick Begich and independent Al Gross have…
Continue ReadingBitcoin-boosting Salvadoran leader may have second thoughts
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s Bitcoin-boosting president may be having second thoughts about the crypto-currency, whose…
Continue ReadingCalifornia debates listing western Joshua tree as threatened
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California officials are weighing whether to list the iconic western Joshua tree as…
Continue ReadingMo’Nique, Netflix reportedly settle her suit alleging bias
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mo’Nique and Netflix reportedly have settled her lawsuit that accused the streaming service of racial and sexual…
Continue ReadingHaiti mourns 11 women from fatal voyage near Puerto Rico
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Eleven Haitian women have been buried in Puerto Rico a month after the overloaded…
Continue ReadingCyclist on fundraising trek killed in South Dakota crash
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Authorities say a Canadian bicyclist who was raising money for his granddaughter’s kidney transplant with a…
Continue ReadingCommanders’ Snyder won’t testify before US House committee
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer A lawyer representing Dan Snyder told Congress the Washington Commanders owner will not testify at a hearing next…
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