Correction: Biden-Inflation story
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. (AP) — In a story published June 9, 2022, about inflation, The Associated Press misspelled the last name of shopper Nina…
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Justice Department opens probe into Louisiana State Police
By JIM MUSTIAN and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department is opening a sweeping civil rights…
Continue ReadingUvalde school where shooting happened has deep roots in city
By JAMIE STENGLE and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press UVALDE, Texas (AP) — As the small Texas city of Uvalde struggles to heal after a gunman killed…
Continue ReadingPoland’s PM pushes for more coal to lower heating costs
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister has vowed to support higher production at the nation’s coal mines in order to bring down…
Continue ReadingSouth African president grilled in Parliament on farm theft
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was confronted in Parliament Thursday by…
Continue ReadingMichigan GOP hopeful charged in Jan. 6 riot, roiling primary
By ED WHITE and SARA BURNETT Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — A Republican candidate for Michigan governor has been charged with misdemeanors for…
Continue ReadingGerman transport minister opposes EU combustion engine ban
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s transport minister has announced strong opposition to an European Union plan that bans…
Continue ReadingMortgage rates jump again, buyers head to the sideline
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates jumped back up ahead of next week’s Federal Reserve…
Continue ReadingTwo rare Shirley Jackson stories published this week
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Shirley Jackson had a gift for evoking years of anxiety in the space it might take to summarize…
Continue ReadingBiden administration takes step to bolster Palestinian ties
By LAURIE KELLMAN and MATTHEW LEE JERUSALEM (AP) — Washington is reversing a Trump administration policy on U.S.-Palestinian relations, a move that…
Continue ReadingBrian Selznick’s ‘Big Tree’ to be published next spring
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Brian Selznick’s next book was inspired in part by a famous friend, Steven Spielberg. Billed…
Continue ReadingVenezuela’s Maduro received with pomp on Algeria visit
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria’s president has met with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who was welcomed with pomp as he visited the North…
Continue ReadingEx-Kansas officer found not guilty in 2017 fatal shooting
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — A second jury has found a former Kansas police officer not guilty in the 2017 shooting death of a man inside his vehicle…
Continue ReadingEU urges Algeria to restore friendship treaty with Spain
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The European Union has urged Algeria to reverse its decision a day after the gas-rich…
Continue ReadingMonthslong closure of major NYC aqueduct delayed a year
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press A long-planned temporary shutdown of a leaking aqueduct that supplies about half of New York City’s drinking water…
Continue ReadingGrammys add new categories, including songwriter of the year
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Grammys are adding a special song for social change award and five new…
Continue ReadingMyanmar court gives go-ahead for Australian’s secrets trial
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Myanmar has ruled that prosecutors presented sufficient evidence against ousted leader…
Continue ReadingFacebook fails again to detect hate speech in ads
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The test couldn’t have been much easier — and Facebook still failed. Facebook…
Continue ReadingArkansas highway reopened a day after crashes killed 3
FRIENDSHIP, Ark. (AP) — The Arkansas Department of Transportation says all lanes of Interstate 30 have reopened in southwestern Arkansas more than…
Continue ReadingMore Americans apply for jobless benefits last week
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — More Americans applied for jobless aid last week, but the total number of Americans collecting…
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