EXPLAINER: What is behind Turkey’s Syria incursion threats?
By BASSEM MROUE and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — In northern Syria, residents are bracing for a new fight. With the world’s…
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Queen Elizabeth II’s jubilee evokes legacy of Tongan monarch
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Tonga’s chief diplomat in the U.K. will be thinking about two monarchs this weekend as Britain and…
Continue ReadingStocks sink as Wall Street eyes downside of solid jobs data
By STAN CHOE and DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks fell broadly Friday and pulled major indexes into the red for the…
Continue ReadingIran reports death of another Revolutionary Guard colonel
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran has reported the death of another colonel of the elite Quds force of its Revolutionary Guards, the second in two weeks…
Continue ReadingMexican-born engineer pushing for more diversity in space
By ALEX SANZ and ANITA SNOW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A 26-year-old electrical and hardware engineer will become the first Mexican-born woman…
Continue ReadingUN: Taliban faces threat from Islamic State, new resistance
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. experts say Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers are maintaining close ties with al-Qaida…
Continue ReadingA long-dead Muslim emperor vexes India’s Hindu nationalists
By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Narendra Modi rose from his chair and walked briskly towards the podium to deliver another…
Continue ReadingJapan and Brazil linked by soccer, baseball and immigration
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer OIZUMI, Japan (AP) — Brazilians will feel at home when Brazil plays Japan next week in Tokyo in a soccer game…
Continue ReadingSan Francisco could vote out progressive DA in heated recall
By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Politically liberal San Francisco could vote out one of the most progressive prosecutors in the…
Continue ReadingEnvoy says US, allies preparing for N. Korean nuclear test
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — President Joe Biden’s special envoy for North Korea said Friday the United States is…
Continue ReadingBiden appeals for tougher gun laws: ‘How much more carnage?’
By ZEKE MILLER and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — “Enough, enough,” President Joe Biden exclaimed over and over as he…
Continue ReadingTulsa shooting highlights vulnerability of hospitals
By MICHAEL TARM and DON BABWIN Associated Press Hospitals, like schools, are not typically designed to guard against the threat of a determined…
Continue ReadingDemocrats, Republicans fight to a redistricting stalemate
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press After nearly a year of partisan battles, number-crunching and lawsuits, the once-a-decade congressional…
Continue ReadingSecurity concerns leave Afghan evacuees stuck in Balkan camp
By BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Some Afghans who were evacuated from their country as it fell to the Taliban last summer have found…
Continue ReadingIn Bali, bird sellers help endangered mynah make a comeback
By VICTORIA MILKO and ANDI JATMIKO Associated Press BABAHAN, Indonesia (AP) — Tossing flowing crests back and forth, three snow-white Bali mynahs…
Continue ReadingMore job gains point to a solid economy and Fed rate hikes
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added 390,000 jobs in May, extending a streak of solid hiring that has…
Continue ReadingCeltics have huge 4th, beat Warriors in Game 1 of NBA Finals
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Once Boston’s balanced roster of NBA Finals first-timers found a groove from long range,…
Continue ReadingThe Revenant: Harini Logan rallies for spelling bee title
By BEN NUCKOLS Associated Press OXON HILL, Md. (AP) — Harini Logan kept trying to learn from her near-misses in online spelling bees. Recognized…
Continue Reading‘Grit, grace and glory’: New Zealand marks queen’s jubilee
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II once asked why the New Zealand men’s cricket team had picked a…
Continue ReadingFamily devastated after Texas escapee kills man, grandsons
By JUAN A. LOZANO and ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Residents of Centerville had become more vigilant over the past three weeks as…
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