Des Moines tries cooperation to reduce farm runoff
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Des Moines utility has filed lawsuits, proposed legislation and even tried public…
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Concerns over police aggression toward Champions League fans
By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer PARIS (AP) — Tear gas fired indiscriminately around children and the elderly. Pepper spray unleashed at…
Continue ReadingFlight cancellations pile up on busy Memorial Day weekend
ATLANTA (AP) — Hundreds of flights worldwide were canceled by mid-afternoon Sunday, adding to the mounting number of scrubbed flights during the…
Continue ReadingEgypt court sentences 2 aged Islamist leaders to 15 years
CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court has sentenced two aged Islamist leaders to 15 years in prison for disseminating false news and inciting against…
Continue ReadingSerbia ignores EU sanctions, secures gas deal with Putin
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — The Serbian populist president has announced that he has secured an “extremely…
Continue ReadingGovernors diverge on gun control, school security efforts
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press The nation’s governors are diverging over how to respond to mass shootings such as the one that killed 19…
Continue ReadingWorkers vote to become first unionized Starbucks in Alabama
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Starbucks has until later this week to file any objections with the National Labor Relations Board after workers at a shop…
Continue ReadingA doll brings pride, identity for Brazil Indigenous woman
By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Luakam Anambé wanted her newborn granddaughter to have a doll — something she’d…
Continue ReadingSonic workers flee from large snake found behind fryer
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Workers in a Sonic fast-food kitchen fled after discovering an intruder hiding behind the deep fryer. Brunswick police Lt.…
Continue ReadingCroatian police search for small plane that went off radar
ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatian police say they are searching for a small plane that went off the radar Sunday after taking off from the Adriatic…
Continue ReadingHow San Diego secured its water supply, at a cost
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press As a worsening drought forces millions of Californians to face mandatory water restrictions, one corner of…
Continue ReadingChristian nationalism on the rise in some GOP campaigns
By PETER SMITH and DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — The victory party took on the feel of an evangelical worship service after Doug…
Continue ReadingErdogan: Turkey’s Syria operation could happen ‘suddenly’
By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s president says Ankara remains committed to rooting out a Syrian Kurdish militia…
Continue Reading1st hurricane of 2022, Agatha heads for Mexico tourist towns
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The first hurricane of the season formed off Mexico’s southern Pacific coast Sunday and rapidly gained power ahead of an…
Continue ReadingTurkey’s Erdogan still against Finnish, Swedish NATO bids
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s president has told journalists he still intends to block Finland and Sweden’s accession to NATO. Recep Tayyip Erdogan…
Continue ReadingVermont likely to elect its 1st woman to Congress this year
By WILSON RING Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont appears poised to lose its distinction of being the only state in the country that…
Continue ReadingAfter Texas shooting, schools around US boost security
By TERRY TANG Associated Press In the aftermath of the elementary school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, schools around the U.S. have brought in…
Continue ReadingPope names 21 new cardinals, from Asia, Africa, elsewhere
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis named 21 new cardinals Sunday, most of them from continents other than…
Continue ReadingSudan’s top general lifts state of emergency from coup
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s top general has lifted the state of emergency that was imposed in the country following the…
Continue ReadingIsraeli nationalists chant racist slogans in Jerusalem march
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Thousands of Israeli nationalists, some of them chanting “Death to Arabs,” paraded through…
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