Deaths of 3 women in early heat wave raise questions, fears
By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Temperatures barely climbed into the 90s and only for a couple of days. But the discovery of the…
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Kansas equity efforts bring little change after George Floyd
By ANDY TSUBASA FIELD Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — First she saw the graphic cellphone video showing Ahmaud Arbery’s shooting death in…
Continue ReadingIn Georgia, 2 Black candidates to compete for Senate seat
By SUDHIN THANAWALA and JEFF AMY Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — Wayne Black was one of the few African Americans in the crowd as about 100…
Continue ReadingPolice inaction moves to center of Uvalde shooting probe
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press The actions — or more notably, the inaction — of a school district police chief and other law enforcement…
Continue ReadingAngelo Sodano, once-powerful Vatican prelate, dies at 94
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Cardinal Angelo Sodano, a once-powerful Italian prelate who long served as the…
Continue Reading13 Albanians, others from Kosovo are repatriated from Syria
By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania says four Albanian women and nine children, all related to Albanians fighters who…
Continue ReadingRussia takes small cities, aims to widen east Ukraine battle
By YURAS KARMANAU and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has insisted that European…
Continue ReadingWeather’s unwanted guest: Nasty La Nina keeps popping up
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Something weird is up with La Nina, the natural but potent weather event linked to more drought and wildfires in…
Continue ReadingVP Harris tells Buffalo mourners: ‘We will come together’
By SUSAN HAIGH and PATRICK SEMANSKY Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Mourners laid to rest the last of 10 Black people killed in a racist…
Continue ReadingJury’s duty in Depp-Heard trial doesn’t track public debate
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — When the jury in Johnny Depp’s libel suit against ex-wife Amber Heard resumes…
Continue ReadingSeaside towns offer free beach passes to Native Americans
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Seaside communities in New England are providing free beach access to Native Americans as the…
Continue ReadingRobotic buoys developed to keep Atlantic right whales safe
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press A Cape Cod science center and one of the world’s largest shipping businesses are collaborating on a project to…
Continue ReadingEnergy secretary: US offshore wind jobs should be union jobs
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — The growing offshore wind industry is often touted as a boon for job creation, but…
Continue ReadingFBI records on search for fabled gold raise more questions
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press A scientific analysis commissioned by the FBI shortly before agents went digging for buried treasure suggested…
Continue ReadingWar surges Norway’s oil, gas profit. Now, it’s urged to help
By MARK LEWIS Associated Press STAVANGER, Norway (AP) — Europe’s frantic search for alternatives to Russian energy has dramatically increased the…
Continue ReadingShow’s over for famed cabaret show at France’s Lido
By JADE LE DELEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — It’s the end of an era for the famed Lido cabaret on Paris’ Champs-Elysees. Amid financial…
Continue ReadingIran disperses crowd angry over building collapse killing 29
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian riot police fired tear gas and shot into the air to disperse an angry…
Continue ReadingChelsea takeover imminent after final agreement reached
LONDON (AP) — The sale of Premier League club Chelsea to a consortium fronted by Los Angeles Dodgers part-owner Todd Boehly is expected to be…
Continue ReadingUN experts: Libya’s security threatened by foreign fighters
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. experts say in a new report that Libya faces a serious security threat from foreign…
Continue ReadingChina’s foreign minister visits Samoa to deepen Pacific ties
BEIJING (AP) — China’s foreign minister has met with the leaders of Samoa on the third stop of an island-hopping tour aimed at deepening…
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