Adoptions another facet of life halted by war in Ukraine
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press LEEDS, Maine (AP) — The ripple effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have been devastating for families of…
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North Korea reports more fevers as Kim claims virus progress
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Saturday it found nearly 220,000 more people with feverish symptoms,…
Continue ReadingUS, SKorea open to expanded military drills to deter North
By AAMER MADHANI and JOSH BOAK Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said…
Continue ReadingHerschel Walker’s ties to veterans program face scrutiny
By BRIAN SLODYSKO and JEFF AMY Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — Herschel Walker, the football legend and leading Republican Senate candidate…
Continue ReadingBiden risks troubled Americas summit in Los Angeles
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — While President Joe Biden travels in Asia, his administration is scrambling to…
Continue Reading‘Armageddon Time,’ portrait of white privilege, stirs Cannes
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — When the Cannes Film Festival audience stood to applaud James Gray’s richly observed…
Continue ReadingRussia’s claim of Mariupol’s capture fuels concern for POWs
By ELENA BECATOROS, OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and CIARAN McQUILLAN Associated Press POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Concern mounted Saturday over Ukrainian…
Continue ReadingFirst formula flights from Europe to arrive this weekend
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The first flights of infant formula from Europe, authorized by President Joe Biden to relieve a…
Continue ReadingPalestinian teen shot in Israeli raid in occupied West Bank
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli troops shot and killed a 17-year-old Palestinian militant as fighting erupted when soldiers entered a volatile town in the…
Continue ReadingFormer Ohio prisons chief top contender to run US prisons
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The former director of the Ohio state prison system has emerged as a…
Continue ReadingBoeing docks crew capsule to space station in test do-over
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — With only a test dummy aboard, Boeing’s astronaut capsule pulled up and parked at…
Continue ReadingKirby to lead Biden’s national security communications team
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has named Pentagon press secretary John Kirby to be the new National Security Council coordinator for…
Continue ReadingDubai developer to buy Florida condo collapse site for $120M
SURFSIDE A billionaire developer from Dubai is set to purchase the site of a South Florida condominium that collapsed last June, killing 98 people,…
Continue ReadingPeruvian town finally buries the victims of massacre
By MARTÍN MEJÍA and FRANKLIN BRICEÑO Associated Press ACCOMARCA, Peru (AP) — Scene of one of the worst massacres of Peru’s internal conflict…
Continue ReadingFreed California siblings feared opposing rundown housing
By AMY TAXIN Associated Press RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A year after they were freed from the horribly abusive home of their parents in Southern…
Continue ReadingChicago cop who shot 13-year-old relieved of police powers
CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say a Chicago officer who shot and seriously wounded a 13-year-old boy who ran away after being pulled over while…
Continue ReadingGuest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — White House COVID-19 response coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha; retired Adm. Mike Mullen, former Joint…
Continue ReadingUkraine aid bill hitching ride to Seoul for Biden signature
By AAMER MADHANI and ALAN FRAM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The $40 billion U.S. package of assistance for Ukraine as it tries to…
Continue ReadingLee wins Democratic primary in historic bid for Congress
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Summer Lee has won a five-way Democratic primary for a Pittsburgh-based U.S. House seat. That makes her the favorite in the…
Continue ReadingArchbishop: Pelosi will be denied communion over abortion
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The conservative Catholic archbishop of San Francisco says he will no longer allow U.S.…
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