Hyundai announces $5.5B electric vehicle plant in Georgia
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press ELLABELL, Ga. (AP) — Hyundai Motor Group officials confirmed Friday the company will spend $5.5 billion on a huge…
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Biden in Asia: New friends, old tensions, storms at home
By JOSH BOAK, AAMER MADHANI and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — President Joe Biden hopes to use his visit to Asia to…
Continue ReadingSri Lanka closes schools, limits work amid fuel shortage
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan authorities closed schools and asked public officials not to come to…
Continue ReadingDisinformation board’s ex-leader faced wave of online abuse
By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Nina Jankowicz, like so many millennials, was excited to share a social media post announcing…
Continue ReadingSenate ships $40B Ukraine aid bill to Biden for signature
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has whisked a $40 billion package of military, economic and food aid for Ukraine and…
Continue ReadingReligious backers of abortion rights say God’s on their side
By CLAIRE GALOFARO AP National Writer TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — The loudest voices in the abortion debate are often characterized along a starkly…
Continue ReadingReligious backers of abortion rights say God’s on their side
By CLAIRE GALOFARO AP National Writer TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — It was lunch hour at the abortion clinic, so the nurse in the recovery room got her…
Continue ReadingMorrison first recent Australian leader to survive 3 years
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Scott Morrison has become the most successful Australian prime minister in years just by…
Continue ReadingEconomy, China, climate dominate as Australia set for polls
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australians will go to the polls on Saturday following a six-week campaign that has…
Continue ReadingRussia claims to have taken full control of Mariupol
By ELENA BECATOROS, OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and CIARAN McQUILLAN Associated Press POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Russia claimed to have captured Mariupol…
Continue ReadingUS, S Korean leaders meet in face of N Korea nuclear threat
By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden will meet South Korean President Yoon Suk…
Continue ReadingCalifornia man pleads guilty to Capitol riot charge
WASHINGTON (AP) — A California man who stormed the U.S. Capitol, opened the doors to other rioters and sat in the Senate chair of then-Vice…
Continue ReadingRapper J. Cole to play pro basketball in Canada
SCARBOROUGH, Ontario (AP) — Rapper J. Cole will play another season of pro basketball, this time in Canada. The Canadian Elite Basketball League…
Continue ReadingN. Korea’s low death count questioned amid COVID-19 outbreak
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says that nearly 10% of its 26 million people have fallen ill and 65 people…
Continue ReadingRep. Ocasio-Cortez says she’s engaged to longtime partner
The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has confirmed she’s engaged to her longtime partner, Riley Roberts. The…
Continue ReadingUS accuses Russia of weaponizing food in Ukraine war
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is accusing Russia of weaponizing food and…
Continue ReadingPentagon spokesman John Kirby moving to White House
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press Pentagon press secretary John Kirby is joining the White House, according to a person familiar with the matter,…
Continue ReadingAlleged Chappelle tackler also charged in roommate stabbing
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Authorities say a man charged in an on-stage attack of comedian Dave Chappelle has now also been charged with the attempted…
Continue ReadingMan gets 24 years in prison for fire that killed 12 condors
SALINAS, Calif. (AP) — A man who started a 2020 wildfire that killed 12 endangered California condors and seriously injured a firefighter was…
Continue ReadingProposal for state-run pot industry fails again in House
By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Legislation to establish a state-run marijuana industry in Delaware has again failed to clear…
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