Google’s Russian business plans to file for bankruptcy
LONDON (AP) — Google says its Russian subsidiary is planning to file for bankruptcy because it can’t pay staff and suppliers. Russian state media…
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Davos returns from pandemic with Ukraine, climate in mind
GENEVA (AP) — After a nearly 2-1/2-year hiatus, the Swiss town of Davos is set to again host global elites from business, government and activist…
Continue ReadingBlack club pro hopes to thrive, inspire at PGA Championship
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The numbers are not in his favor at Southern Hills, which is nothing Wyatt Worthington II…
Continue ReadingUN drops forecast for global economic growth in 2022 to 3.1%
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations is significantly lowering its forecast for global economic growth…
Continue ReadingMan sentenced to 8 years on federal charge after commutation
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) — A man who was charged by federal prosecutors with producing child pornography after former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin issued a…
Continue ReadingA third of US should be considering masks, officials say
By ZEKE MILLER and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — COVID-19 cases are increasing in the United States — and could get even worse…
Continue ReadingHappy is an Asian elephant. But is she also a person?
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — She has four limbs, expressive eyes and likes to stroll through greenery in New York City.…
Continue ReadingKansas Supreme Court upholds Republican congressional map
By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ highest court has upheld a Republican redistricting law that improves the…
Continue ReadingRwanda genocide suspect Phénéas Munyarugarama confirmed dead
BRUSSELS (AP) — A prosecutor with a U.N.-backed tribunal says a Rwandan fugitive wanted for allegedly playing a major role in the country’s 1994…
Continue ReadingExiled Russian director returns to Cannes, decries war
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — The Russian filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov, one of the few Russian filmmakers at this…
Continue ReadingChina blasts US, Japan rhetoric ahead of Quad summit
By KEN MORITSUGU and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has criticized what he called negative moves…
Continue ReadingRingling Bros. announces comeback tour without animal acts
By FREIDA FRISARO Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — “The Greatest Show on Earth” is making a comeback featuring extraordinary humans and no animal…
Continue Reading5-term Idaho attorney general loses in GOP primary battle
By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Former U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador has won Idaho’s GOP attorney general primary, beating the…
Continue ReadingWith Roe in doubt, some fear tech surveillance of pregnancy
By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — When Chandler Jones realized she was pregnant during her junior year of college, she turned…
Continue ReadingEU urges members to work together to renew weapons stocks
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is urging member countries to quickly replenish their depleted stocks of ammunition and military equipment.…
Continue ReadingDemocratic Wisconsin Senate hopeful Barnes releases first ad
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mandela Barnes highlights his middle class…
Continue ReadingIsrael approves ultranationalist Jewish march in Jerusalem
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli authorities say they have given the go-ahead for a march of flag-waving Jewish…
Continue ReadingMoms seeking formula tire of those who say, just breastfeed
By REBECCA BOONE, LINDSEY TANNER and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press As Morgan Fabry drives around Chicago looking for baby formula that is…
Continue ReadingTracy Letts on writing his play and then having to act in it
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Tracy Letts’ play “The Minutes” was first written in 2016, and it seems to have…
Continue ReadingEx-cop pleads guilty to manslaughter in George Floyd killing
By AMY FORLITI, STEVE KARNOWSKI and MOHAMED IBRAHIM Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former Minneapolis police officer pleaded guilty…
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