6 months in, Biden’s infrastructure plan has 4,300 projects
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been six months since President Joe Biden signed his $1 trillion infrastructure package…
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Catholic leader blasts Israeli conduct at journalist funeral
By LAURIE KELLMAN and AREEJ HAZBOUN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The top Catholic clergyman in the Holy Land says Israel’s police attack…
Continue ReadingIndonesia tourist bus smashes into billboard, killing 14
SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) — A tourist bus with a reportedly drowsy driver has slammed into a billboard on Indonesia’s main island of Java, killing…
Continue ReadingJohnson: UK will act on Northern Ireland rules if EU won’t
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson has renewed British threats to break a Brexit agreement with the…
Continue ReadingPakistan ups security for ex-PM Khan over deadly plot claims
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s interior ministry says it has beefed up security for former Prime Minister Imran Khan, two days after he claimed at a…
Continue ReadingConvicted killer turned tech whiz confronts his sordid past
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press REHOVOT, Israel (AP) — It was a crime that a quarter of a century later is still widely remembered for its…
Continue ReadingStates hands off when it comes to NCAA, athlete compensation
By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The NCAA waited nearly a year to issue a warning that there are still rules to follow now that…
Continue ReadingUkraine star Karol in Japan, says her country will rebuild
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Singer Tina Karol says on a visit to Japan that she and her fellow Ukrainians will not give up…
Continue ReadingLebanon elections point to a shift, but more turmoil ahead
By ZEINA KARAM and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Preliminary results from parliamentary elections in Lebanon over the weekend show…
Continue Reading1st commercial flight in years takes off from Yemen’s Sanaa
By AHMED AL-HAJ and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels say the first commercial flight in six years has taken…
Continue ReadingConvicted killer turned tech whiz confronts his sordid past
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press REHOVOT, Israel (AP) — When he was 20 years old, Harel Hershtik planned and executed a murder, shooting his…
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Parishioners subdue gunman in fatal S. California church attack
By DAMIAN DOVARGANES CHRISTOPHER WEBER and DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press LAGUNA WOODS, Calif. (AP) — A man opened fire during a lunch reception at…
Continue ReadingShanghai says lockdown to ease as virus spread mostly ends
BEIJING (AP) — Most of Shanghai has stopped the spread of the coronavirus in the community and fewer than 1 million people remain under strict…
Continue ReadingAuthorities: Hate against Taiwanese led to church attack
By AMY TAXIN, KEN RITTER and DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press LAGUNA WOODS, Calif. (AP) — A gunman motivated by political hatred against Taiwan…
Continue ReadingUS vice president, top officials visit UAE to pay respects
By ISABEL DEBRE and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has led a high-powered…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: White ‘replacement theory’ fuels racist attacks
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A racist ideology seeping from the internet’s fringes into the mainstream is being…
Continue ReadingBuffalo shooting latest example of targeted racial violence
By DEEPTI HAJELA, AARON MORRISON and BRENDAN FARRINGTON Associated Press Black people going about their daily lives — then dying in a hail of…
Continue ReadingFormer Australian envoy says Australia’s lost Pacific trust
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A former Australian envoy to the Solomons Islands has accused Australia’s government…
Continue ReadingOnline diary: Buffalo gunman plotted attack for months
By CAROLYN THOMPSON, MICHAEL R. SISAK and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The white gunman accused of massacring 10 Black people…
Continue ReadingJury sees pics of Heard’s swollen face after fight with Depp
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — Jurors in Johnny Depp’s libel trial against his ex-wife, Amber Heard, saw photos…
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