Search continues for Texas inmate who escaped prison bus
CENTERVILLE, Texas (AP) — The search continues for a Texas inmate serving a life sentence for murder who escaped from a transport bus after…
Continue ReadingAP National News
Detention of WNBA’s Griner in Moscow extended by 1 month
MOSCOW (AP) — WNBA star Brittney Griner had her pre-trial detention in Russia extended by one month Friday, her lawyer said. Alexander Boykov told…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: What’s behind North Korea’s COVID-19 admission?
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Before acknowledging its first domestic COVID-19 cases, North Korea…
Continue ReadingTurkey’s leader opposes letting Finland, Sweden join NATO
By JARI TANNER and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country is “not favorable”…
Continue ReadingRussian pipeline sanctions raise fears of gas interruption
BERLIN (AP) — European gas prices have risen after Russian state-owned exporter Gazprom said it would no longer send supplies to Europe via a…
Continue Reading1 dead, 3 hurt after shots fired outside Arkansas graduation
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) — Authorities say a man opened fire outside an Arkansas convention center after a high school graduation ceremony, killing…
Continue ReadingMichigan profs push ‘pee for peonies’ urine diversion plan
By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A pair of University of Michigan researchers are putting the “pee” in peony.…
Continue ReadingMinority Hindu Kashmiris protest killing of community member
By AIJAZ HUSSAIN Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Hindus in Indian-controlled Kashmir have staged protests a day after assailants fatally…
Continue ReadingHow guests can honor their budgets in peak wedding season
By AMANDA BARROSO of NerdWallet Industry experts predict 2.5 million weddings in the U.S. this year, a 40-year high. That means millions of invited…
Continue ReadingUnionists set to block N Ireland govt over Brexit trade spat
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Northern Ireland’s second-biggest political party says it will block the formation of a working…
Continue ReadingUAE’s long-ailing leader Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed dies at 73
By ADAM SCHRECK and AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates’ long-ailing ruler, Sheikh Khalifa…
Continue ReadingMusk puts Twitter buy ‘on hold,’ casting doubt on $44B deal
By KELVIN CHAN and TOM KRISHER AP Business Writers DETROIT (AP) — Tesla billionaire Elon Musk has put his plan to buy Twitter on what he called a…
Continue ReadingEmirates Air lost $1 billion, but that’s an 80% improvement
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — One of the world’s biggest airlines and the Mideast’s top carrier, Emirates Air, says it lost $1.1…
Continue ReadingBiden administration to release $45B for nationwide internet
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is taking the first steps to release $45 billion to ensure every U.S.…
Continue ReadingChild malnutrition mounts amid conflict in northeast Nigeria
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Aid agencies are warning that acute malnutrition is on the rise in northeast Nigeria.…
Continue ReadingJapan’s Honda sees profit slide on chips, material cost woes
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Honda’s fiscal fourth quarter profit slipped to almost half of what the Japanese automaker…
Continue ReadingSri Lankan power family falls from grace as economy tanks
By DAVID RISING and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — With one brother president, another prime minister and three more family…
Continue ReadingDutch authorities arrest Rwandan man on genocide suspicions
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch prosecutors say a Rwandan man has been arrested on suspicion that he was involved in the African country’s…
Continue ReadingIsraeli police beat pallbearers at journalist’s funeral
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli riot police on Friday pushed and beat pallbearers at the funeral for slain Al Jazeera…
Continue ReadingUkraine asks G7 to step up arms supply, pressure on Russia
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press WEISSENHAUS, Germany (AP) — Ukraine’s foreign minister says his country remains willing to engage in diplomatic…
Continue Reading