Growing African mangrove forests aim to combat climate woes
By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — In a bid to protect coastal communities from climate change and encourage investment,…
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Flowers in the rubble: Ukrainian woman sees a sliver of hope
By ELENA BECATOROS and EMILIO MORENATTI Associated Press IRPIN, Ukraine (AP) — There are no walls any longer. The broad wooden roof beams lie…
Continue ReadingStocks end rocky week with their 5th straight weekly decline
By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — A turbulent week on Wall Street ended Friday with more losses and the stock…
Continue ReadingIsrael searches for attackers who killed 3 in mass stabbing
By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli security forces are carrying out a massive manhunt for two Palestinians suspected in a…
Continue ReadingMexican president slams US on tour of Central America
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has started a five-day tour to four Central American countries and Cuba by…
Continue ReadingNashville library offers ‘I read banned books’ library cards
Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville Public Library is responding to library scrutiny in Tennessee with a goal to distribute 5,000…
Continue ReadingNew reparations focus: Black enclaves lost to development
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Terrell Osborne knows well what happens when urban renewal comes to communities of…
Continue ReadingSpaceX brings 4 astronauts home, then launches 53 satellites
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX brought four astronauts home with a midnight splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico…
Continue ReadingUS seeks to downplay role in sinking of Russian warship
By BEN FOX, AAMER MADHANI, and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration sought Friday to downplay the role of…
Continue ReadingGOP works to get out the vote after calling elections rigged
By DAVID KLEPPER and JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Republican David Perdue has made election fraud the centerpiece of his run for…
Continue ReadingDozens more civilians rescued from Ukrainian steel plant
By ELENA BECATOROS and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — Dozens more civilians were rescued Friday from the tunnels under…
Continue ReadingHill bargainers seek Ukraine aid deal, COVID aid in question
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers are working toward a compromise on President Joe Biden’s $33 billion Ukraine aid…
Continue ReadingHow does it f-e-e-e-e-l? Bob Dylan museum opening in Tulsa
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Elvis Costello, Patti Smith and Mavis Staples are all on hand in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this weekend to…
Continue ReadingPence: Leaked abortion draft opinion helps some ’22 hopefuls
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence says a leaked draft opinion suggesting the U.S. Supreme…
Continue Reading‘Roe’ under threat, California leans in as abortion refuge
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Democrats have accelerated their plan to make the nation’s most populous state…
Continue ReadingCOVID coverage for all dries up even as hospital costs rise
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, the U.S. came close to providing health…
Continue ReadingUS added 428,000 jobs in April despite surging inflation
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added 428,000 jobs in April, extending a streak of solid hiring that…
Continue ReadingGiuliani withdraws from interview with Jan. 6 committee
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rudy Giuliani, who led Donald Trump’s court efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, has withdrawn…
Continue ReadingMexico’s president starts regional tour in Guatemala
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has started a lightning, five-day tour to four Central American countries and…
Continue Reading53 dead in China building collapse, search for trapped ends
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media say 53 people died in a building collapse one week ago in central China and 10 were rescued. Authorities said…
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