Serbia displays Chinese missiles amid concerns in Balkans
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia on Saturday publicly displayed a recently delivered Chinese anti-aircraft…
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Activists keep up pressure as Biden weighs student debt move
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For student loan activists, the week began with hope as President Joe Biden gave his clearest…
Continue ReadingLouisville mayor’s race plays out amid lingering tensions
By PIPER HUDSPETH BLACKBURN Associated Press/Report for America LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville mayoral candidate Craig Greenberg had a bounce in…
Continue ReadingBack with the banned: Do Twitter’s exiles return under Musk?
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press QAnon loyalists, COVID deniers, neo-Nazis and a former American president: The list of people banned from Twitter…
Continue ReadingAutopsy backlog plagues Mississippi, with worst delays in US
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — After Truitt Pace admitted to law enforcement that he beat and shot…
Continue ReadingBeijing shuts dine-in services for holidays to stem outbreak
BEIJING (AP) — Restaurants in Beijing have been ordered to close dine-in services over the May holidays as the Chinese capital grapples with a…
Continue ReadingAutopsy backlog plagues Mississippi, with worst delays in US
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — After Truitt Pace admitted to law enforcement that he beat and shot…
Continue ReadingFor Ukrainian Model UN students, hopes dim for diplomacy
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For nearly a week in April, Mariia Pachenko took a respite from her studies in besieged…
Continue ReadingHeadcounts are down at public schools. Now budgets are too.
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and ANNIE MA Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — A school system in suburban Kansas City is eliminating over 100 jobs,…
Continue ReadingChina manufacturing weakens further as lockdowns continue
BEIJING (AP) — China’s manufacturing activity fell to a six-month low in April as lockdowns continued in Shanghai and other manufacturing hubs in…
Continue ReadingTornado rips through Kansas; 3 students killed in crash
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A tornado that barreled through parts of Kansas destroyed or damaged hundreds of homes and buildings, injured several people…
Continue Reading8 children killed in vehicle accident in Egypt’s Nile Delta
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian authorities say at least eight children died when a passenger tricycle overturned and sank in an irrigation channel in the…
Continue ReadingIsrael arrests Palestinian attackers who killed guard
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says it arrested a pair of Palestinian attackers who allegedly shot and killed a security guard at the…
Continue ReadingWives of Mariupol defenders appeal for soldiers’ evacuation
By TRISHA THOMAS Associated Press ROME (AP) — Two Ukrainian women whose husbands are defending a besieged steel plant in the southern city of…
Continue ReadingRun Rich Run takes spotlight on final day of NFL draft
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — What started as a dare during the NFL Scouting Combine has morphed into something much more…
Continue ReadingNo punch line: Chicago comic Maniscalco announces Bears pick
By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Sebastian Maniscalco got the chance to be onstage at the NFL draft and, along with former…
Continue Reading‘Our roots are there’: Ukrainians cross front line for home
By CARA ANNA Associated Press ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — A tiny, Soviet-made car is bed tonight for the older couple waiting to risk their lives…
Continue ReadingMigrant boat disaster wrecks a Lebanese family amid crisis
By FAY ABUELGASIM Associated Press TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — A week ago, the boat carrying Bilal Dandashi, his relatives and dozens of others hoping…
Continue Reading‘A huge demand’: Ukrainian women train to clear landmines
By FLORENT BAJRAMI Associated Press PEJA, Kosovo (AP) — Learning to identify and defuse explosives is something Anastasiia Minchukova never thought…
Continue ReadingExperts: Lawmaker rape case illustrates survivors’ trauma
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — When a legislative intern came forward with rape allegations against an Idaho state lawmaker…
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