Ukraine marks Orthodox Easter with prayers for those trapped
By CARA ANNA and INNA VARENYTSIA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The sun came out as Ukrainians marked Orthodox Easter in Kyiv with prayers…
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Israel lifts indoor mask mandate as coronavirus cases drop
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has lifted an indoor mask mandate in place for nearly a year as the country’s new cases of coronavirus continue to drop.…
Continue ReadingTo Europe’s relief, France’s Macron wins but far-right gains
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has comfortably won reelection to a second term. His victory…
Continue ReadingOpposition wins Slovenia vote, defeating right-wing populist
By ALI ZERDIN Associated Press LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Early official results from Sunday’s parliamentary election in Slovenia show that…
Continue ReadingLong-serving US Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah dies at age 88
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Orrin G. Hatch, who became the longest-serving Republican senator in history and was a…
Continue ReadingZelenskyy meets top-level US delegation, gets aid promises
By DAVID KEYTON Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met with the U.S. secretaries of state and…
Continue ReadingChina promotes coal in setback for efforts to cut emissions
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China is promoting coal-fired power as the ruling Communist Party tries to revive a sluggish…
Continue ReadingTour boat in Mexico hits whale or whale shark, 6 injured
LA PAZ, Mexico (AP) — Authorities in the Mexico say a small tour boat hit a whale or a whale shark off the Baja California Sur coastal city of La…
Continue ReadingLong-serving Utah US Senator Orrin Hatch dies at age 88
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Orrin G. Hatch, who became the longest-serving Republican senator in history who was a…
Continue ReadingUtah Democrats back independent as US Senate candidate
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Democrats pulling hard to defeat Republican Sen. Mike Lee took the unusual step…
Continue Reading10 found dead after Japan tour boat with 26 aboard sinks
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Rescuers say 10 people who were retrieved from the frigid sea and the rocky coast of a northern…
Continue ReadingVideo records deputy’s rescue of toddler from apartment fire
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy climbed up a balcony and plucked a 1-year-old girl to safety from a third-story apartment that had caught…
Continue ReadingMigrant boat capsizes off Lebanon; 45 saved, at least 1 dead
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Officials in Lebanon say a boat carrying about 60 migrants has capsized off the Lebanese coast, and…
Continue Reading13-year-old Minnesota youth set to graduate from college
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A 13-year-old boy from Minnesota is on the verge of earning his bachelor’s degree from college _ with a major in physics and a…
Continue ReadingOverdoses, not COVID-19, drive spike in LA homeless deaths
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A new report shows that nearly 2,000 homeless people died in Los Angeles County during the first year of the pandemic, an…
Continue ReadingMexican workers vote for independent union at border plant
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican workers have voted yet again for an independent union, this time in a city where border assembly plants have been…
Continue ReadingOil facility damaged during clashes in western Libyan town
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — The state-run oil company says clashes between government-allied militias in western Libya caused…
Continue ReadingExplosion at illegal oil refinery in Nigeria kills over 50
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria police and officials say more than 50 people have been killed and many injuredin an…
Continue ReadingCounty grants approval for Amazon’s helix-shaped HQ tower
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — The Arlington County Board has given unanimous approval to Amazon’s plans to build a…
Continue ReadingTigers’ Cabrera gets 3,000th hit; 33rd player to reach mark
DETROIT (AP) — Detroit Tigers star Miguel Cabrera has gotten the 3,000th hit of his decorated career, becoming the 33rd major leaguer to reach the…
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