US urges Serbia to join sanctions against its ally Russia
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A U.S. Senate delegation has urged Serbia to join the rest of Europe and impose sanctions against Russia for its bloody…
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Chief: Nothing at house indicated trouble before shooting
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh’s police chief says an officer who went to a short-term rental property where a party was going on shortly before…
Continue ReadingGun safety activists decry inaction as US shootings surge
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Politics Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Democrats have spent years pledging to address the gun violence that plagues…
Continue ReadingFlorida Gov DeSantis pushes to end Disney self-government
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking the Legislature to repeal a law allowing Walt…
Continue ReadingVP Harris to officiate New Mexico governor’s May wedding
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is getting married, and Vice President Kamala Harris has been picked to officiate. The…
Continue ReadingEnergy shift creates opening for ‘world’s largest batteries’
By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer LUDINGTON, Mich. (AP) — A question is hovering over the transition from fossil fuels to cleaner energy such…
Continue ReadingLebanon expects deal with World Bank on food security
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s economy minister says Beirut is close to reaching an agreement with the World Bank…
Continue ReadingUN chief urges 4-day Easter ‘pause’ in fighting in Ukraine
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is appealing for a halt in fighting in Ukraine…
Continue ReadingBiden pushing infrastructure plans in visit to New Hampshire
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — President Joe Biden is making his second trip to New Hampshire since he signed…
Continue ReadingFeeling blue in today’s world? Head for Belgian bluebells!
By RAF CASERT Associated Press HALLE, Belgium (AP) — Nature’s beauty is rapturous again this springtime — flaunting its purple haze of…
Continue ReadingSwiss authorities clear 1st cannabis sale pilot project
BERLIN (AP) — Swiss authorities have given the green light for a pilot project under which a few hundred people in the city of Basel will be…
Continue ReadingRecipe for My Mom’s Japanese-Style Mapo Tofu from ‘The Wok’
By The Associated Press J. Kenji López-Alt has written a new cookbook with handy tips, fascinating asides and some 200 dishes all related to the…
Continue ReadingSouth Africa launches relief for Durban flooding; 448 dead
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Declaring a national state of disaster, South Africa has allocated $67 million to help…
Continue ReadingJ. Kenji López-Alt wants you to be a wok star in the kitchen
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Chef and food writer J. Kenji López-Alt suspects there’s something in your kitchen that…
Continue ReadingEgyptian woman sentenced to 3 years in TikTok video case
CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court has sentenced a woman to three years in prison after her retrial conviction for human trafficking in a case that…
Continue ReadingBiden restores stricter environmental review of big projects
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is restoring federal regulations that require rigorous environmental…
Continue ReadingMan held in fatal stabbing of girl at California high school
STOCKTON, Calif. (AP) — Police have identified a 52-year-old man as the suspect in the stabbing death of a 15-year-old girl on a California high…
Continue ReadingEx-chair of tribe that welcomed Pilgrims goes on trial
BOSTON (AP) — A former chairperson of the Massachusetts tribe whose ancestors aided the Pilgrims is going on federal trial. Ex-Mashpee Wampanoag…
Continue ReadingBodies of 4 residents found at house in eastern Germany
BERLIN (AP) — Police say the bodies of four people have been found at a house in eastern Germany, but there was no immediate word on what events…
Continue ReadingPEN America to honor imprisoned Ukrainian journalist at gala
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A Ukrainian journalist imprisoned in Crimea will be honored next month at the PEN America gala.…
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