Study: Many birds nesting, laying eggs earlier in Chicago
By TERESA CRAWFORD Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Many species of birds are nesting and laying eggs nearly a month earlier than they did 100 years…
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Sri Lanka opposition rejects proposed unity government
By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s largest opposition party has rejected the president’s invitation…
Continue ReadingLate frost ices over French vineyards, threatens fruit crops
By THIBAULT CAMUS Associated Press CHABLIS, France (AP) — French vintners are lighting candles to thaw their grapevines to save them from a late…
Continue ReadingSweden to give 4th COVID-19 shot to people over 65
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden is recommending a fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose to people over 65 and those living in nursing homes or getting…
Continue ReadingSudan reports sinking of boat on Blue Nile, 23 women drowned
CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese authorities say a boat sank last week on the Blue Nile and at least 23 women are believed to have drowned. The tragedy took…
Continue ReadingUN warns Earth ‘firmly on track toward an unlivable world’
By FRANK JORDANS and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A new report from the UN’s top body of climate scientists is warning that…
Continue ReadingUS seizes yacht owned by oligarch with close ties to Putin
By FRANCISCO UBILLA, ARITZ PARRA and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain (AP) — The U.S. government seized a mega yacht in…
Continue ReadingEarly tally confirms win for Serbia’s populist leader
By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — An early official count of Serbia’s national election has confirmed the landslide victory…
Continue ReadingTurkey’s inflation hits 61% climbing to new 20-year high
ISTANBUL (AP) — Yearly inflation in Turkey has hit 61.14%, climbing to a new 20-year high and deepening a cost of living crisis for many…
Continue ReadingTop Pakistan court hears arguments in major political crisis
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s top court has begun hearing arguments on whether Prime Minister Imran Khan and his…
Continue ReadingGermany arrests right-wing extremist over fatal 1991 attack
BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors say they have arrested a right-wing extremist over an arson attack on a home for asylum-seekers more than 30 years…
Continue ReadingBatiste, joyful performances highlight Grammy Awards
By DAVID BAUDER AP Entertainment Writer Jon Batiste may have won the most Grammy Awards with five on Sunday night, but in some ways he was a…
Continue ReadingStaley, Auriemma could meet next year for another title
By DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Dawn Staley and Geno Auriemma hugged at midcourt after South Carolina ended UConn’s…
Continue Reading10,000 health workers sent to help control Shanghai outbreak
By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China has sent more than 10,000 health workers to Shanghai, including 2,000 military medical…
Continue ReadingUkrainian refugees find jobs, kindness, as they settle in
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Having escaped from Russian shelling, Ukrainian refugees are now…
Continue ReadingRussia faces global outrage over bodies in Ukraine’s streets
By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and NEBI QENA Associated Press BUCHA, Ukraine (AP) — Russia is facing a fresh wave of condemnation after evidence emerged…
Continue ReadingArrest made in connection with Sacramento mass shooting
By ADAM BEAM and KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Sacramento police have announced an arrest connected to the shooting…
Continue ReadingParkland, Florida, school shooter’s jury selection begins
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Jury selection in the deadliest U.S. mass shooting ever to go to trial has begun. A…
Continue ReadingOil prices up, Asian shares slip after tech rally on Wall St
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares are mostly lower in Asia and oil prices have risen after a tech-driven rally on Wall Street. Many…
Continue ReadingWith students in turmoil, US teachers train in mental health
By JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — As Benito Luna-Herrera teaches his 7th grade social studies classes, he is on alert for…
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