Test for MLB players will be how deal looks to them in ’26
By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Now comes the test: Will baseball players be happy with their new collective bargaining agreement…
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Russians pounding Ukraine, but Mariupol’s no Aleppo — yet
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Russia’s airstrike on a children’s and maternity hospital in Ukraine is stirring…
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DARWIN, Australia (AP) — A police officer has been acquitted on all charges after shooting dead an Indigenous Australian in a case that was…
Continue ReadingToyota scales back Japan production over chips, parts crunch
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s top automaker Toyota will scale back domestic production over the next three months…
Continue ReadingUS accuses Russia of using UN council for ‘disinformation’
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States has accused Russia of using a U.N. Security Council meeting for…
Continue ReadingRattlesnake roundups take 2 paths, drawing praise and scorn
By JEFF MARTIN Associated Press WOODSTOCK, Ga. (AP) — Animal rights activists praised an annual rattlesnake roundup in south Georgia that recently…
Continue ReadingFacing Purdue owners brings pain, closure for opioid victims
By JENNIFER PELTZ and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A sense of closure is mixing with anger and pain for some of the nearly two…
Continue ReadingGOP senators urge Biden to send Polish warplanes to Ukraine
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican U.S. senators are imploring the Biden administration to reverse course…
Continue ReadingLava flows as Indonesia’s Mount Merapi continues to erupt
By SLAMET RIYADI Associated Press YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s Mount Merapi is continuing to erupt, forcing authorities to halt…
Continue ReadingUS slashes Russia trade status, bans its alcohol and seafood
By JOSH BOAK, CHRIS MEGERIAN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Friday that along with the European…
Continue ReadingSenate gives final approval to Ukraine aid, huge budget bill
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has given final congressional approval to a $13.6 billion emergency package of military…
Continue Reading11 years later, fate of Fukushima reactor cleanup uncertain
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press OKUMA, Japan (AP) — Eleven years after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was ravaged by a meltdown…
Continue ReadingGOP split on alternative to Greitens in Missouri Senate race
By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — For all their angst about the possibility of former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens winning the…
Continue ReadingTexas results hint GOP Hispanic gains may endure post-Trump
By WILL WEISSERT and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in heavily Hispanic parts of South Texas cast record numbers of…
Continue ReadingRussian warplanes, artillery widen attack, hit industry hub
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s airplanes and artillery widened their assault on Ukraine on Friday, striking…
Continue ReadingBiden relief plan: Major victory gets mixed one-year reviews
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been one year since President Joe Biden signed into law the…
Continue ReadingAs West tries to force Russia from Ukraine, endgame elusive
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — As Western leaders congratulate themselves for their speedy and severe responses to…
Continue ReadingLiberal US cities change course, now clearing homeless camps
By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The mayor of Portland, Oregon, recently banned camping on the sides of…
Continue ReadingPoll: Equality concerns rise, but few say voting is too hard
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Majorities of Americans in both major parties think voting rules in their…
Continue Reading2 years into pandemic, world takes cautious steps forward
By GILLIAN FLACCUS, CHRISTOPHER WEBER and TERRY TANG Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — On the two-year anniversary of the start of the…
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