Experts: Alleged plot against governor signals ominous shift
By JOHN FLESHER Associated Press TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Experts say far-right groups in the U.S. are taking a more dangerously radical turn as…
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Death toll nears 6 million as pandemic enters its 3rd year
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The world is on the verge of recording its 6 millionth official COVID-19 death, underscoring that…
Continue ReadingOfficials: 7 dead after tornadoes tore through central Iowa
By SCOTT MCFETRIDGE and JOSH FUNK Associated Press WINTERSET, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say seven people are dead after tornadoes swept through…
Continue ReadingJehovah’s Witnesses flee Russia for worship without fear
By KWASI GYAMFI ASIEDU Associated Press Over the past five years, hundreds of Jehovah’s Witnesses have been subjected to raids, arresgtonts and…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: What is the US doing to help Ukraine refugees?
By BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has set off the largest mass migration in Europe in decades, with more…
Continue ReadingRussia cracks down on media, protests as Ukraine war rages
NEW YORK (AP) — Russian authorities have continued to block independent news outlets and to arrest protesters in an effort to tighten control over…
Continue ReadingBlinken vows US support to wary Moldova as Ukraine war rages
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Moldova pledging America’s support to…
Continue Reading14 workers confirmed dead in China coal mine collapse
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese media are reporting all 14 workers who were trapped when a coal mine in the southwest collapsed 10 days ago had died. A…
Continue ReadingRussia-Ukraine War: What to know on Russia’s war in Ukraine
By The Associated Press Russia’s invasion of Ukraine entered its 12th day following what Ukrainian authorities described as increased shelling of…
Continue ReadingMore than 100 Rohingya land on beach in Indonesia’s Aceh
By YAYAN ZAMZAMI Associated Press BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Officials say more than 100 hungry and weak Rohingya Muslims were found on a beach…
Continue ReadingAt Ukraine’s largest art museum, a race to protect heritage
By BERNAT ARMANGUÉ Associated Press LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Staffers at Ukraine’s largest art museum are packing away its collections to protect…
Continue ReadingRussian war in world’s ‘breadbasket’ threatens food supply
By JOSEPH WILSON, SAMY MAGDY, AYA BATRAWY and CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The Russian tanks and missiles besieging…
Continue ReadingForeigners who fled Ukraine team up to help others escape
By CHINEDU ASADU and CARA ANNA Associated Press Jarred by discriminatory treatment and left to evacuate themselves from Ukraine, people from African,…
Continue ReadingWatching Ukraine, Bosnians relive the trauma of their war
By SABINA NIKSIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Survivors of the 1992-95 siege of Bosnia’s capital can’t look…
Continue ReadingIsraeli police shoot dead attacker after Jerusalem stabbing
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police say officers shot and killed a Palestinian attacker after he stabbed an officer in Jerusalem’s Old City. In a…
Continue ReadingOfficial: 6 dead as large tornado roars through central Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say six people are dead after a tornado swept through central Iowa, damaging homes, knocking down trees and…
Continue ReadingKamala Harris marks ‘Bloody Sunday’ anniversary in Selma
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press SELMA, Ala. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is in Selma, Alabama, to mark the anniversary of a defining moment…
Continue ReadingUkraine says Russia steps up shelling of residential areas
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces intensified shelling of Ukrainian cities in the country’s center, north…
Continue ReadingFleeing sanctions, oligarchs seek safe ports for superyachts
By MICHAEL BIESECKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has warned Kremlin-aligned oligarchs that the U.S. and its European…
Continue ReadingCorrection: Russia-Ukraine-War-Oligarch Superyachts story
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story published March 6, 2022, about superyachts believed to be owned by Kremlin-aligned oligarchs, The Associated Press…
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