A mild US flu season is waning, but is it really over?
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — This winter’s mild flu season has faded to a trickle of cases in much of the U.S., but health…
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I-39 in central Illinois reopens after pileup in snowstorm
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. (AP) — A stretch of interstate in central Illinois that had closed after a pileup involving about 100 cars, trucks and big rigs…
Continue ReadingJanuary home sales rise ahead of expected rate hikes
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes rose in January, as a surge in buyers paying cash and…
Continue ReadingParis transport strike disrupts subway, trains to suburbs
PARIS (AP) — Commuters in Paris are facing disruptions as public transport workers hold a one-day strike to protest what they say is an…
Continue ReadingCate Blanchett to receive Film at Lincoln Center award
By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lincoln Center will honor Cate Blanchett with its 47th Chaplin Award at the arts organization’s annual…
Continue ReadingAudible founder Don Katz to be honored by PEN America
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The founder of Audible Inc., a leading force in the booming audiobook industry, will be honored…
Continue ReadingSpain: Conservative party rift grows into all-out battle
By ARITZ PARRA Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Months of simmering tensions within Spain’s main opposition party has come to a head with an…
Continue ReadingSotheby’s selling art treasures from divorced couple’s trove
LONDON (AP) — Artworks by Pablo Picasso, Mark Rothko, Andy Warhol and other modern masters are going up for auction as part of a billionaire…
Continue ReadingRepublican lawmakers bar journalists from statehouse floors
By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s state Senate passed rules this week limiting where the press can go to report in…
Continue ReadingMinnesota Rep. Jim Hagedorn dies at 59 after cancer battle
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn, a conservative Republican from southern Minnesota who followed his…
Continue ReadingRecent Russian doping controversies at the Olympics
BEIJING (AP) — The doping case of 15-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has dominated the conversation at the Winter Olympics in…
Continue ReadingVP Harris heralds NATO unity as Ukraine crisis grows
By AAMER MADHANI and MATTHEW LEE Associated Press MUNICH (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has heralded NATO unity during the escalating Ukraine…
Continue ReadingFrench court finds former soldier guilty of child’s murder
By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY Associated Press GRENOBLE, France (AP) — After three weeks of court testimony that has riveted France, a former soldier…
Continue ReadingAbortion recedes from spotlight in Texas’ primary election
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Abortion isn’t taking center stage in Texas’ first-in-the-nation primary. The…
Continue ReadingIAEA reviews water release from damaged Japan nuclear plant
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency has visited the site at Japan’s…
Continue ReadingUN chief: Security threat seems higher than during Cold War
By KARL RITTER Associated Press MUNICH, Germany (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the world is probably a more dangerous place…
Continue ReadingPritzker to take school mask fight to Illinois high court
By JOHN O’CONNOR Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois’ governor plans to ask the state Supreme Court to review a ruling…
Continue ReadingCrews restore power, clear debris after Alabama storms
LEEDS, Ala. (AP) — Roads were being cleared and crews were restoring power to thousands of customers after severe storms and possible tornadoes…
Continue ReadingG20 finance leaders urge care in unwinding pandemic support
By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA (AP) — Finance leaders of the world’s biggest economies have called for a cautious and well…
Continue ReadingAfter skating debacle, Bach takes rare shots at Russians
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — A worldwide wave of sympathy has flowed to Kamila Valieva for the ordeal she endured at the…
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