Japan’s deficit reaches 8-year high as energy imports soar
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan has reported its trade deficit rose to an eight-year high in January as the cost of energy…
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Sharpton: Without no-knock warrant, Locke would be alive
By MOHAMED IBRAHIM and AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Rev. Al Sharpton told the hundreds gathered for Amir Locke’s funeral…
Continue Reading13 die in village well collapse at wedding in India
LUCKNOW, India (AP) — An official says 13 women and young girls have died while singing and dancing at a wedding in northern India. A concrete slab…
Continue ReadingOklahoma executes man for role in 2005 quadruple slaying
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Writer McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma has executed a man for his role in a quadruple slaying in 2005.…
Continue ReadingThe Blonds end fashion week with hot vampires, writhing trio
By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The shock rock design duo The Blonds closed New York Fashion Week with hot vampires, embellished…
Continue ReadingProsecutors question officer in Floyd killing about training
By STEVE KARNOWSKI and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s killing…
Continue ReadingShiffrin’s Olympics: 5 individual races, no medals, 3 DNFs
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer BEIJING (AP) — Mikaela Shiffrin skied out in the Alpine combined and once again was unable to finish a race…
Continue ReadingRights group documents extrajudicial harassment in Vietnam
BANGKOK (AP) — Human Rights Watch says more than 170 activists have been put under house arrest, blocked from traveling and sometimes assaulted by…
Continue ReadingTonga needs over $90 million to start repairs from volcano
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. official says 80% of Tonga’s 105,000 people were affected by the undersea…
Continue ReadingFAA head resigns after effort to rebuild agency’s reputation
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The leader of the Federal Aviation Administration, Stephen Dickson, says he will resign at the end of March.…
Continue ReadingShcherbakova wins figure skating gold as Valieva collapses
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — Anna Shcherbakova won a stunning gold medal in women’s figure skating at the Beijing Games while…
Continue ReadingRed wine or white? At Olympic hotel, it comes in hazmat suit
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese people working in hazmat suits inside the Beijing Olympics’ closed-loop “bubble”…
Continue ReadingGLIMPSES: Nations at odds, but Olympians find time for a hug
By The Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The Olympics are supposed to be a time for nations to cast aside politics and conflict. This year’s…
Continue ReadingPrabal Gurung sends a ‘NY love song’ to homeland of Nepal
By BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prabal Gurung’s latest collection was a love letter from his adopted hometown of New York to…
Continue ReadingCoast Guard searches Gulf for missing cruise ship passenger
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Authorities are searching for a missing cruise ship passenger in the Gulf of Mexico. The Coast Guard said it received a called…
Continue ReadingPlane crashes into tractor-trailer on North Carolina highway
LEXINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Officials say the pilot of an airplane was killed when it crashed into a tractor-trailer on a North Carolina highway,…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: How figure skaters deliver quadruple jumps
By CANDICE CHOI Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Russia’s “Quad Squad” of figure skaters is looking for an Olympics podium sweep by landing…
Continue ReadingOn the slopes, a struggle for Black skiers’ Olympic dreams
By AARON MORRISON Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — There are a plethora of programs aimed at exposing Black and Hispanic children from urban…
Continue ReadingFamily asks for justice for girl killed by robbery victim
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The family of a 9-year-old girl who died after she was shot by a man who had opened fire when he…
Continue ReadingReport: 13 Texas GOP congressional candidates say Biden won
HOUSTON (AP) — A published report says that only 13 of the 143 Texas Republican candidates for Congress say they believe Democrat Joe Biden’s…
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