UK firm on Chagos Islands claim after Mauritius plants flag
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain has reaffirmed its sovereignty over a remote Indian Ocean archipelago after Mauritius…
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Mayor quits after saying ice shanties may bring prostitution
HUDSON, Ohio (AP) — The mayor in Ohio who suggested allowing ice fishing shanties on a lake could lead to prostitution has resigned. Hudson Mayor…
Continue ReadingNew this week: ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,’ Kanye and ‘From’
By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include a musical reunion of Leon Bridges and Khruangbin, the first take of a…
Continue ReadingDNA analysis of elephant ivory reveals trafficking networks
By CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A new study suggests that as few as three major criminal groups are responsible for…
Continue ReadingFlorida man fatally struck by train after driving by gate
Sheriff’s officials say a 48-year-old man died when a higher-speed train crashed into his car after he drove around a flashing signal warning…
Continue ReadingBrazil’s Bolsonaro issues decrees to boost mining of Amazon
By DAVID BILLER Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has issued two decrees to boost gold prospecting with a…
Continue ReadingBillionaire who flew SpaceX last year going back into orbit
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The billionaire who flew on his own SpaceX flight last year is headed back up,…
Continue ReadingMexico says conspiracy behind avocado ban; US cites violence
By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says a U.S. suspension on avocado imports and recent environmental…
Continue Reading2,500-year-old terracotta gets Valentine Day’s love in Italy
ROME (AP) — A pair of terracotta lovers caught in a tender embrace for some 2,500 years are getting some Valentine’s Day TLC from Italian…
Continue ReadingMyanmar says it won’t attend ASEAN foreign ministers meeting
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar says it will not participate in this week’s meetings in Cambodia of foreign ministers from…
Continue ReadingLatest inmate removed from death row via mental illness law
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A new Ohio law prohibiting the execution of people severely mentally ill at the time…
Continue ReadingJapan, Cambodia officials agree to cooperate on Myanmar
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s foreign minister has met with the son and appointed successor of Cambodian Prime Minister…
Continue ReadingBiden has long-term inflation plan, but voter patience short
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden came into office with a plan to fix inflation but not the particular…
Continue ReadingCookbook from Lisa Steele shows off the very versatile egg
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — If you’re ever at the grocery store and wondering how old the eggs really are in the…
Continue ReadingDemocrats, ACLU sue over new Kansas congressional districts
By JOHN HANNA and ROXANA HEGEMAN Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas officials face two lawsuits over a Republican redistricting law. The…
Continue ReadingAtlantic salmon returns drop in critical Maine river
ORONO, Maine (AP) — Salmon counters have found fewer of the endangered fish in the Penobscot River in 2021 than in any year since 2016. Atlantic…
Continue ReadingCourt: Dad can fight adoption of kids whose mother he killed
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that a man can fight the adoption of his children,…
Continue ReadingPakistani court acquits model’s killer on parents’ pardon
By ASIM TANVEER Associated Press MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — A lawyer says a Pakistani man sentenced to life in prison in 2019 for strangling his…
Continue ReadingLawyer urges ICC to acquit Ugandan war criminal on appeal
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A lawyer for a Ugandan rebel commander serving a 25-year sentence for dozens of war…
Continue ReadingLiz Weston: What caring for an aging parent could cost you
By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Taking care of an older loved one is stressful, and some people don’t have much of a choice about quitting their jobs…
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