Swiss group: Taliban make pledges on education, aid workers
GENEVA (AP) — Organizers of a closed-door conference in Switzerland attended by envoys from Afghanistan’s Taliban leadership say the delegation…
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Volcanic lightning streaks sky over fiery Mount Etna
ROME (AP) — A particularly powerful eruption of Mount Etna has created a volcanic storm that sent bolts of lightning dramatically across the sky…
Continue ReadingYoung Dolph shooting suspects plead not guilty in Memphis
By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Two men charged with fatally shooting rapper Young Dolph in a daylight ambush at a Tennessee…
Continue ReadingVirginia man faces prison after disrupting flight in April
PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — A Virginia man faces time in prison after pleading guilty to interfering with the crew on a United Airlines flight last…
Continue ReadingCoaches: Kansas college wanted fewer Black athletes
HIGHLAND, Kan. (AP) — Three former coaches at a Kansas community college allege in a lawsuit that the school wanted to reduce the number of Black…
Continue ReadingUN more neutral on PM appointed in Libya’s east, urges vote
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for stability in Libya after the…
Continue ReadingRocker Ian McDonald of King Crimson and Foreigner dies at 75
LONDON (AP) — Ian McDonald, a co-founder of pioneering prog-rock band King Crimson and stadium rock hitmaker Foreigner, has died. He was 75. A…
Continue ReadingSmithsonian to show 120 orange statues of female scientists
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Smithsonian will commemorate Women’s History Month in March by displaying 120 3D-printed…
Continue ReadingNeighbors Romania, Moldova sign deals to boost their ties
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — European Union member Romania and neighboring Moldova, one of Europe’s poorest nations, have signed a string of…
Continue ReadingFeds oppose immediate release of voting machine report
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal cybersecurity agency is reviewing a report that alleges security vulnerabilities in…
Continue ReadingWisconsin prosecutor won’t bring election fraud charges
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin county district attorney says she will not bring election fraud charges against…
Continue ReadingWHO chief praises South Africa’s work to make COVID vaccines
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The visiting chief of the World Health Organization says that South Africa’s efforts to…
Continue ReadingAfrofuturism showcased at Carnegie Hall in 2-month festival
By RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Afrofuturism will be highlighted at Carnegie Hall, placing a spotlight on the movement as the…
Continue ReadingPurdue cop on leave amid review of Black student’s arrest
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — Purdue University says a campus police officer received death threats and is on leave until further notice after being…
Continue ReadingUniversity of Alabama to remove KKK leader’s name from hall
By JAY REEVES Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — University of Alabama trustees have voted to strip the name of a one-time governor who led…
Continue ReadingBelgium to ease COVID-19 measures as infections decline
BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgium will ease a slew of COVID-19 measures from next week, with restaurants and bars allowed to open for full hours and children…
Continue ReadingNative American statue’s placement in Atlanta reconsidered
By MICHAEL WARREN Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta’s leaders are rethinking plans to install a statue representing a Native American man…
Continue ReadingDave Chappelle says he didn’t oppose affordable housing
YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio (AP) — Comedian Dave Chappelle says his threat to pull the plug on his plans to open a comedy club near his hometown in Ohio…
Continue ReadingCountries ask to join WTO talks over China, Lithuania spat
More countries have asked this week to join talks about the European Union’s complaint with the World Trade Organization accusing China of exerting…
Continue ReadingMan accused in Wisconsin parade deaths pleads not guilty
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A Milwaukee man accused of killing six people and injuring dozens more when he drove an SUV through a suburban Christmas…
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