Sudan activists appeal for help for orphanage where 54 died
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese activists have taken to social media to appeal for help for a neglected, government-run…
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3 million plaintiffs seek $1.2B from California health firm
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A lawsuit over high health bills filed on behalf of more than 3 million employers and…
Continue ReadingLibya’s east-based lawmakers name new PM, fueling divisions
By NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Libya’s east-based parliament has appointed a new prime minister, a development that counters…
Continue ReadingPolice: Ex-‘American Idol’ star took marijuana before crash
By JEFF MARTIN Associated Press An arrest warrant states that marijuana was involved in a deadly South Carolina crash in which a former “American…
Continue ReadingAlabama revisits pairing KKK leader and Black student names
By JAY REEVES Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The University of Alabama is reconsidering its decision last week to retain the name of a…
Continue ReadingLate Philippine dictator’s son clears key election hurdle
By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine election officials have dismissed three more petitions seeking to disqualify…
Continue ReadingFatal fires in St. Louis, Baltimore expose vacant home risks
By JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Vacant homes that dot the urban and rural landscape across the U.S. pose an especially high risk…
Continue ReadingAmericans hope appeal yields ‘truth’ of officer’s Rome death
By FRANCES D’EMILIO and ANDREA ROSA Associated Press ROME (AP) — Lawyers and relatives of two young American men convicted of murdering an…
Continue ReadingOutdoor mask mandate ends in Spain, Italy to follow suit
By MANU FERNÁNDEZ Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spaniards have removed their facemasks or stuffed them into their pockets for the first time in…
Continue ReadingHouse panel probes Trump presidential records found in Fla.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee is investigating whether former President Donald Trump violated the Presidential Records Act, after boxes of…
Continue ReadingCDC proposes softer guidance on opioid prescriptions
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s top public health agency is proposing changing — and in some instances, softening…
Continue ReadingJobless claims fall again for third straight week
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits for the third straight week. Jobless claims fell…
Continue ReadingAfrica moving toward control of COVID-19 says WHO director
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The World Health Organization’s Africa director Matshidiso Moeti says Africa is moving…
Continue ReadingSchool bus driver shot in Minneapolis, children not injured
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Authorities say a school bus driver was expected to survive after being shot in the head in Minneapolis while transporting young…
Continue ReadingRobot photos appear to show melted fuel at Fukushima reactor
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A remote-controlled robot has captured images of what appears to be mounds of nuclear fuel that…
Continue ReadingGerman FM says Iran nuclear talks entering ‘final phase’
JERUSALEM (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister says that nuclear talks with Iran are entering a “final phase” and that, despite Israeli…
Continue ReadingLawmakers launch ‘all levels’ probe into Ronald Greene death
By JIM MUSTIAN and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press Louisiana’s House speaker announced a bipartisan legislative investigation Thursday into the…
Continue ReadingThai police probe robbery reported by German celebrity
By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Police in Thailand say they are looking for a suspect in the robbery of German…
Continue ReadingBlack members of Biden’s Cabinet mark Black History Month
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Black members of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet came together Thursday for a Black…
Continue ReadingFrance to build 6 nuclear reactors as part of climate goals
BELFORT, France (AP) — President Emmanuel Macron says France plans to build six new nuclear reactors and to extend the life of existing nuclear…
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