Snowbird kitty: Lost cat heads home to Maine — from Florida
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A Maine family that long ago gave up on a lost family cat is being reunited more than six years and 1,500 miles later.…
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Kerry calls for keeping power markets open in Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. climate envoy John Kerry has called for more investment in clean energy and urged Mexico to keep its power market “open…
Continue ReadingMadagascar’s death toll from Cyclone Batsirai rises to 92
By LAETITIA BEZAIN Associated Press ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Officials on Madagascar say the toll of Cyclone Batsirai has risen to 92 deaths…
Continue ReadingLawsuit filed over death of Tennessee man during K-9 arrest
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — The family of a Tennessee man who died during an arrest involving a police K-9 has filed a lawsuit saying his…
Continue ReadingUK terror threat level lowered a notch to ‘substantial’
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s official threat level for international terrorism has been lowered to “substantial,” meaning an attack is likely. It…
Continue Reading‘The Music Man’ hopes to lead Broadway out of winter woes
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One of the first songs in “The Music Man” is ”(Ya Got) Trouble” and the latest…
Continue ReadingFor Black women, hopes and dreams rest on Biden court choice
By JOCELYN NOVECK and DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Black women have been buoyed by President Joe Biden’s pledge to nominate a…
Continue ReadingMissouri man convicted at 14 of killing mom gets parole
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri man who has insisted for more than 20 years that he was wrongly convicted as a teenager of killing his mother…
Continue ReadingUN court orders Uganda to pay Congo $325M for violence
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Court of Justice has ordered Uganda to pay $325 million in…
Continue Reading3 authors named winners of Science + Literature awards
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The National Book Foundation has teamed with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to honor books that…
Continue ReadingPolice: Officer thought handgun was stun gun in shooting
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Hollywood police say an initial review of a shooting last July shows an officer thought he was deploying his stun gun when…
Continue ReadingSpaceX satellites falling out of orbit after solar storm
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX’s newest fleet of satellites is tumbling out of orbit after being…
Continue ReadingAustralian spy agency disrupts foreign election interference
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Ausralia (AP) — An Australian spy agency says it has disrupted a foreign government’s attempt to…
Continue ReadingNew York mask mandate to expire, but not in schools
By MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday the state will end a COVID-19 mask mandate…
Continue ReadingMassive fire burns empty building complex in Oklahoma City
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Crews are continuing to battle a massive fire that ripped through an empty hotel and apartment complex in northwest Oklahoma…
Continue ReadingDenmark’s queen and Spain’s king test positive for virus
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The queen of Denmark and the king of Spain both have tested positive for the coronavirus despite being vaccinated, their…
Continue ReadingLove and logins: Who gets custody of passwords in a breakup?
By LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When love goes wrong, exactly what is today’s etiquette on maintaining joint access…
Continue ReadingHong Kongers rush for haircuts, produce ahead of new curbs
By ALICE FUNG and JANICE LO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong residents are lining up outside hair salons and snapping up fresh…
Continue ReadingUK’s Johnson signals early end to COVID isolation rules
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says laws requiring people in England with COVID-19 to…
Continue ReadingEU slams plan to expand water use near Spain’s Doñana park
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The European Union has criticized a plan by lawmakers in southern Spain to expand…
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