Taliban arrest popular Afghan professor critical of govt
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban’s spokesman says the group has arrested a popular university professor and outspoken critic of…
Continue ReadingKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban’s spokesman says the group has arrested a popular university professor and outspoken critic of…
Continue ReadingSYDNEY (AP) — Novak Djokovic has spent a fourth day among the unwilling occupants of Melbourne’s Park Hotel. As the tennis superstar awaited…
Continue ReadingBy BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — More than 800,000 noncitizens and “Dreamers” in New York City will have access to the…
Continue ReadingBy DENNIS PASSA AP Sports Writer Novak Djokovic is getting his day in court in a deportation case that has polarized opinions and elicited heartfelt…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — A major Chinese city near Beijing has placed its 14 million residents on partial lockdown after 40 children and adults tested…
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek Coast Guard officials say the body of a young child has been recovered from the Aegean Sea, two weeks after two deadly…
Continue ReadingSYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s New South Wales state has reported 16 deaths in its deadliest day of the pandemic, even as it relaxed rules to allow…
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — A total of 56 inmates at a northern Mexico prison have been injured in a riot that authorities say was sparked by prisoners…
Continue ReadingHONOLULU (AP) — The University of Hawaii Board of Regents plans to address the issue of morale on the university’s football team following a…
Continue ReadingMILWAUKEE (AP) — The man who bought Kyle Rittenhouse a rifle when he was only 17 has taken a plea deal to avoid criminal conviction. Dominick Black…
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — Attendance at the CES gadget show in Las Vegas fell more than 70% compared to its previous in-person event two years ago, its…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Actor Alec Baldwin says any suggestion that he’s not cooperating with a probe into last fall’s shooting on his movie…
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. company Moderna has donated 2.7 million doses of coronavirus vaccine to Mexico as the country’s official death…
Continue ReadingItalian security officials have appealed to women and girls who think they were sexually molested by mobs during New Year’s Eve celebrations in a…
Continue ReadingPAHRUMP, Nev. (AP) — The woman dubbed the “Hollywood Madam” when she was accused in the mid-1990s of running a Los Angeles prostitution ring…
Continue ReadingBRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — A towering slab of rock has broken from a cliff and toppled onto pleasure boaters drifting near a waterfall on a Brazilian…
Continue ReadingBy KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Closed-door negotiations have resumed Saturday to resolve a standoff between Chicago school…
Continue ReadingBY MATTHEW LEE and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has issued new, clear warnings to Russia on penalties…
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Oscar-winning lyricist Marilyn Bergman has died at age 93 after a long career in which she…
Continue ReadingBy STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — U.S. Sen. John Thune of South Dakota is seeking reelection to a fourth term in 2022.…
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