Missouri school doctor arrested in Arkansas on abuse counts
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri boarding school doctor accused of several child sex crimes has been taken into custody in Arkansas. The Kansas…
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Friendly family man’s 50-year secret: He was fugitive, too
BY JOHN SEEWER and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press For more than 50 years, a Boston man kept a secret that not even his family knew until just…
Continue ReadingTrial to open next month in spectacular German jewelry theft
BERLIN (AP) — A court says six men will go on trial in Germany next month over their alleged role in the spectacular theft of 18th-century jewels…
Continue ReadingFriendly family man’s 50-year secret: He was fugitive, too
BY JOHN SEEWER and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press For more than 50 years, a Boston man kept a secret that not even his family knew until just…
Continue ReadingEdmunds: Understanding new car trim levels and options
A key part of the car buying process is familiarizing yourself with some of the key terms you’ll encounter on automaker websites or on the…
Continue ReadingA look at de Blasio’s NYC mayoral tenure and what’s next
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Bill de Blasio swept into the New York City mayor’s office eight years ago promising a…
Continue ReadingHow to help your parents navigate health care in retirement
By KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet Many adults find themselves helping their aging parents sign up for Medicare, a complex process with many steps and…
Continue ReadingHow democracy was dismantled in Hong Kong in 2021
By ZEN SOO and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — For Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement, 2021 has been a year in which the city’s…
Continue ReadingFrance ups pressure on unvaccinated amid record infections
PARIS (AP) — France’s government is forging ahead with efforts to increase pressure on unvaccinated people to get coronavirus jabs. The country…
Continue ReadingCourt shuts down another human rights group in Russia
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Moscow has granted a request to shut down another prominent human rights organization…
Continue ReadingIndonesia to let Boeing 737 Max fly again after 2018 crash
By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia is lifting its ban on Boeing’s 737 Max aircraft, three years after one…
Continue ReadingThese players won (and lost) sports bettors the most in 2021
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Here are some athletes who were money in the bank for sports bettors this year:…
Continue ReadingIndonesian prosecutors delay sentence for top terror suspect
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian prosecutors have postponed their sentencing demand for a top terror suspect…
Continue ReadingWHO chief worried about ‘tsunami’ of omicron, delta cases
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization says he’s worried about the omicron and delta variants…
Continue ReadingIsrael strikes Gaza after gunfire wounds civilian near fence
By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli and three Palestinians were wounded in the first exchange of fire in months on the…
Continue ReadingChina urges US to protect its space station from satellites
BEIJING (AP) — China is urging the United States to protect a Chinese space station and its three-member crew after Beijing complained that…
Continue ReadingAsia stock markets mixed after Wall St high, virus surge
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are mixed after Wall Street hit a high and new daily U.S. coronavirus cases…
Continue ReadingTutu’s advocacy for LGBTQ rights did not sway most of Africa
By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer Desmond Tutu is being remembered for his passionate advocacy on behalf of LQBTQ people as well as his fight for…
Continue ReadingIn exodus from Lebanon, the well-off find new home in Cyprus
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press PARALIMNI, Cyprus (AP) — Many well-off Lebanese who escaped their country’s economic tailspin for a new…
Continue ReadingAsia keeps omicron at bay, but a surge may be inevitable
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Omicron caseloads have remained relatively low in many countries in Asia. For now, many…
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