7 bodies found in Minnesota home; cause of deaths not known
MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say the bodies of seven people were discovered inside a twin home in a northwestern Minnesota city but did not…
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Fauci says omicron variant is `just raging around the world’
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The White House’s top medical adviser says the COVID-19 omicron variant is “just…
Continue ReadingAcross US, houses of worship struggle to rebuild attendance
By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer In-person attendance at houses of worship across the U.S. has slowly risen from dramatically low levels when the…
Continue ReadingManchin not backing Dems’ $2T bill, potentially dooming it
By ALAN FRAM and HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Joe Manchin says he can’t back his party’s signature $2 trillion social…
Continue ReadingUN leader says more aid needed for crisis-hit Lebanon
By LUJAIN JO Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the international community has not done enough…
Continue ReadingThousands in Brussels protest renewed COVID-19 restrictions
BRUSSELS (AP) — Thousands of peaceful protesters have demonstrated in Brussels for a third time against reinforced COVID-19 restrictions imposed by…
Continue ReadingRapper Drakeo the Ruler fatally stabbed at LA music festival
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A West Coast rapper known as Drakeo the Ruler was fatally stabbed in an altercation at a Los Angeles music festival. His real…
Continue ReadingUK health boss: COVID-19 rules could tighten by Christmas
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s health secretary has refused to rule out imposing tougher COVID-19 restrictions before…
Continue ReadingIsraeli PM says kids must be vaccinated as omicron spreads
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister is calling on parents to vaccinate their children against the coronavirus as the new omicron variant…
Continue ReadingIslamic world pitches ways to aid desperately poor Afghans
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Islamic countries are scrambling to find ways to help Afghanistan avert an imminent economic…
Continue ReadingReport: Iran announces 1st case of omicron variant
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — State TV reports that Iran has detected its first case of infection by the omicron variant of the coronavirus. The report…
Continue ReadingGerman experts urge stricter virus measures, more boosters
By EMILY SCHULTHEIS Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — Germany should implement stricter measures this week to slow the spread of the omicron variant.…
Continue ReadingLauded modern British architect Richard Rogers dies at 88
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Richard Rogers, the lauded British architect who was one of the forces behind the Pompidou Center in…
Continue ReadingDeath toll in southern Pakistan sewer gas blast jumps to 17
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A Pakistani police officer says the death toll from a sewer gas blast in the country’s largest city has jumped to…
Continue ReadingMass anti-coup protests in Sudan mark uprising anniversary
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese have taken to the streets across the country in mass protests against a military takeover and…
Continue ReadingDJ David Guetta lauds Saudi reforms ahead of show in kingdom
By MALAK HARB Associated Press ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Internationally-known DJ David Guetta has defended his participation in Saudi…
Continue ReadingFinland’s Christmas resorts in full swing but fear omicron
By JAMES BROOKS Associated Press ROVANIEMI, Finland (AP) — Christmas is in full swing in Finnish Lapland, where venue operators happily report that…
Continue ReadingRestaurants anxious as omicron, high food costs take toll
By DEE-ANN DURBIN, MAE ANDERSON and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — While restaurants in the U.S. and United Kingdom are open without…
Continue ReadingIraq military: 2 rockets strike inside Green Zone
Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s military says two rockets have struck Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, home to the U.S.…
Continue ReadingLight aircraft crash in Australia kills 2 children, 2 adults
SYDNEY (AP) — Four people including two children have died after a light aircraft crashed into the sea near the coast of Australia’s Queensland…
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