US pulls out of settlement talks in family separation suits
By BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government has withdrawn from settlement negotiations to end lawsuits filed on behalf of…
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2021 Notebook: Children stream in through the Mexico border
By The Associated Press This year was always expected to be busy on the Mexican border. President Joe Biden, who took office in January, promised to…
Continue ReadingCorrection: Oregon-Marijuana story
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — In a story published December 16, 2021, about Oregon’s efforts to combat illegal marijuana production, The Associated Press…
Continue ReadingAP’s top albums of 2021: ‘Sour,’ ‘Donda,’ H.E.R. and Eilish
By The Associated Press Olivia Rodrigo, Kanye West, Tyler, the Creator and Billie Eilish are among some of the well-known acts who released albums in…
Continue ReadingArrest in 2016 death of man in New Orleans to plan wedding
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A suspect has been identified and charged in the 2016 shooting death of a St. Louis man…
Continue ReadingChilean women, wary of rightist, may decide president’s race
By PATRICIA LUNA and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Most eligible Chilean voters stayed home for the first round of…
Continue ReadingPrince William reveals Xmas favorites in interview with kids
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Prince William has revealed some of his Christmas favorites in response to questions from children receiving cancer…
Continue ReadingItaly: Man held after lockdown at US Naval site, no injuries
MILAN (AP) — A U.S. Navy support site near Naples, Italy, was locked down for some two hours Thursday after reports of gunfire near a base school.…
Continue ReadingOmicron drives new COVID wave spreading across South Africa
By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Amid fast-rising numbers of new COVID-19 infections, South African officials are urging…
Continue ReadingTiger King Joe Exotic delaying treatment for resentencing
By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Attorneys for the former Oklahoma zookeeper known as “Tiger King” Joe Exotic say he is…
Continue ReadingBEHIND THE LENS: Virus, vaccine, and some arresting images
By The Associated Press Chronicling COVID for a second straight year, and this year’s vaccine saga, AP photographers found new ways of telling the…
Continue ReadingKosovo says it’s agreed to rent 300 prison cells to Denmark
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo’s Justice Ministry says it has struck a preliminary agreement to rent 300 prison cells to Denmark to help the…
Continue ReadingBiden signs bill hiking US borrowing limit by $2.5 trillion
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed a bill raising the nation’s borrowing limit by $2.5 trillion, avoiding a potentially…
Continue ReadingPalestinians detect first 3 cases of omicron in West Bank
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry says it has identified its first three cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus…
Continue ReadingIsraeli man killed in West Bank when gunmen fires on car
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military says an Israeli man has been killed in a shooting ambush in the northern…
Continue ReadingUNESCO puts Haitian soup on cultural heritage list
PARIS (AP) — The United Nations cultural agency has placed a traditional Haitian soup widely seen as a symbol of the nation’s independence on its…
Continue ReadingLive theater in London, NYC grapple with new virus outbreaks
By MARK KENNEDY and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Many stages on both Broadway and the West End have been forced to go dark once…
Continue ReadingBEHIND THE LENS: Chronicling a warming world
By The Associated Press In Germany, a train passes a railroad crossing surrounded by floodwaters. In Greece, a man stands off a beach and watches a…
Continue ReadingGreece: Protest against budget constrained by pandemic costs
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Labor unions led by the Greek Communist Party are demanding a return of wage and pension levels that were axed during three…
Continue ReadingBEHIND THE LENS: For Afghans, chaos and uncertainty — again
By The Associated Press Afghanistan, the country that can’t catch a break, had another difficult year in 2021. It was punctuated by the chaos…
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