Alabama statues to feature Hank Aaron, other Hall of Famers
MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — The city of Mobile, Alabama, plans to celebrate its baseball and football Hall of Famers by erecting statues along its…
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California’s governor writes children’s book about dyslexia
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has written a children’s book about dyslexia. The book is…
Continue ReadingEuropean activists fight for right to repair electronics
By JAMES BROOKS Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Workshops where non-professionals with a bug for fixing things can share equipment and…
Continue ReadingUS trade deficit narrows in October as exports rebound
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. trade deficit narrowed to $67.1 billion in October, the lowest in six months,…
Continue ReadingEuropean drug regulator backs mixing COVID-19 vaccines
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The European Union drug regulator has given its backing to mixing different types of vaccines in initial vaccination…
Continue ReadingGerman convicted of castrating men on his kitchen table
BERLIN (AP) — A 67-year-old man who has admitted to removing the testicles of several men at their request must serve eight years and six months in…
Continue ReadingBurundi says prison fire kills 38 inmates in Gitega
By ELOGE WILLY KANEZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Burundi’s government says 38 prisoners have been killed in a fire Tuesday morning in…
Continue ReadingWHO advises against use of survivors’ plasma to treat COVID
GENEVA (AP) — Experts at the World Health Organization have recommended against using blood plasma from people who have recovered from COVID-19 to…
Continue ReadingSpain approves COVID vaccine for children in 5-11 age group
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s health ministry has given the go-ahead for children between ages 5 and 11 to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The decision…
Continue ReadingRohingya sue Facebook for $150B, alleging role in violence
BY KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Rohingya refugees are suing Facebook parent Meta Platforms for more than $150 billion over what…
Continue ReadingWHO Europe: Kids in 5-14 age group show highest COVID rates
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization’s office for Europe says that children in the 5 to 14 age group now…
Continue ReadingLooted Gilgamesh tablet returns to Iraq in formal ceremony
BAGHDAD (AP) — A small clay tablet dating back 3,500 years and bearing a portion of the Epic of Gilgamesh that was looted from an Iraqi museum…
Continue ReadingEgypt court orders release of rights activist pending trial
CAIRO (AP) — A rights group says an Egyptian court has ordered the release pending trial of an activist who has been imprisoned for nearly two…
Continue ReadingInstagram launches tool urging teens to take a break
LONDON (AP) — Instagram has launched a feature that urges teenagers to take breaks from the photo-sharing platform and announced other tools aimed…
Continue ReadingBidens honor Pearl Harbor’s fallen in visit to WWII Memorial
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden have marked the 80th anniversary of the Japanese…
Continue ReadingBoth sides rest in Josh Duggar child pornography trial
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — The defense has rested in the Arkansas federal trial of former reality TV star Josh Duggar after a prosecutor sharply…
Continue ReadingUkraine: Russia sends troops to war-torn east amid tensions
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities on Tuesday charged that Russia is sending tanks and snipers to the…
Continue ReadingWhen turtles fly: Cold-stunned animals nursed in Mississippi
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Aquarium is treating 40 endangered sea turtles that stranded in Massachustts when the water cooled down so…
Continue ReadingMichigan attorney general will review Oxford school shooting
By DAVID EGGERT and COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan’s attorney general says her office will review events that…
Continue ReadingCanadian drugmaker says its COVID-19 vaccine is effective
The Associated Press A Canadian drugmaker says its plant-based COVID-19 vaccine showed strong protection against the coronavirus. Medicago said…
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