Election workers sue conservative site over fraud claims
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Two Georgia election workers have filed a defamation lawsuit against a conservative website. The…
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UN General Assembly urged to investigate Yemen atrocities
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — More than 60 organizations are urging the U.N. General Assembly to establish an…
Continue ReadingUS, EU and allies hit Belarus with coordinated sanctions
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The United States, European Union, Britain and Canada have imposed simultaneous sanctions on dozens…
Continue ReadingOmicron coronavirus variant found in multiple US states
By MICHELLE L. PRICE and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The omicron variant of COVID-19 has been discovered in at least five…
Continue ReadingVariants, boosters turn rich-poor vaccine gap into chasm
By LORI HINNANT and MARIA CHENG Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The global initiative to share coronavirus vaccines fairly already scaled back its…
Continue ReadingBanksy street murals recreated in Milan’s main train station
By CHARLENE PELE Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Travelers through Milan’s main train station can take a break this week among reproductions of…
Continue ReadingIsrael halts controversial tech to track omicron variant
By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel says it’s halting the use of a controversial phone tracking technology to trace…
Continue ReadingBaltimore County detectives solve 1981 killing of teen girl
TOWSON, Md. (AP) — Baltimore County police say they’ve solved a 40-year-old homicide of a teenage girl. The department announced Wednesday that…
Continue ReadingSuspect killed in Utah parking lot shootout, 2 cops wounded
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah (AP) — Utah police say a man wanted by police was fatally shot and two officers were wounded in a shootout in a suburban…
Continue ReadingFinal goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021
By BERNARD McGHEE Associated Press They both carved out sterling reputations as military and political leaders over years of public service. But both…
Continue ReadingBall for 1st Black St. Pete mayor canceled over circus theme
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A ball planned for the first Black mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida, has been canceled amid concerns its circus theme…
Continue ReadingPutin urges compliance with safety rules after mine blast
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned officials to strictly observe industrial safety…
Continue ReadingWildfire destroys 24 houses in central Montana town
By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A late-season wildfire pushed by strong winds has ripped through a tiny central Montana…
Continue ReadingRussia sends missiles near Pacific Islands claimed by Japan
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military has deployed coastal defense missile systems near the Pacific Islands…
Continue ReadingSpacewalking astronauts replace antenna after debris scare
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Spacewalking astronauts have replaced a broken antenna outside the International…
Continue ReadingBelgium to reinforce measures to contain pandemic on Friday
BRUSSELS (AP) — The Belgian government has vowed to reinforce measures to contain the coronavirus even more with fresh measures to be decided…
Continue ReadingFlorida man calls 911, says he shot his wife, children
CALLAHAN, Fla. (AP) — Officials say a 57-year-old Florida man who served as the music minister at a church is accused of fatally shooting his wife…
Continue ReadingBaldwin: ‘Someone is responsible’ for shooting, but ‘not me’
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Alec Baldwin says someone is responsible for the shooting on a New Mexico film set that…
Continue ReadingPoland’s lawmakers reject bill seeking to outlaw abortion
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s lawmakers have rejected a civic legislative proposal that would have outlawed abortion as homicide. The vote…
Continue ReadingAlicia Keys teases new songs at small show ahead of art fair
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Singer-songwriter Alicia Keys has teased some of her new material at an intimate performance…
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