Omicron and delta spell return of unpopular restrictions
By LORI HINNANT Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Governments around the world are weighing new measures for populations tired of hearing about…
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Senate passes stopgap funding bill, avoiding shutdown
By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed a stopgap spending bill that avoids a short-term…
Continue ReadingLebanese businesses pay steep price for standoff with Saudis
By SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese have been losing business opportunities and contracts in recent weeks as a result of a…
Continue ReadingReport: Israel failed to probe shootings at Gaza protests
By JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Rights groups say Israel failed to investigate shootings that killed more than 200 Palestinians…
Continue ReadingVirginia House recount underway; could affirm GOP majority
By BEN FINLEY and SARAH RANKIN Associated Press VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Election officials in Virginia are painstakenly recounting votes in one…
Continue ReadingChristmas tree buyers face reduced supplies, higher prices
By TERENCE CHEA Associated Press ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — Even Christmas trees aren’t immune to the pandemic-induced shortages and inflation…
Continue ReadingCapitol riot committee has interviewed 250 people so far
By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House committee investigating the Capitol insurrection says the…
Continue ReadingAsian shares mixed after broad rally on Wall Street
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Stocks are trading mixed in Asia after a broad rally on Wall Street as investors keep an eye on the spread of…
Continue ReadingWhat’s the status of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate in the US?
By TOM KRISHER Associated Press The Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate in the U.S. is on hold because of legal challenges, but…
Continue ReadingTakeaways: AP investigates missing US military explosives
By KRISTIN M. HALL and JUSTIN PRITCHARD Associated Press Takeaways from an Associated Press investigation that found that hundreds of pounds of…
Continue ReadingAP: US military explosives vanish, emerge in civilian world
By KRISTIN M. HALL, JUSTIN PRITCHARD and JAMES LAPORTA Associated Press An Associated Press investigation has found that the U.S. military has a…
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By KRISTIN M. HALL, JUSTIN PRITCHARD and JAMES LAPORTA Associated Press An Associated Press investigation has found that the U.S. military has a…
Continue ReadingQ&A: Korean star Gianna Jun on acting goals and aging well
By JUWON PARK Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean superstar Gianna Jun (Jun Ji-hyun) has fronted numerous beauty and fashion…
Continue ReadingUN projects soaring humanitarian needs in world in 2022
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations is predicting that a record 274 million people – who together would amount to…
Continue ReadingState rests case at Smollett trial after star witnesses
By DON BABWIN and SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The state has rested its case to jurors at Jussie Smollett’s trial after key…
Continue ReadingSuspect’s parents charged in Michigan school shooting
By COREY WILLIAMS and ED WHITE Associated Press OXFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A prosecutor has filed involuntary manslaughter charges against the…
Continue ReadingJury nearly complete for Potter trial in Daunte Wright death
By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The jury for the trial of a suburban Minneapolis police officer charged in…
Continue ReadingAsian markets mixed after Wall St decline, virus unease
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are mixed after a turbulent day on Wall Street as traders tried to forecast…
Continue ReadingJapan coast guard rescues man a day after his boat capsizes
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A 69-year-old man drifted in choppy waters for nearly a day while clinging to the bottom of his…
Continue ReadingN Ireland collective wins prestigious Turner Prize for art
LONDON (AP) — An 11-person collective from Belfast that aims to transcend Northern Ireland’s political and religious divides has won the U.K.’s…
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