GOP’s Baker won’t seek 3rd term as Massachusetts governor
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Republican Gov. Charlie Baker says he won’t seek a third term as governor of Massachusetts.…
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Belarus targets journalists, activists with mass raids
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A human rights group in Belarus says authorities have raided the homes of dozens of…
Continue ReadingGang rams vehicles into prison, springs 9 inmates
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A gang has rammed vehicles into a prison in central Mexico and escaped with nine inmates. It’s one of the most dramatic…
Continue ReadingPhilippine troops kill 8 communist rebels in jungle clash
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine troops have killed eight suspected communist guerrillas in a jungle clash near a central town, where the…
Continue ReadingUS manufacturing activity grows in November
By MATT OTT AP Business Reporter SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — U.S. manufacturing activity grew at a faster pace in November as companies continue to…
Continue ReadingParton, Oh, Biles and teachers named ‘People of the Year’
By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — People magazine has named Olympic gymnast Simone Biles, actor Sandra Oh, country icon Dolly Parton and the…
Continue ReadingGhislaine Maxwell defense attacks actor accuser’s account
By TOM HAYS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The defense at the trial of Ghislaine Maxwell is trying to cast doubt on a key accuser’s allegation…
Continue ReadingSlovakia eyes bonus to boost vaccinations for 60 and overs
BRATISLAVA, SLovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s government has proposed a plan to give people 60 and older a 500-euro ($568) bonus if they get vaccinated…
Continue ReadingBaldwin to ABC about shooting: ‘I didn’t pull the trigger’
NEW YORK (AP) — ABC News has released a clip in which Alec Baldwin tells George Stephanopoulos that he did not pull the trigger on a gun that went…
Continue ReadingTurks and Caicos sea collision kills at least 7; dozens safe
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A Turks and Caicos police boat has collided with a vessel carrying migrants believed to be from Haiti, spilling scores…
Continue ReadingEU to make it harder for migrants to enter from Belarus
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Top European Union migration officials have offered to ease the asylum procedures for Poland,…
Continue ReadingPeter Prengaman to lead AP’s expanding climate coverage
NEW YORK (AP) — Peter Prengaman has been named climate and environmental editor of The Associated Press. This new position will lead the news…
Continue Reading30,000 in UK without power for 5th night after storm
LONDON (AP) — British officials say about 30,000 people in the north of England and in Scotland have been without electricity for the better part…
Continue ReadingPast molestation evidence allowed in Duggar child porn trial
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — A federal judge says that jurors in Josh Duggar’s child pornography trial can hear evidence that the former reality…
Continue ReadingRussia warns NATO against moving nuclear weapons east
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top diplomat has warned NATO against redeploying U.S. atomic weapons to Eastern Europe if Germany refuses to keep hosting…
Continue ReadingWeather vanes: Exhibit looks at artworks with a purpose
By KIM COOK Associated Press Weather vanes were invented for one important job — to tell which way the wind was blowing. Gradually however they…
Continue ReadingTrain kills 2 elephants walking on track in northeast India
GAUHATI, India (AP) — A passenger train has hit and killed two wild elephants in northeastern India. A ranger says the elephants were walking on…
Continue ReadingPolice: FedEx packages found in woods at second Alabama site
JEMISON, Ala. (AP) — Police say nearly two dozen FedEx packages have been found in woods along a rural Alabama road about 75 miles from a ravine…
Continue ReadingRussia warns some US diplomats will have to leave by Jan 31
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has warned that a number of U.S. diplomats will have to leave Russia before the end of…
Continue ReadingExplosion of WWII bomb in Munich injures 4, disrupts trains
BERLIN (AP) — Police in Germany say a World War II bomb has exploded at a construction site next to a busy railway line in Munich. The fire service…
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