Asian stocks down after Fed says ready to act on inflation
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are lower after Federal Reserve officials indicated they were ready to raise…
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NASA launches spacecraft to test asteroid defense concept
By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — NASA has launched a spacecraft on a mission to smash into an asteroid and test whether it would…
Continue ReadingIsraeli airstrike on central Syria leaves 2 dead, 7 wounded
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s military says Israeli warplanes attacked some army positions in the country’s central region leaving two…
Continue Reading1966 death of Doris Duke employee an accident, review finds
By MARK PRATT Associated Press The city manager in Newport, Rhode Island, is standing by the city police department’s review of the 1966 death of…
Continue Reading3 men charged in Ahmaud Arbery’s death convicted of murder
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Three men have been convicted of murder in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery. He’s the Black…
Continue ReadingUS couple helps Afghans escape, build life in rural America
By JULIE WATSON Associated Press FERGUS FALLS, Minnesota (AP) — A Minnesota woman who worked as an agricultural adviser in the hinterlands of…
Continue ReadingBeyond Manchin: Dems’ $2T bill faces Senate gauntlet
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have finally driven President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion package of family services,…
Continue Reading‘They become our family:’ US farming couple rescues Afghans
By JULIE WATSON Associated Press FERGUS FALLS, Minnesota (AP) — A Minnesota woman who worked as an agricultural adviser in the hinterlands of…
Continue ReadingElizabeth Holmes denies deception at her criminal trial
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Biotechnology entrepreneur Elizabeth Holmes, a former billionaire accused of…
Continue ReadingMany environmentalists back Biden’s move to tap oil reserve
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats and climate activists generally support President Joe Biden’s decision to release a…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: What is the Strategic Petroleum Reserve?
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden has ordered the release of 50 million barrels of oil from America’s…
Continue ReadingMexico breaks up second migrant march
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities say a group of hundreds of mainly Haitian and Central American migrants who had started walking north have…
Continue ReadingNew Zealand to start reopening borders to world from January
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand will reopen its borders to the world over the coming months, allowing for…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea sets pandemic high with 4,000 new virus cases
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — New coronavirus infections in South Korea have exceeded 4,000 in a day for the first…
Continue ReadingSaints’ Lattimore pleads guilty to misdemeanor gun charge
CLEVELAND (AP) — New Orleans Saints cornerback Marshon Lattimore has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor weapons charge in Cleveland. Police there say…
Continue ReadingThe Base, Hezbollah get terrorist designation in Australia
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia intends to add far-right extremist group The Base and the entirety of the…
Continue ReadingFlorida man charged in Jan. 6 attack on US Capitol
WASHINGTON (AP) — Officials say a Florida man affiliated with the far-right Oath Keepers militia group has been arrested on charges related to…
Continue ReadingVictims killed in northwest Nebraska plane crash identified
CHADRON, Neb. (AP) — Officials have identified three people killed in a northwest Nebraska plane crash. The Star-Herald reports the local coroner…
Continue ReadingDEP commissioner suspends permit for $1B transmission line
By PATRICK WHITTLE and DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s environmental commissioner is suspending a permit for a…
Continue ReadingNicaragua drops visa requirements for Cubans
MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — The Nicaraguan government has dropped visa requirements for Cuban citizens, a move that may spark an increase in Cubans…
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