Israeli police: Palestinian teen fatally shot after stabbing
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police say a Palestinian teen has been fatally shot after stabbing two Israeli border police officers in Jerusalem’s Old…
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Biden’s nominee for bank regulator faces hostile opposition
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden nominated Saule Omarova to be the nation’s next comptroller of the currency…
Continue ReadingThousands detained in Ethiopia, human rights group estimates
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The government-created Ethiopian Human Rights Commission estimates that thousands of people…
Continue ReadingOne shot at a time: Albania battles the vaccine skeptics
By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press SUKTH, Albania (AP) — Albanian medical staff have launched a nationwide campaign taking medical teams door to…
Continue ReadingUS overdose deaths topped 100,000 in one year, officials say
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials say an estimated 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in one year.…
Continue ReadingUS national parks to offer look into green-friendly transit
By HOPE YEN Associated Press Americans may soon get a better glimpse into a future of green-friendly transportation by visiting a U.S. national park.…
Continue ReadingMexico to deploy troops to Riviera Maya in wake of shootings
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico will deploy a battalion of National Guard troops to its Mayan Riviera in the wake of a spate of shootings that have put…
Continue ReadingCallers to global helplines voiced similar pandemic worries
By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer A study on calls to crisis helplines in 19 countries shows a striking similarity in the pandemic’s toll on…
Continue ReadingPakistan’s parliament passes bill to allow electronic voting
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s parliament has passed legislation to permit electronic voting. The approval on Wednesday came ahead of the next…
Continue ReadingUK tones down threats in N Ireland trade spat with EU
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s top Brexit official has lowered the temperature in the U.K.’s trade feud with the…
Continue ReadingPilot among 4 who died in Michigan plane crash was a teacher
BEAVER ISLAND, Mich. (AP) — A pilot who was among four people who died after a plane crash on a Michigan island has been identified as a history…
Continue ReadingSweden joins European trend, adopts COVID vaccination pass
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden is introducing a digital COVID-19 vaccination certificate for public gatherings and events with more than 100…
Continue Reading‘Foreign’ agents pitch has El Salvador civil society on edge
By MARCOS ALEMAN and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele has pitched a…
Continue ReadingBan on lobster fishing to save whales is back, court rules
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A U.S. appeals court has reinstated a ban on lobster harvesting in hundreds of miles of…
Continue ReadingVW Group recalls Audis; passenger air bags may be disabled
DETROIT (AP) — Volkswagen Group is recalling more than 240,000 Audi vehicles in the U.S. and Canada because an electric cable problem can cause a…
Continue ReadingNovavax asks EU drug regulator to OK its COVID vaccine
LONDON (AP) — The European Union’s drug regulator says it received an application from Novavax to authorize the American biotechnology…
Continue ReadingLawsuit: Florida condo collapse triggered by building work
By CURT ANDERSON AP Legal Affairs Writer A new lawsuit contends that construction of a luxury building next door triggered the collapse of an already…
Continue ReadingEgyptian ex-lawmaker and journalists get prison sentences
CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court has sentenced a prominent human rights lawyer to five years in prison for his conviction on charges that rights…
Continue ReadingTaliban urges U.S. Congress to release Afghanistan’s assets
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban foreign ministry is urging the U.S. Congress to release Afghanistan’s assets, which were blocked after the…
Continue ReadingPope’s role in Vatican London building deal arises in court
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Defense lawyers in the Vatican’s fraud and extortion trial have accused prosecutors of…
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