The cosmos beckons for Snoopy onscreen and in real life
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A new rocket designed to launch humans to the moon, Mars and beyond will launch next year…
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Hugh Leatherman, stalwart South Carolina senator, dies at 90
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — State Sen. Hugh Leatherman, South Carolina’s oldest and most powerful state lawmaker, has…
Continue ReadingVIRUS DIARY: Thwarted at the finish line, but finding luck
By PIA SARKAR Associated Press HADDONFIELD, N.J. (AP) — Since the start of the pandemic, Associated Press editor Pia Sarkar tried to play it safe.…
Continue ReadingAustria announces regional lockdowns for the unvaccinated
VIENNA (AP) — Austria is implementing a lockdown for unvaccinated people in two hard-hit regions next week and looks poised to move forward with…
Continue ReadingFrance: Alleged rape at presidential palace investigated
By THOMAS ADAMSON and SYVLIE CORBET PARIS (AP) — French authorities are investigating an alleged rape that occurred earlier this year in the…
Continue ReadingLufthansa says it’s repaid German government’s pandemic aid
BERLIN (AP) — Lufthansa says it has repaid all the aid it received from the German government last year to help the airline through the coronavirus…
Continue ReadingKremlin denies plans to invade Ukraine, alleges NATO threats
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin has rebuffed allegations that a buildup of Russian troops near Ukraine reflects…
Continue ReadingJohnson & Johnson to split into 2, aim for faster growth
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN and TOM MURPHY The Associated Press Johnson & Johnson is splitting into two companies, separating the division that sells…
Continue ReadingNorway offers booster shot to everyone over the age of 18
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Everyone over the age of 18 in Norway will be offered a booster shot of a vaccination against coronavirus, the…
Continue ReadingRecord number of migrants cross Channel to UK in a day
LONDON (AP) — More than 1,000 people crossed the English Channel in small boats on Thursday to reach the U.K. from France, a new record for migrant…
Continue ReadingHomer Plessy, key to ‘separate but equal,’ on road to pardon
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana board has voted to posthumously pardon Homer Plessy, the namesake of the U.S.…
Continue ReadingEx-Prince Charles aide quits charity in cash-for-honors case
LONDON (AP) — A former top aide to Prince Charles has quit as chief executive of the heir to the throne’s charitable foundation after…
Continue ReadingRussian paratroopers drill in Belarus, 2 die in accident
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has sent paratroopers to Belarus, in a show of support for its ally amid the tensions…
Continue ReadingAll Czech students to be tested to curb surge in virus cases
By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech government is requiring children to get tested for COVID-19 as part of efforts to curtail…
Continue ReadingParis Muslim leaders mark 6 years since Bataclan attacks
PARIS (AP) — The Paris Mosque is marking the sixth anniversary of the attack at the Bataclan concert hall that killed 90 people in the French…
Continue ReadingTurkey halts flights for some Mideast citizens to EU’s door
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and VANESSA GERA WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Turkey has halted airline ticket sales to Iraqi, Syrian and Yemeni citizens wanting to…
Continue ReadingSKorean candidate takes tough line on NKorea nuclear program
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s main opposition presidential candidate says he will strengthen military…
Continue ReadingTaliban: Bomb hits mosque in Afghanistan, wounds at least 15
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A Taliban provincial spokesman says a bomb exploded in a mosque during Friday prayers, wounding at least 15 people in…
Continue ReadingPortuguese bishops plan committee to investigate sex abuse
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The Catholic Church in Portugal is setting up a national committee to coordinate the work of local church groups looking…
Continue ReadingJulian Assange given permission to marry partner in prison
LONDON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been given permission to marry his partner, lawyer Stella Moris, in prison. Assange has been…
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