Japan adding more hospital beds in plan for next virus surge
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s preparations for the next coronavirus surge include adding thousands more hospital beds…
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Out of time: Climate talks go past deadline over coal, cash
By FRANK JORDANS, ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Going into overtime, negotiators at U.N. climate…
Continue Reading2 athletes COVID-19 positive in Beijing Games warmup events
BEIJING (AP) — Beijing Olympic officials say two foreign athletes have tested positive for COVID-19 in ongoing test events for February’s Winter…
Continue ReadingCommunities consider ‘managed retreat’ from climate change
By DREW COSTLEY and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press ST. HELENA ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — In some parts of the U.S., the risks from climate change have…
Continue ReadingNot out of the woods: COVID cases rising in Western Europe
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Nearly two years into a global health crisis that has killed more than 5 million…
Continue ReadingHonduran president arrives in Taiwan in surprise state visit
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The outgoing Honduran president has started a three-day surprise visit to Taiwan amid worries by the self-ruled island that…
Continue ReadingCambodian labor leader among 18 activists freed from prison
By DAVID RISING and SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A Cambodian court has released 18 activists, including a prominent…
Continue ReadingIsraeli court orders boy returned to Italy within 15 days
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An Israeli appeals court says a 6-year-old boy who survived a cable car crash in Italy must be returned to his relatives…
Continue ReadingGaza doctor seeks apology from Israel for daughters’ deaths
By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian doctor living in Canada is back in Israel, seeking justice for his three…
Continue ReadingMoody Blues drummer, co-founder Graeme Edge dies at 80
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Graeme Edge, a drummer and co-founder of The Moody Blues, has died. He was 80. The band’s frontman Justin Hayward confirmed…
Continue ReadingMyanmar court sentences US journalist to 11 years in jail
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A court in military-ruled Myanmar has sentenced U.S. journalist Danny Fenster to 11 years in prison…
Continue ReadingGOP leaders say little to condemn violent political rhetoric
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In the past week, Republican Rep. Paul Gosar tweeted a video showing a character with his face…
Continue ReadingGirl, teddy bear reunited a year after loss in Glacier park
By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A little girl who lost a teddy bear she’d had since being adopted from an Ethiopian…
Continue ReadingBritney freed: Judge dissolves Spears’ conservatorship
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears is free. A Los Angeles judge on Friday ended the conservatorship that…
Continue ReadingBeloved ‘Dolphin Tale’ star Winter dies at Florida aquarium
By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — A prosthetic-tailed dolphin named Winter that starred in the “Dolphin Tale” movies…
Continue Reading70 minutes at Astroworld: A countdown to catastrophe
By MATT SEDENSKY AP National Writer Police continue to investigate a concert last week in Houston that left nine in the audience dead. A clearer…
Continue ReadingJury to get to weigh some lesser charges in Rittenhouse case
By SCOTT BAUER, MICHAEL TARM and AMY FORLITI Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The jury that will decide Kyle Rittenhouse’s fate will be…
Continue ReadingStocks close higher, but indexes still end week in the red
By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks closed higher on Wall Street on Friday, but still marked their first weekly loss in six weeks.…
Continue ReadingBodies of Ohio couple missing 3 years believed to be found
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ohio (AP) — Authorities say the bodies of an Ohio couple missing since 2018 are believed to have been found in a car submerged in…
Continue ReadingUS Rep. Underwood of Illinois has uterine fibroids surgery
CHICAGO (AP) — U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood is recovering after surgery to remove uterine fibroids. Her office says surgery for the second-term…
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