EXPLAINER: How warming affects Arctic sea ice, polar bears
By SETH BORENSTEIN, CAMILLE FASSETT and KATI PERRY Associated Press As world leaders meet in Glasgow, Scotland, to try to ramp up efforts to curb…
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Game on: 9-foot video game joystick on record as largest
HANOVER, N.H. (AP) — A 9-foot-tall video game joystick made of wood, rubber and steel has made it into the Guinness World Records 2022. Dartmouth…
Continue ReadingPompeii dig yields rare window on daily life of enslaved
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Archeologists in Pompeii have discovered a room that officials say offers “a very rare insight…
Continue ReadingAustria to bar unvaccinated from restaurants as cases rise
VIENNA (AP) — Unvaccinated people in Austria who also haven’t had COVID-19 will no longer be allowed to enter restaurants, hotels, hairdressers…
Continue ReadingFrustrations grow as marchers demand faster climate action
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, SETH BORENSTEIN and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Tens of thousands of climate activists are…
Continue ReadingNew infections hit record as Russia’s COVID-19 wave persists
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s COVID-19 cases  have hit another one-day record as the country struggles to contain a wave of infections that has…
Continue ReadingAfghan rights activist, 3 other women slain; 2 suspects held
By TAMEEM AKHGHAR Associated Press ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — A Taliban security official says two suspects have been arrested in connection with…
Continue ReadingSudan activists reject power-sharing with army, call strikes
By FAY ABUELGASIM and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Sudan’s protest movement has rejected internationally backed initiatives…
Continue ReadingKnife attack on German train severely injures 3 people
BERLIN (AP) — The Bavarian Red Cross says a knife attack on a high-speed train in Germany left three people severely wounded. Bavarian state police…
Continue ReadingFire in Indian hospital COVID-19 ward kills 11 patients
NEW DELHI (AP) — Police in western India say 11 patients have died after a fire broke out in a hospital’s COVID-19 ward. There were 17 patients…
Continue ReadingRescuers in west Australia search for man attacked by sharks
SYDNEY (AP) — Rescue services in western Australia are searching for a man who was attacked by multiple sharks. Two teenagers on a boat saw what…
Continue ReadingOil tanker explodes in Sierra Leone, killing at least 98
By CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Authorities say at least 98 people are dead and 30 others…
Continue ReadingIce on the edge of survival: Warming is changing the Arctic
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer The Arctic is warming three times faster than the rest of the Earth and it’s on the knife edge of…
Continue ReadingCrowd surge kills at least 8 at Houston music festival
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Houston officials say they will ask tough questions in their investigation of a crowd surge at a…
Continue ReadingUN investigator: Crimes against humanity under Myanmar junta
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the U.N. body investigating the most serious crimes in Myanmar says…
Continue ReadingBiden hails infrastructure win as ‘monumental step forward’
By ALAN FRAM and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is hailing Congress’ passage of his $1 trillion…
Continue ReadingBiden’s bet that economy would boost Democrats falls flat
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy was supposed to help President Joe Biden and Democrats, but as of late it’s been…
Continue ReadingLocal Democrats warn party: Growing Republican wave is real
By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Politics Writer NEW HOPE, Pa. (AP) — Democrats in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, felt the Republican wave building over…
Continue ReadingAccused California mass killer incompetent to stand trial
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A man charged with killing four people in a shooting at a Southern California real estate office has been ruled…
Continue ReadingSouthern California enacts new smog rules on refineries
By ROBERT JABLON Associated Press DIAMOND BAR, Calif. (AP) — Southern California air regulators have approved new restrictions on area oil…
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