College cancels Meacham talk over Planned Parenthood ties
By JAY REEVES Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A conservative Christian university in Alabama has withdrawn an invitation for Pulitzer…
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‘Heartbreaking’ Madagascar is wake-up call to climate crisis
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — The head of the U.N. food aid agency says the drought-stricken island nation of Madagascar…
Continue ReadingJudge releases names of jurors in Derek Chauvin’s trial
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The judge who presided over the trial of Derek Chauvin has made public the names of jurors who convicted the former Minneapolis…
Continue ReadingImages suggest LA jetpack sightings may have been balloons
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A TV station says a Los Angeles police helicopter recorded images of what appeared to be a human-shaped inflatable toy floating…
Continue ReadingUS says oil, gas sales damage climate — but won’t stop them
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Interior Department is preparing to offer oil and gas lease sales on large tracts of…
Continue ReadingAfter California oil spill, environmentalists plan to sue US
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A month after a Southern California offshore oil spill, environmental advocates say they plan to sue the federal…
Continue ReadingCity to pay $3.6M to 7 alleging sex abuse in youth program
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The city of Louisville will pay a total of $3.65 million to seven people who say they were sexually abused by police.…
Continue ReadingUS files antitrust suit to stop major book publisher merger
By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer The U.S. Department of Justice is suing to block a $2.2 billion book publishing deal that would have reshaped the…
Continue ReadingModerate candidates leading liberals in Seattle’s top races
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Moderate candidates were leading in early Seattle election returns following a months-long debate…
Continue ReadingFlorida teacher won’t face charges for showing R-rated film
NICEVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A sheriff’s investigation refutes allegations that a Florida Panhandle teacher subjected her students to pornography by…
Continue ReadingBanana farmers lose livelihoods as lava devours La Palma
By EMILIO MORENATTI and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press LAS MANCHAS DE ABAJO, Canary Islands (AP) — Antonio Álvarez lost his home and two business.…
Continue ReadingInternational envoy: Bosnian Serbs trying to break up Bosnia
By AMER COHADZIC Associated Press SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The chief international representative in Bosnia is warning that the…
Continue ReadingJudge freezes Alex Murdaugh’s money as lawsuits grow
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina judge has frozen the assets of prominent attorney Alex Murdaugh as he…
Continue ReadingAimee Mann turns the novel ‘Girl, Interrupted’ into songs
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Singer and songwriter Aimee Mann has written a cast album for a musical that may never…
Continue ReadingBahrain urges its citizens to leave Lebanon as crisis grows
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Bahrain has urged its citizens in Lebanon to leave immediately as a diplomatic crisis escalates between Gulf…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Why Arbery slaying video will be ‘star witness’
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — It’s hard to overstate the importance that the video of Ahmaud Arbery’s slaying…
Continue ReadingGermany: Merkel’s party to choose new leader by late January
BERLIN (AP) — Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s center-right party is turning to a ballot of its entire membership to choose a new…
Continue ReadingUS to cut Ethiopia from trade program over rights abuses
By CARA ANNA and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he’s moving to cut out Ethiopia from a U.S. trade…
Continue ReadingGiant ‘corpse plant’ draws crowds in Southern California
ENCINITAS, Calif. (AP) — The bloom of a giant and stinky Sumatran flower nicknamed a “corpse plant” because it smells like a dead body is huge…
Continue ReadingSepp Blatter, Platini indicted for fraud in Switzerland
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Former FIFA officials Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have been charged with fraud and other…
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