German charged with membership in foreign terror groups
BERLIN (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged a German woman with membership in two foreign terrorist groups, violating weapons law and committing…
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White House rolls out new plan to combat gun suicides in US
By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is rolling out a new initiative aimed at reducing suicides by gun…
Continue ReadingUS gives final clearance to COVID-19 shots for kids 5 to 11
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writers US health officials have given the final OK to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children as…
Continue ReadingPregnant woman’s death puts spotlight on Polish abortion law
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish hospital says doctors and midwives did everything they could to save the lives of a…
Continue ReadingFormer US diplomat Bill Richardson meets Myanmar leader
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Bill Richardson, on a humanitarian mission to strife-torn Myanmar,…
Continue ReadingAmerican Music Awards get Cardi B to host the show this year
By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cardi B has won five American Music Awards and performed on the telecast during her career so far. Next…
Continue ReadingPalestinians reject offer to delay their Jerusalem eviction
By JOSEPH KRAUSS and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian families in a tense neighborhood of Jerusalem have rejected an…
Continue ReadingAdams wins NYC mayor; Wu makes history winning Boston mayor
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former police captain Eric Adams easily won the race for New York mayor, and Boston elected…
Continue ReadingU of Florida’s academic freedom reviewed over testimony ban
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The University of Florida has been asked by its accrediting body to explain how denying a request by three professors to…
Continue ReadingGovernors and more: What to watch in Tuesday’s elections
By NICHOLAS RICCARDI Associated Press It may be an odd-numbered year but Tuesday’s elections aren’t sleepy, local contests. Voters in…
Continue ReadingRomania, Bulgaria hit pandemic death highs amid vaccines lag
By STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania has reported a record daily number of 591 COVID-19 deaths amid a persistently…
Continue ReadingRomania: PM-designate gives up mandate to form government
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s prime minister-designate has relinquished his mandate to try to form a new government after it appeared he…
Continue ReadingOfficial: 5 killed when cargo plane crashes in South Sudan
By DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — An airport official in South Sudan says a cargo plane crash in the country’s capital…
Continue ReadingHotels rethink the concierge: From selfies to sustainability
By KRISTI EATON Associated Press One hotel in Mexico has an “Instagram concierge” to help guests with their selfie game. A hotel in Aruba has a…
Continue ReadingArab world’s legendary singer, Sabah Fakhri, dies at 88
By SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s government says Sabah Fakhri, one of the Arab world’s most famous singers, has died…
Continue ReadingTesla software recall may head off fight with US regulators
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Tesla has issued a recall that automatically sent a software update fixing a safety problem in its…
Continue ReadingLebanon’s oldest English-language daily folds amid crisis
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s Daily Star newspaper has folded following a years-long financial struggle. It was one of the leading English-language…
Continue ReadingIndonesia deporting Chicago woman who helped kill mother
By FIRDIA LISNAWATI Associated Press DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — An American woman convicted of helping to kill her mother on the Indonesian tourist…
Continue ReadingTribunal probing journalist slayings opens in The Hague
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — .A “people’s tribunal” has opened in the Netherlands to highlight the number of…
Continue ReadingYahoo pulls out of China, citing ‘challenging’ environment
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Yahoo Inc. says it has pulled out of China, citing an “increasingly challenging business and legal…
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