Mutual aid groups ponder future of community-based help
By EDEN STIFFMAN of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy As the pandemic upended lives and livelihoods, people around the country…
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France’s Le Pen visits Hungary in bid for nationalist allies
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has held talks with populist Hungarian Prime…
Continue ReadingCambodia announces phased reopening to vaccinated tourists
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia plans to reopen in stages to fully vaccinated foreign tourists starting from the end of November. The Tourism…
Continue ReadingFormer MLB manager Valentine runs for mayor in hometown
By SUSAN HAIGH Associated Press STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Former Major League Baseball manager and player Bobby Valentine is in a competitive race for…
Continue ReadingCongress plans fixes for US military’s AWOL weapons problems
By KRISTIN M. HALL and JUSTIN PRITCHARD Associated Press America’s armed services will have to keep better track of their guns and explosives under…
Continue ReadingIllinois police officer is shot and killed near St. Louis
PONTOON BEACH, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a police officer was shot to death by a man at a gas station in an Illinois suburb of St. Louis. Trooper…
Continue ReadingEstonia plans new restrictions to avoid lockdown like Latvia
By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia’s health minister says the Baltic country is considering new coronavirus restrictions on…
Continue ReadingPakistan’s PM approves appointment of new spy chief
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A government statement says Pakistan’s prime minister has approved the appointment of the country’s new spy chief ending…
Continue ReadingAfter years of ‘hiding,” Klimt work is a star in Rome show
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Mystery still swirls around Gustav Klimt’s “Portrait of a Lady” nearly a…
Continue ReadingNorth Dakota health agency cuts comments on social media
By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Department of Health has switched off comments on its social media…
Continue ReadingWife accused of dismembering man’s body, collecting benefits
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 69-year-old Las Vegas woman is accused of defrauding the Social Security Administration of over $120,000 after she allegedly…
Continue ReadingTrudeau overhauls Canadian Cabinet, gives women top roles
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has overhauled his Cabinet and named prominent women to the…
Continue ReadingPoland’s president discusses security with King of Jordan
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Jordan’s King Abdullah II of Jordan has traveled to Poland for talks with Polish President Andrzej Duda. The two…
Continue ReadingVaccine uptake over 90% for soccer players, staff in Germany
By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — The German soccer league says more than 90% of players, coaches and staff from the 36 clubs in the…
Continue ReadingPotential legal woes mount after ‘Rust’ shooting tragedy
By STEFANIE DAZIO, LINDSEY BAHR and ANTHONY MCCARTNEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Experts predict a tremendous legal fallout after Alec…
Continue ReadingJake Burton alive and bristling in ‘Dear Rider’ documentary
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer A new documentary on the late snowboarding pioneer Jake Burton is more than a glossy retrospective of his life.…
Continue ReadingCaetano Veloso on his new album, social media and aging
By SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Caetano Veloso had written so many songs that he truly believed he was done creating music…
Continue ReadingIranian firm to rehabilitate power station in war-torn Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria’s state news agency says the electricity ministry has signed a $115 million contract with an Iranian company to…
Continue ReadingHearing delayed for Oklahoma death row inmate Julius Jones
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A clemency hearing for Oklahoma death row inmate Julius Jones has been delayed for a week while his legal challenge is pending…
Continue Reading150 people arrested in US-Europe darknet drug probe
By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Law enforcement officials in the U.S. and Europe have arrested 150 people and seized more…
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