The judge leading Beirut blast probe: Discreet and defiant
By SARAH EL DEEB and BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — For eight months, a relatively obscure Lebanese judge has been quietly…
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New Zealand expands vaccine mandate to 40% of all workers
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s government says it will expand a vaccine mandate to include thousands…
Continue ReadingIsrael envoy to brief US over ban on Palestinian groups
By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — An Israeli Foreign Ministry official says the country is sending an envoy to Washington…
Continue ReadingHong Kong convicts second person under national security law
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong has convicted a second person under its sweeping national security law for chanting pro-independence slogans, amid a…
Continue ReadingEx-South Korean President Roh Tae-woo dies at 88
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A Seoul hospital says former South Korean President Roh Tae-woo has died. He was 88.…
Continue ReadingStars stunned by ‘mismanaged set’ in fatal prop-gun shooting
By RYAN PEARSON and GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood professionals say they’re baffled by the circumstances of the…
Continue ReadingIn Louisiana, a father, a son and a culture of police abuse
By JIM MUSTIAN and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press MONROE, La. (AP) — As the Louisiana State Police reel from a federal investigation into the…
Continue ReadingMajority in US concerned about climate: AP-NORC/EPIC poll
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, EMILY SWANSON and NATHAN ELLGREN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of Americans regard the deteriorating climate…
Continue ReadingIn Louisiana, a father, a son and a culture of police abuse
By JIM MUSTIAN and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press MONROE, La. (AP) — As the Louisiana State Police reel from a federal investigation into the…
Continue ReadingCivil rights pioneer seeks expungement of ’55 arrest record
By JAY REEVES Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An 82-year-old Black woman who became a civil rights pioneer when she was arrested for…
Continue ReadingWhite House eyes new climate change strategies in Biden bill
By LISA MASCARO and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is zeroing in on a package of clean energy strategies for…
Continue ReadingHong Kong to tighten COVID-19 rules, hopes China reopens
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong will tighten COVID-19 restrictions despite its lack of outbreaks to align with China’s…
Continue ReadingTikTok star pleads not guilty to double murder in San Diego
SAN DIEGO (AP) — A TikTok star with nearly a million online followers pleaded not guilty on Monday to shooting and killing his newly estranged wife…
Continue ReadingHalf its original size, Biden’s big plan in race to finish
By LISA MASCARO, AAMER MADHANI and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s big domestic policy bill is now half its…
Continue ReadingIn fatal shooting, some political foes take aim at Baldwin
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Details are still emerging about how Alec Baldwin accidentally shot and killed a cinematographer on a…
Continue ReadingLawmakers defer some Jan. 6 document requests, seek others
By ZEKE MILLER and MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S.…
Continue ReadingGOP election chief who rejects fraud claims named to fed job
By COLLEEN LONG, RACHEL LA CORTE and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican secretary of state who challenged former President…
Continue ReadingCoroner IDs suspect in Boise mall shooting that killed 2
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Authorities have identified the suspect in a Boise, Idaho mall shooting as 27-year-old Jacob…
Continue Reading‘Atmospheric river’ drenches drought-stricken California
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A powerful atmospheric river storm that swept through California set rainfall records…
Continue ReadingSaints capitalize on Seahawks’ mistakes for 13-10 win
By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Brian Johnson kicked a 33-yard field goal with 1:56 remaining in his NFL debut, and the New Orleans…
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