Toyota testing hydrogen combustion engines in race cars
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toyota says it’s testing hydrogen combustion engines in race cars as it works toward using…
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Stripping military bases of Confederate names stirs passions
By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer BLACKSTONE, Va. (AP) — Civil War history casts a long shadow in Virginia, the birthplace of Confederate…
Continue ReadingYoungkin’s school warnings intensify the GOP’s suburban push
By STEVE PEOPLES, SARAH RANKIN and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press ASHLAND, Va. (AP) — Republican Glenn Youngkin is highlighting cases of alleged…
Continue ReadingSluggish pace of confirmations vexes Biden White House
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump struggled during his first year in office to get his nominees…
Continue ReadingBiden ‘positive’ on budget deal; Manchin OK with wealth tax
By LISA MASCARO and HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he feels “very positive about reaching a deal on his big…
Continue ReadingHurricane Rick weakens to tropical storm over Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A compact Hurricane Rick has roared ashore along Mexico’s southern Pacific coast with 105 mph (165 kmh) winds and heavy rain…
Continue ReadingAsia stocks mixed after Wall St slips, China travel curbs
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are mixed after Wall Street slipped and China tightened travel controls in…
Continue ReadingJudge sets final ground rules for Rittenhouse trial evidence
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge is setting the final ground rules for what evidence will be allowed at…
Continue ReadingSudan’s military takes power in coup, arrests prime minister
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudan’s military has seized power, dissolving the transitional government hours after troops arrested…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea’s leader vows final push for talks with North
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s president says he’ll keep striving to promote peace with North Korea…
Continue ReadingChina to start vaccinating children to age 3 as cases spread
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Several Chinese provinces and cities say they’ll start giving COVID-19 vaccines to…
Continue ReadingTokyo festival features Yoshida’s films of hope amid despair
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Boxers, janitors, fishermen, the heroes of Keisuke Yoshida’s movies are Japanese society’s…
Continue ReadingASEAN leaders hold summit with Myanmar’s general shut out
By EILEEN NG and JIM GOMEZ Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Southeast Asian leaders are holding their annual summit with world…
Continue ReadingAustralia gives in-principle support for net zero by 2050
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced that a fifth National’s party minister…
Continue ReadingEx-Saudi official claims damaging intel against crown prince
By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A former senior Saudi security official who helped oversee joint…
Continue ReadingMichigan vigil prays for missionaries kidnapped in Haiti
By ANNA LIZ NICHOLS Associated Press/Report for America HART, Mich. (AP) — More than 100 people gathered in a small Michigan town to pray for the…
Continue ReadingJames Michael Tyler, who played Gunther on ‘Friends,’ dies
By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — James Michael Tyler, the actor known widely for his recurring role as Gunther on “Friends,” has died.…
Continue ReadingPlane from NY to LA makes emergency landing in Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An American Airlines plane traveling from New York to Los Angeles was forced to make an emergency landing in Wisconsin. An…
Continue ReadingBeleaguered Haiti capital brought to brink by fuel shortages
By MATÍAS DELACROIX Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s capital has been brought to the brink of exhaustion by fuel…
Continue ReadingBill would address higher military uniform prices for women
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire said she has introduced a bill to address a so-called “pink tax” in the military,…
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