US urges NKorea to stop missile tests and return to talks
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A senior U.S. diplomat has urged North Korea to refrain from additional missile tests…
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Islamists suspend march under agreement with Pakistan govt
By BABAR DOGAR Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A radical Islamist party has agreed to suspend for three days its march of thousands toward…
Continue ReadingEmirati prosecutors investigating Dubai’s Union Properties
By JON GAMBRELL and LUJAIN JO Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Federal prosecutors in the United Arab Emirates say they’ve…
Continue ReadingUzbek president heading toward landslide win in election
By AGNIESZKA PIKULICKA-WILCZEWSKA Associated Press TASHKENT, Uzbekistan (AP) — Uzbeks have voted in a presidential election that the incumbent is…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: What the metaverse is and how it will work
By KELVIN CHAN and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The term metaverse seems to be everywhere. Facebook is hiring thousands of…
Continue ReadingAfrica tries to end vaccine inequity by replicating its own
By LORI HINNANT, MARIA CHENG and ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A team of young scientists in South Africa is…
Continue ReadingBrave new world: Atlanta beats LA 4-2, heads to World Series
By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Eddie Rosario capped a remarkable NL Championship Series with a three-run homer that sent the…
Continue ReadingBraves vs Astros: A World Series 6 decades in the making
By BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer HOUSTON (AP) — When Freddie Freeman and the Atlanta Braves meet Jose Altuve and the Houston Astros, it will be a…
Continue ReadingFormer Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods dies at 67
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods died Saturday. His wife Marlene Galan Woods announced…
Continue ReadingDrag racer slams into spectators in Texas; 2 children killed
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Authorities say driver lost control during a Texas drag racing event and slammed into a crowd of spectators, killing two…
Continue ReadingVanessa Bryant said LA sheriff promised to secure crash site
Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kobe Bryant’s widow said she pleaded with the Los Angeles County sheriff to make sure no one takes…
Continue ReadingColombia’s most wanted drug lord captured in jungle raid
By ASTRID SUAREZ and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian authorities captured the country’s most wanted drug…
Continue ReadingFacebook dithered in curbing divisive user content in India
By SHEIKH SAALIQ and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI, India (AP) — Leaked documents obtained by The Associated Press show that Facebook in…
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By SHEIKH SAALIQ and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI, India (AP) — Leaked documents obtained by The Associated Press show that Facebook in…
Continue ReadingOklahoma lawmaker criticized for Asian American comment
By KEN MILLER Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A Republican Oklahoma state senator is drawing criticism for referring to Asian Americans as…
Continue ReadingUK says time running out for solution in Brexit trade talks
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain is issuing a warning over talks to resolve post-Brexit trade troubles with the European…
Continue ReadingUganda police say 1 killed, 7 injured in explosion at eatery
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan police say one person has been killed and seven others injured in an explosion…
Continue ReadingAfter California wildfire, thousands of trees to be removed
THREE RIVERS, Calif. (AP) — The California highway connecting visitors to the world’s two largest sequoia trees will stay closed so crews can…
Continue ReadingStriking bourbon workers ratify new Heaven Hill contract
BARDSTOWN, Ky. (AP) — Striking workers at one of the world’s largest bourbon producers have voted to a ratify a new contract with Heaven Hill on…
Continue ReadingAfter slamming COVID-19 rules, Tritt sings anthem at NLCS
By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Country musician Travis Tritt sang the national anthem before Game 6 of the NL Championship…
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