Lawyer who represented George Zimmerman arrested in Florida
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — A central Florida defense attorney who briefly represented George Zimmerman in the Trayvon Martin case is accused of witness…
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UN: 10,000 children killed or maimed during Yemen’s long war
GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations says more than 10,000 children in Yemen have been killed or injured in violence linked to years of war in the…
Continue ReadingCrowds outside Myanmar’s prisons greet freed detainees
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Crowds have gathered for a second day outside prisons around Myanmar, waiting for at least a glimpse…
Continue ReadingIn Cuba, divisions over law to allow same-sex marriage
By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s socialist government recently published a draft Family Law and asked for public…
Continue ReadingJapan’s PM interrupts campaign as N Korea test fires missile
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s new prime minister has interrupted his first day of election campaigning on Tuesday, as…
Continue ReadingIMF sees economic growth with higher inflation for Mideast
By AYA BATRAWY and MALAK HARB Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The International Monetary Fund says the Middle East is expected…
Continue ReadingMotorcyclist dies, hit by a trooper and run over by a truck
AUBURNDALE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in Florida say a state trooper struck a motorcycle rider, sending the man onto the pavement, where a tractor…
Continue ReadingPortugal honors diplomat who saved thousands from Nazis
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal has paid official homage to a Portuguese diplomat who during World War II helped save thousands of people from…
Continue ReadingUtah lab to analyze DNA evidence from Atlanta child murders
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms says a Utah laboratory will examine DNA evidence from a string of killings committed during the…
Continue ReadingEx-Nazi camp secretary, 96, appears in court for indictment
BERLIN (AP) — A 96-year-old former secretary for the Stutthof concentration camp’s SS commander appeared before a court in northern Germany on…
Continue ReadingPakistan’s military: Navy blocked Indian sub from its waters
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s military says its navy detected and blocked an Indian submarine from entering the country’s territorial waters in…
Continue ReadingColin Powell had mixed legacy among some African Americans
By COREY WILLIAMS and AARON MORRISON Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Colin Powell was the first Black person to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs and…
Continue ReadingMillennial Money: Experts expect 5 things this Black Friday
By COURTNEY JESPERSEN of NerdWallet Black Friday takes place on Nov. 26 this year. A month ahead of the big discount day, we talked to retail experts…
Continue ReadingUK courts green investment to fuel carbon-cutting plans
By JILL LAWLESS and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom is hosting a meeting aimed at attracting billions of dollars in…
Continue ReadingUSDA rethinks approach to controlling salmonella in poultry
By JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Federal health officials are rethinking their approach to controlling salmonella in poultry plants…
Continue ReadingLatvia to impose nearly monthlong lockdown as COVID spreads
HELSINKI (AP) — Latvia will enter into a nearly monthlong lockdown, including curfew, on Thursday due to the worsening coronavirus situation in the…
Continue ReadingMTV: Europe Music Awards to counter Hungary’s anti-gay laws
By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — MTV says its Europe Music Awards will air next month in Hungary. A network executive says the…
Continue ReadingChina says moon rocks offer new clues to volcanic activity
BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese researcher says moon rocks brought back to Earth by a robotic spacecraft last year have provided new insights into ancient…
Continue ReadingIn Ghana, Rastafarian high schooler fights to keep his hair
By KWASI GYAMFI ASIEDU Associated Press A school official told a new student in Ghana that he had to cut his dreadlocks. The 17-year-old boy and his…
Continue ReadingAs deaths rise, Russian doctors despair at low vaccine rate
By KOSTYA MANENKOV and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Facing a surge of seriously ill COVID-19 patients, the head of an…
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