ASEAN downgrades Myanmar presence in summit in major rebuke
By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Southeast Asian foreign ministers have agreed to downgrade Myanmar’s participation in…
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‘God have mercy’: Tigray residents describe life under siege
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — In the capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region, a year of war and months of government-enforced…
Continue ReadingIslamic State claims mosque bombing in south Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Islamic State group says its members are responsible for a deadly suicide bombing on a Shiite mosque in southern…
Continue ReadingDelicate GOP dance for Trump, Youngkin in Virginia gov race
By JILL COLVIN and SARAH RANKIN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Donald Trump rallied Republicans this past week to vote for Glenn Youngkin in…
Continue ReadingBiden says he’s open to shortening length of new programs
By ZEKE MILLER and ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — President Joe Biden says he would prefer to slash the length of the new…
Continue ReadingCalifornia snacking ‘Safeway Bear’ shot and killed
LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — A black bear that was caught on video snacking on food in stores near Lake Tahoe has been shot and killed when it refused…
Continue ReadingTrump’s not going away — and neither is investigator Schiff
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Far from the White House, Donald Trump continues to circle the Republican Party.…
Continue ReadingBill Clinton to spend 1 more night in California hospital
By HAVEN DALEY and LOU KESTEN Associated Press ORANGE, Calif. (AP) — A spokesman says Bill Clinton will spend one more night at a Southern…
Continue ReadingNew Zealand dispenses record number of jabs at ‘Vaxathon’
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand health care workers have administered a record number of vaccine jabs as…
Continue ReadingNetflix employee fired in wake of Chappelle special furor
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Netflix says it has fired an employee for disclosing confidential financial information about the Dave Chappelle comedy special…
Continue Reading11 kids drowned, 10 rescued in Indonesian river cleanup
Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Eleven students have drowned and 10 others were rescued during a school outing for a river cleanup in…
Continue ReadingModerate earthquake rocks Bali, killing at least 3
By FIRDIA LISNAWATI and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — A moderately strong earthquake and aftershock has hit…
Continue ReadingUN official: Taliban to announce secondary school for girls
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A senior U.N. official says the Taliban told him they will announce “very soon” that…
Continue ReadingUS vows to pay relatives of Afghans killed in drone strike
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Defense Department says it is committed to offering condolence payments to relatives of the 10 people who were killed in…
Continue ReadingMore than 90 snakes found under Northern California home
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Al Wolf is used to clearing one or two snakes from under people’s homes. But recently when he was…
Continue ReadingFormer job is key in case against US journalist in Myanmar
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The lawyer for an American journalist detained almost five months in military-ruled Myanmar says he…
Continue ReadingTruck driver convicted in Colorado pileup that killed 4
GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — A truck driver accused of causing a fiery pileup that killed four people and injured six others on a Colorado highway has been…
Continue ReadingRuling could block Alabama execution scheduled next week
By KIM CHANDLER Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An appellate court has ordered a federal judge to consider an Alabama’s inmate’s…
Continue Reading‘Lawless city?’ Worry after Portland police don’t stop chaos
By SARA CLINE Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A crowd of 100 people wreaked havoc in downtown Portland, Oregon, this week, smashing…
Continue ReadingMan who texted threats to reporter’s family pleads guilty
NEW YORK (AP) — A California man has pleaded guilty to threatening harm in text messages sent during the attack on the Capitol to a New York-based…
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