Air Force general is second woman to lead a top US command
By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Air Force Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost has became only the second woman to lead one of…
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Chicago mayor takes police union head to court over vaccines
By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has taken her fight with the head of the city’s police officers union…
Continue ReadingSheriff: Officers kill man who fired on them from motorcycle
ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) — Investigators say a man on a motorcycle who fired on officers as they tried to pull him over was shot and killed on a South…
Continue ReadingPalestinian olive farmers attacked by big group of settlers
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian authorities say around 30 Israeli settlers attacked a group of Palestinian farmers harvesting their olive…
Continue ReadingChina’s Shenzhou-13 spacecraft docks for 6-month mission
BEIJING (AP) — China has sent three astronauts to its space station for a record-setting six-month stay for the country. The spacecraft blasted off…
Continue ReadingLawyer: Murdaugh knows he’ll go to prison for stealing money
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The attorneys for prominent South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh have released medical…
Continue ReadingProsecutors: Capitol cop told Jan. 6 rioter to hide evidence
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A U.S. Capitol Police officer has been indicted on obstruction of justice…
Continue ReadingNew Mexico judge denies lab workers’ claim in vaccine fight
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge has denied a request by dozens of scientists and others at Los…
Continue ReadingMerkel backs dialogue with Poland over tensions with EU
BRUSSELS (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel says Poland’s European Union partners need to step away from confrontation and instead talk to…
Continue ReadingCaracal cat owner ticketed, ordered to find them new home
ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) — A suburban Detroit woman has been ordered to find another home for her four African caracals after one of the wild cats…
Continue ReadingMaine’s Colby College bans discrimination based on caste
WATERVILLE, Maine (AP) — Colby College in the U.S. state of Maine is banning discrimination based on caste, a system of inherited social class. The…
Continue ReadingCharise Castro Smith brings Latin experience to ‘Encanto’
By SIGAL RATNER-ARIAS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Charise Castro Smith, the first Latino woman to co-direct a Walt Disney Animation Studios…
Continue ReadingHigh court rejects natural gas company’s pipeline appeal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts has rejected a Supreme Court appeal by the St. Louis-based natural gas company Spire Inc. to allow it…
Continue ReadingFemale former Afghan lawmakers, judges meet Greek PM
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Six female former lawmakers and judges from Afghanistan have been received by Greece’s prime minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis,…
Continue ReadingIn trial over Arbery death, racial reckoning looms large
By RUSS BYNUM and AARON MORRISON Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — As three white men prepare to stand trial in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery,…
Continue ReadingCyprus to revoke ‘golden passports’ granted to 45 people
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus says it has started procedures to revoke citizenship granted to 39 foreign…
Continue ReadingOnce thriving spa, Epecuen drawing tourists to ghostly ruins
By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press EPECUEN, Argentina (AP) — The Argentine spa town of Villa Epecuen was a mecca of tourism for much of the…
Continue ReadingCrime at the center of Atlanta mayor’s race as voting begins
By KATE BRUMBACK and JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta mayoral candidates are talking about affordable housing, hoping to stave off…
Continue ReadingNothing funny about bad year for Maine’s clownish puffins
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s beloved puffins suffered one of their worst years for reproduction in decades…
Continue ReadingDutch government to lower energy taxes amid surge in prices
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Cabinet minister says the Dutch government is planning a multibillion euro package to help households cope with…
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