Sarkozy convicted by French court in campaign financing case
By SYLVIE CORBET and NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy has been convicted and sentenced to a…
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Beset by inflation, Iranians struggle with high food prices
By MOHAMMAD NASIRI Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — As U.S. sanctions strangle Iran’s economy, record inflation is causing stunned…
Continue ReadingFormer Nazi camp secretary, 96, caught after skipping trial
By MARKUS SCHREIBER and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press ITZEHOE, Germany (AP) — Officials say a former secretary for the SS commander of the…
Continue ReadingIn crisis-struck Lebanon, school year is gripped by chaos
By SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — This fall, Lebanon’s schools have been gripped by the same chaos that has overwhelmed…
Continue ReadingUS prison warden in California accused of inmate sex abuse
DUBLIN, Calif. (AP) — The warden of a federal prison in California has been charged with sexually abusing an inmate. The U.S. attorney’s…
Continue ReadingIsraeli troops kill Gaza man near border; army investigates
JERUSALEM (AP) — Residents in the Gaza Strip say Israeli troops have shot and killed a 40-year-old Palestinian man near the Israeli border. The…
Continue ReadingRohingya refugee leader shot dead in Bangladesh camp
By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — An international representative of ethnic Rohingya refugees was shot to death in a camp in…
Continue ReadingAsian shares skid after S&P 500 logs 1st monthly drop of ’21
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Asian markets have tumbled on the tail of Wall Street’s worst monthly loss since the beginning of the…
Continue ReadingWhy climate change is making it harder to chase fall foliage
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Recent leaf-peeping seasons have been disrupted by weather conditions in New England,…
Continue ReadingBaltimore argues Catholic group’s rally could bring violence
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A conservative Roman Catholic media outlet is seeking a court order to stage a rally during a U.S.…
Continue ReadingDemocrats divided: Progressives, centrists say trust is gone
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats are fighting over trillions of dollars, their paramount policy goals and…
Continue ReadingAgonizing choices as Dems debate shrinking health care pie
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are fretting about how they’d divide a shrinking pie amid signs that…
Continue ReadingHawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts, lava fountains form in park
By CALEB JONES Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — One of the most active volcanos on Earth is erupting on Hawaii’s Big Island. Officials with the…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: How conservatorships like Britney Spears’ work
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears has successfully ousted her father from the conservatorship that has…
Continue ReadingTakeaways from Trump aide’s account of chaotic White House
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A White House press secretary and chief of staff to then-first lady Melania Trump paints a deeply…
Continue ReadingAustralian state’s 50% jump in COVID-19 blamed on sport fans
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Victoria state has reported a jump of more than 50% in daily COVID-19…
Continue ReadingAP: Military units track guns using tech that could aid foes
By JAMES LAPORTA, JUSTIN PRITCHARD and KRISTIN M. HALL Associated Press The Associated Press has found that a technology some units in the U.S.…
Continue ReadingTakeaways: AP’s investigation of military gun tracking tech
By JUSTIN PRITCHARD and KRISTIN M. HALL Associated Press The Associated Press has found that a technology some units in the U.S. military are using…
Continue ReadingAP: Military units track guns using tech that could aid foes
By JAMES LAPORTA, JUSTIN PRITCHARD and KRISTIN M. HALL Associated Press The Associated Press has found that a technology some units in the U.S.…
Continue ReadingAm I fully vaccinated without a COVID-19 vaccine booster?
By CARLA K. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer People who got a two-dose vaccine or one dose of the Johnson & Johnson shot are considered fully vaccinated…
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