Austria: man kept mother’s body in basement to draw pension
BERLIN (AP) — Austrian police say a man hid his mother’s body in his basement for over a year in order to continue receiving her pension and…
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Britain’s economic growth slowed more than expected in July
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s economic growth slowed more than expected in July as concern about the spread of the highly contagious delta variant of…
Continue ReadingNot easy voting green: Germans wary of getting climate bill
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press HALLE, Germany (AP) — Climate change is among the top concerns for Germans going into this year’s national…
Continue ReadingThe Latest: US envoy praises Qatar for Afghanistan flights
By The Associated Press Washington’s special envoy and the architect of an often criticized deal with the Taliban says more than 250 foreign…
Continue Reading‘Homecoming’ to a ghost town sparks Greek Cypriot anguish
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press VAROSHA, Cyprus (AP) — There’s a groundswell of anger among thousands of Greek Cypriot refugees who…
Continue ReadingPope Francis to visit impoverished Roma quarter in Slovakia
By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press KOSICE, Slovakia (AP) — Pope Francis is paying a visit next week to a neighborhood in Slovakia most Slovaks would…
Continue ReadingBrady throws for 379 yards, 4 TDs, Bucs beat Cowboys 31-29
By FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tom Brady threw for 379 yards and four touchdowns, helping the defending Super Bowl champion…
Continue ReadingTeen dream: Raducanu, 18, Fernandez, 19, into US Open final
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — British teenager Emma Raducanu has become the first qualifier to reach a Grand Slam final in…
Continue ReadingTech slide pulls S&P 500 down for its 5th straight loss
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks ended an up-and-down day lower on Wall Street, giving the S&P 500 its fifth…
Continue ReadingAustralia’s High Court intervenes in police shooting trial
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s highest court has agreed to hear a challenge to a police officer using his…
Continue ReadingPalestinian teen describes brutal attack by Israeli settlers
By JACK JEFFERY and IMAD ISSEID Associated Press SILAT Al-DHAHR, West Bank (AP) — Tareq Zubeidi says he was abducted and beaten by a group of…
Continue ReadingNew Orleans gets some Ida relief, but rural pain will linger
By STACEY PLAISANCE and JAY REEVES Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans is showing signs of making a comeback nearly two weeks after…
Continue ReadingWyoming troop deaths 20 years apart bookend Afghanistan war
By MEAD GRUVER and THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — When a 20-year-old Wyoming soldier was among the last U.S. casualties in…
Continue ReadingVaccine mandate spawns new fear: finding and keeping workers
By TOM KRISHER and BARBARA ORTUTAY Associated Press The new federal vaccine requirement for large companies has raised concerns over whether it will…
Continue ReadingAs flights resume, plight of Afghan allies tests Biden’s vow
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, JULIE WATSON, BERNARD CONDON and PADMANANDA RAMA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. veterans, lawmakers and others say…
Continue ReadingStrong typhoon increases in force as it heads toward Taiwan
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A strong typhoon has skirted past most of the Philippines but appears to be continuing to gain…
Continue ReadingJustice Department sues Texas over state’s new abortion law
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and PAUL WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department is suing Texas over a new state law that bans most…
Continue ReadingBiden presses states to require vaccines for all teachers
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer Hoping to prevent another school year from being upended by the pandemic, President Joe Biden visited a…
Continue ReadingBiden calls Xi as US-China relationship grows more fraught
By AAMER MADHANI and JOE McDONALD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden spoke with China’s Xi Jinping on Thursday amid growing…
Continue ReadingAnalysis: Biden’s war on virus becomes war on unvaccinated
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has gone from waging war on the virus to a war on the unvaccinated. The…
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