‘Last mile’ solution for Brazilian favela born from pandemic
By TATIANA POLLASTRI and DAVID BILLER Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Packages have only just started reaching doorsteps in Sao Paulo’s…
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2 Missouri students lauded for fast action on runaway bus
By JIM SALTER Associated Press Two Missouri students are being lauded for their fast action on a school bus after the driver passed out. After the…
Continue ReadingOPEC steadily adds back production as economy recovers
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — OPEC and its allies are adding more oil back to the market as demand recovers from the worst of the coronavirus pandemic.…
Continue ReadingBills soar as Spain approaches record for electricity prices
MADRID (AP) — Households and businesses in Spain will be thinking twice about using appliances and switching on lights starting Thursday when the…
Continue ReadingNew online site launched to help people get child tax credit
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The government is collaborating on a new internet site to help more Americans apply for and receive…
Continue ReadingIndian Swiss tycoon could owe $137 million in back taxes
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s highest court say an Indian Swiss tycoon could owe the Geneva region about $137…
Continue ReadingVatican exonerates Brooklyn Bishop accused of sexual abuse
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Vatican has concluded that allegations of sexual abuse dating back a half century…
Continue ReadingUS extends ban on American passports for travel to NKorea
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is extending for one year a Trump-era ban on the use of U.S.…
Continue ReadingMorocco starts vaccinating children ages 12 to 17
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco has launched a campaign to administer COVID-19 vaccines to children from 12 to 17. It has become one of the first…
Continue ReadingOfficers, medics indicted in 2019 death of Elijah McClain
By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — Three suburban Denver officers and two paramedics have been indicted on manslaughter and other…
Continue ReadingIsraeli foreign minister promises closer look at NSO
By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s foreign minister has played down criticism of the country’s regulation of the…
Continue ReadingTeen sentenced in death of undercover detective, informant
CLEVELAND (AP) — A teenager involved in a botched robbery that ended with the fatal shooting of an undercover Cleveland detective and his informant…
Continue ReadingRussian-brokered cease-fire takes hold in southern Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian and opposition media are reporting that a Russian-negotiated cease-fire has taken effect in a volatile southern city, ending…
Continue ReadingRep. Jamie Raskin’s book ‘Unthinkable’ coming out Jan. 4
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland is working on a memoir in which he will reflect on the Jan.…
Continue ReadingPresident’s murder inquiry slow amid Haiti’s multiple crises
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN and EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — It’s been nearly two months since Haitian President…
Continue ReadingChurch: Talks on Sri Lankan blasts require gov’t credibility
By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Sri Lankan Roman Catholic leader says the government must win back the confidence…
Continue ReadingFlash floods, storms hit parts of Spain
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Flash floods have swept cars down streets in a seaside town in northeastern Spain as other parts of the country were hit by…
Continue ReadingJudge: Ahmaud Arbery’s past troubles irrelevant to trial
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia judge says he won’t allow attorneys for the men charged with killing Ahmaud…
Continue ReadingGerman central bank inundated with money damaged in floods
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s central bank says it has been inundated with more than 50 million euros’ ($59 million) worth of damaged bank notes…
Continue ReadingWater ruling gives hope to opponents of Okefenokee mine plan
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A judge has struck down a Trump-era rule that eliminated federal protections for some wetlands and…
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