Wisconsin election probe includes $325,000 for data analysis
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Nearly half of the money being spent on a Republican-ordered investigation into Wisconsin’s…
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Afghans face hunger crisis, adding to Taliban’s challenges
By KATHY GANNON, RAHIM FAIEZ and EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An official says the United Nations’ stockpiles of…
Continue ReadingGroups: Both sides used starvation as tool in Yemen war
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Two human rights groups have accused both sides in the Yemen conflict of using starvation as a weapon…
Continue ReadingAfghan ‘wake-up call’ breeds support for EU military force
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) — Senior European Union officials say the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan and the…
Continue Reading2 charged with vandalism at fossilized dinosaur tracks site
HOLYOKE, Mass. (AP) — Authorities in Massachusetts have arrested two men they allege were digging in an area of protected fossilized dinosaur…
Continue ReadingLil Nas X honored by anti-suicide group The Trevor Project
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Lil Nas X has been awarded the inaugural Suicide Prevention Advocate of the Year Award from…
Continue ReadingWisconsin backs down on regulating swimming pool rental app
By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin regulators have backed down on requirements that operators of a startup that allows…
Continue ReadingJulie Pace named new Associated Press executive editor
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Julie Pace, a longtime Washington journalist who managed coverage of the U.S. government during a…
Continue ReadingSpain announces 107 arrests in major marijuana raids in July
MADRID (AP) — Europol says that over 100 people were arrested when police in Spain busted an illegal drug ring earlier this summer. The European…
Continue ReadingAt the Venice Film Festival, cinema’s future looks hopeful
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — Hope for the future of cinema was front of mind for many as the Venice International Film…
Continue ReadingEdmunds: Vehicle prices remain high this Labor Day weekend
By RONALD MONTOYA Edmunds If this were a normal year, Labor Day would traditionally kick off the start of end-of-model-year vehicle clearance sales.…
Continue ReadingWhere to turn when a natural disaster upends your finances
By NerdWallet staff If you’ve been affected by a natural disaster like Hurricane Ida, you have several options for finding immediate help from…
Continue ReadingUK regulator clears Piers Morgan over comments on Meghan
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s media regulator has cleared TV personality and journalist Piers Morgan of any violations for making comments about…
Continue ReadingIda remnants pound Northeast with rain, flooding, tornadoes
By DAVID PORTER and MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The remnants of Hurricane Ida blew through the mid-Atlantic states with at least…
Continue ReadingWhite House details plans to improve housing affordability
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — White House officials are outlining plans to build and restore more than 2 million homes.…
Continue ReadingWHO says new test shows Ivory Coast did not have Ebola case
By TOUSSAINT N’GOTTA Associated Press ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — The World Health Organization says new tests show Ivory Coast didn’t…
Continue ReadingJapan opens Digital Agency to boost government technology
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan is aiming to give a technological upgrade to government services and recordkeeping with the…
Continue ReadingIsrael promotes military handler of agent who spied on U.S.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is granting a promotion to the handler of an agent who spied on the United States, more than 30 years after the episode…
Continue ReadingFrance first big EU nation to start widespread booster jabs
By ALEXANDER TURNBULL and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France has started administering booster shots of COVID-19 vaccine to people…
Continue ReadingPope on health: thanks to surgery I can eat whatever I want
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis says thanks to surgery that removed a portion of his colon he can now…
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