Misinformation at public forums vexes local boards, big tech
By DAVID KLEPPER and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Public forums before local school boards and city councils are…
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Forest fire forces Russia to evacuate 830 from summer camp
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian emergency officials say over 830 people have been evacuated from a summer camp in the southern Urals because of a forest fire…
Continue ReadingNorth Carolina is child bride destination; bill could end it
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina has recently developed a dubious reputation: as a regional destination…
Continue ReadingHungary bus crash kills eight, injures dozens
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Police a bus traveling on a highway in Hungary crashed through a guardrail and tipped over early Sunday. At least eight…
Continue ReadingStudy: German emissions to grow by largest amount since 1990
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany is forecast to record its biggest rise in greenhouse gas emissions since 1990 this year as…
Continue Reading2 dozen Rohingya refugees feared drowned in Bangladesh
By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — More than two dozen Rohingya refugees are feared drowned after their boat capsized off the…
Continue ReadingOne more body recovered after helicopter crash in Russia
MOSCOW (AP) — Emergency officials say rescuers have recovered one more body following a helicopter crash in Russia’s far eastern region of…
Continue ReadingMichigan deputy dies after being shot in chase with gunman
GALESBURG, Mich. (AP) — A deputy in Michigan has died after being wounded during a chase with a gunman. The Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office…
Continue ReadingFlooded coal mine in China’s Qinghai kills 1, strands 19
BEIJING (AP) — A team of 200 Chinese police, emergency workers and experts is trying to rescue 19 trapped coal miners in the northwestern province…
Continue ReadingAfter UN climate report, individuals seek to do their part
By RAF CASERT Associated Press HOBOKEN, Belgium (AP) — Days after the alarming warning of UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres that there was a…
Continue ReadingAmid shortages, Africans scramble to be fully immunized
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — After a brutal wave of infections driven by the delta variant, many Ugandans seeking a…
Continue Reading12 killed in overnight grenade attack in southern Pakistan
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani officials say the death toll from a grenade attack on a truck carrying women and children in Karachi has risen…
Continue ReadingJapan marks 76th anniversary of WWII defeat; no Suga apology
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan has marked the 76th anniversary of its surrender in World War II. At the somber ceremony,…
Continue ReadingFred strengthens slightly as it heads to US coast
By TERRY SPENCER and ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The National Hurricane Center said Fred has regained tropical…
Continue ReadingMalaysian leader set to resign after plea for support fails
By EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin appears set to resign this week after…
Continue ReadingHong Kong democracy group behind massive protests disbands
HONG KONG (AP) — A pro-democracy group that organized some of the biggest protests during months of political upheaval in Hong Kong in 2019 says it…
Continue ReadingIndia’s Modi to unveil $1.35 trillion infrastructure plan
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s prime minister says his government will soon launch a $1.35 trillion national infrastructure plan that will boost the…
Continue ReadingDeath toll of powerful earthquake in Haiti soars to 1,297
By EVENS SANON and MARK STEVENSON Associated Press LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) — The death toll from the magnitude 7.2 earthquake that battered Haiti is…
Continue ReadingCalifornia fire threatens homes as blazes burn across West
By EUGENE GARCIA and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press QUINCY, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of Northern California homes remain threatened by the…
Continue ReadingFuel explosion in Lebanon kills 20, wounding dozens
By BASSEM MROUE and ZEINA KARAM Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A warehouse where fuel was illegally stored has exploded in northern Lebanon,…
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