NATO troops patrol Kosovo-Serbia border after truck blockade
By FLORENT BAJRAMI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press JARINJE, Kosovo (AP) — Soldiers with a NATO-led peacekeeping mission are keeping watch at the…
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2021 has ‘not been a good year for peacemaking.’ But WHO is tipped for the Nobel Peace Prize
By Lianne Kolirin, CNN After 18 turbulent months spent tackling the global Covid-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) is being broadly…
Continue ReadingClallam Bay prison outbreak grows to over 160 cases
CLALLAM BAY, Wash. (AP) — Local health officers say a COVID-19 outbreak at Clallam Bay Corrections Center continues to grow. The Peninsula Daily…
Continue Reading5 things about Melania Trump revealed in Stephanie Grisham’s new book
By Kate Bennett, CNN During her five years working in various roles as a senior aide to Donald and Melania Trump, Stephanie Grisham had perhaps the…
Continue ReadingQueen Elizabeth reflects on ‘deep’ affection for Scotland
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Queen Elizabeth II has opened the sixth session of the Scottish Parliament, reflecting on the “deep…
Continue ReadingMan arrested for setting fire inside a Democratic county building in Texas, authorities say
By Raja Razek and Aya Elamroussi, CNN A Texas man is facing arson and weapons charges over allegedly igniting a fire inside a Democratic party county…
Continue ReadingUS envoy says climate summit can yield ‘enormous progress’
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — U.S. climate envoy John Kerry says he thinks “enormous progress” can be made at upcoming U.N.…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19-delayed Chopin piano competition opens in Poland
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A gala concert has opened the 18th edition of the prestigious Frederic Chopin…
Continue ReadingA look at high court’s top cases in new term starting Monday
By The Associated Press Abortion, guns and religion top the Supreme Court term that begins Monday. A case from Mississippi presents a direct…
Continue ReadingEcuador to pardon thousands of inmates after deadly prison riot
By Philip Wang and Stefano Pozzebon, CNN Ecuador plans to pardon and commute thousands of sentences in order to free up space in the country’s…
Continue ReadingGeorgia votes in election shadowed by ex-president’s arrest
By SOPHIKO MEGRELIDZE Associated Press TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgians voted in municipal elections across the country that were seen as a test…
Continue ReadingAbortion, guns, religion top a big Supreme Court term
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The future of abortion rights is in the hands of a conservative Supreme Court that’s…
Continue ReadingPharmacies face 1st trial over role in opioid crisis
By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — A bellwether trial is set to start Monday in federal court in Cleveland to determine whether…
Continue ReadingPharmacies face 1st trial over role in opioid crisis
By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — A bellwether trial is set to start Monday in federal court in Cleveland to determine whether…
Continue ReadingCar falls into river amid heavy rains in Pakistan killing 7
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Police say a family of seven, including two children, died when their car fell into a river amid heavy rains in the suburbs of…
Continue ReadingThe myths about slavery that still hold America captive
By John Blake, CNN At first, Clint Smith had trouble making out the objects beside a white picket fence in the distance. Then he drew closer; what he…
Continue ReadingParty crowds spark effort to turn down volume in South Beach
By KELLI KENNEDY Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Miami Beach wants to turn down the volume in the city’s South Beach party neighborhood. Officials…
Continue ReadingParty crowds spark effort to turn down volume in South Beach
By KELLI KENNEDY Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Miami Beach wants to turn down the volume in the city’s South Beach party neighborhood. Officials…
Continue ReadingPhilippines President Duterte announces he’s retiring from politics at the end of his term
By Radina Gigova, CNN Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said on Saturday he would retire rather than run for vice president next year, in a…
Continue ReadingBash back better: Here’s what governing by crisis looks like
By CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been a tempestuous week in Washington, with insults and accusations flying,…
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