July home sales up 1% as prices reach unprecedented levels
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Sales of new homes rose a modest 1% in July after a string of declines while new home…
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Zambians cheer inauguration of new leader Hakainde Hichilema
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zambia’s new president, longtime opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema, has been sworn…
Continue ReadingWisconsin lawmaker asks for prayers for colleague with COVID
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The office of a Wisconsin lawmaker who has been an outspoken critic of vaccine and mask mandates has declined to update his…
Continue ReadingJosh Duggar attorneys seek dismissal of child porn charges
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Attorneys for former reality TV star Josh Duggar have filed motions seeking to dismiss child pornography charges against…
Continue ReadingDoobie Brothers try to keep long train running, 50 years on
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Doobie Brothers are celebrating their 50th anniversary in their 51st year, heading…
Continue ReadingNevada man pleads guilty to tribal fraud in Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The former manager of a construction business owned by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs in Oregon has pleaded guilty…
Continue ReadingTunisia’s president extends decree giving him full power
By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s president has prolonged the special powers he granted himself a month ago…
Continue ReadingDisney reaches vaccination agreement with union workers
By KELLI KENNEDY Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Walt Disney Company and a coalition of unions have agreed that workers at Disney…
Continue ReadingWith sales still surging, Best Buy raises prospects for 2021
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Best Buy Co. has raising its full-year sales outlook after the nation’s largest…
Continue ReadingSome Afghans vow to resist Taliban from mountain enclave
By JOSEPH KRAUSS and RAHIM FAIEZ Associated…
Continue ReadingBlast in northern Syria kills 8 militants, wounds others
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian opposition activists say an explosion at the base of an al-Qaida-linked group in northern…
Continue ReadingChad’s former dictator Hissene Habre dies of COVID-19 at 79
By BABACAR DIONE Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegalese officials say that Chad’s former dictator Hissene Habre has died at the…
Continue ReadingWinfrey picks ‘Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois’ for book club
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One of the year’s most anticipated debut novels is now an Oprah Winfrey book club pick.…
Continue ReadingAsian American leaders fear Covid-19 origin report could fuel more bigotry and violence
By Nicole Chavez, CNN Asian American leaders are concerned that a report on the origins of the Covid-19 virus expected to be released this week by…
Continue ReadingThailand legalizes kratom, popular plant-based painkiller
By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand has decriminalized the possession and sale of kratom, a plant that’s…
Continue ReadingUkraine leader stresses NATO, EU ties on independence day
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s president has urged closer ties between the ex-Soviet nation and NATO and the…
Continue ReadingPoland sends aid to migrants left stranded at Belarus border
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s government says it has sent tents, blankets, power generators and other items to help a group of some 30 refugees…
Continue ReadingParalympics open in empty stadium — just like Olympics
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer TOKYO (AP) — The Paralympics have begun in the same empty National Stadium that hosted the opening and closing…
Continue ReadingFederal judge orders ICE to test detainees for COVID-19
TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement to test detainees for COVID-19 before they are transferred to…
Continue ReadingThailand legalizes kratom, popular plant-based painkiller
By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand has decriminalized the possession and sale of kratom, a plant that’s…
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