Weather beatdown leaves towering Maine landmark surrounded by crime scene tape
SKOWHEGAN, Maine (AP) — Crime scene tape surrounds the Skowhegan Indian, a local landmark in Maine, after an assault by Mother Nature. The towering…
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Gangs attack police stations in Haiti as Caribbean leaders call an emergency meeting Monday
By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Police and palace guards worked Saturday to retake some streets in Haiti’s capital…
Continue ReadingIrish prime minister concedes defeat in a vote over constitutional amendments about family and women
By MICHAEL KEALY and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press DUBLIN (AP) — Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar conceded defeat Saturday as two constitutional…
Continue ReadingOn eve of Ramadan, Jerusalem’s Old City offers little festivity as Gaza war rages
By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — On the eve of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, Jerusalem’s Old City bears few of its usual…
Continue ReadingNATO’s biggest drills since the Cold War send a signal to Russia and aim for a real-life feel
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press ABOARD THE FRENCH FRIGATE NORMANDIE (AP) — Large NATO drills in the frigid fjords of northern Norway may be just…
Continue ReadingIrish government loses public votes to update ‘sexist’ constitution
By Lauren Kent, Amy Cassidy and Rob Picheta, CNN (CNN) — The Irish government conceded on Saturday that it had lost two referenda to change…
Continue ReadingPakistan’s lawmakers pick Asif Ali Zardari as the country’s president for a second time
By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s lawmakers have chosen Asif Ali Zardari as the country’s new president.…
Continue Reading2 killed including a 16-year-old in Russian artillery strikes in Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities say two people including a teenage boy have been killed in Russian artillery attacks. Russia…
Continue ReadingMan arrested after DNA helps crack cold case killing nearly 40 years later as police link him to another case
By Amanda Jackson and Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — For more than 35 years, two families in Virginia have been left without knowing who brutally…
Continue ReadingInsurer delays and denials hamper patients seeking at-home breathing machines
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Lou Gehrig’s disease took away Grace Armant’s ability to speak, but the 84-year-old still has plenty to say about…
Continue ReadingA surge of illegal homemade machine guns has helped fuel gun violence in the US
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Eleven-year-old Domonic Davis was not far from his mom’s Cincinnati home when a hail…
Continue ReadingBiden leans into his age and effectiveness in his first post-Super Tuesday ad in battleground states
By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is making no excuses for his age in the first campaign ad of a…
Continue ReadingAt least 19 dead and 7 missing as landslide and flash floods hit Indonesia’s Sumatra island
PADANG, Indonesia (AP) — Torrential rains have triggered flash floods and a landslide on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, killing at least 19 people…
Continue ReadingUS Treasury official pushes Lebanon to halt the flow of funding to Hamas
By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A top U.S. Treasury official has pressed Lebanese authorities to prevent funds from being funneled to…
Continue ReadingIntense rainfall sweeps across Dubai and the wider United Arab Emirates, disrupting flights
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Intense rainfall has swept across Dubai and the wider United Arab Emirates, causing localized flooding and…
Continue ReadingNew Hampshire troopers fatally shoot armed man during foot pursuit with a police dog, official says
ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire attorney general says police shot and killed a man during a foot chase after he was taken down by a police…
Continue ReadingSenegal’s presidential candidates kick off campaigns after violent protests over a delay of the vote
By BABACAR DIONE and JACK THOMPSON Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Presidential candidates in Senegal have kicked off their election…
Continue ReadingPoland’s foreign minister says the presence of NATO troops in Ukraine is ‘not unthinkable’
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s foreign minister says the presence of NATO forces “is not unthinkable” and…
Continue ReadingRomania wins legal battle against a Canadian miner over failed plans to open a gold mine
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The Romanian government has won a yearslong legal dispute with a Canadian mining company seeking damages over failed…
Continue ReadingScientists inch forward in efforts to resurrect an extinct giant
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — A bold plan to genetically engineer a version of the woolly mammoth, the tusked ice age giant that disappeared 4,000…
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