Massachusetts governor to pardon those convicted of misdemeanor cannabis possession
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey says she’ll issue pardons for tens of thousands of people…
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An Israeli drone strikes a car in southern Lebanon and kills a member of Hamas’ military wing
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli drone strike targeting a car in southern Lebanon near the coastal city of Tyre has…
Continue ReadingUS and Japanese forces to resume Osprey flights in Japan following fatal crash
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOMIOKA, Japan (AP) — Japanese officials say the U.S. and Japanese militaries will resume flights of Osprey…
Continue ReadingMexican journalist says he was abducted, beaten and questioned by armed men about his reporting
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A prominent journalist in western Mexico says he was abducted, beaten and questioned by an armed gang because of what he wrote.…
Continue ReadingBiden and Trump are now their parties’ presumptive nominees. What does that mean?
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have officially secured the requisite…
Continue ReadingPolice search for a University of Missouri student in Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Tennessee are searching for a University of Missouri student who was last seen by friends at a Nashville bar…
Continue ReadingSouth Korean held in Russia on espionage allegation is missionary helping the needy, his group says
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean Christian aid group says that a South Korean national held in Russia on…
Continue ReadingJelly Roll, Kelsea Ballerini, Lainey Wilson, Megan Moroney, Cody Johnson lead CMT Music Awards noms
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jelly Roll, Kelsea Ballerini, Lainey Wilson, Megan Moroney, and Cody Johnson are the leading…
Continue ReadingA US envoy urges Kosovo and Serbia to make tough decisions to restart talks on normalizing ties
By FLORENT BAJRAMI and LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — A senior U.S. official has urged Kosovo and Serbia to make tough…
Continue ReadingLebanese, French officials float a plan to rebuild Beirut port nearly 4 years after huge explosion
By ABBY SEWELL Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Three and a half years after hundreds of tons of improperly stored ammonium nitrate ignited at the…
Continue ReadingVirgin of Charity unites all Cubans — Catholics, Santeria followers, exiled and back on the island
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press EL COBRE, Cuba (AP) — Ramon Nieblas fixed his tearful eyes on the small golden…
Continue ReadingChris Wallace looks back at Nixon-Kennedy election in the book ‘Countdown 1960
NEW YORK (AP) — Longtime newsman Chris Wallace isn’t only thinking about this year’s presidential election. The CNN anchor has written a book…
Continue ReadingNative groups sit on a treasure trove of lithium. Now mines threaten their water, culture and wealth
By MEGAN JANETSKY, VICTOR R. CAIVANO and RODRIGO ABD Associated Press TUSAQUILLAS, Argentina (AP) — Irene Leonor Flores de Callata, 68, treks along…
Continue ReadingRevered by Hemingway and visited by popes, why Cuba’s small patron saint is such a huge symbol
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press EL COBRE, Cuba (AP) — One religious icon unites Cubans: The Virgin of Charity of Cobre. Cuba’s patron…
Continue ReadingUK Conservatives say their biggest donor made racist comments, but they’re not giving back his money
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Conservative government says the party does not plan to give back 10 million pounds it…
Continue ReadingBill to quash hundreds of wrongful convictions over a Post Office scandal goes before UK Parliament
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government has introduced legislation to quash the wrongful convictions of hundreds of Post…
Continue ReadingZimbabwe predicts a sharp decline in tobacco crop as El Niño takes toll, a year after record harvest
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe, Africa’s largest tobacco producer, has begun its annual tobacco-selling…
Continue ReadingEdmunds: Which three-row EV is best? Edmunds compares the Kia EV9 and Rivian R1S
By MICHAEL CANTU Edmunds The electric three-row SUV segment is small but quickly growing. The all-new Kia EV9 is one of the latest electric family…
Continue ReadingYeezy shoe sales lead Adidas to plan to donate $150 million to anti-hate groups
LONDON (AP) — Adidas said Wednesday that it’s donated or is planning to give away more than $150 million to groups fighting antisemitism and…
Continue Reading3 Egyptian Coptic church monks are killed in an attack at a monastery in South Africa
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Police say three Egyptian monks belonging to the Coptic Orthodox Church were…
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