On foot and by donkey cart, thousands flee widening Israeli assault in central Gaza
By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and LEE KEATH Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Thousands of Palestinian families fled Wednesday from…
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A Greek air force training jet crashes outside a southern base and its pilot is reported killed
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s state-run ERT television says an air force pilot has been killed when his training jet crashed in the…
Continue ReadingThis wild, futuristic space plan could help save the world. But some say it’s too far-fetched
By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Ali Hajimiri has spent a decade researching how to put solar panels in space and beam the energy down to Earth.…
Continue ReadingEight seconds on a bucking beast: Here are some of the basics in the sport of bull riding
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer It’s been called the most dangerous eight seconds in sports. In bull riding, that’s how long…
Continue ReadingTeenager Najiah Knight wants to be the first woman at bull riding’s top level. It’s an uphill dream
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Najiah Knight drops her 100-pound frame onto a snorting 1,300-pound bull and adjusts her…
Continue ReadingJonnie Jonckowski went from dashed Olympic hopes to a bull-riding pioneer
By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer Jonnie Jonckowski didn’t meekly break down gender barriers in the ever dangerous sport of bull riding, she…
Continue ReadingTeenager Najiah Knight wants to be the first woman at bull riding’s top level. It’s an uphill dream
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Najiah Knight drops her 100-pound frame onto a snorting 1,300-pound bull and adjusts her…
Continue ReadingTeenager Najiah Knight wants to be the first woman at bull riding’s top level. It’s an uphill dream
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Najiah Knight drops her 100-pound frame onto a snorting 1,300-pound bull and adjusts her…
Continue ReadingThe death toll in a Romania guesthouse blaze rises to 7. The search for missing persons is ongoing
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The death toll from a massive fire at a guesthouse in Romania has risen to seven people, including at least two children.…
Continue ReadingStudents in Indonesia protest the growing numbers of Rohingya refugees in Aceh province
By YAYAN ZAMZAMI Associated Press BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — Students in Indonesia’s Aceh province have rallied, demanding the government drive…
Continue ReadingA Russian drone and artillery attack kills 6 in Ukraine and knocks out power in a major city
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia has fired almost 50 Shahed drones at targets in Ukraine and shelled a train station…
Continue ReadingGerman police say they are holding a man in connection with a threat to Cologne Cathedral
BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say they have detained a man in connection with a reported threat to Cologne Cathedral over the holiday weekend.…
Continue ReadingUS online retailer Zulily says it will go into liquidation, surprising customers
SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. online retailer Zulily is closing down, surprising customers and laying off hundreds of workers after efforts to salvage…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Asian shares power higher following slight gains on Wall Street
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares powered higher on Thursday, with Chinese benchmarks up more than 1%, after Wall…
Continue ReadingChina sanctions a US research firm and 2 individuals over reports on human rights abuses in Xinjiang
BEIJING (AP) — China says it is banning a United States research company and two analysts who have reported extensively on claims of human rights…
Continue ReadingWolfgang Schaeuble, German elder statesman and finance minister during euro debt crisis, dies at 81
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Wolfgang Schaeuble, who helped negotiate German reunification in 1990 and as finance minister was a…
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State housing agency to provide home replacement help for survivors of 2020 Labor Day wildfires
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Homeowner Assistance and Reconstruction Program (HARP) will be the first assistance available directly to 2020 Labor Day…
Continue ReadingTEPCO’s operational ban is lifted, putting it one step closer to restarting reactors in Niigata
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese nuclear safety regulators lifted an operational ban Wednesday imposed on a nuclear plant…
Continue ReadingFishermen spotted something shiny near a creek. It was the first step toward a ‘miracle’
By Amanda Jackson and Nouran Salahieh, CNN (CNN) — The two men had gone out the day after Christmas, scouting for fishing holes at a creek in…
Continue ReadingFormer Pakistani premier Nawaz Sharif will seek a fourth term in office, his party says
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will seek a fourth term in office, his party says, noting he will be its…
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