Breaking the chains: Creator of comic strip ‘Mutts’ frees his Guard Dog character after decades
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Something is different on the comics pages this week. In the panels of “Mutts,”…
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Thousands of fake Facebook accounts shut down by Meta were primed to polarize voters ahead of 2024
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Meta says it has found and disabled thousands of fake Facebook accounts linked to China that…
Continue ReadingAutoworkers strike cut Ford sales by 100,000 vehicles and cost company $1.7 billion in profits
DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. says a six-week strike by the United Auto Workers union cut sales by about 100,000 vehicles and cost the company $1.7…
Continue ReadingPressure builds to eliminate fossil fuel use as oil executive takes over climate talks
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Pressure to phase out fossil fuels mounted Thursday on the oil company…
Continue ReadingPope says he has acute bronchitis, doctors recommended against travel to avoid change in temperature
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis says he is suffering from acute and infectious bronchitis. He told an audience on Thursday that doctors recommended he…
Continue ReadingRussia’s Supreme Court effectively outlaws LGBTQ+ activism in a landmark ruling
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russia’s Supreme Court effectively outlawed LGBTQ+ activism on Thursday, the most…
Continue ReadingShane MacGowan, lead singer of The Pogues and a laureate of booze and beauty, dies at age 65
By JILL LAWLESS and DAVE BRYAN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Shane MacGowan, the boozy, rabble-rousing singer and chief songwriter of The Pogues,…
Continue Reading4 migrants who were pushed out of a boat die just yards from Spain’s southern coast
By CIARÁN GILES and HERNÁN MUÑOZ Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Four migrants have died yards from shore in southern Spain after being forced…
Continue Reading5 things to know for Nov. 30: Israel, Henry Kissinger, Jerusalem shooting, Immigration, Covid-19
By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season ends today as one of the busiest on record with 20 named storms, including…
Continue ReadingChina says US arms sales to Taiwan are turning the island into a ‘powder keg’
BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese defense ministry’s top spokesperson has said that the U.S. should stop interfering in both Taiwan and the South…
Continue ReadingVehicle wanted in Chicago homicide crashes into Milwaukee school bus during police pursuit
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A vehicle wanted in connection with a homicide in Chicago smashed into a school bus while fleeing police in Milwaukee, sending…
Continue ReadingGraduates of a new doctoral program in Indigenous health strive to address disparities in Native communities
By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — Cole Allick remembers growing up on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in northern North Dakota and…
Continue ReadingA Pakistani province aims to deport 10,000 Afghans a day
By ABDUL SATTAR and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Authorities in a Pakistani province are setting targets for police to…
Continue ReadingGermany arrests French woman who allegedly committed war crimes after joining IS in Syria
BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say they have arrested a French woman who allegedly committed war crimes in Syria after joining the Islamic State…
Continue ReadingCities must replace harmful lead pipes within 10 years under new Biden administration plan
By MICHAEL PHILLIS and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Most U.S. cities would have to replace lead water pipes within 10 years…
Continue ReadingTeenage suspects accused of plotting to blow up a small truck at a German Christmas market
BERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors say a 15-year-old boy and an alleged accomplice are accused of plotting to blow up a small truck at a Christmas market in…
Continue ReadingUN weather agency says 2023 is the hottest year on record, warns of further climate extremes ahead
By JAMEY KEATEN and BASSAM HATOUM Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.N. weather agency said Thursday that 2023 is all but…
Continue ReadingRussian missile strikes in eastern Ukraine rip through buildings, kill 2 and bury families in rubble
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials say Russian missiles tore through apartment buildings in eastern…
Continue ReadingSouth Korean farmers rally near presidential office to protest proposed anti-dog meat legislation
By JIWON SONG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Dozens of South Korean dog farmers have scuffled with police during a rally near the…
Continue ReadingOklahoma executes Phillip Hancock for 2001 double murder. He claimed the killings were in self-defense
By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Oklahoma on Thursday executed 59-year-old death row inmate Phillip Hancock, who was sentenced to death for the…
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