Tis the season for giving: A guide for how to give, even a little
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press Christmas is over, but giving season for nonprofits is just starting to peak. The end of the calendar year is when…
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For a new generation of indie rock acts, country music is king
By MARIA SHERMAN AP Music Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Singer-songwriter Mitski’s “My Love Mine All Mine,” plays out like a whispered dirge. The…
Continue ReadingA 6-year-old boy traveling alone for Christmas was put on the wrong Spirit flight
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — A 6-year-old boy who left on a flight for the Christmas holiday to visit his grandmother in southwest Florida instead was…
Continue ReadingJudges temporarily block Tennessee law letting state pick 6 of 13 on local pro sports facility board
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A panel of judges has blocked a new Tennessee law that would reconfigure the group…
Continue ReadingSweden moves a step closer to NATO membership after Turkey’s parliamentary committee gives approval
By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish parliament’s foreign affairs committee gave its consent to Sweden’s bid to…
Continue ReadingAmericans ramped up spending during the holidays despite some financial anxiety and higher costs
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Holiday sales rose this year and spending remained resilient during…
Continue ReadingMother’s last words inspire surprise act of compassion
By Andy Pierrotti Click here for updates on this story DeKalb County, Georgia (WANF) — Hours before her death, Rosie…
Continue ReadingKremlin critic Alexey Navalny located at Siberian penal colony two weeks after disappearance
CNN, SIMONOVSKY DISTRICT COURT OF MOSCOW, GETTY IMAGES, VEDOMOSTI, POOL VIA VGTRK, MOSCOW CITY COURT By Katharina Krebs and Christian Edwards, CNN…
Continue ReadingMaine storm has delayed a key vote on California-style limits for gas vehicles
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — The rollout of potential new electric vehicle goals in Maine has been pushed back by a year. That’s because a recent…
Continue Reading56 French stars defend actor Gerard Depardieu despite sexual misconduct allegations
PARIS (AP) — More than 50 French performers, writers and producers published an essay Tuesday defending film star and national icon Gerard…
Continue ReadingKuwaiti and Saudi hunters killed by a leftover Islamic State group explosive in Iraq, officials say
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Kuwait’s foreign affairs minister says the bodies of a Kuwaiti citizen and a Saudi with…
Continue ReadingAtomic watchdog report says Iran is increasing production of highly enriched uranium
VIENNA (AP) — The International Atomic Energy Agency says in a report to member states that Iran has increased the rate at which it is producing…
Continue ReadingBaltimore’s new approach to police training looks at the effects of trauma, importance of empathy
By LEA SKENE Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A three-minute viral video shows an irate Baltimore police officer berating a teenager because he…
Continue ReadingCalifornia is poised to protect workers from extreme heat – indoors
Samantha Young, KFF Health News Oakland, California (CNN) — The stifling heat inside some warehouses where workers might spend 10-hour days…
Continue ReadingUS home prices hit another record high in October, rising for the ninth straight month
By Anna Bahney, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — US home prices continued to rise in October, hitting a new record high and marking the ninth consecutive…
Continue ReadingUkraine claims it destroyed Russian tank landing ship
CNN By Brad Lendon, CNN (CNN) — Ukraine claimed on Tuesday to have carried out an airstrike in Crimea that destroyed a Russian Navy tank landing…
Continue ReadingA cyberattack targets Albanian Parliament’s data system, halting its work
By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s Parliament says hackers tried to get into its data system, resulting in a…
Continue ReadingWhy ‘resurrection biology’ is gaining traction around the world
By Katie Hunt, CNN (CNN) — Resurrection biology — attempting to bring strings of molecules and more complex organisms back to life — is…
Continue ReadingSubscription-based care moves beyond peddling birth control and helping with hair loss
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Online, direct-to-consumer health care has grown well beyond its roots mostly treating hair loss and acne or selling…
Continue ReadingTokyo court only holds utility responsible to compensate Fukushima evacuees and reduces damages
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Tokyo court has ruled that only the operator of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant…
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