Candidate registrations for Iran’s parliamentary elections hit record high
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A record number of people have registered to become candidates in Iran’s parliamentary elections scheduled for March that…
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Iran arrests 9 members of Baha’i faith on charges of smuggling medicine and financial wrongdoing
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s intelligence ministry has arrested nine members of the Baha’i faith on charges of smuggling medicine and financial…
Continue Reading4 divers who went missing off the coast of North Carolina have been rescued
By Jennifer Henderson and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — Four divers who went missing Sunday south of Cape Fear, North Carolina, have been…
Continue ReadingPilot noticed loss of power before crash of Cold War plane at Michigan show
By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and ED WHITE Associated Press BELLEVILLE, Mich. (AP) — The pilot of a Cold War-era jet noticed it was losing power and decided…
Continue ReadingNew Zealand, whose pandemic response was closely watched, removes last of COVID-19 restrictions
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand has removed the last of its remaining COVID-19 restrictions, marking the…
Continue ReadingThe death toll from the Maui wildfires has climbed to 99. Here’s what we know about the deadliest US fire in over a century
By Nouran Salahieh, Lauren Mascarenhas and Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — Crews in west Maui are doing the devastating work of sifting through the…
Continue ReadingNiger’s coup leaders say they will prosecute deposed President Mohamed Bazoum for ‘high treason’
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — The military junta that seized power in Niger says it plans to prosecute deposed President…
Continue ReadingHeavy rains bring deadly flash flood and landslide to northwest China
By Mengchen Zhang, Wayne Chang and Simone McCarthy, CNN (CNN) — At least 21 people are dead and six others missing after a flash flood and…
Continue ReadingNiger junta says ‘high treason’ evidence gathered to prosecute ousted president Bazoum
By Umaro Djau, Hande Atay Alam and Heather Chen, CNN (CNN) — Niger’s junta claimed Sunday it had gathered evidence to prosecute the…
Continue ReadingMaui officials and scientists warn that after the flames flicker out, toxic particles will remain
By SAM METZ and CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press LAHAINA, Hawaii (AP) — When flames swept through western Maui, engulfing the town of Lahaina,…
Continue ReadingLandslide at Myanmar jade mine leaves more than 30 people missing, rescue official says
By JINTAMAS SAKSORNCHAI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar left more than 30 people missing, and a…
Continue ReadingKansas police and a small newspaper are at the center of a 1st Amendment fight after a newsroom raid
By JOHN HANNA and MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press MARION, Kan. (AP) — A small newspaper and a police department in Kansas are at the center of a…
Continue ReadingThe Taliban are entrenched in Afghanistan after 2 years of rule. Women and girls pay the price
By RIAZAT BUTT Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — After two years in power, the Taliban are entrenched as rulers of Afghanistan, facing no…
Continue ReadingSix former Mississippi officers plead guilty to state charges for torturing two Black men
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America BRANDON, Miss. (AP) — Six white former Mississippi law officers pleaded guilty on Monday to…
Continue ReadingMiddle school in China under fire for telling girls not to ‘behave flirtatiously’ to avoid sexual harassment
By Berry Wang, CNN (CNN) — A controversial lesson on sexual harassment at a middle school in southern China has stirred online debate about…
Continue ReadingEcuador was calm and peaceful. Now hitmen, kidnappers and robbers walk the streets
By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador (AP) — Belen Diaz was walking home from college one evening when a motorcycle carrying…
Continue ReadingMore states expect schools to keep trans girls off girls teams as K-12 classes resume
By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — As children across the U.S. head back to classes and practices for fall sports, four more states…
Continue ReadingDavid McCormick is gearing up for a Senate run in Pennsylvania. But he lives in Connecticut
By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — David McCormick had a clear explanation for why his fellow Republican, Dr. Mehmet Oz, lost a…
Continue ReadingHow Fani Willis oversaw what might be the most sprawling legal case against Donald Trump
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Just one month after Donald Trump’s January 2021 phone call to suggest Georgia’s secretary of…
Continue ReadingWhat to stream this weekend: ‘Monkey King,’ Stand Up to Cancer, ‘No Hard Feelings,’ Madden NFL 24
By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include albums from Irish singer-songwriter Hozier and Idina Menzel, the animated…
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