Delegation of Australian ministers to visit China in further sign of improving ties
CANBERRA (AP) — A delegation of Australian federal ministers will attend a high-level dialogue in Beijing next in a further sign of a warming of…
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Novak Djokovic comes back after dropping the first 2 sets to beat Laslo Djere at the US Open
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Everyone should know by now to never count out Novak Djokovic. No matter how big a deficit he…
Continue ReadingAP photos of Kashmir’s mental health clinics show the invisible scars of decades of conflict
By MUKHTAR KHAN Associated Press SRINAGAR, India (AP) — After consulting with several doctors in the main city in Indian-controlled Kashmir, Aayat…
Continue ReadingShooting at Louisiana high school football game kills student and wounds a woman, police say
PORT ALLEN, La. (AP) — Police in Louisiana say a shooting during halftime of a high school football game has killed a 16-year-old student and…
Continue ReadingThis red dye was so valuable it built cities. One family in Mexico is still making it the old way
By FERNANDA PESCE Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO TEPEYACAC, Mexico (AP) — One family in central Mexico is struggling to preserve the production of…
Continue ReadingChildren hit hardest by the pandemic are now the big kids at school. Many still need reading help
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press They were the kids most disrupted by the pandemic, the ones who were still learning to write their names…
Continue ReadingAs Taiwan’s government races to counter China, most people aren’t worried about war
By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — As People’s Liberation Army fighter jets from China sped toward Taiwan on Friday, life on…
Continue ReadingTexas AG Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial is in the hands of Republicans who have been by his side
By PAUL J. WEBER and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Billionaires, burner phones, alleged bribes: The impeachment trial of…
Continue ReadingBiden tells Idalia’s Florida victims ‘your nation has your back.’ DeSantis rejects meeting with him
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press LIVE OAK, Fla. (AP) — President Joe Biden saw from the sky Hurricane Idalia’s impact across a swath of Florida…
Continue ReadingPope starts Mongolia visit by praising the country’s religious freedom dating back to Genghis Khan
By NICOLE WINFIELD and SARUUL ENKHBOLD Associated Press ULAANBAATAR, Mongolia (AP) — Pope Francis on Saturday praised Mongolia’s tradition of…
Continue ReadingKobe Bryant’s daughter Natalia tosses first pitch on Lakers Night at Dodger Stadium
By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Natalia Bryant threw out the first pitch on Friday night before the Los Angeles Dodgers hosted…
Continue ReadingTyphoon Saola makes landfall in southern China but appears to cause only light damage
BEIJING (AP) — Typhoon Saola made landfall in southern China before dawn Saturday after nearly 900,000 people were moved to safety and most of Hong…
Continue ReadingNorth Korea fires cruise missiles into the sea after US-South Korean military drills end
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea says North Korea has test-fired several cruise missiles. South…
Continue ReadingSMU celebrates entrance into ACC. It’s quite the contrast from the death penalty days
By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer DALLAS (AP) — SMU athletic director Rick Hart shot a small batch of red and blue confetti from a fake champagne…
Continue ReadingDriver in fatal shooting of Washington deputy gets 27 years
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — A man who drove the getaway car in a stolen firearms trafficking scheme that led to the fatal shooting of a sheriff’s…
Continue ReadingStates and families wrestle over compassion in transgender youth care bans in Tennessee, Kentucky
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Questions over which side was being more compassionate emerged as a key fault line in a…
Continue ReadingCourt revives doctors’ lawsuit saying FDA overstepped its authority with anti-ivermectin campaign
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court in New Orleans has revived a lawsuit by three doctors who say the Food…
Continue ReadingDeSantis won’t meet with Biden during president’s trip to survey Idalia damage
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office says he has no plans to meet with President Joe…
Continue Reading5 former employees at Georgia juvenile detention facility indicted in 16-year-old girl’s 2022 death
DALTON, Ga. (AP) — Five former employees at a Georgia juvenile detention center have been indicted following the August 2022 death of a…
Continue ReadingMan convicted of 4-month-old son’s 1997 death dies on Alabama death row
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man convicted in the killing of his 4-month-old son has died on death row. The Alabama Department of Corrections, in…
Continue ReadingGuest lineups for the Sunday news shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Vivek Ramaswamy, a Republican presidential candidate; Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va. __ NBC’s “Meet the…
Continue ReadingThings to know about the latest court and policy action on transgender issues in the US
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press After the latest wave of legal rulings on restrictions for transgender people, a Texas ban on gender-affirming…
Continue ReadingRudy Giuliani pleads not guilty in Georgia election case, won’t attend arraignment hearing
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Rudy Giuliani on Friday pleaded not guilty to Georgia charges that accuse him of trying, along…
Continue ReadingCompany gets $2.6 million to relinquish oil lease on Montana land that’s sacred to Native Americans
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Louisiana company will receive $2.6 million to relinquish the last remaining oil and gas…
Continue ReadingAhead of big sports weekend, dispute with Disney leaves millions of cable subscribers in the dark
By DAVID BAUDER and JOE REEDY Associated Press Writers A company representing nearly 15 million cable subscribers and The Walt Disney Co. blamed each…
Continue ReadingOfficials can’t interfere with local Tennessee Pride festival under anti-drag law, judge rules
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled law enforcement officials can’t use a Tennessee law that…
Continue ReadingHartford USL team says league refuses to reschedule game despite COVID-19 outbreak
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Hartford’s USL team says the league refuses to reschedule its game Saturday despite an outbreak of COVID-19 that has…
Continue Reading840,000 Afghans who’ve applied for key US resettlement program still in Afghanistan, report says
By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 840,000 Afghans and their families who applied for a resettlement program aimed at…
Continue ReadingFormer Harrods owner Mohamed Al Fayed, whose son died in car crash with Princess Diana, dies at 94
By DANICA KIRKA, CARA RUBINSKY and JILL LAWLESS LONDON (AP) — Mohamed Al Fayed, the flamboyant Egypt-born businessman whose son was killed in a car…
Continue ReadingEcuador says 57 guards and police officers are released after being held hostage in several prisons
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuadorian authorities announced Friday the release of 50 guards and seven police officers who were taken hostage for more…
Continue ReadingVandalism damages monument to frontiersman ‘Kit’ Carson, who led campaigns against Native Americans
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Police in New Mexico’s capital city on Friday were investigating the partial destruction…
Continue ReadingRussia deploys ICBM that Putin says will make enemies ‘think twice’
MOSCOW (AP) — The head of Russia’s Roscosmos space agency said Friday that the country has deployed an advanced intercontinental ballistic…
Continue ReadingMexican president’s state of the union address suggests crime is not a problem
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president delivered his second-to-last state of the union address and perhaps what was most striking about his 1…
Continue ReadingUN chief is globetrotting to four major meetings before the gathering of world leaders in September
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations chief is going globetrotting to four major meetings before the…
Continue ReadingMan who escaped Oregon mental health hospital while shackled found stuck in muddy pond
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A man charged with attempted murder who escaped from a psychiatric hospital in Oregon while fully shackled was arrested…
Continue ReadingShe said she killed her lover in self-defense. Court says jury properly saw her as the aggressor
By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s highest court has upheld the murder conviction of a woman who…
Continue ReadingPolice search for suspect who shot and wounded person at Indiana shopping mall
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — Police say a person was shot and wounded Friday inside a shopping mall in northeastern Indiana following an altercation and…
Continue ReadingMedicines360’s long and winding, $82 million road to create and distribute $50 birth control
By SONO MOTOYAMA of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Drugs and medical devices rarely come from the nonprofit world. There are…
Continue ReadingMississippi governor’s brother suggested that auditor praise Brett Favre during welfare scandal
By MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — As Brett Favre became ensnared in media attention for his connection…
Continue ReadingBosnian Serbs stage protests in support of their separatist leader
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Hundreds of Bosnian Serbs, some waving flags with the image of Russian President Vladimir Putin, have staged…
Continue ReadingRussia declares Nobel-winning editor Dmitry Muratov to be a foreign agent
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have declared newspaper editor Dmitry Muratov to be a foreign agent, continuing the country’s moves to suppress…
Continue ReadingOne dead, four injured in stabbings at notorious jail in Atlanta that’s under federal investigation
ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities said five people were stabbed, one fatally, during a dispute between men held at a jail in Atlanta that is already under…
Continue ReadingOAS says legal actions in Guatemala appear aimed at keeping president-elect from taking power
By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The head of the Organization of American States’ election observation mission to…
Continue ReadingDelaware man who police blocked from warning of speed trap wins $50K judgment
By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware State Police have agreed to pay $50,000 to resolve a federal lawsuit filed by a man…
Continue ReadingFrance’s public schools will enforce a dress code banning robes worn by some Muslims, president says
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron says public school students won’t get past the door if they show up dressed in long robes mainly…
Continue ReadingMetal factory explosion in Brazil kills 4 and injures at least 30
SAO PAULO (AP) — Officials in Brazil say an explosion at a metal factory in country’s most populous state has killed four people and…
Continue ReadingAttorney: Myon Burrell, locked up for life as teen in killing but later freed, denies new charges
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota man who was a teenager when he was sent to prison for life in a high-profile…
Continue ReadingProud Boy convicted of helping spearhead Capitol attack ties Jan. 6 sentence record with 18 years
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A one-time leader in the Proud Boys far-right extremist group was sentenced Friday to 18…
Continue ReadingCivil rights group wants independent probe into the record number of deaths in Alaska prisons
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska is asking the courts to order an independent investigation into the Alaska…
Continue ReadingSpain opens case against soccer chief for World Cup kiss. Luis Rubiales breaks week-long silence
By CIARÁN GILES and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press MADRID (AP) — A Spanish government legal panel is opening a case against suspended soccer chief…
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