Pamela Smart’s latest bid for sentence reduction dismissed
By KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire’s highest court on Wednesday turned away the latest attempt to get a…
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Judge orders Phoenix to clean up large homeless encampment
A judge has ordered Phoenix to clean up a homeless encampment that spans nearly 10 blocks in the city’s downtown…
Continue Reading Companies bid $264M in Gulf oil sale mandated by climate law
By KEVIN McGILL and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Oil companies offered a combined $264 million for drilling rights in federal…
Continue Reading FDA approves over-the-counter Narcan. Here’s what it means
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved selling naloxone without a prescription, setting the…
Continue Reading Crews work to recover 3 barges that got loose on Ohio River
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Crews were working Wednesday to remove three remaining barges that got loose on the Ohio River, including one carrying…
Continue Reading Czechs protest government bid to raise retirement age
PRAGUE (AP) — Czech labor unions have joined opposition parties to protest the government’s proposed bid to raise the retirement age by four…
Continue Reading Asian stocks mixed after Wall St rally as bank fears ease
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Thursday following a rally on Wall Street as worries over banks following…
Continue ReadingTop EU official switches jobs as Qatar questions linger
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission says a top EU transport official who accepted free flights and accommodation in Qatar has been transferred…
Continue Reading Group: Oil tanker tied to US-traded firm receiving Iran oil
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An oil tanker owned by a major U.S.-traded transportation company appears to be…
Continue Reading Spanish judge releases fugitive Catalan Euro MP
By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press Madrid (AP) — A Spanish Supreme Court judge has ordered the release of Clara Ponsatí, a Euro MP and a former…
Continue Reading Germany’s high court orders amendment of child marriage ban
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s constitutional court ruled Wednesday that a law banning child marriages needs to be amended because it removes the…
Continue Reading Swiss seniors take government to European court over climate
STRASBOURG, France (AP) — Swiss retirees are taking their government to a top European court over what they claim is its failure to take stronger…
Continue Reading Sweden summons Russian envoy over ‘retaliation’ remark
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden’s Foreign ministry has summoned the Russian ambassador after Moscow’s diplomatic mission to Stockholm…
Continue Reading California reparations amount, if any, left to politicians
By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The leader of California’s first-in-the-nation reparations task force on Wednesday said it…
Continue Reading Russia stops sharing missile test info with US, opens drills
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A senior Russian diplomat said Wednesday that Moscow will no longer inform the U.S. about its…
Continue Reading Long Paris trash strike ends, workers face daunting cleanup
By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Paris sanitation workers are starting to clean up debris from a more than three-week-long strike, a…
Continue Reading UBS brings back Ermotti as CEO with Credit Suisse deal ahead
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — UBS says it’s bringing back former CEO Sergio Ermotti to lead the Swiss bank as it moves forward…
Continue Reading Some in dry Somalia break Ramadan fast with little but water
By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — This year’s holy month of Ramadan coincides with the longest drought on record in…
Continue Reading King Charles III makes world debut as tour starts in Germany
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — King Charles III has arrived in Germany for his first foreign trip as…
Continue Reading British comedian and TV star Paul O’Grady dies at 67
LONDON (AP) — Entertainer Paul O’Grady, who achieved fame as drag queen Lily Savage before becoming a much-loved comedian and host on British…
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