Lanterns and crescents: more retailers court Ramadan buyers
By MARIAM FAM and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO Associated Press With her 3-year-old daughter sitting inside a red Target shopping cart, Aya Khalil looked…
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‘War of the states’: EV, chip makers lavished with subsidies
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — States are doling out more cash than ever to lure multibillion-dollar microchip, electric…
Continue Reading Taliban close women-run Afghan station for playing music
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AP) — A women-run radio station in Afghanistan’s northeast has been shut down for playing music during the holy month of…
Continue Reading At least 26 dead after tornadoes rake US Midwest, South
By ADRIAN SAINZ and ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press WYNNE, Ark. (AP) — Storms that dropped possibly dozens of tornadoes killed at least 26 people…
Continue Reading Alaska Native Scouts feted 67 years after rescuing Navy crew
By MARK THIESSEN Associated Press GAMBELL, Alaska (AP) — Bruce Boolowon, then a lean 20-year-old, and a group of friends were hunting for murre…
Continue Reading Fatal fire complicates border city’s tensions with migrants
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — When Irwing López made it to Ciudad Juarez on the U.S.-Mexico border in January,…
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Doomsday plot? After 3 years, slain kids’ mom to stand trial
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — It has been more than three years since police announced that two kids were missing from a…
Continue Reading Doomsday plot? After 3 years, slain kids’ mom to stand trial
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — It has been more than three years since police announced that two kids were missing from a…
Continue Reading AP Was There: US crewmen shot down by Soviets arrive home
OAKLAND, California (AP) — Editor’s Note: Sixteen Alaska Native men were honored this week for rescuing the crew of a U.S. Navy patrol plane shot…
Continue Reading Norwegian Arctic area to be evacuated due deadly avalanches
HELSINKI (AP) — Norwegian authorities plan to evacuate an area in northern Norway where avalanches and landslides have killed four people.…
Continue Reading Ukrainian court puts an Orthodox leader under house arrest
By KARL RITTER and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Kyiv court ordered a leading priest to be put under house arrest…
Continue Reading Pakistani police arrest 8 after deadly Ramadan food stampede
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani police on Saturday arrested eight people in the southern port city of Karachi after a stampede killed 12 people…
Continue Reading UK travelers face hours-long waits for ferries to France
LONDON (AP) — British vacation travelers were stuck in hours-long lines as they tried to cross the English Channel on Saturday, with the Port of…
Continue Reading Pope Francis leaves hospital; ‘Still alive,’ he quips
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — A chipper-sounding Pope Francis was discharged Saturday from the Rome hospital where he was…
Continue Reading Kenyan opposition leader to sue over alleged attempt on life
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has denounced the point-blank firing of a tear gas…
Continue Reading NBA, players reach deal for a new labor agreement
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer The NBA will have labor peace for years to come. The league and its players came to an agreement early Saturday…
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