To help students, some colleges provide double the teachers
By ELLEN DENNIS, The Seattle Times EVERETT, Wa. (AP) — Terrica Purvis squinted through goggles as her hands carefully guided a pipette full of…
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Moscow court rejects appeal from cafe bombing suspect
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court has rejected an appeal from a suspect in a bombing that killed a well-known Russian military blogger. Moscow City…
Continue Reading Watchdog: World military spending up to an all-time high
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Global military spending grew for the eighth consecutive year in 2022 to an all-time high of $2.24 trillion, with a sharp rise in…
Continue Reading Over 1,000 migrants reach Italian isle; 23 reported missing
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Some 1,200 migrants have arrived since Sunday on a tiny Italian island. The Italian Coast…
Continue Reading Spain exhumes fascist party founder from mausoleum
By JENNIFER O’MAHONY Associated Press MADRID (AP) — The body of José Antonio Primo de Rivera, the founder of Spain’s fascist Falange…
Continue Reading Steely will: French bang pots, pans in fresh pension protest
By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A country renowned for its cuisine is turning to pots and pans to express its discontent with…
Continue Reading 3 men arrested in South Africa for stealing large crocodile
By GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Police say they have arrested three men in South Africa for stealing a 2.5-meter…
Continue Reading European leaders commit to more wind energy production
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — A group of Western European nations led by Germany and France are committing to massively ramp up…
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‘Gender Queer’ tops library group’s list of challenged books
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — With Florida legislators barring even the mention of being gay in classrooms and similar…
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NFL Draft Guide: How to watch, who will go No. 1
By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer The NFL never really stops, so the offseason continues with the draft starting Thursday night. The Carolina Panthers…
Continue Reading Drones attack Sevastopol, crashed drone found near Moscow
By DAVID RISING Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian-appointed authorities in Crimea say the military fended off a Ukrainian strike on the…
Continue Reading ‘Dancing With the Stars’ judge Len Goodman dies at 78
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Len Goodman, a long-serving judge on “Dancing with the Stars” and “Strictly Come…
Continue Reading Foreigners airlifted out; Sudanese seek refuge from fighting
By JACK JEFFERY and NOHA ELHENNAWY Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — Foreign governments have airlifted hundreds of diplomats and other…
Continue Reading China affirms ex-Soviet nations’ sovereignty after uproar
BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government says it respects the sovereignty of former Soviet Union republics after Beijing’s ambassador to France…
Continue Reading Ex-UN Secretary-General Ban makes surprise visit to Myanmar
By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has made a surprise visit to military-run Myanmar on behalf…
Continue Reading Ex-officer who fatally shot Breonna Taylor hired as a deputy
By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press CARROLLTON, Ky. (AP) — A Louisville police officer who fired the fatal shot that killed Breonna Taylor has a new…
Continue Reading Airport strikes lead to cancellations in Berlin, Hamburg
BERLIN (AP) — Employees at Berlin and Hamburg airports are staging walkouts in an ongoing dispute over pay and conditions for security staff,…
Continue Reading Syrian pro-government media say Israel shelled border town
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian pro-government say Israel has shelled targets in southern Syria, near the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Reports from the…
Continue Reading Amazon Indigenous woman wins Goldman environment prize
By FABIANO MAISONNAVE Associated Press SÃO PAULO (AP) — When Alessandra Korap was born in the mid-1980s, her Indigenous village nestled in the…
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