Justice Department says it won’t charge Pence over handling of classified documents
By JILL COLVIN and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Justice has informed former Vice President Mike Pence ‘s…
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Festival at Greece’s ancient theaters dedicated to Maria Callas and century since her birth
By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece has launched its main summer theater and arts festival, dedicated this year to…
Continue Reading Wegmans is closing one of its largest grocery stores. Its unusual location hurt business
NATICK, Mass. (AP) — The Wegmans supermarket chain is closing one of its largest and most unusual stores because it has not attracted enough…
Continue Reading Rally demands release of Pakistani human rights lawyer taken by armed men in Karachi
By MUHAMMAD FAROOQ Associated Press KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Dozens of protesters are holding a rally in Pakistan’s biggest city of Karachi to…
Continue Reading Iran releases 1 Danish, 2 Austrian citizens in operation involving Oman, Belgium
By GEIR MOULSON and JON GAMBRELL Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Iran has released one Danish and two Austrian citizens, according to the European…
Continue Reading Denmark wants to probe whether Bandidos motorcycle club can be dissolved
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s government wants to investigate whether the Danish arm of the Bandidos Motorcycle Club can be dissolved.…
Continue Reading America’s religious leaders sharply divided over abortion, a year after Roe v Wade’s reversal
BY DAVID CRARY AP National Writer In the year since the Supreme Court struck down the nationwide right to abortion, America’s religious leaders and…
Continue Reading Germany reports labor shortage in one-sixth of professions
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s national labor agency says the country has labor shortages in one-sixth of professions and the number is growing. Its…
Continue Reading Fort Bragg becomes Fort Liberty in Army’s most prominent move to erase Confederate names from bases
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America FORT LIBERTY, N.C. (AP) — Fort Bragg shed its Confederate namesake Friday to become Fort…
Continue Reading NATO chief heading to Turkey this weekend in fresh push on Swedish membership
BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg will hold talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other senior Turkish officials this…
Continue Reading Rastafari gain sacramental rights to marijuana in Antigua and Barbuda, celebrate freedom of worship
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press LIBERTA, Antigua (AP) — On the same ground where their enslaved ancestors were forced to plant sugar cane,…
Continue Reading Why Rastafari smoke marijuana for sacramental reasons and the faith’s other beliefs
The Associated Press Members of the Rastafari religion and political movement have for decades been persecuted and imprisoned for their ritualistic…
Continue Reading Rastafari gain sacramental rights to marijuana in Antigua and Barbuda, celebrate freedom of worship
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press LIBERTA, Antigua (AP) — On the same ground where their enslaved ancestors were forced to plant sugar cane,…
Continue Reading From Jordan, Jill Biden arrives in Cairo as part of Mideast tour aiming to empower women, youth
CAIRO (AP) — Jill Biden has arrived in Cairo on the second leg of her six-day trip across the Middle East, North Africa and Europe that seeks to…
Continue Reading UN warns of aid shortage, looming food crisis in wake of devastating cyclone that hit Myanmar
BERLIN (AP) — The United Nations has warned that far too little aid is reaching cyclone-hit areas of Myanmar and the country could face a major…
Continue Reading Young Kabuki actor’s debut breaks Japanese theater traditions
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Ten-year-old Maholo Terajima Ghnassia is breaking conventions as one of the biggest emerging stars…
Continue Reading Champions League final referee keeps job after apologizing for ties to far-right leader
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Polish soccer referee Szymon Marciniak has apologized for speaking at a business event tied to a…
Continue Reading In Norway, Indigenous Sami protest outside prime minister’s office against wind farm
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Dozen of activists including Indigenous Sami are protesting outside the office of…
Continue Reading Biden to enforce ban on oil, gas drilling to protect tribal sites around New Mexico’s Chaco
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Biden administration is implementing a 20-year withdrawal banning oil and gas development outside the boundaries of…
Continue Reading Poland’s president proposes urgent amendments to law on Russian influences
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish President Andrzej Duda has said unexpectedly that he was proposing urgent…
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