Boxing training suspended at Massachusetts police academy after recruit’s death
Associated Press The Massachusetts State Police have suspended full-contact boxing training activities among recruits until further notice after a…
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The cost of Germany’s popular transport ticket will rise significantly
BERLIN (AP) — The cost of a popular ticket that allows people to use all local and regional trains, buses and subway systems across Germany is set…
Continue Reading The family of a doctor accused of blasphemy in Pakistan says police killed him in a fake encounter
Associated Press MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — The family of a doctor accused of blasphemy says he was killed by police while in custody in southern…
Continue Reading American hiker found dead on South Africa’s Table Mountain
Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — An American woman who went missing while on a hike on Table Mountain in Cape Town, South Africa has died and…
Continue Reading France’s new government meets for the first time to discuss budget and migrant issues
Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s new government dominated by conservatives and centrists has gathered for the first time as Prime Minister…
Continue Reading Banned Books Week starts with mixed messages as reports show challenges both up and down
AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Two new reports provide a mixed but compelling outlook on the wave of book removals and challenges as the annual…
Continue Reading 2 record-breaking Russians and an American who lived on space station for 6 months return to Earth
MOSCOW (AP) — A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russians and one American from the International Space Station has landed in Kazakhstan, ending a…
Continue Reading Ukraine accuses Russia of seeking to illegally control strategic sea as arbitration hearings open
Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Ukraine has accused Russia of seeking to illegally seize control of the strategically important Sea…
Continue Reading 4 migrants died trying to reach an eastern Greek island in a small boat that sank
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s coast guard says four people have died and five others have been rescued after a boat carrying migrants sank off…
Continue Reading Cholera is spreading in Sudan as fighting between rival generals shows no sign of abating
Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Sudanese health authorities say cholera has killed at least 388 people and sickened about 13,000 others over the past…
Continue Reading Alaska Airlines grounds flights at Seattle briefly due to tech outage
SEATTLE (AP) — Alaska Airlines said it grounded its flights in Seattle briefly on Sunday night due to “significant disruptions” from an…
Continue ReadingAlaska Airlines grounds flights at Seattle briefly due to tech outage
SEATTLE (AP) — Alaska Airlines said it grounded its flights in Seattle briefly on Sunday night due to “significant disruptions” from an…
Continue Reading Death toll after explosion at eastern Iran coal mine rises to at least 38 with 14 still missing
Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Rescuers have recovered the bodies of more workers killed in an explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran. The…
Continue Reading Britain’s Treasury chief tries to turn on the economic optimism after months of gloomy talk
Associated Press LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — British Treasury chief Rachel Reeves has promised not to return to an era of public spending cuts…
Continue Reading Vatican confirms plans for Belgium, Luxembourg trip after pope cancels audiences due to illness
Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican has confirmed that plans remain in place for Pope Francis to go to Belgium and Luxembourg. That…
Continue Reading The Fed sees its inflation fight as a success. Will the public eventually agree?
AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — With its larger-than-usual half-point cut to its key interest rate last week, the Federal Reserve underscored…
Continue Reading John strikes southern Mexico’s Pacific coast as a Category 3 hurricane
Associated Press PUERTO ESCONDIDO, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane John struck Mexico’s southern Pacific coast Monday night with fierce winds and heavy…
Continue Reading Israeli strikes kill 492 in Lebanon’s deadliest day of conflict since 2006
Associated Press MARJAYOUN, Lebanon (AP) — Israeli strikes Monday on Lebanon killed more than 490 people, including more than 90 women and…
Continue Reading Pakistani Taliban deny attacking a convoy of foreign ambassadors
Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Pakistani Taliban have denied involvement in a bombing attack on a police convoy that was escorting foreign…
Continue ReadingFamilies from Tennessee to California seek humanitarian parole for adopted children in Haiti
Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — At only 6 years old, Esai Reed has endured three emergency evacuations from orphanages across Haiti…
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