Hundreds of bookstore staffers receive holiday bonuses from author James Patterson
NEW YORK (AP) — Staffers at Thank You Books in Birmingham, Alabama, San Francisco’s City Lights Books and The Nook in Cedar Falls, Iowa, are…
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Iran to shut offices, colleges and schools in Tehran because of air pollution
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state TV says authorities have ordered the closure of all governmental offices, universities and schools in the…
Continue Reading Dutch police arrest 3 with possible links to huge apartment explosion that killed 6 in The Hague
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch police say they have arrested three suspects who might have been involved in the explosion and fire that killed…
Continue Reading Still rockin’: As a singer turns 80, the Christmas song she sang as a teen is a holiday staple
AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Brenda Lee’s memories of recording “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” are a little hazy now. But…
Continue Reading Former chairman of state-owned bank China Everbright Group jailed for 12 years for corruption
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese official broadcaster CCTV says a former chairman of the state-owned bank China Everbright Group has been jailed 12 years for…
Continue Reading UK and Germany sign deal against people smugglers as Europe struggles to halt Channel crossings
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. and Germany have pledged to share intelligence and expertise against the people-smuggling gangs that send…
Continue ReadingAP All-Big Ten: Oregon’s Gabriel, Penn State’s Carter and Indiana’s Cignetti take top honors
AP College Football Writer Oregon quarterback Dillon Gabriel is The Associated Press Big Ten offensive player of the year, Penn State edge rusher…
Continue Reading Michigan Democrats look toward a future that some hope includes Pete Buttigieg
Associated Press MONROE, Mich. (AP) — In a packed union hall outside Detroit, a worker shifts the conversation from policy to the personal,…
Continue Reading Police in Kenya hurl tear gas at protesters angry about gender-based violence
Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police in Kenya’s capital have hurled tear gas canisters at hundreds of protesters angry about…
Continue Reading 3 men arrested in Germany over suspected preparations for an Islamic extremist attack
BERLIN (AP) — Two young men who sympathized with the Islamic State group and a suspected accomplice have been arrested in Germany for allegedly…
Continue Reading China’s CATL forms joint venture with Stellantis to build electric vehicle battery factory in Spain
Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Chinese electric battery company CATL and automaker Stellantis say they will build a major battery factory…
Continue Reading Death toll in Italy fuel depot blast rises to 5
ROME (AP) — Italian media reported that rescuers have found the body of the last missing person at the site of the explosion that hit a fuel depot…
Continue Reading 6 people charged in UK with belonging to a banned Kurdish group
LONDON (AP) — British police have charged six people with belonging to a banned Kurdish militant group, the PKK. London’s Metropolitan Police…
Continue Reading Hundreds protest in New Delhi against reported attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh
NEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of protesters have rallied near the Bangladesh diplomatic mission in the Indian capital, pressing for an end to reported…
Continue Reading Celebrities and coastal residents flee from wind-driven wildfire in Malibu
Associated Press MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Evacuation orders and warnings have gone out to 20,000 Southern California residents Tuesday as firefighters…
Continue ReadingCelebrities and coastal residents flee from wind-driven wildfire in Malibu
Associated Press MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — Evacuation orders and warnings have gone out to 20,000 Southern California residents Tuesday as firefighters…
Continue Reading Russian authorities arrest dual Russian German citizen on sabotage accusations
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top domestic security agency says it has arrested a dual Russian German citizen accused of planning to blow up railway…
Continue Reading Doctors say Brazil’s Lula is recovering after surgery for an intracranial hemorrhage
SAO PAULO (AP) — Doctors say Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is recovering in an intensive care unit after undergoing surgery due to…
Continue Reading Frieder Reimold, journalist who wrote AP’s iconic ‘East Germany opens borders’ bulletin, dies at 80
Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Frieder Reimold, the former Berlin bureau chief of The Associated Press German-language service who wrote the iconic…
Continue Reading Israeli warplanes pound Syria as troops reportedly advance deeper into the country
Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Israel carried out a wave of heavy airstrikes across Syria as its troops advanced deeper into the country.…
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