Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announces reelection campaign
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria’s President Abdelmadjid Tebboune says he is running for a second term. The 78-year-old political veteran said…
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Half a million Houston-area homes and businesses still won’t have power into next week
Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — A utility company executive warns that about half a million Houston-area homes and businesses still won’t…
Continue Reading A stegosaurus nicknamed Apex will be auctioned in New York. Its remains show signs of arthritis
NEW YORK (AP) — The nearly complete fossilized remains of a 161-million-year-old stegosaurus discovered in Colorado in 2022 will be auctioned by…
Continue Reading Sudan’s warring parties arrive in Geneva for UN-hosted talks on possible local cease-fires
Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — U.N. officials say that Sudan’s warring parties have arrived in Geneva at the invitation of the United Nations to…
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Lawsuit filed in case of teen who died after eating spicy chip as part of online challenge
Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A lawsuit was filed Thursday against Hershey, Walgreens and several others in the case of a Massachusetts teen who…
Continue Reading French rugby players suspected of assault in Argentina moved to western city for court appearance
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine authorities have transferred two French rugby players under police guard from Buenos Aires to the western…
Continue Reading US sanctions a Venezuela gang for spreading criminal activity across Latin America
Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday sanctioned a Venezuelan gang allegedly behind a spree of kidnappings, extortion…
Continue Reading Groceries are expensive, but they don’t have to break the bank. Here are some tips to save
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — If you’ve noticed that you’re paying more than before for the same amount of groceries, you’re not the only…
Continue Reading Shelley Duvall, star of ‘The Shining’ and ‘Nashville,’ dies at 75
AP Film Writer Shelley Duvall, the intrepid, Texas-born movie star whose wide-eyed, winsome presence was a mainstay in the films of Robert Altman and…
Continue Reading Biden expected to announce $225 million weapons package for Ukraine, including Patriot system
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is expected to announce a new $225 million aid package for Ukraine, including an additional…
Continue Reading Biden says during news conference he’s going to ‘complete the job’ despite calls to bow out
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden used his closely watched news conference Thursday to deliver a forceful defense of his…
Continue Reading Jasmine Paolini wins Wimbledon’s longest women’s semifinal and faces Barbora Krejcikova next
AP Tennis Writer LONDON (AP) — Jasmine Paolini kept coming back, kept coming back, kept coming back, against Donna Vekic in what would become the…
Continue Reading Hungary’s nationalist leader visits Trump at Mar-a-Lago following NATO summit
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Hungary’s nationalist prime minister, Viktor Orbán, has traveled to Florida and met with former President…
Continue Reading Wisconsin election officials tell clerks best ways to operate absentee ballot drop boxes
Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission has unanimously approved a set of best practices to ensure the…
Continue Reading Pakistan will consider expelling hundreds of thousands more Afghans in a continued clampdown
Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry says authorities will consider a plan to expel hundreds of thousands more…
Continue Reading Former Knopf executive Reagan Arthur returns to her previous publisher, Hachette Book Group
AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Weeks after being let go as the publisher of Alfred A. Knopf, Reagan Arthur is returning to her previous…
Continue Reading Family vows during funeral to push for charges after Black man pinned to ground outside hotel
Associated Press With chants of “Justice for D’Vontaye,” family and friends gathered for the funeral of a Black man who died after being pinned…
Continue Reading France’s unions call for protests to pressure Macron into naming leftist government
PARIS (AP) — A leader of a major French union has called for mass demonstrations and possible strikes to pressure President Emmanuel Macron into…
Continue Reading Russian authorities put Russian opposition leader Navalny’s widow on list of ‘extremists’
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian authorities have put the widow of deceased Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny on a list of “terrorists and…
Continue Reading US, Canada and Finland look to build more icebreakers to counter Russia in the Arctic
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States, Canada and Finland will work together to build up their icebreaker fleets as they look to…
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