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…
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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 ReadingPakistan 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 ReadingFormer 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 ReadingFamily 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 ReadingFrance’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 ReadingRussian 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 ReadingUS, 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…
Continue ReadingA 5-year-old child in foster care dies after being left in hot SUV in Nebraska
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 5-year-old Nebraska boy in foster care died after being left for several hours inside a hot SUV, and his foster mother is now…
Continue ReadingZelenskyy says to win the war, US needs to lift limits on striking military targets inside Russia
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday embraced the support of allies who have provided substantial…
Continue ReadingHead of UN migration agency says it reaps funds, but worries about politics loom over aid groups
Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The head of the U.N. migration agency says it has taken in hundreds of millions in new funding and diversified its…
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They fled from their home countries. Now, they’ll compete in Paris for the Refugee Olympic Team
Associated Press They compete under the same flag but speak different languages and come from different parts of the world. After fleeing war and…
Continue ReadingInsurers hike rates as extreme storms like Beryl proliferate, bringing forecasts for fatter profits
AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Destructive storms like Hurricane Beryl that knocked out power to 3 million homes and businesses in Texas are…
Continue ReadingSale of US Steel kicks up a political storm, but Pittsburgh isn’t Steeltown USA anymore
Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh’s most storied steel company, U.S. Steel, is on the cusp of being bought by Japanese steelmaker…
Continue ReadingA boy in Gaza was killed by an Israeli airstrike. His father held him and wouldn’t let go
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — He wouldn’t let go. Nael Al-Baghdadi held his 12-year-old son, Omar, and held him tight. But it was already…
Continue ReadingWind power expansion meets grassroots resistance in Brazil’s Northeast
Associated Press QUEIMADA NOVA, Brazil (AP) — Wind energy is booming in Brazil’s dry and windy Northeast, but some projects are drawing…
Continue ReadingYoung adult novel by Brian Selznick, ‘Run Away With Me,’ to be published next April
NEW YORK (AP) — Author-illustrator Brian Selznick’s next book is for teens and up. Scholastic says Selznick’s coming-of-age novel, “Run Away…
Continue ReadingLibrary of Congress awards prize for American fiction to James McBride
AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Library of Congress has awarded a lifetime achievement prize to James McBride, whose acclaimed novels…
Continue ReadingKenyan president dismisses Cabinet ministers after weeks of protests over taxation, poor governance
Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenyan President William Ruto has dismissed almost all of his Cabinet ministers and promised to form a new…
Continue ReadingUK police find 2 suitcases believed to contain human remains
LONDON (AP) — Police in the southwestern England city of Bristol have found two suitcases believed to contain human remains after responding to…
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