VinÃcius Júnior soccer racism dispute ignites heated off-field debate in Spain
By JENNIFER O’MAHONY Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Repeated racist insults against Brazilian soccer star VinÃcius Júnior have unleashed a…
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Takeaways of AP report on DEA probe of drug distributor accused of fueling opioid epidemic
By JIM MUSTIAN and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has allowed one of the…
Continue Reading Texas lawmakers set new standards to ban books from schools for sexual content
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas would set new standards and ratings for sexually explicit material in order to ban books from public and charter school…
Continue Reading Stock market today: Wall Street drops as markets tumble worldwide
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A worldwide swoon for financial markets is carrying over to Wall Street, and stocks are falling…
Continue Reading Typhoon Mawar flips cars, cuts power on Guam as scope of damage emerges in US Pacific territory
By GRACE GARCES BORDALLO and SARAH BRUMFIELD Associated Press HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — Powerful Typhoon Mawar smashed the U.S. territory of Guam and…
Continue Reading DEA’s failure to punish distributor blamed in opioid crisis raises revolving door questions
By JIM MUSTIAN and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has allowed one of the…
Continue Reading New Chinese ambassador to US taking office amid disputes over trade, access to technology, Taiwan
BEIJING (AP) — China’s new ambassador to the U.S. is taking office amid disputes over trade, access to computer chips and Washington’s…
Continue Reading Israel’s Netanyahu and allies pass new budget with sweeping grants for settlements, ultra-Orthodox
By ILAN BEN ZION Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has passed a new two-year budget, a step that…
Continue Reading South Korea to conduct satellite launch as North Korea pushes to fire its 1st military spy satellite
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea is about to conduct its first commercial-grade satellite launch as rival…
Continue Reading New Zealand’s central bank raises key interest rate to 5.5% but signals next move will be a cut
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s central bank has raised its benchmark interest rate to 5.5% but…
Continue Reading Seeking asylum and work, migrants bused out of NYC find hostility
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ Associated Press NEWBURGH, N.Y. (AP) — Before he left Mauritania, the West African nation of his birth, Mohamed thought of New…
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Late runs lift Oregon over Cal 3-2 in Pac-12
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Jacob Walsh drove in Tanner Smith with a sacrifice fly for the second run in the bottom of the eighth inning to lift…
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Uvalde mass shooting; Victims remembered in one year anniversary
TEXAS, Uvalde. (NBC / KYME, KECY-TV) – Tomorrow marks one year following the deaths of nineteen children and 2 adults who were killed at Robb…
Continue Reading Ecuador election council sets presidential vote for Aug. 20
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s National Electoral Council has announced that early presidential elections would be held on Aug. 20 after…
Continue Reading Russia extends arrest of US journalist Evan Gershkovich by 3 months
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court has extended the arrest of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich by three months. The decision came in a…
Continue Reading Tatum scores 33, Celtics stave off elimination by topping Heat 116-99 in Game 4
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer MIAMI (AP) — Down nine early in the third quarter, down 3-0 in the series, the Boston Celtics knew their…
Continue Reading Half of US public approves of Washington’s arms deliveries to Ukraine in war’s 2nd year
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Like the blue and yellow flags that popped up around the U.S. when Russia invaded Ukraine 15…
Continue Reading 1st seditious conspiracy sentences in Jan. 6 attack to be handed down for Rhodes, other Oath Keepers
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and members of his extremist…
Continue Reading Indian Prime Minister Modi strikes new agreements on migration and green hydrogen in Australia
By RICK RYCROFT and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press SYDNEY (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has struck new agreements with his Australian…
Continue Reading Trump’s freewheeling, stream-of-consciousness speaking style draws legal attention amid probes
By TRENTON DANIEL and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump speaks about his legal woes in a way that would make most defense…
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