France’s Macron tours Notre Dame Cathedral reconstruction
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has toured the reconstruction works at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. He has cheered on workers…
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El Chapo sons among 28 Sinaloa cartel members charged by US
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department on Friday announced charges against more…
Continue Reading Digital conglomerate buys right-wing app Parler
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The digital media conglomerate Starboard said Friday it purchased the conservative social media site Parler and…
Continue Reading Attorney: Mom of Virginia boy who shot teacher was depressed
By BEN FINLEY and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — An attorney says the mother of a 6-year-old Virginia boy who shot and…
Continue Reading High court temporarily blocks restrictions on abortion pill
By MARK SHERMAN and JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is temporarily keeping in place federal rules for use of an…
Continue Reading Italy probes how Russian, wanted by US, fled house arrest
ROME (AP) — Italy is investigating how a Russian businessman escaped from house arrest to avoid extradition to the U.S. on charges of breaking…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: What might Colorado River cuts mean for states?
By SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration floated two ideas this week to reduce water usage from the…
Continue Reading Minneapolis OKs dawn Muslim prayer call, 1st for big US city
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (AP) — Minneapolis will allow broadcasts of the Muslim call to prayer at all hours, becoming the first major U.S. city to allow…
Continue Reading Galtier deeply hurt by accusations he made racist comments
PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain coach Christophe Galtier says he feels hurt “at the deepest level” of his humanity by accusations that he made…
Continue Reading Expelled Russian diplomats are spies, Norwegians say
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A senior Norwegian spy agency officer says ”the intelligence threat from Russia is…
Continue Reading Leak suspect appears in court as US reveals case against him
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, ERIC TUCKER and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts Air National Guardsman accused in the leak…
Continue Reading Top Fed official sees need for more interest rate increases
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Federal Reserve official said Friday that there has been little progress on…
Continue Reading Russia trained Belarusian pilots in nuclear weapons use
MOSCOW (AP) — Belarusian air force crews have completed their training in the use of tactical nuclear weapons as part of Russia’s plan to deploy…
Continue Reading ‘Exhausted’ Indiana city waits for all-clear after big fire
RICHMOND, Ind. (AP) — An evacuation order for people living near an extraordinary plastics fire in Indiana stretched into a fourth night Friday as…
Continue Reading European spacecraft on way to Jupiter and its icy moons
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer A European spacecraft rocketed away Friday on a decadelong quest to explore Jupiter and three of its icy moons…
Continue Reading Spanish climber leaves cave after 500 days in isolation
By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — A Spanish mountain climber has emerged from a cave 70 meters (230 feet) underground where she spent…
Continue Reading Populist Iraqi cleric announces suspension of his movement
BAGHDAD (AP) — Influential Iraqi Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr says he will suspend the movement he leads for one year, citing…
Continue Reading Florida floods: Businesses, residents begin cleaning up mess
By FREIDA FRISARO and TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Workers at one of Fort Lauderdale’s landmark restaurants spent…
Continue Reading Russell Crowe stars as Vatican’s ‘James Bond of exorcists’
By DEEPA BHARATH The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Rev. Edward Siebert’s journey with “The Pope’s Exorcist,” a film about…
Continue Reading Iranians mark Jerusalem Day to support Palestinians
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Tens of thousands of Iranians have demonstrated in support of Palestians, marking the annual anti-Israel “Jerusalem Day,”…
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