Kremlin opponent defiant in statement during treason trial
Jailed Kremlin opponent Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr. is likening judicial proceedings against him to the sham Stalin-era and later proceedings that…
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US finds WSJ reporter in Russia is wrongfully detained
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration formally determined Monday that a Wall Street Journal reporter…
Continue Reading Man gets life sentence for killing of Georgia whistleblower
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A Mexican citizen has been sentenced to life in a U.S. prison for killing a man who reported him and his brother to…
Continue Reading Maine city reopens arena to hundreds of asylum seekers
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Hundreds of asylum seekers have filed into a basketball arena in Portland as Maine’s…
Continue Reading AP sources: EPA car rule to push huge increase in EV sales
By TOM KRISHER and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will propose strict new automobile pollution limits…
Continue Reading Macron comments on Taiwan raise questions on EU global ties
PARIS (AP) — Comments by French President Emmanuel Macron over Europe’s priorities on Taiwan have raised questions over the EU’s relationship…
Continue Reading New this week: Jeremy Renner, Metallica and ‘Cocaine Bear’
By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include albums from Metallica and Natalie Merchant, Jeremy Renner’s four-part…
Continue Reading Netanyahu reverses firing of defense minister amid tension
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday reversed his decision to fire his defense minister over criticism of the…
Continue Reading Sentencing trial begins for ex-coach in wife’s 1999 death
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — The sentencing trial has begun for a former Houston-area high school football coach convicted…
Continue Reading Saudi diplomat: Talks with Houthis aim to revive Yemen truce
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Yemen says his trip to the Houthi-held capital of Sanaa was aimed at…
Continue Reading Justice Department appeals Texas abortion pill order
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department on Monday appealed a Texas court ruling that would halt approval of a…
Continue Reading Leaked documents a ‘very serious’ risk to security: Pentagon
By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The online leaks of scores of highly classified documents about the Ukraine…
Continue Reading Oregon trooper finds driver held at gunpoint; suspect dead
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — An Oregon State Police trooper exchanged gunfire with a man who was holding the driver of a semitrailer at gunpoint Monday…
Continue Reading County seeks cash for land to expand Arlington cemetery
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A trial underway in federal court will decide whether the U.S. government must pay up to…
Continue Reading Ryan Reynolds, Rob McElhenney move closer to Wrexham dream
WREXHAM, Wales (AP) — Ryan Reynolds punched the air before turning to embrace Rob McElhenney as the Hollywood stars moved a big step closer to…
Continue Reading Election-denying former Colorado clerk avoids jail
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — A former Colorado county clerk accused of illegally accessing her election system has avoided jail time for a…
Continue Reading British PM urges NIreland politicians to go back to work
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has praised the bravery of political leaders who struck the Good…
Continue Reading Empty tank cars derail in Texas rail yard, no injuries
KENDLETON, Texas (AP) — Kansas City Southern Railroad says three of its tank cars derailed but remained upright in a Southeast Texas rail yard. A…
Continue Reading Illustrated Anne Frank book removed by Florida school
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A high school along Florida’s Atlantic Coast has removed a graphic novel based on the…
Continue Reading The anime hit ‘Suzume’ and Shinkai’s cinema of cataclysm
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Makoto Shinkai was never the same filmmaker after the 2011 earthquake struck Japan. When the tsunami…
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