Top piano event winner says pandemic helped him concentrate
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Canadian winner of what is arguably the piano world’s most important competition…
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2 Iowa State crew members died their first time on the water
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Two Iowa State University crew club members were participating in their first practice on the water when they drowned in March…
Continue Reading US blocks tomato imports from Mexican farm over labor abuses
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has ordered a halt to imports of tomatoes from a Mexican farming company and its subsidiaries for what…
Continue Reading Texas urges Supreme Court to leave abortion law in place
WASHINGTON (AP) — Texas is urging the Supreme Court to leave in place its law banning most abortions and telling the justices there’s no reason…
Continue Reading California proposes new oil drilling ban near neighborhoods
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s oil regulator wants to ban new oil and gas drilling within 3,200…
Continue Reading Body scan reveals shotgun shell inside Alabama prisoner
DECATUR, Ala. (AP) — A man being booked into an Alabama jail wound up at a hospital rather than behind bars after a scan revealed a shotgun shell…
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COVID vaccine: CDC expands booster rollout, OKs mixing shots
By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials say millions more Americans can get a COVID-19…
Continue Reading Greece to shelter Afghan human rights workers, families
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — Greece has agreed to shelter a group of 35 Afghan human rights workers and their families following a short stay in…
Continue Reading NYC jury hears closings at Giuliani associate’s fraud trial
By TOM HAYS and LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor has told jurors at the trial of an associate of Rudy Giuliani that…
Continue Reading DeSantis to convene legislature to fight vaccine mandates
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says he will call state lawmakers back to work early to…
Continue Reading Egypt: Man to face trial for live-streamed theft of phone
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian prosecutors have ordered a man to face trial who appeared to steal a journalist’s phone while it was livestreaming outside…
Continue Reading At least 16 killed, others missing after east Congo attack
By AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO Associated Press BENI, Congo (AP) — At least 16 people were killed and several others kidnapped by rebels in Congo’s…
Continue Reading Billions in environmental justice funds hang in the balance
By DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer Tens of billions of dollars for U.S. environmental justice initiatives originally proposed by Democratic leaders in…
Continue Reading Southern African states send delegation to troubled Eswatini
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Southern African nations have sent envoys to the tiny kingdom of Eswatini, formerly known…
Continue Reading Woman arrested in slayings of 4 people in central Michigan
CLARE, Mich. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a woman whom they had been seeking in the deaths of four people in central Michigan. The Mount…
Continue Reading Michigan official: Benton Harbor water woes ‘inexcusable’
By ED WHITE Associated Press Michigan officials are defending their response to a lead crisis in a corner of the state. They told lawmakers Thursday…
Continue Reading 3rd day of Ethiopian airstrikes in capital of Tigray region
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An Ethiopian government spokesman says the military has struck a target near the capital of the country’s Tigray region.…
Continue Reading Israel poised to welcome foreign tourists back to country
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli leaders have recommended reopening the country to fully vaccinated tourists beginning on Nov. 1. The decision, which still…
Continue Reading Dems’ domestic plans popular, but reward by voters unassured
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are struggling to enact President Joe Biden’s domestic agenda, and they’re…
Continue Reading Offender with commuted sentence pleads guilty to new charge
PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) — A man who was charged by federal prosecutors with producing child pornography after former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin commuted…
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