Official: Almost 80 schoolgirls poisoned, hospitalized in northern Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An education official in northern Afghanistan says nearly 80 girls at two primary schools have been poisoned in a…
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Michigan wildfire that’s burned more than 3 square miles was sparked by campfire on private land
GRAYLING TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a Michigan wildfire that’s burned more than 3 square miles amid hot, dry conditions was sparked…
Continue Reading ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ swings to massive $120.5 million opening
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” opened in U.S. and Canadian theaters with a massive $120.5…
Continue Reading Senegal’s government suspends mobile internet access amid days of deadly clashes
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal’s government has temporarily suspended mobile phone data as the country reels from…
Continue Reading Missing man’s body recovered at Iowa apartment collapse site; two others still missing
By The Associated Press DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — The body of one of three men who had been missing after the partial collapse of an apartment…
Continue Reading No breakthrough in NATO-Turkey talks about Sweden joining
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says representatives from Turkey and Sweden will meet in just over a week to try to…
Continue Reading Soccer fan arrested for wearing offensive jersey to FA Cup final referring to Hillsborough tragedy
LONDON (AP) — London police say a soccer fan who attended the FA Cup final has been charged for wearing an offensive jersey that apparently…
Continue Reading Transgender adults in Florida `blindsided’ that new law also limits their access to health care
By THALIA BEATY, BRENDAN FARRINGTON and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Debate surrounding Florida’s new restrictions…
Continue Reading Far-left protesters clash with German police in Leipzig after trial verdict
BERLIN (AP) — Far-left supporters of a woman sentenced to prison for participating in attacks on neo-Nazis and other extremists clashed with police…
Continue Reading Vigilantes in Haiti strike back at gangsters with brutal street justice
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Old cars, used tires and barbed wire block off the biggest neighborhood in the…
Continue Reading Four dead in Missouri after car crosses center line, strikes motorcyclists
AURORA, Mo. (AP) — Four people died and seven others were seriously injured when a car crossed the center line of a Missouri highway and struck…
Continue Reading 7 shot, 1 fatally, in Chicago when gunfire erupts amid remembrance for man killed in car crash
CHICAGO (AP) — A 25-year-old woman was fatally shot and six other people were wounded early Sunday when gunfire erupted in Chicago during a…
Continue Reading Chuck Todd leaving NBC political panel show ‘Meet the Press’ and being replaced by Kristen Welker
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Chuck Todd said on Sunday that he’ll be leaving “Meet the Press” after a tumultuous…
Continue Reading Iran’s top leader defends hard-line approach toward West, blames protests on ‘thugs and villains’
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader has defended his tough approach to the West, saying compromise would only invite further…
Continue Reading Biden’s 2024 pitch highlights pragmatism over Trump’s pugilism
By ZEKE MILLER AP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden promised voters in 2020 that he knew how to get things done in…
Continue Reading Sri Lanka’s LGBTQ+ community holds Pride march, demands end to discrimination
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Hundreds of members of Sri Lanka’s LGBTQ+ community have paraded through the streets of the capital Colombo to mark the…
Continue Reading Russia’s most famous icon handed over from museum to church despite protests
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian Orthodox believers celebrated Trinity Sunday with Russia’s most famous icon transferred from a museum to Moscow’s…
Continue Reading Navalny supporters hold demonstrations to mark Russian opposition leader’s 47th birthday
MOSCOW (AP) — The imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has voiced hope for a better future in Russia as his supporters held…
Continue Reading DeSantis hits Trump from the right while the ex-president looks ahead to the general election
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In his first week on the campaign trail as a presidential candidate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis…
Continue Reading Highly anticipated legislative election underway in Guinea-Bissau
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — An highly anticipated election to fill Guinea-Bissau’s national legislature is underway…
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