Protests, poisoning and prison: The life of Kremlin opposition leader Alexei Navalny
By JOANNA KOZLOWSKA and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — In a span of a decade, Alexei Navalny has gone from the Kremlin’s biggest…
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As anti-gay sentiment grows, more LGBTQ+ people seek to flee Uganda
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI and BRIAN INGANGA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Pretty Peter flicked through frantic messages from friends at home in…
Continue Reading Inside Russia’s penal colonies: A look at life for political prisoners caught in Putin’s crackdowns
By DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When Alexei Navalny turns 47 on Sunday, he’ll wake up in a bare concrete cell…
Continue Reading UAE defends Big Oil’s role at UN climate summit it will host
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A senior United Arab Emirates official says the Gulf nation wants the U.N. climate summit…
Continue Reading DeSantis wraps up 1st early states tour as candidate with more personal touch in South Carolina
By MEG KINNARD and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is wrapping up his first tour of early…
Continue Reading Protests erupted outside Los Angeles elementary school’s Pride month assembly
By JOHN ANTCZAK and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police officers separated groups of protesters and counterprotesters Friday…
Continue Reading Oath Keepers convicted in Jan. 6 Capitol riot get prison in latest extremist sentencings
By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Florida men who stormed the U.S. Capitol with other members of the far-right Oath…
Continue Reading Donald Trump’s lawyers ask judge to exit criminal case, echoing claims of political bias
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers are demanding that the judge in his New York City criminal case step…
Continue Reading India train crash kills over 280, injures 900 in one of nation’s worst rail disasters
By RAFIQ MAQBOOL, ASHOK SHARMA and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press BALASORE, India (AP) — Rescuers found no more survivors in the overturned and…
Continue Reading Man repeatedly shocked with Taser by LAPD died from enlarged heart and cocaine use, coroner says
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A teacher who was repeatedly shocked with a Taser by Los Angeles police died from an enlarged heart and cocaine use, according…
Continue Reading A look at deadly train crashes in India in recent decades
NEW DELHI (AP) — The latest deadly train crash in India happened Friday, when two passenger trains derailed. Officials say more than 200 people…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Panama launches operation against smugglers in Darien Gap
By JUAN ZAMORANO and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press NICANOR, Panama (AP) — Panama unveiled a new effort to control illegal migration through…
Continue Reading UN agency for Palestinian refugees raises just $107 million of $300 million needed
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Donors at a pledging conference provided just $107 million in new funds for the United…
Continue Reading Hoskin seeks second term as leader of powerful Cherokee Nation
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press TAHLEQUAH, Okla. (AP) — The largest Native American tribe in the U.S., the Cherokee Nation, is set to elect a new…
Continue Reading Biden signs debt ceiling bill that pulls US back from brink of unprecedented default
By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With just two days to spare, President Joe Biden signed legislation on Saturday that lifts the…
Continue Reading Tragedy that left 5 dead or missing puts spotlight on safety in Alaska charter fishing industry
By BECKY BOHRER, JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and GENE JOHNSON Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Morgan Robidou posed next to the bright aluminum…
Continue Reading Honeybee health blooms at federal facilities across the country
By MARK PRATT Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — While judges, lawyers and support staff at the federal courthouse in Concord, New Hampshire,…
Continue Reading US, allies clash with Russia, China over North Korea’s failed military spy satellite launch
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and its allies clashed with Russia and China on Friday over North…
Continue Reading US defense secretary says Washington won’t stand for ‘coercion and bullying’ from China
By DAVID RISING Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin vowed Saturday that Washington would not stand for any…
Continue Reading Community mourns teenager’s death after gas station owner charged with murder
By JAMES POLLARD Associated Press/Report for America COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Elected officials met a South Carolina community mourning the death of a…
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