‘Cookie activist’ celebrates Asian Americans with portraits in dough
By TERRY TANG Associated Press Artist Jasmine Cho makes exquisite portraits that champion famous and forgotten Asian Americans. Her canvas?…
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Democratic Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware won’t seek reelection, opening up seat in liberal state
By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware says he will not seek reelection to a fifth term in the…
Continue Reading Strategic partners Poland and Ukraine spar over painful past
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Officials in Poland and Ukraine, staunch strategic partners, have unexpectedly exchanged bitter remarks regarding a painful…
Continue Reading Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen says he was attacked outside Florida hotel in March
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen says he was blindsided during an attack on him outside a South Florida hotel following…
Continue Reading Erdogan wins endorsement for Turkish election runoff from third-place candidate Ogan
By SUZAN FRASER and CINAR KIPER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The third-placed contender in the Turkish presidential elections has…
Continue Reading Independent bookselling expanded again in 2022, with new and diverse stores opening nationwide
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The independent bookselling community continues to grow, with membership in the American…
Continue Reading South Africa: Man arrested for porn images with president’s face superimosed on them
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A man has been arrested in South Africa for allegedly distributing pornographic images…
Continue Reading Belarus opposition group urges EU to maintain sanctions on Belarus state companies
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A member of the Belarus opposition movement is calling on the European Union to maintain…
Continue Reading Unable to fight now, two Ukrainian amputees walk to raise funds for a military hospital
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Two Ukrainian war veterans who lost limbs in the 2014 war with Russia have taken part in a…
Continue Reading Meta fined record $1.3 billion and ordered to stop sending European user data to US
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The European Union slapped Meta with a record $1.3 billion privacy fine Monday and ordered it to…
Continue Reading Grenade found as family sorted relative’s belongings kills man, injures 2 children
LAKES OF THE FOUR SEASONS, Ind. (AP) — A hand grenade found as a family went through an older relative’s belongings exploded, killing an…
Continue Reading An Iranian nuclear facility is so deep underground that US airstrikes likely couldn’t reach it
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Near a peak of the Zagros Mountains in central Iran, workers are building a…
Continue Reading More women sue Texas, asking court to put emergency block on state’s abortion law
By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — One woman had to carry her baby, missing much of her skull, for months knowing she’d bury…
Continue Reading New Mexican Spanish, a unique American dialect, survives mostly in prayers
By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO Associated Press HOLMAN, N.M. (AP) — On a spring Saturday afternoon, two “hermanos” knelt to pray in the chapel of…
Continue Reading India scorched by extreme heat with monsoon rains delayed
By BISWAJEET BANERJEE and SIBI ARASU Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Swathes of India are bracing for more scorching heat, with New Delhi…
Continue Reading New Madrid museum set to unveil five centuries of Spain’s royal collections
By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain is set to unveil what is touted as one of Europe’s cultural highlights of the year with the…
Continue Reading Belarusian dissident who was pulled off forced-down plane says he has been pardoned
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The Belarusian state news agency on Monday reported that a dissident journalist who was…
Continue Reading Spanish acknowledge they have a racism problem after more abuse of Vinícius Júnior
By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — One after another, the racial insults kept coming. The “monkey” chants outside one stadium, the…
Continue Reading Fire razes Guyana dormitory, killing at least 19 children, mainly Indigenous girls
By BERT WILKINSON Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — An overnight fire raced through a dormitory in Guyana, killing at least 19 students…
Continue Reading ‘Brokeback Mountain’ brings two rising acting stars to the London stage
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — “Brokeback Mountain” was a star-making story onscreen. It may turn out to be the same onstage.…
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