Estonia, Latvia plan joint purchase of German medium-range IRIS-T air defense systems
HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia and Latvia are jointly planning to acquire German air defense systems for the protection of the airspace of the two NATO…
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Animal rights activists protest octopus farm plans in Spain
MADRID (AP) — Animal rights activists have gathered in Madrid to protest plans for the construction of a large-scale octopus farm. They said Sunday…
Continue Reading ‘They’re opposed to government. But now they are the government.’ One county’s hard-right shift
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press GALLATIN, Tenn. (AP) — Conservative groups that have targeted and won majorities on local boards and…
Continue Reading ‘They’re opposed to government. But now they are the government.’ One county’s hard-right shift
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY Associated Press GALLATIN, Tenn. (AP) — Shortly after being sworn in last fall, the new majority of the Sumner County…
Continue Reading Stepping into Spielberg’s shoes, James Mangold takes Indiana Jones on one last adventure
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer CANNES, France (AP) — When the lights came up after a screening on the Walt Disney lot of “Indiana Jones and the…
Continue Reading Chinese investigators blame building collapse that killed 54 on shoddy, illegal construction
BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese government report says a building collapse that killed 54 people last year was caused by shoddy, illegal construction and…
Continue Reading Back in hoodies and gym shorts, Fetterman tackles Senate life after depression treatment
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and MARC LEVY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Before Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman checked himself in to the hospital…
Continue Reading Afghan ministry says helicopter crash kills 2 crewmembers during patrol in country’s north
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Ministry of Defense says an Afghan military helicopter crashed in the country’s north after hitting a power line base,…
Continue Reading On debt ceiling, Biden, McCarthy to meet Monday as negotiators ‘keep working’ to resolve standoff
By STEPHEN GROVES, ZEKE MILLER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and House Republicans wrapped up another round of…
Continue Reading Zelenskyy denies Ukrainian city of Bakhmut occupied by Russian forces
By ZEKE MILLER, ELISE MORTON and SUSIE BLANN Associated Press HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russian forces…
Continue Reading Police: 3 dead, 2 wounded in early morning shooting at Kansas City bar
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A security guard was one of the three people killed in a shooting at a Kansas City bar early Sunday that also wounded two…
Continue Reading Sinn Fein wins in Northern Ireland local elections, urges return of government
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein has made sweeping gains in Northern Ireland’s local elections. The…
Continue Reading Alabama police: 4 people wounded in exchange of gunfire outside Birmingham bar
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Four people were shot and wounded outside an Alabama bar early Sunday in what police described as an exchange of gunfire.…
Continue Reading State TV says armed group kills 5 Iranian border guards in clash near Pakistani border
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state TV says five Iranian border guards were killed in a clash with an unknown armed group trying to enter the country…
Continue Reading Extremist Israeli Cabinet minister visits sensitive Jerusalem holy site
By TIA GOLDENBERG and JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A far-right Israeli Cabinet minister has visited Jerusalem’s most…
Continue Reading G7 ends with Ukraine in focus as Zelenskyy meets world leaders and Russia claims disputed gains
By ADAM SCHRECK, FOSTER KLUG and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy huddled with some of…
Continue Reading What should I do on the death anniversary? More are asking as US mass killings rise
By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — As the number of people who die in mass killings in the U.S. continues…
Continue Reading Using ‘he/him,’ ‘she/her’ in emails got 2 dorm directors fired at small New York Christian college
By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Shua Wilmot and Raegan Zelaya, two former dorm directors at a small Christian university in…
Continue Reading Kinsey Institute experts study sex, gender as misconceptions block state dollars
By ARLEIGH RODGERS Associated Press/Report for America BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Unfounded claims about Indiana University’s sex research…
Continue Reading Mexico prosecutors withdraw case against woman sentenced to prison for killing man raping her
By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican prosecutors announced Saturday night that they are withdrawing a case against a woman…
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