Poles protest across the country to defend media freedom
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poles flocked to city centers across the country to defend a U.S.-owned television network…
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FBI: Artifacts stolen from museums in 1960s, 1970s returned
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Federal authorities say 15 historical artifacts stolen almost a half-century ago from a number of Pennsylvania museums have…
Continue Reading Police: Officer fatally shoots man stabbing 13-year-old girl
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina police department says one of its officers shot and killed a man who was stabbing his ex-wife’s…
Continue Reading UN rapporteur: Do more to resolve Rohingya crisis
ABDUR RAHMAN JAHANGIR Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A special rapporteur of the United Nations says the international community should…
Continue Reading Guatemala town bids farewell to victim of Mexico truck crash
By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The body of Guatemalan migrant Daniel Arnulfo Pérez Uxla was laid out for the memorial…
Continue Reading Spidey nets 3rd best opening of all time with $253 million
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Never underestimate your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man, even with a mutating virus afoot. Despite rising concerns…
Continue Reading Russia evacuates 128 coal miners amid reports of a fire
MOSCOW (AP) — Authorities in Russia have evacuated 128 coal miners from a coal mine in Siberia amid reports of a fire in one of the mine’s…
Continue Reading From masks to book banning, conservatives take on educators
By MEAD GRUVER Associated Press CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A recent Wyoming school board meeting was yet again packed with opponents of mask mandates…
Continue Reading Troops find religious exemption for vaccines unattainable
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 12,000 military service members refusing the COVID-19 vaccine are seeking…
Continue Reading United Arab Emirates to end censorship of cinematic releases
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates says that it will no longer censor films released in cinemas, the country’s latest…
Continue Reading Nebraska’s quandary: Can it force more citizens to work?
By GRANT SCHULTE Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska has held one of the nation’s lowest unemployment rates for years, with fewer…
Continue Reading Omicron may sideline two leading drugs against COVID-19
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The rapidly-spreading omicron variant may soon leave U.S. doctors without two of the standard…
Continue Reading Johnny Isakson, former Georgia Republican U.S. senator, dies
By JEFF AMY and RUSS BYNUM Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Former Georgia Republican U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson has died. He was 76. His son John…
Continue Reading 7 bodies found in Minnesota home; cause of deaths not known
MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say the bodies of seven people were discovered inside a twin home in a northwestern Minnesota city but did not…
Continue Reading Fauci says omicron variant is `just raging around the world’
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The White House’s top medical adviser says the COVID-19 omicron variant is “just…
Continue Reading Across US, houses of worship struggle to rebuild attendance
By DAVID CRARY AP National Writer In-person attendance at houses of worship across the U.S. has slowly risen from dramatically low levels when the…
Continue Reading Manchin not backing Dems’ $2T bill, potentially dooming it
By ALAN FRAM and HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Joe Manchin says he can’t back his party’s signature $2 trillion social…
Continue Reading UN leader says more aid needed for crisis-hit Lebanon
By LUJAIN JO Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the international community has not done enough…
Continue Reading Rapper Drakeo the Ruler fatally stabbed at LA music festival
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A West Coast rapper known as Drakeo the Ruler was fatally stabbed in an altercation at a Los Angeles music festival. His real…
Continue Reading Thousands in Brussels protest renewed COVID-19 restrictions
BRUSSELS (AP) — Thousands of peaceful protesters have demonstrated in Brussels for a third time against reinforced COVID-19 restrictions imposed by…
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