Asian stocks higher after Fed accelerates stimulus pullback
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Stocks have climbed in Asia, tracking Wall Street’s gains, after the Federal Reserve said it would…
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The AP Interview: Karzai ‘invited’ Taliban to stop chaos
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s former president says the Taliban, who had already reached the gates…
Continue Reading Volunteers raise oyster gardens to help restore reefs
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. (AP) — Volunteers along U.S. coasts are raising oysters from tiny translucent spat to…
Continue Reading How a Kennedy built an anti-vaccine juggernaut amid COVID-19
By MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaccine group has thrived during the COVID-19…
Continue Reading On a single Kentucky street, the tornado killed 7 children
By CLAIRE GALOFARO and JOHN RABY Associated Press BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — When a tornado touched down in Bowling Green, Kentucky, in the middle…
Continue Reading ‘Kentucky United’ telethon raises $3M for tornado victims
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A telethon hosted by the University of Kentucky Athletics has raised more than $3 million in donations with matching funds to…
Continue Reading ​Top Fox hosts lobbied Trump to act on Jan. 6, texts show
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The revelation that Fox News Channel personalities sent text messages to the White House during the…
Continue Reading Blinken says US weighing new sanctions on Myanmar
By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the Biden administration is weighing…
Continue Reading Penelope Cruz honored by MoMA for her career in cinema
By CLAUDIA TORRENS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — During a tribute to her career at the Museum of Modern Art in New York (MoMA), Penelope Cruz…
Continue Reading A retro feel to Biden’s plan for covering OTC virus testing
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration’s plan for health insurers to reimburse consumers for…
Continue Reading Biden pledges ‘whatever it takes’ to assist tornado victims
By ALEXANDRA JAFFE and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press DAWSON SPRINGS, Ky. (AP) — President Joe Biden is pledging to do “whatever it takes, as long…
Continue Reading San Francisco mayor pledges more police, safety measures
By JANIE HAR Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s mayor has announced even more initiatives aimed at curbing open drug use…
Continue Reading Fresh storm hits California as it mops up and shovels out
By JOHN ANTCZAK and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California has emerged largely unscathed from drenching rainfall and heavy…
Continue Reading Amid military atrocities, Myanmar public urges gas sanctions
By KRISTEN GELINEAU, VICTORIA MILKO and LORI HINNANT Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — In February, Myanmar’s military took over the…
Continue Reading Engineer: Navy warship fire might be electrical, not arson
By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — An electrical engineer who examined the USS Bonhomme Richard after it was destroyed by fire last…
Continue Reading States volunteer to take more cuts in Colorado River water
By BRITTANY PETERSON and FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Water leaders in California, Arizona and Nevada have signed an agreement…
Continue Reading Myanmar public urges gas sanctions to stop military funding
By KRISTEN GELINEAU, VICTORIA MILKO and LORI HINNANT Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — In February, Myanmar’s military took over the…
Continue Reading Haiti in mourning after tanker fireball that killed 75
By PIERRE-RICHARD LUXAMA and EVENS SANON Associated Press CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (AP) — Nelly Joseph picked through the twisted metal roofing,…
Continue Reading At Kim Potter trial, jurors get 2 views of former officer
By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jurors at the Kim Potter trial are getting two versions of the officer who…
Continue Reading Expert: Kim Potter was not justified in using deadly force
By SCOTT BAUER and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A use-of-force expert has testified that former Minnesota police officer Kim…
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