Death toll rises to 7 in Sicily gas leak blast, 2 missing
MILAN (AP) — Firefighters said Monday that rescue workers in Sicily have recovered four more bodies in the rubble of buildings that collapsed…
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Cargo ship collision off Sweden leaves 1 dead, 1 missing
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press. COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — One person has been found dead and another is missing after two cargo ships collided…
Continue Reading Officials: Military leader killed in fighting for Yemen city
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Yemeni officials say a senior military commander was killed in clashes between government forces and…
Continue Reading Hungary’s media, health experts seek more COVID-19 data
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — As coronavirus infections and deaths soar in Hungary, the country’s journalists and…
Continue Reading The AP Interview: Taliban seek ties with US, other ex-foes
By KATHY GANNON Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A top Taliban leader says Afghanistan’s new rulers are committed in principle to…
Continue Reading After UAE law change, out-of-wedlock babies still in shadows
By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates has decriminalized premarital sex in a bold…
Continue Reading ‘A way we resist’: Quilts honor victims of racial violence
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A quilt exhibit at Jackson State University honors dozens of lives…
Continue Reading Golden Globes announce nominations to a skeptical Hollywood
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Snoop Dogg has read the nominations for the 79th Golden Globes. After nine months of widespread…
Continue Reading Jan. 6 panel votes for contempt charges against Mark Meadows
By MARY CLARE JALONICK and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection has…
Continue Reading Big California storm dumps snow, drenches parched regions
By JANIE HAR and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Motorists spun out on whitened mountain passes and residents wielded…
Continue Reading ‘Y’all pray for Mayfield’: Town grieves in tornado aftermath
By CLAIRE GALOFARO AP National Writer MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Survivors of one of the devastating tornadoes that cut a long path of destruction…
Continue Reading China marks 84th anniversary of Nanking Massacre in WWII
BEIJING (AP) — China is marking the 84th anniversary of the 1937 Nanking Massacre, in which it says 300,000 civilians and disarmed soldiers were…
Continue Reading Thousands without heat, water after tornadoes kill dozens
By BRUCE SCHREINER and CLAIRE GALOFARO Associated Press MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky’s governor says at least 74 people were killed in the…
Continue Reading Sheriff: 1 dead, 13 injured in shooting at vigil in Texas
BAYTOWN, Texas (AP) — A sheriff says one person has died and at least 13 others were injured in a drive-by shooting during a candlelight vigil near…
Continue Reading Court weighs evidence against sailor in warship arson case
By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Navy prosecutors say a sailor charged with setting the fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme…
Continue Reading White House group’s annual Christmas ornament honors LBJ
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House Historical Association is honoring President Lyndon Johnson with its 2021…
Continue Reading California proposes reducing incentives for rooftop solar
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians who decide to install home solar panels and storage systems would get…
Continue Reading Jurors at Potter trial see differences between gun, Taser
By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors in the manslaughter trial of a Minnesota police officer charged…
Continue Reading Boy charged in Michigan school deaths to stay in adult jail
By COREY WILLIAMS and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan judge has declined to move the 15-year-old charged…
Continue Reading Miss Universe is India’s Harnaaz Sandhu, 70th winner
By ARIEL SCHALIT Associated Press EILAT, Israel (AP) — Harnaaz Sandhu of India was crowned the 70th Miss Universe, topping a field of some 80…
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