Australian prosecutors drop murder charge over German backpacker’s death in 2005
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian prosecutors have dropped a murder charge against German immigrant Tobias…
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Continue Reading 110 million people forcibly displaced as Sudan, Ukraine wars add to world refugee crisis, UN says
By RENATA BRITO Associated Press The U.N. says 110 million people in the world today have had to flee their homes because of conflict, persecution,…
Continue Reading Syria says Israeli airstrikes over southwest Damascus wounded soldier and caused damage
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state media say airstrikes attributed to Israel over Syria’s capital have critically wounded one soldier. Syria’s state…
Continue Reading 18-year-old trainee shot 3 soldiers at firing range on Japanese army base, killing 2, officials say
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — An 18-year-old army trainee shot three fellow soldiers at a firing range on a Japanese army base…
Continue Reading Microsoft’s planned Activision Blizzard merger temporarily blocked by US judge
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Microsoft’s planned $69 billion purchase of video game company Activision Blizzard was blocked by a federal judge…
Continue Reading Biden dispatching Sullivan to Tokyo for talks with Japan, Philippines, South Korea officials
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is dispatching White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan to Tokyo…
Continue Reading ‘Dances With Wolves’ actor facing additional charges in Canada
SASKATOON, Saskatchewan (AP) — Canadian police have issued warrants for a former “Dances With Wolves” actor who is facing nine charges…
Continue Reading Tour boat capsize in underground cave wasn’t the first, agency says; passenger recounts ordeal
By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press Soon after a tour boat flipped over during a tour of a dimly lit cavern system in upstate New York, members of…
Continue Reading Trump turns his day in court into a campaign event despite serious political and legal threats
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s four years in the White House were punctuated by the spectacle and attempts…
Continue Reading Weapons expert in Alec Baldwin case was hungover on set, prosecutors say
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The weapons supervisor on the film set where Alec Baldwin shot and killed a…
Continue Reading Iraqi immigrant pleads guilty in federal court in Oregon to supporting Islamic State
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — An immigrant from Iraq has pleaded guilty in federal court in Portland, Oregon, to conspiring…
Continue Reading Oil producers say tech will soon handle climate-wrecking fumes. US envoy Kerry says be skeptical
By EDITH M. LEDERER, ELLEN KNICKMEYER and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. climate envoy John Kerry is urging skepticism…
Continue Reading Senate just barely confirms Bernstein as Biden’s economic adviser
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate has narrowly confirmed Jared Bernstein to be the chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. A…
Continue Reading Los Angeles city councilman charged with 10 counts, including embezzlement and perjury
By STEFANIE DAZIO and MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors charged a Los Angeles city councilman with 10 counts,…
Continue Reading Cormac McCarthy, lauded author of ‘The Road’ and ‘No Country for Old Men,’ dies at 89
By SUE MAJOR HOLMES and HILLEL ITALIE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Cormac McCarthy, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who in prose both…
Continue Reading Starbucks denies claims that it’s banning Pride displays but union organizers are skeptical
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks is denying union organizers’ claims that it is banning Pride displays in its U.S. stores in the wake…
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Rahm moving on from shock of PGA Tour-LIV deal, preparing for U.S. Open
By JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Add Jon Rahm to the many PGA Tour players who were frustrated and surprised about last week’s…
Continue Reading Biden to extend legal status for 4 nationalities, reversing Trump but irking some
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Biden administration said Tuesday that it will extend legal status by 18 months for more…
Continue Reading Tory Lanez sentencing on Megan Thee Stallion shooting delayed to August
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tory Lanez’s sentencing for shooting and wounding hip-hop star Megan Thee Stallion was delayed on Tuesday. Los Angeles…
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