Macao further restricts political freedoms with revisions to national security law
BEIJING (AP) — Echoing the crackdown on freedoms in neighboring Hong Kong, the former Portuguese colony of Macao has revised its legal system to…
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China’s Xi meets Central Asian leaders, calls for trade, energy development
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping has promised to build more railway and other trade links with Central Asia and proposed jointly developing…
Continue Reading Dubai’s next big thing? Perhaps a $5 billion man-made ‘moon’ as the city’s real estate market booms
By NICK EL HAJJ Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Who says you cannot reach for the moon? A proposed $5 billion real estate…
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At graduations, Native American students seek acceptance of tribal regalia
By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY AP Education Writer When Kamryn Yanchick graduated, she hoped to decorate her cap with a beaded pattern in honor of her Native…
Continue Reading At graduations, Native American students seek acceptance of tribal regalia
By CHEYANNE MUMPHREY AP Education Writer When Kamryn Yanchick graduated, she hoped to decorate her cap with a beaded pattern in honor of her…
Continue Reading Austrian actor Helmut Berger, movie star in the 1960s and ’70s, dies at 78
BERLIN (AP) — Austrian-born actor Helmut Berger, a European movie star in the 1960s and 1970s who rose to prominence with roles in films by Italian…
Continue Reading South Korea to send 21-member team to Japan to review discharge plans at Fukushima nuclear plant
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea will send a 21-member team of government experts to Japan next week to…
Continue Reading Hong Kong court dismisses pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai’s legal bid to fight for UK lawyer
BY KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A Hong Kong court has rejected an activist publisher’s latest effort to use a British lawyer to…
Continue Reading Jordan Neely, NYC subway rider choked to death, is mourned at Manhattan church
By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In the polarizing wake of Jordan Neely’s chokehold death at the hands of a fellow New York City…
Continue Reading On US Bike to Work Day, here’s how COVID, eco-thinking made cycling better in cities worldwide
By CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press MONTREAL (AP) — In the agonies of the virus that upended most of the world, millions of people from Bogota to…
Continue Reading Threatening 22 million people, Mexico’s Popocatepetl is a very closely watched volcano
By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Popocatepetl volcano rumbled to life again this week, belching out towering…
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Two week deadline for Congress to make a decision on the “Debt Default”
WASHINGTON (NBC / KYMA, KECY-TV) – The White House and Congressional leaders are two weeks out from the Debt Ceiling deadline. Negotiations on…
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Major league soccer coming to San Diego
The growth of professional soccer in San Diego was revealed Thursday morning when Major League Soccer (MLS) announced during a news conference at…
Continue Reading Nebraska lawmakers pass 12-week abortion ban, restrictions on gender-affirming care for minors
By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Nebraska Legislature has passed a bill that combines a 12-week abortion ban with…
Continue Reading 7.7 magnitude earthquake causes small tsunami on South Pacific islands
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A 7.7 magnitude earthquake caused a small tsunami to wash ashore on South Pacific islands Friday. No damage has been…
Continue Reading Most say pair debt limit increase with deficit cuts, but few following debate closely: AP-NORC poll
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — About two-thirds of U.S. adults say they are highly concerned about how…
Continue Reading Push for transit, walkable communities growing across US
By SHARON JOHNSON Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — On the weekend in March when Brittany Glover would have turned 34, her mother stood on the same…
Continue Reading Murray’s big fourth quarter propels Nuggets past Lakers 108-103 for 2-0 lead in West finals
By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — After Nikola Jokic’s monster game in the opener, his pick-and-roll partner Jamal Murray…
Continue Reading Widowed husband sues driver, bars after DUI crash killed bride on wedding night
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A wrongful death lawsuit accuses several establishments of overserving the alleged drunken driver who police say slammed into…
Continue Reading California lawmakers block bill allowing people to sue oil companies over health problems
By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers blocked two big environmental bills Thursday:…
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