Oakland A’s purchase land for new stadium in Las Vegas
By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland Athletics have signed a binding agreement to purchase land for a new retractable…
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Hong Kong bishop hopes for closer ties with Beijing diocese
BEIJING (AP) — Hong Kong’s Roman Catholic bishop says he hopes the dioceses of Hong Kong and Beijing will have more exchanges and cooperation.…
Continue Reading Low tech makes cleaner water in Iowa; so what’s stopping it?
By SCOTT McFETRIDGE and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press SLATER, Iowa (AP) — There’s a low-tech remedy for the nitrate pollution affecting…
Continue Reading Indonesia recovers bodies of 4 troops killed in Papua clash
By ALFIAN KARTONO and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian security forces have recovered the bodies of four…
Continue Reading Movie theaters and streamers may end up friends, after all
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Not long ago, some were predicting more and more films would be diverted from theaters and sent…
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Ferreira’s goal gives US 1-1 exhibition tie against Mexico
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Top stars were missing and no titles were at stake. Still, the United States took satisfaction in coming from behind late…
Continue Reading ‘Too much to learn’: Schools race to catch up kids’ reading
By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS AP Education Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Michael Crowder stands nervously at the front of his third grade classroom, his…
Continue Reading Movie theaters and streamers may end up friends, after all
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After Ben Affleck and Matt Damon test screened their Nike drama “Air,” the film executives at…
Continue Reading An end to the reading wars? More US schools embrace phonics
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Move over “Dick and Jane.” A different approach to teaching kids how to read is on the rise. For…
Continue Reading Biden labor secretary nominee Su faces doubts in Senate
By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s nominee to be the next labor secretary, Julie Su, will testify to…
Continue Reading More peril for Trump in pending probes than NY: AP-NORC poll
By JILL COLVIN and EMILY SWANSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has emerged largely unscathed politically from…
Continue Reading SpaceX giant rocket explodes minutes after launch from Texas
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, Texas (AP) — SpaceX’s giant new rocket exploded minutes after blasting off on its first…
Continue Reading US trade rep seeks close economic security ties in Asia
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai has told Japanese officials the United States hopes to…
Continue Reading ‘The damage is unbelievable:’ Tornadoes kill 3 in Oklahoma
By KEN MILLER and JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Crews scrambled Thursday to restore power to thousands of residents after tornadoes…
Continue Reading Minnesota Gov. Walz draws sharp contrasts with red states
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is drawing stark contrasts between his state and Republican-led…
Continue Reading Texas cheerleaders shot after one says she got in wrong car
ELGIN, Texas (AP) — Authorities say a man shot and wounded two cheerleaders in a Texas supermarket parking lot after one of them said she…
Continue Reading Montana Republicans want censure while misgendering lawmaker
By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A group of conservative Republican lawmakers in Montana deliberately misgendered a…
Continue Reading DeSantis appointees begin reshaping Disney World’s district
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The new chair of Disney World’s revamped governing body said Wednesday that new…
Continue Reading 9 men trying to enter US from Canada treated for exposure
WARROAD, Minn. (AP) — Authorities have rescued nine men who entered the United States illegally from Canada and were found in a sub-freezing…
Continue Reading Hawaii cites 2 for feeding feral cats, harming native geese
By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — State authorities have cited two women for allegedly harming an endangered species of geese…
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