In Tennessee, expulsions echo a decades-old protest movement
By ADRIAN SAINZ, KIMBERLEE KRUESI and TIM SULLIVAN Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Squint a little as you take in the scene, or just close…
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Inmate stuck on US death row despite vacated death sentence
By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — When the U.S. prisons director visited the penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, this past…
Continue Reading Pope slams ‘insinuations’ against John Paul II as baseless
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday publicly defended St. John Paul II, condemning as “offensive and…
Continue Reading Top publisher apologizes for slurs about ‘East Germans’
BERLIN (AP) — The CEO and co-owner of media company Axel Springer apologized Sunday for making crude remarks about “East Germans” in text…
Continue Reading Dozens of POWs freed as Ukraine marks Orthodox Easter
By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — More than 100 Ukrainian prisoners of war have been released as part of a major Easter…
Continue Reading Syria’s FM to Algeria, Tunisia to revive diplomatic ties
ALGIERS (AP) — Syria’s chief diplomat is on a visit to Algeria and Tunisia as part of efforts to revive diplomatic relationships in the Arab…
Continue Reading Georgia plant fire extinguished, shelter-in-place lifted
By The Associated Press Emergency crews extinguished a fire at a Georgia chemical plant shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday, allowing officials to lift a…
Continue Reading Saudi prince gives 4% Aramco stake to public investment firm
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s crown prince has announced the transfer of a 4% stake of the…
Continue Reading Climate envoy Kerry: No rolling back clean energy transition
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer SAPPORO, Japan (AP) — So much has been invested in clean energy that there can be no rolling back of moves…
Continue Reading 10 people returning from a funeral die in Kenya bus crash
By EVELYNE MUSAMBI Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police say at least 10 people died when the bus they were traveling in left the road and…
Continue Reading Traffic collision kills 7 police officers in Pakistan’s SW
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani police say a traffic collision in the southwest killed seven officers as they were returning to their hometowns for the…
Continue Reading EU leaders beat a path to Xi’s door seeking China’s help
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — In the weeks since Chinese leader Xi Jinping won a third five-year term as president, setting him on…
Continue Reading More than 6,000 troops to play role in Charles’ coronation
LONDON (AP) — More than 6,000 British military personnel will take part in the coronation of King Charles III, the U.K. forces’ biggest…
Continue Reading Dozens killed as army, rivals battle for control of Sudan
By JACK JEFFERY and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press KHARTOUM, Sudan (AP) — The Sudanese military and a powerful paramilitary group battled for control…
Continue Reading Young people drive bullfighting’s resurrection in Spain
By JENNIFER O’MAHONY Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Álvaro Alarcón plays out the moment when he will enter Madrid’s Las Ventas…
Continue Reading Former Indian lawmaker, brother fatally shot live on TV
By BISWAJEET BANERJEE Associated Press LUCKNOW, India (AP) — A former Indian lawmaker convicted of kidnapping and facing murder and assault charges…
Continue Reading Jimmy Carter and Playboy: How ‘the weirdo factor’ rocked ’76
By BILL BARROW Associated Press PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Jimmy Carter already had drawn months of media scrutiny as a devout Southern Baptist running for…
Continue Reading Flights out of Taipei delayed after China launches satellite
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Flights out of northern Taiwan were delayed Sunday after China launched a rocket carrying a satellite that dropped debris…
Continue Reading Louisville shooter fires into park crowd; 2 dead, 4 wounded
By The Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — An unidentified suspect fired a gun into a crowd of hundreds in a Kentucky park, leaving two people…
Continue Reading Gunmen attack Indonesian troops deployed to rescue NZ pilot
By ALFIAN KARTONO and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — Separatist gunmen have opened fire on a military post in…
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