Holiday Gift Guide: Handcrafted items from North Carolina support hurricane recovery
Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The town of Asheville, North Carolina, is known for its artists and restaurants. In September, it was…
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Civic engagement nonprofits say democracy needs support in between big elections. Do funders agree?
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Civic engagement nonprofits believe democracy is an exercise in need of constant support — not just extra money…
Continue ReadingEU countries double down on a halt to Syrian asylum claims but will not yet send people back
Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Some European Union countries are doubling down on their decision to rapidly halt asylum procedures for Syrian…
Continue ReadingDoorDash steps up driver ID checks after traffic safety complaints
AP Business Writer DoorDash will require its drivers to verify their identities more often as part of a larger effort to crack down on unauthorized…
Continue ReadingDoorDash steps up driver ID checks after traffic safety complaints
AP Business Writer DoorDash will require its drivers to verify their identities more often as part of a larger effort to crack down on unauthorized…
Continue ReadingA Pakistani court indicts imprisoned former PM Imran Khan and his wife for corruption
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A court in Pakistan has indicted imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife in one of several graft cases they face.…
Continue ReadingUN drug experts say opium production has leveled off in Myanmar, but instability may trigger a rise
Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — U.N. experts say there has been a slight drop in the production of opium in Myanmar, the world’s biggest source…
Continue ReadingFresh fin whale meat is auctioned for the first time in decades in Japan
Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Meat from fin whales caught for the first time in nearly 50 years off Japan’s northern coast has fetched up to more…
Continue ReadingChina ends planning meeting with vows to stabilize its economy, but gives no details on stimulus
AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Chinese leaders have wrapped up a two-day planning meeting in Beijing with pledges to take a more proactive…
Continue ReadingAt least 110 people have died in 7 weeks of post-election protests in Mozambique, rights groups say
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — Rights and civil society groups say more than 100 people including children have been killed by security forces in…
Continue ReadingPressure on a veteran and senator shows what’s next for those who oppose Trump
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — She’s an Iraq War combat veteran and sexual assault survivor who has advocated for years to improve how the…
Continue ReadingPope calls for debt reduction for poorer countries to mark the Vatican’s 2025 Jubilee Year
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is calling on wealthy countries and institutions to substantially reduce if not outright cancel debt as a matter…
Continue ReadingWhat Americans think about Hegseth, Gabbard and key Trump Cabinet picks: AP-NORC poll
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As several of President-elect Donald Trump’s choices for high-level positions in his administration face…
Continue ReadingAmerican pilgrim imprisoned in Assad’s Syria calls his release from prison a ‘blessing’
Associated Press DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — An American who disappeared seven months ago into former Syrian President Bashar Assad’s notorious…
Continue ReadingTrump is named Time’s Person of the Year and rings the New York Stock Exchange’s opening bell
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump rang the opening bell Thursday at the New York Stock Exchange after being recognized…
Continue ReadingSerbia sentences man to 20 years in prison for one of 2 mass shootings that shook nation last May
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A Serbian court has convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison a man who gunned down nine people and wounded 12 in a…
Continue ReadingUK gay veterans win compensation as government calls their treatment a ‘moral stain’ on nation
Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British military veterans who were discharged or suffered other forms of discrimination because of their sexual…
Continue ReadingRussian forces edge closer to a key eastern Ukraine city in intense fighting, officials say
Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s top military commander says fighting around a key eastern Ukraine city is “extremely intense”…
Continue Reading2 Vietnamese police officials sexually attacked young women on visit to New Zealand, authorities say
Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand officials say they have “no doubt” that two Vietnamese officials visiting the…
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Biden commutes roughly 1,500 sentences and pardons 39 people in biggest single-day act of clemency
Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of roughly 1,500 people who were released from prison and placed…
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