From election to COVID, 9/11 conspiracies cast a long shadow
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press While the Sept. 11 attacks united much of America in grief and anger, conspiracy theories about what happened that…
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Virtual schools saw little disruption, got equal virus aid
By COLLIN BINKLEY and CAMILLE FASSETT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — While many schools scrambled to shift to online classes last year, the…
Continue Reading New this week: ‘Cinderella,’ Imagine Dragons, Selena Gomez
By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include a new album from Imagine Dragons, Billie Eilish’s Disney+ concert…
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3 groups of students freed in Nigeria in 24-hour period
By CHINEDU ASADU and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — Authorities in northern Nigeria say three separate groups of kidnapped…
Continue Reading Nearly 90 Northeast organic dairy farms to lose their market
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press Vermont’s agriculture secretary says 89 organic dairy farms in the Northeast will lose their contracts with an…
Continue Reading Maryland’s highest court reviewing teen sniper’s life term
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland’s highest court will reconsider the punishment of Lee Boyd Malvo. He’s serving life without parole for…
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Three new faces for Germany in Hansi Flick’s 1st squad
By CIARÁN FAHEY AP Sports Writer BERLIN (AP) — Germany coach Hansi Flick has made three new call-ups and recalled five players including Borussia…
Continue Reading Powell: Fed on track to slow aid for economy later this year
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve will start dialing back its ultra-low-interest rate policies this…
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Taliban speaks on U.S. and Afghani evacuations
On the ground, the airlift is intense. The U.S. Military says planes are leaving every 39…
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UN team: Unclear if Fukushima cleanup can finish by 2051
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The head of a U.N. team reviewing progress in the cleanup of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power…
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Anonymous donor pays for funerals of 20 flooding victims
WAVERLY, Tenn. (AP) — A funeral home manager says 20 people who died in a Tennessee flood have had their funerals paid for by an anonymous donor.…
Continue Reading South Africa gets more vaccines from US amid ongoing surge
By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa will this weekend receive 2.2 million Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses donated…
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The world is running dry at an alarming rate. Here’s how businesses can help
Already pushed to the brink from agricultural demands and other human uses, water in many parts of the world is running dry at an alarming…
Continue Reading Red Bull gives F1 driver Sergio Perez new 1-year deal
By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Auto Racing Writer SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium (AP) — Sergio Perez is staying with Red Bull next year after the Formula One…
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UPDATE: Four injured in Arizona print shop explosion
Four people were rushed to the hospital with severe burns after the shop they were working in exploded Thursday morning.…
Continue ReadingBiden to contact families of 13 US service members killed in Kabul
President Joe Biden plans to contact the families of the 13 US service members who were killed in Thursday’s suicide attacks outside of Kabul’s…
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July US consumer spending ekes up 0.3% as delta threatens
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Growth in U.S. consumer spending slowed in July to a modest increase of 0.3% while…
Continue Reading Swiss approve extraditing key figure in German tax scam case
BERLIN (AP) — The Swiss government has approved the extradition of a key figure sought by Germany in a massive tax evasion case. The Federal Office…
Continue Reading Huge factory blaze sends smoke over England town
LONDON (AP) — A huge fire at an industrial park in the central England town of Leamington Spa is sending up dramatic plumes of dark smoke that can…
Continue Reading Amsterdam to return Kandinsky work to pre-war owners’ heirs
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Amsterdam municipality says it will return a valuable painting by Wassily…
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