Top German court rejects appeals in neo-Nazi killings case
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s highest court has rejected the appeals of three people who were convicted in one of the country’s most high-profile…
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Hezbollah says Iranian fuel tanker to sail to Lebanon soon
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of the Lebanese Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group says that an Iranian fuel tanker…
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Woman testifies R. Kelly sexually abused her when she was 16
By Sonia Moghe, CNN Federal prosecutors in New York began their case against R. Kelly with graphic testimony from a woman who says the R&B…
Continue Reading Judge tosses case against 3 Honolulu police officers accused in the killing of a 16-year-old
By Aya Elamroussi and Andy Rose, CNN The three Honolulu police officers who faced various murder charges over the killing of a 16-year-old boy will…
Continue Reading Greek wildfires: Major blaze on the wane, but not controlled
By SRDJAN NEDELJKOVIC and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press THEA, Greece (AP) — A Greek minister says a major wildfire that has ravaged a pine…
Continue Reading China pushes adoption of language, cultural symbols in Tibet
BEIJING (AP) — A top Chinese official says “all-round efforts” are needed to ensure Tibetans speak Chinese and share the “cultural…
Continue Reading Taliban suppress more dissent as economic challenges loom
By AHMAD SEIR, TAMEEM AKHGAR, KATHY GANNON and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban violently dispersed scattered…
Continue Reading Asia stocks fall as delta variant worries take center stage
By ANNABELLE LIANG Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Asian stock markets are mostly lower as worries surrounding the spread of the delta variant…
Continue Reading Persephone, the robot guide, leads visitors in a Greek cave
By COSTAS KANTOURIS Associated Press ALISTRATI, Greece (AP) — Persephone is not your ordinary robot. Billed as the world’s first robot used as a…
Continue Reading Russia was ready for Taliban’s win due to longtime contacts
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — When the Taliban swept over Afghanistan, Russia was ready for the rapid developments after…
Continue Reading As tanks rolled in 1991, AP photographer sprang into action
By ALEXANDER ZEMLIANICHENKO Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — On Aug. 19, 1991, a group of top Communist Party hard-liners declared they had removed…
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Local COVID-19 testing clinics seeing more people, less vaccinations
With the introduction of vaccines many would think that the amount of people needing a COVID-19 test would go…
Continue Reading Bangladesh disputes study into alleged forced disappearances
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh is disputing a Human Rights Watch investigation into disappearances of government critics and others as built…
Continue Reading The Latest: Hungary evacuates 2 dozen nationals from Kabul
The Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — More than two dozen Hungarian nationals evacuated from Kabul have arrived in Frankfurt, Germany, and…
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Yuma City Council: City Administrator to keep position amid investigation
A Yuma city leader is accused of driving aggressively and leaving the scene of an accident. The City Council discussed his employment status. As of…
Continue Reading Gulf Coast’s beloved ‘Redneck Riviera’ now a virus hotspot
By JAY REEVES Associated Press GULF SHORES, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Gulf Coast is glowing like a bad sunburn on maps that show COVID-19 trouble spots…
Continue Reading Report: 2 Hong Kongers plead guilty to foreign collusion
HONG KONG (AP) — Two Hong Kongers have reportedly pleaded guilty to conspiring to collude with foreign forces as well as Next Digital founder Jimmy…
Continue Reading Jimmy Carter, trounced in 1980, gets fresh look from history
By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter is sometimes called a better former president than he was president. The backhanded…
Continue Reading Booming Colo. town asks, ‘Where will water come from?’
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — The northern Colorado city of Greeley is in one of the fastest-growing regions in the United…
Continue Reading 8th-graders lead effort to pardon wrongly convicted ‘witch’
By WILLIAM J. KOLE Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A woman convicted of witchcraft in 1693 and sentenced to death at the height of the Salem Witch…
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