Another anti-graft figure leaves top post in Guatemala
By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — One of the last remaining official pillars of Guatemala’s effort to root out corruption…
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Court: Extraordinary damages OK in ‘wrongful life’ case
By GENE JOHNSON The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington Supreme Court says that under state law, it’s OK for judges to award…
Continue Reading Climate protesters target the Vatican’s Laocoon statue
ROME (AP) — Italian environmental activists have staged a second museum protest in as many months. They glued their hands Thursday to the base of…
Continue Reading Judge denies bail for Rushdie’s attacker, bars interviews
By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A judge refused to grant bail Thursday to the man accused of trying to kill Salman…
Continue Reading UN: Myanmar’s ruler open to UN visit to Suu Kyi but not now
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations says the head of Myanmar’s military-installed government…
Continue Reading The AP Interview: Refugee head sees lesson in Ukraine crisis
By RENATA BRITO Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency director says Europe’s embrace of millions of Ukrainians who fled…
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Academy District 20 still looking to hire bus drivers, transportation support staff
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — As the school year kicks off, the bus driver shortage continues to be an issue for districts across the U.S., and…
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Starbucks must reinstate fired workers, federal judge rules
By DEE-ANN DURBIN and ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press Writers MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A federal judge is ordering Starbucks to reinstate seven…
Continue Reading Vance’s anti-drug charity enlisted doctor echoing Big Pharma
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — When JD Vance founded “Our Ohio Renewal” a day after the 2016 presidential election,…
Continue ReadingAlgerian forest fires kill at least 37 people and destroy nearly 2,600 hectares
By Celine Alkhaldi, CNN At least 37 people have been killed and several injured in wildfires that ravaged mountainous areas in the east of Algeria,…
Continue Reading Prosecutors rest their case against 2 men in Whitmer plot
By ED WHITE Associated Press Prosecutors have rested their case against two men on trial for a second time in an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov.…
Continue Reading Man charged with murder in shooting of North Carolina deputy
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Authorities in North Carolina have charged a man with murder in the fatal shooting of a sheriff’s deputy last week. Wake…
Continue Reading FDA targets illegal nicotine gummies in new warning letter
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. regulators have issued a warning letter to the maker of illegal nicotine gummies. The…
Continue Reading Stars Coffee, anyone? Starbucks successor opening in Russia
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — People in Moscow who were disappointed when Starbucks closed its coffee shops after Russia sent troops…
Continue Reading Stars Coffee, anyone? Starbucks successor opening in Russia
By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — People in Moscow who were disappointed when Starbucks closed its coffee shops after Russia sent troops…
Continue ReadingScientists are asking the public to name 20 exoplanetary systems observed by the Webb telescope. Here’s how to submit your idea
By Megan Marples, CNN The James Webb Space Telescope is using infrared light to reveal otherwise invisible aspects of the universe — and…
Continue Reading Woman says it was her, R. Kelly in key video at 2008 trial
By MICHAEL TARM Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — A woman who has been central to R. Kelly’s legal troubles for more than two decades testified…
Continue Reading 3 Kentucky State Police troopers indicted on federal charges
LONDON, Ky. (AP) — A federal indictment accuses current and former Kentucky State Police troopers of using excessive force during an arrest and…
Continue Reading Colombian rebels say they freed 6 soldiers ahead of talks
HAVANA (AP) — A Colombian guerrilla group says it has freed six captive soldiers in a goodwill gesture ahead of planned peace talks with the…
Continue Reading LL Cool J, Nicki Minaj and Jack Harlow to emcee MTV Awards
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The MTV Video Music Awards later this month will have not one emcee but three, with rap…
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