Water crisis looms for eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press SLOVIANSK, Ukraine (AP) — The echo of artillery shells thundering in the distance mingles with the din of people…
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Iran: Police arrest Afghan suspected of stabbing 10 to death
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state media are reporting that police arrested an Afghan man suspected of stabbing 10 other farm laborers to death…
Continue Reading US official says Solomon Islands leader ‘missed opportunity’
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The U.S. deputy secretary of state says the prime minister of the Solomon Islands…
Continue Reading China extends threatening military exercises around Taiwan
BEIJING (AP) — China said Monday it is extending threatening military exercises surrounding Taiwan that have disrupted shipping and air traffic and…
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D-backs score go-ahead run on balk, beat Rockies 6-4
By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — Daulton Varsho jogged home with the go-ahead run via a balk, Christian Walker clubbed a two-run…
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Asian shares mostly decline on global technology downturn
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly declined Tuesday amid a global fall in technology shares, including…
Continue Reading Wall Street ending flat as investors await inflation updates
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Major stock indexes on Wall Street gave up early gains and ended a choppy day of trading…
Continue Reading As Israel-Palestinian truce holds, Gaza power plant restarts
By FARES AKRAM and TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — With a cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militants holding…
Continue Reading Australia calls for cooling of Taiwan Strait tensions
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has called for a cooling of tensions after…
Continue Reading Former coal town comes together in face of Kentucky floods
By ALLEN G. BREED AP National Writer FLEMING-NEON, Ky. (AP) — Barely a week after floodwaters swept downtown and left a foot of mud and twisted,…
Continue Reading Former coal town comes together in face of Kentucky floods
By ALLEN G. BREED AP National Writer FLEMING-NEON, Ky. (AP) — Barely a week after floodwaters swept downtown and left a foot of mud and twisted,…
Continue Reading Father, son get life for hate crime in Ahmaud Arbery’s death
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — The white father and son who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in a Georgia neighborhood each…
Continue Reading UN chief urges nuke powers to abide by no-first-use pledge
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The United Nations is urging countries with nuclear weapons to stick to their no-first-use…
Continue Reading ‘Overwhelmed’: Cops combat violent crime as ranks dwindle
By GILLIAN FLACCUS, CLAUDIA LAUER and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — In Portland, Oregon, the police chief recently pulled…
Continue Reading Not so fast: California’s last nuke plant might run longer
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — An aggressive push toward renewable energy has run headlong into anxiety over keeping the…
Continue Reading Not so fast: California’s last nuke plant might run longer
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — An aggressive push toward renewable energy has run headlong into anxiety over keeping the…
Continue ReadingUS sends two warships through Taiwan Strait, in first transit since Pelosi trip
By Brad Lendon, CNN Two United States Navy warships have entered the Taiwan Strait in what is the first US naval transit in the waterway since…
Continue Reading What to watch in Wis., 3 other states in Tuesday’s primaries
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press The Republican matchup in the Wisconsin governor’s race on Tuesday features competing candidates endorsed by…
Continue Reading Biden surveys flood damage in Kentucky, pledges more US help
By SEUNG MIN KIM, CHRIS MEGERIAN and BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press LOST CREEK, Ky. (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden on…
Continue Reading One year after Afghanistan, spy agencies pivot toward China
By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. intelligence agencies are shifting more money and resources to China. They’re…
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