Photographer, his leg lost, seeks answers from Paralympians
By EMILIO MORENATTI Associated Press Photographer Emilio Morenatti, who lost a leg in Afghanistan, set out to photograph and talk with Paralympic…
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Taliban name ex-Guantanamo detainees and wanted man to new caretaker government
By Tim Lister and Eliza Mackintosh, CNN The Taliban on Tuesday announced the formation of a hardline interim government for Afghanistan, filling top…
Continue Reading Laxalt hints at legal fights ahead of 2022 US Senate race
By SAM METZ Associated Press/Report for America CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Republican Adam Laxalt is raising fears of voter fraud and talking about…
Continue Reading UK carrier commander: Japan visit underscores partnership
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The commander of the British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth’ says the first port call in…
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From battlefield to Tokyo: Combat vets vie at Paralympics
By TIM SULLIVAN Associated Press FREMONT, Ind. (AP) — Twenty years after the attacks of Sept. 11, and just days after the Taliban took control of…
Continue Reading From battlefield to Tokyo: Combat vets vie at Paralympics
By TIM SULLIVAN Associated Press FREMONT, Ind. (AP) — Twenty years after the attacks of Sept. 11, and just days after the Taliban took control of…
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Animals are ‘shape shifting’ in response to climate change
By Katie Hunt, CNN Some warm-blooded animals are experiencing shifts in their body shapes, likely as a response to the pressures of climate change,…
Continue Reading 227 people were killed defending the environment last year, a new report shows. That’s a record.
By Rachel Ramirez, CNN Behind the veil of the Covid-19 pandemic, 227 people were killed last year protecting forests, water and other natural…
Continue Reading After decades in eye of storms, weather service head retires
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer National Weather Service chief Louis Uccellini says he will retire at the end of the year. Uccellini, who…
Continue Reading Idaho hospitals begin rationing health care amid COVID surge
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho public health leaders are letting the state’s northern hospitals ration health…
Continue Reading Child porn purveyor to get 21-27 years under new plea deal
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) — A man whom U.S. authorities have described as the world’s largest purveyor of…
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Kansas City Southern in talks on Canadian Pacific’s $31B bid
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Kansas City Southern is in talks with Canadian Pacific to determine whether its $31 billion bid…
Continue Reading Pope, patriarch, Canterbury archbishop make climate appeal
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The world’s top Christian leaders have issued a joint appeal for delegates at the upcoming…
Continue Reading MSNBC brings back Jose Diaz-Balart for daytime show
NEW YORK (AP) — Veteran news anchor Jose Diaz-Balart is returning to MSNBC later this month to host a weekday show at the 10 a.m. hour. Balart…
Continue Reading Judge tosses death sentence in Dru Sjodin slaying
By DAVE KOLPACK Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out the death sentence for a man convicted in the 2003 slaying of a…
Continue Reading Young Sikhs still struggle with post-Sept. 11 discrimination
By ANITA SNOW and NOREEN NASIR Associated Press MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Young Sikh Americans still struggle with discrimination a generation after Sept.…
Continue Reading Vatican won’t say if women can vote in 2023 church meeting
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Vatican officials are refusing to say whether women will have a vote when Pope Francis convenes the…
Continue Reading London honors Muppets creator Jim Henson with blue plaque
By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — London has honored American Jim Henson, the creator of the Muppets, with a blue plaque outside his…
Continue Reading IAEA seeks Japan transparency in release of Fukushima water
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency have asked Japan for full and detailed…
Continue Reading IAEA seeks Japan transparency in release of Fukushima water
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency have asked Japan for full and detailed…
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