Nation and World
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Storm battering western Alaska causes widespread flooding
Sep 18, 2022 7:00 am - ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A powerful storm sweeping north through the Bering Strait on Saturday caused widespread flooding in several western Alaska coastal communities, ...
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In world beset by turbulence, nations' leaders gather at UN
Sep 18, 2022 7:00 am - UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Facing a complex set of challenges that try humanity as never before, world leaders convene at the United Nations this week under the shadow of Eur...
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Sailor who died at Pearl Harbor to be buried at Arlington
Sep 18, 2022 7:00 am - The remains of a sailor from Massachusetts who died when the USS Oklahoma was struck by multiple torpedoes during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 are being b...
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Mexican faith leader jailed for sex abuse; flock stays loyal
Sep 18, 2022 7:00 am - GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) - Their spiritual leader is behind bars in California after pleading guilty to sexually abusing minors. Yet legions of followers of Naasón Joaq...
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UN: Exclusion of Afghan girls from high schools 'shameful'
Sep 18, 2022 7:00 am - ISLAMABAD (AP) - The United Nations on Sunday called for Afghanistan's Taliban rulers to reopen schools to girls in grades 7-12, calling the anniversary of their exclusi...
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Hurt in June shooting, Ludacris' manager faces murder charge
Sep 18, 2022 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - The manager for the rapper Ludacris faces a murder charge in Atlanta in connection with a June shooting. The Atlanta Police Department sa...
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Bus for COVID-19 quarantine in China crashes, killing 27
Sep 18, 2022 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - A bus reportedly taking 47 people to COVID-19 quarantine in southwest China crashed before dawn Sunday morning, killing 27 and injuring 20 others, media s...
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Architect Vlado Milunić dies at 81; linked to Prague icon
Sep 17, 2022 7:00 am - PRAGUE (AP) - Vlado Milunić, a Czech architect of Croatian ancestry who co-designed Prague's iconic Dancing House building together with his colleague Frank Gehry, has ...
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2 Illinois sites get new names, eliminating derogatory term
Sep 17, 2022 7:00 am - PALOS PARK, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago waterway and a western Illinois island have been renamed under a new national policy to remove their previous names' use of a ...
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Belgrade police clash with hooligans during Pride march
Sep 17, 2022 7:00 am - BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Riot police clashed Saturday with soccer hooligans in downtown Belgrade, where a pan-European Pride march was held despite threats from anti-gay ...