Nation and World
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Amazon to raise average hourly pay by $1 to $19 in October
Sep 28, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Amazon said Wednesday it's raising its average starting pay for frontline workers from $18 to $19 a hour, a boost that could help it attract more employe...
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UN envoy says risk of return to war in Yemen 'real'
Sep 28, 2022 7:00 am - CAIRO (AP) - The U.N. envoy for Yemen warned that the risk of a return to fighting 'œis real,'ť urging warring parties to accept a longer extension of the current ceasef...
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LGBTQ advocates, women worry in Italy after Meloni's win
Sep 28, 2022 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Swept away by Italian elections that are expected to see Giorgia Meloni soon form the nation's first far-right-led government since World War II were veteran...
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Europe ramps up energy security after suspected sabotage
Sep 28, 2022 7:00 am - BRUSSELS (AP) - European companies are ramping up security around pipelines and energy prices are climbing again as the suspected sabotage of two pipelines that deliver ...
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Police: 1 dead, person of interest arrested following shooting at hospital near Little Rock, Arkansas
Sep 28, 2022 7:00 am - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Police: 1 dead, person of interest arrested following shooting at hospital near Little Rock, Arkansas. ...
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Mexico is world's deadliest spot for environmental activists
Sep 28, 2022 7:00 am - VICAM, Mexico (AP) - Mexico has become the deadliest place in the world for environmental and land defense activists, according to a global survey released Wednesday, an...
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Los Angeles police ID suspect in shooting of rapper PnB Rock
Sep 28, 2022 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles police on Wednesday named the suspect in the fatal shooting of rapper PnB Rock and warned he should be considered armed and dangerous. Th...
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US waives federal law to boost diesel supply for Puerto Rico
Sep 28, 2022 7:00 am - SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - The U.S. government announced Wednesday it would temporarily waive a federal law and allow foreign diesel deliveries to Puerto Rico as it fa...
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Kurdish officials: Death toll climbs in Iranian drone attack
Sep 28, 2022 7:00 am - KOYA, Iraq (AP) - An Iranian drone bombing campaign targeting the bases of an Iranian-Kurdish opposition group in northern Iraq on Wednesday killed at least nine people ...
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Salt water creeps to New Orleans in low Mississippi River
Sep 28, 2022 7:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Drought upriver has left the Mississippi River so low and slow that salt water is creeping farther than usual along the bottom toward New Orleans and ...