Nation and World
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France's going through its most severe drought ever, PM says
Aug 05, 2022 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne warned that France is facing the 'œmost severe drought'ť ever recorded in the country and announced the activation of ...
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In a first, Somalia-based al-Shabab is attacking in Ethiopia
Aug 05, 2022 7:00 am - MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - The al-Shabab extremist group has exploited Ethiopia's internal turmoil to cross the border from neighboring Somalia in unprecedented attacks i...
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Storms ground US air travelers as airlines cancel flights
Aug 05, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Tens of thousands of flyers had their travel plans upended Friday after airlines canceled about 1,400 U.S. flights as thunderstorms hit the East Coast. A...
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US employers add 528,000 jobs; unemployment falls to 3.5%
Aug 05, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Defying anxiety about a possible recession and raging inflation, America's employers added a stunning 528,000 jobs last month, restoring all the jobs l...
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UK court bars parents from moving comatose boy to hospice
Aug 05, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - A British court has rejected a request from the parents of a comatose boy to allow them to move their son to a hospice when hospital doctors withdraw his l...
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From Mecca to the Vatican, exploring sacred sites with VR
Aug 05, 2022 7:00 am - Click and gape at the Vatican's Sistine Chapel ceiling up close. Click again and join thousands of pilgrims praying and circling around the cube-shaped Kaaba at Islam's ...
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Relatives of POWs call on Red Cross to help find loved ones
Aug 05, 2022 7:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Relatives of prisoners of war captured by the Russians following the fall of Mariupol gathered in central Kyiv Thursday demanding information about ...
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Blaze kills firefighter's 10 relatives, 3 of them children
Aug 05, 2022 7:00 am - NESCOPECK, Pa. (AP) - Fire tore quickly through a house in northeastern Pennsylvania early Friday morning, killing seven adults and three children and horrifying a volun...
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Washington town evacuated, some homes burned in wildfire
Aug 05, 2022 7:00 am - LIND, Wash. (AP) - A small town in Washington state was evacuated due to a fast-moving fire that burned a half-dozen homes, as crews in California made progress against ...
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More storms bring renewed flood threat in hard-hit Kentucky
Aug 05, 2022 7:00 am - Thunderstorms on Friday brought a renewed threat of flooding to parts of Kentucky ravaged by high water a week ago. The National Weather Service issued a flood watch thr...