Nation and World
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Company loses bid to recover payout for Dubai hotel fire
Sep 20, 2022 7:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - An insurance company that was ordered to pay more than a billion dirhams in damages for a 2015 New Year's Eve fire in Dubai has lost a...
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Turkish leader to United Nations: Be 'much more influential'
Sep 20, 2022 7:00 am - UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Turkey's leader, overseeing a nation encircled by regional disputes, used his speech at the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday to shine a spotlight o...
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Maury Wills, base-stealing shortstop for Dodgers, dies at 89
Sep 20, 2022 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Maury Wills, who intimidated pitchers with his base-stealing prowess as a shortstop for the Los Angeles Dodgers on three World Series championship tea...
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Migrants sue Florida governor over Martha's Vineyard flights
Sep 20, 2022 7:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - Venezuelan migrants flown to the upscale Massachusetts island of Martha's Vineyard sued Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his transportation secretary Tuesday ...
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DP World wins another ruling in battle over Djibouti port
Sep 20, 2022 7:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Dubai-based shipping giant DP World said Tuesday it has won another ruling in a longstanding legal battle over the operation of a stra...
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Ukraine war thrusts German climate action into spotlight
Sep 20, 2022 7:00 am - UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Germany remains committed to phasing out coal as a source of power by 2030 even as it reactivates coal-fired power plants, the country's climate en...
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France probes threats against Russian prison rights activist
Sep 20, 2022 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - French authorities are investigating death threats against a Russian rights activist who exposes abuses in Russian prisons and says he was the target of a p...
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Locked Up: The prison labor that built business empires
Sep 20, 2022 7:00 am - More than 150 years ago, a prison complex known as the Lone Rock stockade operated at one of the biggest coal mines in Tennessee. It was powered largely by African Ameri...
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'Serial' host: Evidence that freed Syed was long available
Sep 20, 2022 7:00 am - The creator of a true-crime podcast that helped free a Maryland man imprisoned for two decades said Tuesday that she feels a mix of emotions over how long it took author...
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Alaskans pocket over $3,000 in annual oil-wealth payments
Sep 20, 2022 7:00 am - ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Nearly every single Alaskan got a financial windfall amounting to more than $3,000 Tuesday, the day the state began distributing payments from A...