Nation and World
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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 ...
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Fish fossil catch from China includes oldest teeth ever
Sep 28, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A big catch of fish fossils in southern China includes the oldest teeth ever found - and may help scientists learn how our aquatic ancestors got their bi...
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IMF urges UK to "re-evaluate" tax cuts on inflation concerns
Sep 28, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The International Monetary Fund has urged the U.K. government to 'œreevaluate'ť a package of unfunded tax cuts that it says may fuel inflation and are like...
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Restaurant fire kills 17 people in northeastern China
Sep 28, 2022 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - A restaurant fire killed 17 people on Wednesday in the city of Changchun in northeastern China, authorities said. The fire was reported about 12:40 p.m. i...
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900 apply for NY's first licenses to sell recreational pot
Sep 28, 2022 7:00 am - ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - More than 900 would-be pot shop operators have applied for a chance to open New York state's first legal dispensaries for recreational marijuana, reg...
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China's yuan slides to 14-year low after US rate hikes
Sep 28, 2022 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - China's yuan fell to a 14-year low against the dollar Wednesday despite central bank efforts to stem the slide after U.S. interest rate hikes prompted tra...
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Illinois takes Equal Rights Amendment to appeals court
Sep 28, 2022 1:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Attorneys for the state of Illinois joined their colleagues in Nevada and Virginia Wednesday in asking a federal appellate court to declare that the Equal ...
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Inmate serving life for fatal Vegas bombing escapes prison
Sep 27, 2022 7:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - Authorities were searching Tuesday for a 42-year-old convicted bombmaker who escaped from a Nevada prison where he was serving a life sentence for a dea...
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Pro-Moscow officials say people in all four occupied Ukrainian areas voted to join Russia in Kremlin-run referendums
Sep 27, 2022 7:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Pro-Moscow officials say people in all four occupied Ukrainian areas voted to join Russia in Kremlin-run referendums. ...