Nation and World
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Fight to end virus pandemic takes place on UN's sidelines
Sep 23, 2022 7:00 am - UNITED NATIONS (AP) - In four days of fiery speeches over war, climate change and the threat of nuclear weapons, one issue felt like an afterthought during this year's U...
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Chinese man gets 24 years for brutal group attack on women
Sep 23, 2022 7:00 am - TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - A court in northern China sentenced one man to 24 years in jail Friday for his role in a vicious attack on four women, as well as other crimes incl...
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Taliban: Car bomb near Kabul mosque kills 7, wounds 41
Sep 23, 2022 7:00 am - KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A car bomb went off Friday as worshippers were leaving a Kabul mosque, killing at least seven people and wounding 41, including several childre...
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Man wants to defend himself in fatal Wisconsin parade attack
Sep 23, 2022 7:00 am - A man accused of killing six people and injuring dozens of others by driving an SUV through a Christmas parade in Wisconsin last year wants to represent himself in a tri...
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New model to enlist regular Americans to resettle refugees
Sep 23, 2022 7:00 am - SAN DIEGO (AP) - When nearly 80,000 Afghans arrived in the United States, refugee resettlement agencies quickly became overwhelmed, still scrambling to rehire staff and ...
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AP PHOTOS: Backbreaking work for kids in Afghan brick kilns
Sep 23, 2022 7:00 am - KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Nabila works 10 hours or more a day, doing the heavy, dirty labor of packing mud into molds and hauling wheelbarrows full of bricks. At 12 year...
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Judge: State must preserve evidence from halted execution
Sep 23, 2022 7:00 am - ATMORE, Ala. (AP) - A federal judge on Friday ordered Alabama to preserve records and medical supplies associated with a lethal injection attempt after the prison system...
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Ex-Nevada deputy attorney general indicted on murder charge
Sep 23, 2022 7:00 am - HONOLULU (AP) - A Hawaii grand jury on Friday indicted a former deputy Nevada attorney general on charges of second-degree murder in connection with the 50-year-old cold...
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'Fat Leonard' may be Venezuela bargaining chip, experts say
Sep 23, 2022 7:00 am - SAN DIEGO (AP) - A fugitive defense contractor nicknamed 'œFat Leonard'ť who claims to have incriminating sex photos of U.S. Navy brass could become the latest bargainin...
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Arizona GOP chair's try to quash Jan. 6 panel subpoena fails
Sep 23, 2022 7:00 am - PHOENIX (AP) - A federal judge has rejected an effort by Arizona Republican Party Chair Kelli Ward and her husband to block a subpoena of their phone records issued by t...