Nation and World
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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...
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Trump legal team balks at judge's declassification questions
Sep 20, 2022 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's legal team has told a newly appointed independent arbiter that it does not want to answer his questions about the declassification status of ...
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Queen Elizabeth II's funeral | Live updates
Sep 19, 2022 7:00 am - WINDSOR, England - Queen Elizabeth II has been interred together with her late husband, Prince Philip, at St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle, officials said. The roya...
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Apples, traditional at Rosh Hashana, shine in this cake
Sep 19, 2022 7:00 am - Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, begins on Sunday evening (Sept. 25), and the people in my house would get pretty ornery if I skipped the holiday's traditional brisket...
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Europe's central bank to use climate scores as it buys bonds
Sep 19, 2022 7:00 am - FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - The European Central Bank said Monday that it will give corporations climate scores before it buys their bonds and intends to prioritize those ...
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Judge orders ex-Kansas cop released for jail pending trial
Sep 19, 2022 7:00 am - TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - A former Kansas police detective accused of preying on Black women and girls for decades will be released from jail pending his trial on charges invo...