Nation and World
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Gorbachev to be buried in low-key funeral snubbed by Putin
Sep 02, 2022 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev is set to be buried Saturday in a ceremony falling short of a state funeral that will not be attended by Russian ...
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Afghan mosque blast kills 18, including pro-Taliban cleric
Sep 02, 2022 7:00 am - HERAT, Afghanistan (AP) - An explosion tore through a crowded mosque in western Afghanistan on Friday, killing at least 18 people. including a prominent cleric close to ...
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Pecan farmers get caught in power vacuum on Texas border
Sep 02, 2022 7:00 am - EAGLE PASS, Texas (AP) - A Texas pecan farm nearly the size of Disneyland has become entangled in a turf war between the Biden administration and Republican Gov. Greg Ab...
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French prosecutor warns of elevated terror attack threat
Sep 02, 2022 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - There is an elevated threat of terror attacks on French soil by Islamic extremists coming from Iraq and Syria, France's national anti-terrorism prosecutor w...
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India launches new aircraft carrier as China concerns grow
Sep 02, 2022 7:00 am - NEW DELHI (AP) - India commissioned its first home-built aircraft carrier Friday as it seeks to counter regional rival China's much larger and growing fleet, and expand ...
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G-7 pledges to move forward with Russia oil price cap system
Sep 02, 2022 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Finance ministers from the Group of Seven industrial powers on Friday pledged to impose a cap on the price of Russian oil in a bid to limit the Kremlin's r...
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Knock, knock: Jehovah's Witnesses resume door-to-door work
Sep 02, 2022 7:00 am - Jehovah's Witnesses have restarted their door-to-door ministry after more than two and a half years on hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, reviving a religious pract...
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VA plans limited abortion access to vets, despite state bans
Sep 02, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Department of Veterans Affairs said Friday it will provide abortion access to veterans and their beneficiaries - even in states that have made abor...
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Myanmar court sentences ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to 3 years imprisonment on charges of election fraud
Sep 02, 2022 7:00 am - BANGKOK (AP) - Myanmar court sentences ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to 3 years imprisonment on charges of election fraud. ...
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AP News in Brief at 6:04 p.m. EDT
Sep 02, 2022 7:00 am - Trump search inventory reveals new details from FBI seizure WASHINGTON (AP) - Along with highly classified government documents, the FBI agents who searched former Presi...