Nation and World
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Palestinian detainee to end nearly 6-month hunger strike
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - JERUSALEM (AP) - A Palestinian detainee held without charge or trial by Israel said Wednesday that he will suspend his nearly six-month hunger strike after reaching an a...
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Unvaccinated cadets ordered off Coast Guard Academy campus
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) - The Coast Guard Academy is disenrolling seven cadets for failing to comply with the military's COVID-19 vaccination mandate, after their request...
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Internet shutdowns hit cash-strapped Lebanon due to strike
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - BEIRUT (AP) - Internet shutdowns rippled through cash-strapped Lebanon on Tuesday after employees of the country's state-owned telecom company went on strike, demanding ...
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Calm before storms? Oddly quiet Atlantic despite forecasts
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - It's been quiet - too quiet - this Atlantic hurricane season, meteorologists and residents of storm-prone areas whisper almost as if not to tempt fate...
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Snap cutting 20% of staff as ad sales continue to dry up
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) - The parent company of social media platform Snapchat said Wednesday that it is letting go of 20% of its staff as it reorganizes and tries to re...
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German prosecutors search JPMorgan offices in tax probe
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - German prosecutors have raided the office of JPMorgan Chase & Co. in Frankfurt as part of a broader tax evasion investigation targeting numerous banks in G...
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Take 2: NASA aims for Saturday launch of new moon rocket
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - NASA will try again Saturday to launch its new moon rocket on a test flight, after engine trouble halted the first countdown this week. Manag...
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Police: Friend of accused recounted Dutch soldier's killing
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The 22-year-old man accused of fatally shooting a Dutch soldier and wounding two others in downtown Indianapolis over the weekend told a friend who w...
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Feds cite efforts to obstruct probe of docs at Trump estate
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department says classified documents were 'œlikely concealed and removed'ť from a storage room at former President Donald Trump's Florida e...
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Africa urged to propose action on climate at conference
Aug 31, 2022 7:00 am - MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) - Africa's nations must develop strategies to address climate change which poses an existential threat to the continent's megacities, Gabon's Preside...