Nation and World
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Israel and Gaza militants exchange fire after deadly strikes
Aug 06, 2022 7:00 am - GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli jets pounded militant targets in Gaza on Saturday as rockets rained on southern Israel, hours after a wave of Israeli airstrikes on ...
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Musk says Twitter deal could move ahead with 'bot' info
Aug 06, 2022 7:00 am - Elon Musk said Saturday his planned $44 billion takeover of Twitter should move forward if the company can confirm some details about how it measures whether user accoun...
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Longtime AP correspondent, editor Marcus Eliason dies at 75
Aug 06, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Marcus Eliason, an international journalist whose insightful reporting, sparkling prose and skillful editing graced Associated Press news wires for almos...
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Judith Durham, Australia's folk music icon, dies at 79
Aug 06, 2022 7:00 am - MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Judith Durham, Australia's folk music icon who achieved global fame as the lead singer of The Seekers, has died. She was 79. Durham died in A...
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Today in History: Aug. 6, U.S. drops atom bomb on Hiroshima
Aug 06, 2022 7:00 am - Today in History Today is Saturday, Aug. 6, the 218th day of 2022. There are 147 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Aug. 6, 1945, during World Wa...
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Buffett's firm reports $44B loss but its businesses thrive
Aug 06, 2022 7:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Warren Buffett's company reported a $43.76 billion loss in the second quarter as the paper value of its investments plummeted, but Berkshire Hathaway'...
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EXPLAINER: On China, US and climate, action, not talk is key
Aug 06, 2022 7:00 am - The last two agreements the world made to battle climate change came only after the United States and China, by far the two biggest carbon polluters, made deals with eac...
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17 missing, 121 hurt, 1 dead in fire at Cuban oil facility
Aug 06, 2022 7:00 am - HAVANA (AP) - A fire set off by a lightning strike at an oil storage facility raged uncontrolled in the Cuban city of Matanzas, where four explosions and flames injured ...
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EXPLAINER: What is driving the current Israel-Gaza violence
Aug 06, 2022 7:00 am - TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip were exchanging fire Saturday in the worst bout of cross-border violence since an 11-day war b...
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Role of race contested in killing of Nigerian man in Italy
Aug 06, 2022 7:00 am - CIVITANOVA MARCHE, Italy (AP) - Two marches Saturday in a well-to-do Italian Adriatic beach town both sought justice in the brutal daylight killing of a Nigerian man at ...