Nation and World
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Twitter drama too much? Mastodon, others emerge as options
Nov 12, 2022 6:00 am - Twitter has been a bit of a mess since billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk took the helm, cutting the company's workforce in half, upending the platform's verification syste...
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Austria: 9 injured in hot air balloon crash in eastern Alps
Nov 12, 2022 6:00 am - KIRCHSCHLAG IN DER BUCKLIGEN WELT, Austria (AP) - Nine people were injured Saturday in a hot air balloon crash on the eastern edge of the Alps in Austria. Sonja Kellner ...
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LGBTQ-friendly votes signal progressive shift for Methodists
Nov 12, 2022 6:00 am - The United Methodist Church moved toward becoming more progressive and LGBTQ-affirming during U.S. regional meetings this month that included the election of its second ...
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Jesse Jackson's half brother freed from life prison sentence
Nov 12, 2022 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - An 80-year-old half-brother of the Rev. Jesse Jackson who was sentenced to life in prison more than 30 years ago after being convicted of hiring hit men h...
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4th grader uses Heimlich to save fellow student from choking
Nov 12, 2022 6:00 am - RACINE, Wis. (AP) - A 9-year-old elementary school student in Wisconsin may have saved the life of a classmate by performing the Heimlich maneuver on her as she choked o...
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Hundreds protest at UN summit, German gov't voices concerns
Nov 12, 2022 6:00 am - SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) - Hundreds of environmental activists on Saturday called on industrialized nations at the U.N. climate summit in Egypt to pay for the impact ...
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Retired Las Vegas AP correspondent Robert Macy dies at 85
Nov 12, 2022 6:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - Retired Las Vegas correspondent Robert Macy, who wrote thousands of stories about entertainment, crime and sports in Sin City over the course of two dec...
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Federal Aviation Administration says two aircraft have collided at air show in Dallas; condition of pilots unknown
Nov 12, 2022 6:00 am - DALLAS (AP) - Federal Aviation Administration says two aircraft have collided at air show in Dallas; condition of pilots unknown. ...
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In dry, unreliable weather, Indian farmers restore arid land
Nov 12, 2022 6:00 am - ANANTAPUR, India (AP) - Ramesh Hanumaiya digs a few inches into his field with his hand and examines the soil. There is movement in the thick, brown earth: Tiny earthwor...
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Droughts, rising seas put Cuba's agriculture under threat
Nov 12, 2022 6:00 am - BATABANO, Cuba (AP) - Yordán DÃaz Gonzales pulled weeds from his fields with a tractor until Cuba's summer rainy season turned them into foot-deep red mud. Now it take...