Nation and World
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Russian court rejects Navalny's 2nd prison sentence appeal
Oct 18, 2022 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - A court in Russia on Tuesday rejected imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny's second appeal of a nine-year sentence. The 46-year-old dissident is se...
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Russian cosmonaut runs over colleague after space return
Oct 18, 2022 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - After three missions in space, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev ran into difficulty on Earth when he drove over a colleague on a dark road outside Moscow le...
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Globe-trotting AP photographer John Gaps III dies, age 63
Oct 18, 2022 7:00 am - John Gaps III, an award-winning former Associated Press photographer who documented everything from war zones to the NCAA College World Series, was found dead at his hom...
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Serb arrested in Hungary for alleged war crimes in Kosovo
Oct 18, 2022 7:00 am - PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) - The Kosovar prosecutors' office on Tuesday said an ethnic Serb accused of killing ethnic Albanians in 1999 was arrested in Hungary. A statement s...
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Oklahoma governor sets March election for marijuana question
Oct 18, 2022 7:00 am - OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt on Tuesday set a statewide election for March 7 for voters to decide whether to legalize the recreational use of marijuana...
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Indiana judge convicts man in Black man's 2020 killing
Oct 18, 2022 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - A man has been convicted of reckless homicide in the fatal 2020 shooting of a young Black man in Indianapolis during unrest sparked by outrage over G...
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Climate Questions: Who is most vulnerable to climate change?
Oct 18, 2022 7:00 am - Most of the world's population has been affected in some way by climate change - 85% of the world, in fact. But the effects of climate change haven't been equally felt b...
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EU lawmakers reject border agency budget over misconduct
Oct 18, 2022 7:00 am - BRUSSELS (AP) - European Union lawmakers refused on Tuesday to endorse the way the EU's border and coast guard agency used its 2020 budget, over concerns about serious m...
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Worry grows for Iran athlete who competed without her hijab
Oct 18, 2022 7:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - An Iranian competitive climber left South Korea on Tuesday after competing at an event in which she climbed without her nation's mandatory head...
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Some risks too big: Insurers withdraw from fossil projects
Oct 18, 2022 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Insurance companies that have long said they'll cover anything, at the right price, are increasingly ruling out fossil fuel projects because of climate cha...