Chinese electric car brand NIO says 2 killed in vehicle fall
BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese electric car brand NIO says two employees involved in testing died when one of its vehicles fell three stories from a…
Continue ReadingAP National News
Turkey: Qatari, Azerbaijani aircraft join wildfire fight
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Water-dropping aircraft from Azerbaijan and Qatar have joined the fight against a wind-stoked wildfire that is burning for a…
Continue Reading Russian military cargo plane crashes, killing 4
MOSCOW (AP) — Officials say that a Russian military cargo plane has crashed, killing four crewmembers and leaving several others injured. The…
Continue Reading Climate, malaria highlighted as Commonwealth leaders meet
By IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Leaders of Commonwealth nations are meeting in Rwanda Friday in a summit that promises to…
Continue Reading Aftershock in Afghanistan as quake toll rises to 1,150 dead
By EBRAHIM NOROOZI Associated Press GAYAN, Afghanistan (AP) — An aftershock took more lives Friday and threatened to pile even more misery on an…
Continue Reading India flies tons of essentials to quake-rocked Afghanistan
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India is sending family tents, blankets and other relief supplies for a team to distribute in…
Continue Reading Romanian port struggles to handle flow of Ukrainian grain
By VADIM GHIRDA Associated Press CONSTANTA, Romania (AP) — With Ukraine’s seaports blockaded or captured by Russian forces, neighboring…
Continue Reading US Pacific admiral: Ties with Japan key to regional security
By HARUKA NUGA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The U.S. Navy’s top commander in the Pacific and the Japanese defense minister say that close…
Continue Reading UK Conservatives lose 2 elections in blow to Boris Johnson
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s leadership of the Conservative party has suffered a heavy…
Continue Reading A year on, Surfside remembers 98 victims of condo collapse
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and CURT ANDERSON The Associated Press SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) — A year ago in the middle of the night, a 12-story oceanfront…
Continue Reading Congress sends landmark gun violence compromise to Biden
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has sent President Joe Biden the most wide-ranging gun violence bill Congress has passed…
Continue Reading At LGBTQ Pride, celebration but also worry over civil rights
By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — LGBTQ Pride commemorations that sometimes have felt like victory parties for civil rights gains…
Continue Reading States brace for fight over gun laws after high court ruling
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Supreme Court’s decision overturning a gun-permitting law in New York has…
Continue Reading A new leader in the Philippines, and a family’s old wounds
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — He was the uncle I never met. But in my family’s origin story, Emmanuel “Manny” Yap…
Continue Reading Giffords documentary comes as gun debates stay center stage
By TERRY TANG Associated Press In the two years documentary filmmakers shadowed former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords, the most jarring moment for them…
Continue Reading GOP unity? Some aim for reconciliation after tough primaries
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Two days after losing a bitter primary to a rival she once deemed a “sellout” for…
Continue Reading Last Nevada county approves primary results after hand count
By KEN RITTER, GABE STERN and SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Counties across Nevada on Friday certified the last outstanding…
Continue Reading A world apart, Lebanon and Sri Lanka share economic collapse
By ZEINA KARAM and DAVID RISING Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon and Sri Lanka may be a world apart, but they share a history of political…
Continue Reading They’ll always have ‘Marcel the Shell with Shoes On’
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Jenny Slate and Dean Fleischer-Camp were at a bit of a career crossroads when they manifested Marcel, a one-inch-tall…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: How parade crash insanity plea will work
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A man accused of driving his SUV through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee last year,…
Continue Reading