In Yemen, child soldiering continues despite Houthi promise
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — In the video, a man stands in front of a blackboard in a full classroom, teaching the parts of an AK-47…
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Australian minister visits New Zealand during Pacific trip
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s new foreign minister has made New Zealand the first stop on her third…
Continue Reading California won’t immediately list Joshua tree as threatened
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California won’t be listing the iconic western Joshua tree as a threatened…
Continue Reading PG&E moves power underground in plan to bury 10,000 miles
By HAVEN DALEY Associated Press SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric Co. is working on an ambitious project to bury thousands of…
Continue Reading Gateway towns to Yellowstone become dead ends after flood
By MATTHEW BROWN and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press RED LODGE, Mont. (AP) — This gateway town to Yellowstone National Park has become a dead end, a…
Continue Reading Wife says she tried to warn police before deadly shooting
By STEFANIE DAZIO and CHRISTOPHER WEBER Associated Press EL MONTE, Calif. (AP) — The wife of a man who killed two Southern California police…
Continue Reading Election deniers quiet on fraud claims after primary wins
By STEVE PEOPLES and SAM METZ Associated Press Nevada Republican Jim Marchant insisted there hadn’t been a legitimate election in his state in…
Continue Reading What we know about how Pence’s day unfolded on Jan. 6
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Pence won’t be testifying at Thursday’s Jan. 6 committee hearing. But he will be…
Continue Reading Fed’s aggressive rate hikes raise likelihood of a recession
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has pledged to do whatever it takes to curb inflation,…
Continue Reading Detroit honors Vincent Chin, Asian American killed in 1982
By COREY WILLIAMS Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Decades before Chinese immigrant Yao Pan Ma was attacked while collecting cans in New York and…
Continue Reading In Louisiana, Native Americans struggle to recover from Ida
By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press ALONG BAYOU POINTE-AU-CHIEN, La. (AP) — Driving through her village along a southeastern Louisiana bayou,…
Continue Reading Blas becomes hurricane in Pacific off southwestern Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Blas has strengthened from a tropical storm as it moves off the Pacific coast of southwestern Mexico, though…
Continue Reading In energy-strapped Europe, coal gets a Greek encore
By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press KOZANI, Greece (AP) — At Greece’s largest coal mine, controlled explosions and the roar of giant…
Continue Reading Chinese destroyer on long-distance exercises in Sea of Japan
BEIJING (AP) — One of China’s largest and most capable combat ships is conducting long-distance exercises in the Sea of Japan in a display of…
Continue Reading Australia commits to reducing greenhouse emissions by 43%
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s new government on Thursday formally committed to a more ambitious…
Continue Reading Murder suspect dad: `If I can’t have them neither can you’
ROUND LAKE BEACH, Ill. (AP) — Prosecutors say a suburban Chicago man charged in the drowning deaths of his three young children left a note for his…
Continue Reading California debates listing western Joshua tree as threatened
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California officials are weighing whether to list the iconic western Joshua tree as…
Continue Reading Migrant crossings at US border rise for 4th straight month
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. border authorities stopped migrants more often on the southern border for a fourth straight month in May, apparently…
Continue Reading Letters sent to García Márquez to be shown in Mexico City
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — While reviewing the photo archives left by Nobel Prize-winning Colombian author Gabriel…
Continue Reading DC trolls Saudi embassy by naming street Jamal Khashoggi Way
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — One month ahead of President Joe Biden’s trip to Saudi Arabia, the District of Columbia is…
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