Bangladesh minority rights group accuses interim government of failing to protect minorities
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s largest minority rights group accused the country’s interim government on Thursday of failing to protect religious and ethnic minorities from attacks and ...
Donald Trump talks so much that White House stenographers and everyone else is struggling to keep up
The White House stenographers have a problem. Donald Trump is talking so much, the people responsible for transcribing his public remarks are struggling to keep up with all the words. There were more ...
Thousands of Albanians pay last respects to Orthodox Christian Archbishop Anastasios
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Thousands of Albanians gathered in the capital on Thursday to pay their last respects to Archbishop Anastasios, who revived the country’s Orthodox Christian Church after the ...
Passenger jet with 64 aboard collides with Army helicopter while landing at Reagan Airport near DC
The U.S. Army described the helicopter as a UH-60 Blackhawk based at Fort Belvoir in Virginia. The helicopter was on a training flight. Military aircraft frequently conduct training flights in and ...
Gisele Pelicot's ex-husband, imprisoned for raping and drugging her, now caught up in other cases
NANTERRE, France (AP) — The convicted rapist who horrified France by drugging his then wife, Gisele Pelicot, so other men could rape her is now caught up in other cases. Dominique Pelicot is serving a ...
Philippine president offers a deal to China: Stop sea aggression and I'll return missiles to US
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said last week that the Philippines is “creating tensions and antagonism in the region and inciting geopolitical confrontation and an arms race” by ...
Merkel criticizes German front-runner Merz over migration vote with far-right support
BERLIN (AP) — Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country’s center-right leader, the front-runner in Germany’s election next month, ...
In the news today: Day 2 of health ministers meeting, more US tariffs could be coming
The country’s health ministers are wrapping up two days of meetings in Halifax today with a busy agenda. The in-person talks ...
A food bank netted a huge haul of 13,000 fresh salmon. The catch? The fish were still alive
LocalCoho, a soon-to-close salmon farm in the small upstate city of Auburn, wanted to give 40,000 pounds (18,100 kilograms) of coho salmon to the Food Bank of Central New York, a mother lode of ...
El Salvador's Congress clears hurdle to speed constitutional reforms
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s Congress ratified a constitutional reform Wednesday that will make it easier and faster to make constitutional changes in the future, a change critics ...
Ohio State quality control coach placed on leave amid university investigation
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio State defensive quality control coach Joe Lyberger has been on paid administrative leave for the last month while the university investigates him.
Dave Matthews won't perform at FireAid or a MusiCares benefit, citing a critical family illness
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dave Matthews will no longer perform at FireAid, a star-studded benefit concert organized for Los Angeles-area wildfire relief, or the MusiCares Person of the Year benefit gala this ...