A year later, Beirut blast victims push leaders for justice
NewBEIRUT (AP) — Fighting for justice has become their life’s mission for many whose loved ones were killed in Beirut’s devastating port explosion…
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Suspect in fatal S. Carolina shooting of 3 found in Florida
NewCOLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Authorities say the suspect in the killing of three people in rural South Carolina hopped on a plane after the shootings and…
Continue Reading After Beirut blast, winning justice becomes a life’s mission
NewBEIRUT (AP) — Fighting for justice has become their life’s mission for many whose loved ones were killed in Beirut’s devastating port…
Continue Reading Asian markets lower on virus worries after Wall Street slips
NewBEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets have followed Wall Street lower as jitters about the fast spread of the coronavirus’s delta variant dented…
Continue Reading Mao pins worn by Chinese athletes may test Olympic rules
NewTOKYO (AP) — The image of Communist China’s founding leader Mao Zedong has made an unscheduled appearance at the Tokyo Olympics. The…
Continue Reading Israeli court’s compromise would avoid Palestinian evictions
NewJERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court has floated compromises to prevent the evictions of dozens of Palestinian residents in the east Jerusalem…
Continue Reading Tennessee won’t incentivize COVID shots but pays to vax cows
NewNASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Despite having some of the lowest COVID-19 vaccination rates in the country, Tennessee isn’t planning to offer any…
Continue Reading Clean, repeat: At Tokyo Games, virus is Olympians’ chief foe
NewTOKYO (AP) — Tokyo Olympians are exercising extraordinary discipline against the coronavirus. They are sealed off in a sanitary bubble that has…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Why track cycling records are falling at Olympics
IZU, Japan (AP) — Everybody expected records to fall when the track cycling program began at the Tokyo Olympics, but nobody expected so much speed…
Continue Reading Landlords, tenants fill courts as eviction moratorium ends
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) — Tenants are turning up at housing courts hoping for last-minute reprieves from looming evictions after the federal…
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