Here’s what to know about Sweden’s bumpy road toward NATO membership
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s bid to join NATO — held up for almost two years — cleared its next-to-last hurdle when Turkey’s parliament gave...
Annual count of homeless residents begins in Los Angeles, where tens of thousands live...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County’s annual count of homeless residents began Tuesday night — a crucial part of the region’s efforts to...
Biden to speak at United Auto Workers conference as he woos blue-collar vote in...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will be the keynote speaker Wednesday at a United Auto Workers' political convention as he works to sway...
China formally restores diplomatic relations with Nauru after Pacific island nation cut Taiwan ties
BEIJING (AP) — China and Nauru formally restored diplomatic relations Wednesday after the tiny Pacific island nation cut its ties with Taiwan earlier this...
Los Angeles Times to lay off one-fourth of newsroom staff starting this week, union...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Times plans to lay off 94 newsroom employees — one-fourth of its newsroom staff — starting Tuesday,...
Rifts within Israel resurface as war in Gaza drags on. Some want elections now
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Ever since Israel was attacked on Oct. 7, a main Israeli highway has been flanked by billboards preaching national...
Charles Osgood, CBS host on TV and radio and network’s poet-in-residence, dies at age...
NEW YORK (AP) — Charles Osgood, a five-time Emmy Award-winning journalist who anchored “CBS Sunday Morning” for more than two decades, hosted the long-running...
Greta Gerwig snubbed for best director and other Oscar nominations surprises
Cue all the “did ‘Barbie’ direct itself” snark. But Greta Gerwig not being among the five best director nominees for this year’s Oscars is...
A pastor and a small Ohio city tussle over the legality of his 24/7...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A Christian church in Ohio filed a federal lawsuit this week after its pastor was charged with violating city ordinances...
Oscar nomination for ’20 Days in Mariupol’ is a first for the 178-year-old Associated...
NEW YORK (AP) — “20 Days in Mariupol,” Mstyslav Chernov’s harrowing chronicle of the besieged Ukrainian city and the international journalists who remained there...