President Joe Biden plans to skip U.N. climate talks beginning this week in Dubai
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to skip the annual climate talks in Dubai this week, an event that is expected to draw...
Tensions simmer as newcomers and immigrants with deeper US roots strive for work permits
HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — In New York, migrants at a city-run shelter grumble that relatives who settled before them refuse to offer a bed....
Palestinian diplomat appeals for Gaza truce to be extended as EU and Arab nations...
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The top Palestinian diplomat made a plea Monday to extend the fragile cease-fire in Gaza, hours ahead of its scheduled...
Diplomas for sale: $465, no classes required. Inside one of Louisiana’s unapproved schools
SPRINGFIELD, La. (AP) — Arliya Martin accepted her high school diploma with relief and gratitude.It was her ticket to better-paying work, she felt, after...
How did humans get to the brink of crashing climate? A long push for...
Amidst record-high temperatures, deluges, droughts and wildfires, leaders are convening for another round of United Nations climate talks later this month that seek to...
Schools in Portland, Oregon, reach tentative deal with teachers union after nearly month-long strike
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s largest school district said late Sunday it had reached a tentative agreement with its teachers union and roughly 45,000...
Jalen Hurts runs for winning TD in overtime, Eagles rally past Josh Allen, Bills...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jalen Hurts scored the winning touchdown on a quarterback draw with 2:37 left in overtime, and the Philadelphia Eagles beat the...
3 men of Palestinian descent attending holiday gathering shot, injured near University of Vermont
Three young men of Palestinian descent who were in Burlington for a Thanksgiving holiday gathering were shot and injured — one seriously — near...
‘Hunger Games’ feasts, ‘Napoleon’ conquers but ‘Wish’ doesn’t come true at Thanksgiving box office
NEW YORK (AP) — The Walt Disney Co.’s “Wish” had been expected to rule the Thanksgiving weekend box office, but moviegoers instead feasted on...
Rosalynn and Jimmy Carter were not only a global power couple but also best...
PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter could not remember their first meeting. She was a newborn. He wasn't long out of diapers...