UN secretary-general has urged the Group of 20 leaders to send a strong message...
NEW DELHI (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday urged the Group of 20 top economic powers, which are responsible for more than...
Justice Alito rejects Senate Democrats’ call to step aside from an upcoming Supreme Court...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Samuel Alito on Friday rejected demands from Senate Democrats that he step aside from an upcoming Supreme Court case because...
Water breaks in both halves in Rugby World Cup matches this weekend because of...
PARIS (AP) — There will be water breaks at all matches on the first weekend of the Rugby World Cup, organizers said on Friday.That...
Kroger and Albertsons sell hundreds of stores in a bid to clear merger of...
Kroger and Albertsons will sell more than 400 stores and other assets for about $1.9 billion, seeking to clear a path for a merger...
Poet Rita Dove to receive an honorary National Book Award medal for lifetime achievement
NEW YORK (AP) — Poet Rita Dove has a sharp, simple goal in response to receiving a National Book Award for lifetime achievement: “I...
Cuba arrests 17 for allegedly helping recruit some of its citizens to fight for...
HAVANA (AP) — Cuban authorities have arrested 17 people in connection with what they described as a network to recruit Cuban nationals to fight...
Sri Lanka’s ruling coalition defeats a no-confidence motion against the health minister
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s ruling coalition on Friday defeated a no-confidence motion against the country's health minister who has been accused...
Water hookups come to Alaska Yup’ik village, and residents are thrilled to ditch their...
AKIACHAK, Alaska (AP) — Sanitation workers Thomas Noatak and Joseph Moses start every workday riding a four-wheeler along the muddy roads of this small...
UK police call in bomb squad to check ‘suspicious vehicle’ near Channel Tunnel
LONDON (AP) — British Army bomb-disposal experts were examining a vehicle that was stopped by police near the entrance to the Channel Tunnel on...
Latest sighting of fugitive killer in Pennsylvania spurs closure of popular botanical garden
WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — One of the country’s top botanical gardens has been closed indefinitely after reports that an escaped murderer on the...