US seeks new pedestrian safety rules aimed at increasingly massive SUVs and pickup trucks
DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government's road safety agency wants the auto industry to design new vehicles including i ncreasingly large SUVs and pickup...
Jessica Hagedorn, R.F. Kuang among winners of American Book Awards, which celebrate multiculturalism
NEW YORK (AP) — Author-playwright Jessica Hagedorn, “Yellowface” novelist R.F. Kuang and poet Monica Youn are among this year's recipients of the 45th annual...
Funeral held for an American activist a witness says was shot dead by Israeli...
NABLUS, West Bank (AP) — The Western-backed Palestinian Authority held a funeral procession Monday for a U.S.-Turkish dual national activist who a witness says...
Mario Draghi has solutions for Europe’s sluggish economy. Will EU governments listen?
BRUSSELS (AP) — A long-awaited report on how to rescue Europe's economy from weak growth and red tape is in. The question is, how...
Talking about death can be tricky. Here’s how to start the conversation
NEW YORK (AP) — Dr. Vanessa Rodriguez is no stranger to talking about death.As a palliative care doctor at New York's Mount Sinai Hospital,...
Big Lots files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, plans to sell assets to Nexus...
Discount retailer Big Lots has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, as it contends with a pullback in consumer spending and soft sales.The Columbus,...
Flooding kills more than 20 people in Morocco and Algeria
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Torrential downpours hit North Africa's normally arid mountains and deserts over the weekend, causing flooding that killed nearly two dozen...
Mike Leigh on ‘Hard Truths’ and his moviemaking struggles
TORONTO (AP) — When the British filmmaker Mike Leigh was 6, his father, a doctor who would oppose his son becoming an artist, told...
Morgan Wallen leads the 2024 Country Music Association award noms, Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ snubbed
NEW YORK (AP) — He had some help: Morgan Wallen tops the 2024 Country Music Association award nominations with seven.For a third year in...
Iranian missiles in Russia are a legitimate target, a Ukrainian official says
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A senior Ukrainian official said Monday Western partner countries must allow Ukraine to use weapons they have supplied to strike...