States divided on gun controls, even as mass shootings rise
May 26, 2022
By RACHEL LA CORTE and ANDREW DEMILLO OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington Gov. Jay Inslee was quick to react to this week’s carnage at a Texas elementary school, sending a tweet listing the gun control…
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Gunman kills 19 children, 2 adults in Texas school rampage
May 25, 2022
By ACACIA CORONADO and JIM VERTUNO UVALDE, Texas (AP) — An 18-year-old gunman killed 19 children and two adults as he went from classroom to classroom at a Texas elementary school, officials said, adding to…
At Davos, climate debate over role of oil in ‘going green’
May 24, 2022
By PETER PRENGAMAN DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — As government officials, corporate leaders and other elites at the World Economic Forum grapple with how to confront climate change and its devastating effects, a central question is…
After 3 months of war, life in Russia has profoundly changed
May 23, 2022
The Associated Press When Vladimir Putin announced the invasion of Ukraine, war seemed far away from Russian territory. Yet within days the conflict came home — not with cruise missiles and mortars but in the…
African scientists baffled by monkeypox cases in Europe, US
May 20, 2022
By MARIA CHENG LONDON (AP) — Scientists who have monitored numerous outbreaks of monkeypox in Africa say they are baffled by the disease’s recent spread in Europe and North America. Cases of the smallpox-related disease have previously…
Wall Street appears headed for another rocky day
May 19, 2022
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street headed for more losses at the open following the previous day’s rout amid persistently high inflation and its potential effect on corporate profits and consumer spending. Futures for the…
Ukraine working to pull last fighters from Mariupol mill
May 17, 2022
By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and CIARAN McQUILLAN KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Hundreds of Ukrainian fighters defending the last holdout in Mariupol were evacuated to areas controlled by Russian-backed separatists and officials worked Tuesday to get the…
McDonald’s to sell its Russian business, try to keep workers
May 16, 2022
By DAVID KOENIG The Associated Press - More than three decades after it became the first American fast food restaurant to open in the Soviet Union, McDonald’s said Monday that it has started the process…
Elon Musk: Twitter deal ‘temporarily on hold’
May 13, 2022
By KELVIN CHAN LONDON (AP) — Elon Musk said Friday that his plan to buy Twitter is “temporarily on hold” as he tries to pinpoint the exact number of spam and fake accounts on the social media…
North Korea confirms 1st COVID outbreak, Kim orders lockdown
May 12, 2022
By KIM TONG-HYUNG and HYUNG-JIN KIM SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea imposed a nationwide lockdown Thursday to control its first acknowledged COVID-19 outbreak after holding for more than two years to a widely…