
Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine, Anastasia has started her day by composing an anti-war message and posting it on the wall at the entrance of her apartment block in the industrial city of Perm in the Ural Mountains.
by Associated Press 13 minutes agoParts of Australia's largest city have been inundated by four major floods since March last year, leaving weary residents questioning how many times they can rebuild.
by ROD McGUIRK / Associated Press 1 hour agoForeign ministers from the world's largest nations are looking to address Russia's war in Ukraine and its impact on global energy and food security when they meet in Indonesia this week.
by MATTHEW LEE / AP Diplomatic Writer 2 hours agoFor some of the Washington, D.C., residents who reported for jury duty last month, a pro-Trump mob's assault on the U.S. Capitol felt like a personal attack.
by MICHAEL KUNZELMAN / Associated Press 3 hours agoGuitar icon Carlos Santana collapsed on stage during a show in Michigan and was rushed to a hospital, later blaming the episode on forgetting to eat or drink water.
by Associated Press 3 hours agoAttorneys representing Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said Wednesday he intends to challenge a subpoena compelling him to testify before a special grand jury in Georgia investigating former President Donald Trump and his allies' actions after the 2020 election.
by JILL COLVIN / Associated Press 4 hours agoUkrainian mathematician Maryna Viazovska was named Tuesday as one of four recipients of the prestigious Fields Medal, which is often described as the Nobel Prize in mathematics.
by FRANK JORDANS / Associated Press 4 hours agoThe man charged with killing seven people when he unleashed a hail of bullets on an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago confessed to police that he fired on the crowd, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
by MICHAEL TARM, KATHLEEN FOODY and STEPHEN GROVES / Associated Press 4 hours agoA 10-year-old girl died while tubing on a Tennessee waterway during the Fourth of July holiday weekend, authorities said.
by Associated PressA panel of Tennessee judges has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a couple who alleged that a state-sponsored Christian adoption agency refused to help them because they are Jewish.
by JONATHAN MATTISE / Associated PressR. Kelly is no longer on suicide watch following the jailed R&B singer's sentencing in a federal sex abuse case, prosecutors said in court papers filed on Tuesday.
by Associated PressNASA said Tuesday it has lost contact with a $32.7 million spacecraft headed to the moon to test out a lopsided lunar orbit, but agency engineers are hopeful they can fix the problem.
by Associated PressClimate change protesters targeted a copy of Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper" at London's Royal Academy of Arts Tuesday, gluing themselves to the painting's frame and spray-painting "No New Oil" next to it.
by Associated PressThe fossilized skeleton of a T. rex relative that roamed the earth about 76 million years ago will be auctioned in New York this month, Sotheby's announced Tuesday.
by Associated PressThe governor of the last remaining eastern province partly under Ukraine's control urged his more than 350,000 residents to flee as Russia escalated its offensive and air alerts were issued across nearly the entire country.
by FRANCESCA EBEL / Associated PressA federal judge will this week sentence former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for federal civil rights violations in the killing of George Floyd.
by STEVE KARNOWSKI / Associated PressMore than two dozen children have died of hunger in the past two months in a single hospital in Somalia. Dr. Yahye Abdi Garun has watched their emaciated parents stumble in from rural areas gripped by the driest drought in decades. And yet no humanitarian aid arrives.
by CARA ANNA and OMAR FARUK / Associated PressStocks fell broadly in morning trading on Wall Street Tuesday, extending a slump for the major indexes as investors continue to worry about the state of the economy.
by DAMIAN J. TROISE / AP Business WriterA Chattanooga-based conservative news site is slamming a number of top Tennessee Republican officials, including House Finance Chairwoman Patsy Hazlewood of Signal Mountain and Senate Speaker Randy McNally of Oak Ridge.
by Andy SherA man charged Tuesday with seven counts of murder after firing off more than 70 rounds at an Independence Day parade in suburban Chicago legally bought five weapons, including the high-powered rifle used in the shooting, despite authorities being called to his home twice in 2019 for threats of violence and suicide, police said.
by MICHAEL TARM, KATHLEEN FOODY and STEPHEN GROVES / Associated PressJoined by Gov. Bill Lee and Knox County Mayor Glenn Jacobs, Hamilton County mayoral candidate Weston Wamp reiterated many of his key priorities to supporters Tuesday as he prepares for the final month of campaigning leading up to the general election in August.
by David FloydRescuers found body parts and equipment as they searched Tuesday for hikers missing following a powerful avalanche that killed at least seven people and is being blamed in large part on rising temperatures that are melting glaciers.
by PAOLO SANTALUCIA and NICOLE WINFIELD / Associated PressA Northern California wildfire chewed through a mountainous region near Sacramento Tuesday after forcing evacuations in two counties.
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