Staff and shoppers return to ‘somber’ Sydney shopping mall 6 days after mass stabbings
SYDNEY (AP) — Shoppers and workers returned to a “really quiet” Sydney mall Friday, where six days earlier an assailant stabbed six people to...
Stock market today: World stocks retreat as Middle East tensions flare
HONG KONG (AP) — European markets opened lower and Asian stocks tumbled Friday, with Japan’s Nikkei slumping 2.7% on heavy selling of semiconductor-related shares...
Laborers and street vendors in Mali find no respite as deadly heat wave surges...
BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Street vendors in Mali's capital of Bamako peddle water sachets, ubiquitous for this part of West Africa during the hottest...
AP Explains: 4/20 grew from humble roots to marijuana’s high holiday
SEATTLE (AP) — Saturday marks marijuana culture’s high holiday, 4/20, when college students gather — at 4:20 p.m. — in clouds of smoke on...
5 Japanese workers narrowly escape suicide bombing that targeted their vehicle in Pakistan
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vest near a van carrying Japanese autoworkers, who narrowly escaped the attack Friday that...
BNSF Railway says it didn’t know about asbestos that’s killed hundreds in Montana town
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — BNSF Railway attorneys are expected to argue before jurors Friday that the railroad should not be held liable for the...
Russia pummels exhausted Ukrainian forces with smaller attacks ahead of a springtime advance
Russian troops are ramping up pressure on exhausted Ukrainian forces to prepare to seize more land this spring and summer as muddy fields dry...
Would you like a cicada salad? The monstrous little noisemakers descend on a New...
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As the nation prepares for trillions of red-eyed bugs known as periodical cicadas to emerge, it's worth noting that they're...
The Latest | Iran fires air defense batteries and diverts flights after explosions
Iran fired air defense batteries Friday and some flights were diverted or grounded after reports of explosions near a major airbase and nuclear site...
Chicago’s response to migrant influx stirs longstanding frustrations among Black residents
CHICAGO (AP) — The closure of Wadsworth Elementary School in 2013 was a blow to residents of the majority-Black neighborhood it served, symbolizing a...
