Dominican Republic to close all borders with Haiti in a dispute over a canal
DAJABON, Dominican Republic (AP) — The Dominican Republic's president announced Thursday he would close all borders with neighboring Haiti starting Friday in a dispute...
US casinos have their best July ever, winning nearly $5.4B from gamblers
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Commercial casinos in the U.S. had their best July ever this year, winning nearly $5.4 billion from gamblers, according...
Jonathan Eig’s MLK biography ‘King: A Life’ is among nonfiction National Book Award nominees
NEW YORK (AP) — A comprehensive new biography of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr, a memoir on family by the prize-winning novelist Viet...
Pentagon says surveillance flights, not counterterrorism ops, have restarted in Niger
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said Thursday that it has not restarted counterterrorism operations in Niger, a day after the head of U.S. airpower...
Supreme Court pauses order curbing Biden administration efforts to block social media posts
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily blocked a lower court order curbing Biden administration efforts to combat controversial social media posts on topics...
Britain, France and Germany say they will keep their nuclear and missiles sanctions on...
VIENNA (AP) — Britain, France and Germany announced Thursday they will keep their sanctions on Iran related to the Mideast country's atomic program and...
Imagine making shadowy data brokers erase your personal info. Californians may soon live the...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — You may not know it, but thousands of often shadowy companies routinely traffic in personal data you probably never agreed...
Suburban Chicago tent collapse injures at least 26, including 5 seriously, police say
BEDFORD PARK, Ill. (AP) — A tent collapse in suburban Chicago injured at least 26 people, police said.Five of those hurt had serious injuries,...
On movie screens in Toronto, home is a battleground
TORONTO (AP) — Three generations of a Ukrainian family sit in a van in the documentary “In the Rearview.” They stare straightforward, staggered by...
Lemur on the loose! Video shows police chasing critter that escaped in Missouri
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — Bounding through a darkened city park, a lemur managed to stay one step ahead of police officers armed only with...
