By DÁNICA COTO June 23, 2023 GMT https://apnews.com/article/haiti-homelessness-gangs-violence-slum-bf84227061d549092311d91cf9e57771 PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A gang rampaged through the Cite Soleil slum, killing and raping and setting fire to hundreds…
Read more Chased from their homes by gangs, thousands of Haitians languish in shelters with lives in limboMECHELEN, Belgium (AP) — The confessionals where generations of Belgians admitted their sins stood stacked in a corner of what was once Sacred Heart Church, proof the stalls…
Read more In Europe’s empty churches, prayer and confessions make way for drinking and dancingLOS ANGELES (AP) — The sun is shining, the beach is calling, and school is out: It’s time to prepare the song of the summer. Often, there’s a…
Read more Who will have the 2023 song of the summer? We offer some predictionsMECHELEN, Belgium (AP) — The confessionals where generations of Belgians admitted their sins stood stacked in a corner of what was once Sacred Heart Church, proof the stalls…
Read more In Europe’s empty churches, prayer and confessions make way for drinking and dancingWhen I told friends and family I was reporting on the first chicken meat grown from animal cells, their first comment was “Eww.” Their second comment was: “How…
Read more Is it chicken? Here’s how the first bite of ‘cell-cultivated’ meat tastesBy LEANNE ITALIE June 16, 2023 GMT https://apnews.com/article/christian-cooper-interview-central-park-birder-aba600c497356a39761239b915d32e07 NEW YORK (AP) — There’s nothing that can keep Christian Cooper from enjoying his “happy place,” the bird-friendly Ramble of…
Read more Central Park birder Christian Cooper is turning his viral video fame into a memoir and TV showLONDON (AP) — Lawmakers in Europe signed off Wednesday on the world’s first set of comprehensive rules for artificial intelligence, clearing a key hurdle as authorities across the…
Read more How Europe is leading the world in the push to regulate AIWASHINGTON (AP) — Much of the theft was brazen, even simple. Fraudsters used the Social Security numbers of dead people and federal prisoners to get unemployment checks. Cheaters…
Read more The Great Grift: How billions in COVID-19 relief aid was stolen or wastedDEPTFORD, N.J. (AP) — Back in Mudville, when mighty Casey took an unheeded pitch for a strike, there went up a muffled roar: “`Kill him! Kill the umpire!′…
Read more In this youth baseball league, fans who mistreat umpires are sentenced to do the job themselvesWASHINGTON (AP) — Much of the theft was brazen, even simple. Fraudsters used the Social Security numbers of dead people and federal prisoners to get unemployment checks. Cheaters…
Read more The Great Grift: How billions in COVID-19 relief aid was stolen or wastedQOM, Iran (AP) — It’s rare these days for a turbaned cleric in Iran to attract a large following of adoring young fans on Instagram, but Sayed Mahdi…
Read more Defying taboos, Shiite cleric in Iran takes in street dogs and nurses them back to healthIt’s no secret that Christopher Nolan made “Oppenheimer” to be seen on the big screen. But not all big screens are created equal. That’s part of the reason…
Read more Christopher Nolan breaks down the best ways to watch a movie, ahead of his ‘Oppenheimer’ releaseLOS ANGELES (AP) — “The Eric Andre Show” is ostensibly not a series that lends itself to longevity. Its titular star, who plays a version of himself and…
Read more How the most ‘incompetent talk show host of all time’ keeps getting guestsWASHINGTON (AP) — It was advice that Mitch McConnell had offered to Joe Biden once already: To resolve the debt limit standoff, he needed to strike a deal…
Read more How Biden and McCarthy struck a debt limit deal and staved off a catastropheIn the year since the Supreme Court struck down the nationwide right to abortion, America’s religious leaders and denominations have responded in strikingly diverse ways — some celebrating…
Read more America’s religious leaders sharply divided over abortion, a year after Roe v Wade’s reversalSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — As Elizabeth Holmes prepares to report to prison next week, the criminal case that laid bare the blood-testing scam at the heart of…
Read more As Elizabeth Holmes heads to prison for fraud, many puzzle over her motivesTIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — The day that President Joe Biden’s administration ended a public health measure blocking many asylum-seekers at the Mexican border during the coronavirus pandemic, Teodoso…
Read more Asylum-seekers say joy over end of Title 42 turns to anguish induced by new US rulesBy JENNIFER McDERMOTT and ARNULFO FRANCO May 24, 2023 GMT https://apnews.com/article/sea-turtles-panama-animal-rights-world-turtle-day-44cb77ff472ef99cbac7667bce51d38a On a Panamanian beach long after dark, a group of undergraduate students dug into the sand to…
Read more In Panama, legal rights given to sea turtles, boosting the ‘rights of nature’ movementWhen Russia invaded Ukraine, global companies were quick to respond, some announcing they would get out of Russia immediately, others curtailing imports or new investment. Billions of dollars’…
Read more Companies are finding it’s not so simple to leave Russia. Some are quietly staying putLONDON (AP) — A London judge rejected Prince Harry’s bid to pay for his own police protection Tuesday, denying the royal’s request to challenge the U.K. government in…
Read more Court rules against Prince Harry’s offer to personally pay for police protection in UK
