Why Americans feel gloomy about the economy despite falling inflation and low unemployment (apnews.com)
Klete Keller, Olympic gold medalist swimmer, gets 6 months in home detention for Jan. 6 Capitol riot (apnews.com)
7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes off the southern Philippines and a tsunami warning is issued (apnews.com)
Seismologists say tsunamis expected to hit Philippines and Japan in early hours of Sunday morning...
New California mental health court sees more than 100 petitions in first two months (apnews.com)
An alternative mental health court to compel treatment for people with severe mental illness has received more than 100 petitions since launching in seven California counties in October, state officials said Friday....
Ukraine's Zelenskyy says the war with Russia is in a new phase as winter looms (apnews.com)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the war with Russia is in a new stage, with winter expected to complicate fighting after a summer counteroffensive that failed to produce desired results due to enduring shortages of weapons and ground forces....
Illinois appeals court affirms actor Jussie Smollett’s convictions and jail sentence (apnews.com)
An appeals court upheld the disorderly conduct convictions Friday of actor Jussie Smollett, who was accused of staging a racist, homophobic attack against himself in 2019 and lying about it to Chicago police....
Still alive! Golden mole not seen for 80 years and presumed extinct is found again in South Africa (apnews.com)
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Researchers in South Africa say they have rediscovered a species of mole with an iridescent golden coat and the ability to almost “swim” through sand dunes after it hadn’t been seen for more than 80 years and was thought to be extinct....
New Zealand leader plans to ban cellphone use in schools and end tobacco controls in first 100 days (apnews.com)
New Zealand’s new prime minister plans to ban cellphone use in schools and repeal tobacco controls in the ambitious agenda he released Wednesday for his first 100 days in office....
Don't eat pre-cut cantaloupe if the source is unknown, CDC says, as deadly salmonella outbreak grows (apnews.com)
Consumers shouldn’t eat pre-cut cantaloupe if they don’t know the source, U.S. health officials said Thursday, as the number of illnesses and recalls tied to a deadly salmonella outbreak grows....
City Council in Portland, Oregon, approves $2.6M for police body cameras (apnews.com)
The City Council in Portland, Oregon, approved $2.6 million for permanent police body cameras in a unanimous vote, a crucial step toward the city no longer being among the last major U.S. police agencies without the technology....
Brazilian city enacts an ordinance that was secretly written by ChatGPT (apnews.com)
Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, has died at 93 (apnews.com)
The court says she died in Phoenix on Friday, of complications related to advanced dementia and a respiratory illness....
Ferry operators around the country to receive $220M in federal grants to modernize fleets (apnews.com)
The Biden administration will issue $220 million in grants to modernize the country’s ferry systems, officials announced Thursday....
South Koreans want their own nukes. That could roil one of the world’s most dangerous regions (apnews.com)
Henry Kissinger, secretary of state under Presidents Nixon and Ford, dies at 100 (apnews.com)
Paraguay official resigns after signing agreement with fictional country (apnews.com)
A Paraguayan government official was replaced after it was revealed that he signed a memorandum of understanding with representatives of a fugitive Indian guru’s fictional country, who also appear to have duped several local officials in the South American country....
In the US, Black survivors are nearly invisible in the Catholic clergy sexual abuse crisis (apnews.com)
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Myanmar's military is losing ground against coordinated nationwide attacks, buoying opposition hopes (apnews.com)
For a male sexual assault survivor, justice won in court does not equal healing (apnews.com)
As many as 95% of male sexual violations go unreported, according to research cited in a review of scientific literature about male victims of sexual assault, published in April in the journal Behavioral Sciences. Four of five men who reported assaults regretted doing so, saying that police were often unsympathetic and...
Coal-producing West Virginia is converting an entire school system to solar power (apnews.com)
An entire county school system in coal-producing West Virginia is going solar. The project in Wayne County Schools represents what a developer and U.S. Sen.
Montana's first-in-the-nation ban on TikTok blocked by judge who says it's unconstitutional (apnews.com)
South Korean farmers rally near presidential office to protest proposed anti-dog meat legislation (apnews.com)
Novelist Tim Dorsey, who mixed comedy and murder in his Serge A. Storms stories, dies at 62 (apnews.com)
South Koreans want their own nukes. That could roil one of the world’s most dangerous regions (apnews.com)
China says US arms sales to Taiwan are turning the island into a 'powder keg' (apnews.com)
