Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Thousands march in Brussels to demand tougher climate action
BRUSSELS (AP) - Dressed as endangered fish or tigers or wearing toy polar bears on their heads, demonstrators marched through Brussels on Sunday to push world leaders to take bolder action to fight cl...
Oct 10, 2021
Texas abortion law foes target lawmakers' corporate donors
Foes of Texas' strict abortion ban are taking aim at companies that donated money to the bill's sponsors, hoping consumers will pressure corporate America to join the fight against a surge of restrict...
Oct 10, 2021
Advocates, lawmakers push hospitals to help more with medical bills
(AP) - Swamped with medical bills? The hospital that treated you may be able to help. Whether you learn about this before those bills wind up in debt collections is another matter. Medical bills often...
Oct 10, 2021
How one Facebook worker unfriended the giant social network
(AP) - Less than two years after Facebook hired Frances Haugen to help correct dangerous distortions spilling across its platform, she had seen enough. The idealism she and countless others had invest...
Oct 10, 2021
Irish foreign minister warns of breakdown in EU-UK relations
LONDON (AP) - Ireland's foreign minister has warned that British demands risk a "further breakdown in relations" with the European Union ahead of talks this week aimed at resolving the impasse over th...
Oct 10, 2021
Czech president hospitalized; Could affect forming new govt
PRAGUE (AP) - Czech President Milos Zeman was rushed to the hospital on Sunday, a day after the country held parliamentary election in which populist Prime Minister Andrej Babis' party surprisingly ca...
Oct 10, 2021
Tensions persist between legacy of Christopher Columbus, native people
(AP) - Monday's federal holiday dedicated to Christopher Columbus is highlighting the ongoing divide between those who view the explorer as a representative of Italian American history and others horr...
Oct 10, 2021
15 dead after Russian skydiver plane crashes
MOSCOW (AP) - A plane carrying skydivers crashed Sunday shortly after takeoff in central Russia, killing 15 of the 22 people aboard. The L-410, a Czech-made twin-engine turboprop, crashed near the tow...
Oct 10, 2021
Long-banned FaceTime calls apparently working in UAE
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - FaceTime calls seemed to be working in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, an apparent loosening of long-standing restrictions on the Apple program in the federation...
Oct 10, 2021
Controversial father of Pakistan nuclear bomb dies at age 85
ISLAMABAD (AP) - Abdul Qadeer Khan, a controversial figure known as the father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb, died Sunday after a lengthy illness, the country's interior minister said. He was 85. Khan la...
Oct 10, 2021