Month: September 2022

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Gilbert Mata woke up excited Tuesday for the first day of school since a gunman’s bullet tore through his leg three months ago in a fourth grade classroom in Uvalde. The 10-year-old has healed from his physical wounds, but burning smells still remind him of

By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Liz Truss became U.K. prime minister on Tuesday and immediately confronted the enormous task ahead of her amid increasing pressure to curb soaring prices, ease labor unrest and fix a health care system burdened by long waiting lists and staff shortages. At the top

CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s foreign minister has exited an Arab League session chaired by the chief diplomat of one of Libya’s two rival governments, in an apparent protest against her administration. The seats of the Egyptian delegation were seen empty Tuesday as Najla Mangoush, the foreign minister of the Tripoli-based administration, was addressing a meeting

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — International human rights groups have condemned acts of torture in Lebanese prisons following the death of a Syrian refugee being questioned by security agents. Amnesty International on Tuesday called for Lebanon to transfer the investigation from a military to a civil court. The country’s State Security agency

By LAURA UNGAR AP Science Writer Is the coronavirus on its way out? You might think so. New, updated booster shots are being rolled out to better protect against the variants circulating now. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has dropped COVID-19 quarantine and distancing recommendations. And more people have thrown off their