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By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Survivors rescued from a deflating rubber dinghy in the central Mediterranean Sea have reported that some 60 people who departed Libya with them more than a week ago perished during the journey, the humanitarian rescue group SOS Mediterranee said Thursday. The European charity’s ship Ocean Viking spotted

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer SpaceX’s mega rocket has flown higher and farther than ever before. The nearly 400-foot Starship blasted off from Texas on Thursday on the third test flight. But the spacecraft was lost near the end of its hourlong trip. The company said it lost contact with the spacecraft as it

By HALELUYA HADERO and MICHELLE CHAPMAN Associated Press Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says he’s going to put together an investor group to buy TikTok after the House passed a bill that would ban the popular video app in the U.S. if its China-based owner doesn’t sell its stake. Speaking on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” Mnuchin

By GRAHAM LEE BREWER Associated Press The Interior Department will be allocating more than $120 million to tribal governments to fight the impacts of climate change. The funding is designed to help tribal nations adapt to climate threats, including relocating infrastructure. Indigenous peoples in the U.S. are among the communities most affected by severe climate-related

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Wholesale prices in the United States accelerated again in February, the latest sign that inflation pressures in the economy remain elevated and might not cool in the coming months as fast as the Federal Reserve or the Biden administration would like. The government’s producer price index

By MATT OTT Associated Press The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits last week inched up but largely stayed at historically low levels as the labor market continues to thrive despite elevated interest rates. The Labor Department reported Thursday that filings for unemployment claims for the week ending March 9 ticked down by 1,000

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — American shoppers picked up their spending a bit in February after pulling back the previous month. But last month’s gain was weaker than expected, and January’s decline was revised even lower, suggesting that consumers are becoming more cautious. Retail sales rose 0.6% last month after

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia’s parliament has dissolved to pave the way for a parliamentary election later this year. All 143 of a total of 151 lawmakers present at the session voted in favor of the move. The date for the parliamentary vote is yet to be set. Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic has suggested it

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis says he has no plans to resign and isn’t suffering from any health problems that would require doing so. The 87-year-old Francis made the comments in an autobiography, “Life: My Story Through History,” which is being published Tuesday, the 11th anniversary of his installation

By GIOVANNA DELL’ORTO and DARREN SANDS Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Neglect, abandonment and destruction have been the fate of thousands of segregated cemeteries across the country where African Americans – from former slaves to prominent politicians and business owners — were buried over many decades. In the past few years, growing awareness and the

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — If you participated in Atlanta’s wildest gathering called Freaknik back in the day, then beware: You might be featured in Hulu’s new documentary about the legendary street party that became popular through folklore tales involving gridlock traffic, public nudity and highway debauchery. Many of

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers have rejected a new call by the opposition for the government to send Taurus long-range cruise missiles to Ukraine, a day after Chancellor Olaf Scholz defended his refusal to supply the weapons. The main center-right opposition bloc has sought to keep up pressure on the

BERLIN (AP) — An 80-year-old former officer with communist East Germany’s secret police, the Stasi, has gone on trial over the killing of a Polish man at a border crossing in divided Berlin 50 years ago. The defendant, whose name hasn’t been released in keeping with German privacy rules, is charged with murder before the

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Organizers of the Glastonbury Festival have announced the lineup so far for arguably the world’s most famous music festival. For the first time, two female acts will be performing the headline spots on the main stage on two of the three nights. British singer Dua Lipa will

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A 1-year-old boy has been fatally bitten by a dog in Connecticut. Police responded just after 3 p.m. Wednesday to a home in East Hartford where the child had been bitten several times by a dog. Police Officer Marc Caruso says emergency responders performed lifesaving measures and took the child

By MARK M. MENGONFIA Associated Press MONROVIA, Liberia (AP) — Liberians are gathering to mark a decade since the country was hit by a devastating Ebola outbreak that killed more than 10,000 people in West Africa, adding to the region’s economic and political troubles. The second Wednesday of March in Liberia, National Decoration Day, is

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Europe’s oldest monarch, King Harald V of Norway, who received a permanent pacemaker earlier this week, has been discharged from the hospital,. The palace said Thursday the 87-year-old monarch “is doing well” but is on sick leave until April 8. The king who fell ill last month during a private holiday

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Anti-Islam lawmaker Geert Wilders says it is unfair and “constitutionally wrong” that he had to sacrifice his leadership aspirations in order to pave the way for a right-wing ruling coalition in the Netherlands after his party won elections in November. Wilders said Wednesday night that

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is embroiled in a damaging legal standoff between its legislature and its executive Commission over the release of billions in frozen funds to the government of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. The funds were released on the eve of a major decision on Ukraine

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A major storm dumped over 4 feet (1 meter) of snow in northern Colorado before ending Friday, leaving thousands without power. The National Weather Service says between 10 and 20 inches fell in the Denver area and the foothills got 2 to 4 feet.