By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A spokesman for the Afghan Taliban say they’ve suspended all the activities of Swedish organizations in the country in response to the recent burning of Islam’s holy book in Stockholm. The announcement has left a Swedish non-governmental aid organization wondering about the future of its programs providing
Continue Reading By STEVE McMORRAN AP Sports Writer WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — It’s cricket but with a relatively new spin. George Bernard Shaw asserted “the English are not very spiritual people so they invented cricket to give them some idea of eternity.” Cricket has flourished in England and some of its former colonies but never to
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By The Associated Press HIGHLAND, Ill. (AP) — A Greyhound passenger bus crashed into three tractor-trailers parked along a highway exit to a rest area early Wednesday in southern Illinois, killing three people and injuring 14 others, some seriously, state police said. The St. Louis-bound bus was traveling westbound along Interstate 70 in Madison County
Continue ReadingMichelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — There was no jackpot winner in Tuesday night’s Mega Millions drawing according to the lottery’s website, prompting another drawing scheduled for Friday at 11 p.m. ET. The estimated jackpot is up to $560 million, Mega Millions said. There were at least three ‘Match 5’ winners from Tuesday’s drawing, with one
Continue Reading HIGHLAND, Ill. (AP) — Illinois State Police say three people were killed and 14 others were injured, some seriously, when a Greyhound bus crashed into three commercial motor vehicles along a highway in southern Illinois. State police say an initial investigation indicates a Greyhound passenger bus and three commercial vehicles were involved in the crash
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Watson and Christine Sever, CNN (CNN) — At least three people are dead and 14 injured after a crash involving a Greyhound bus and three other vehicles early Wednesday in southern Illinois, a release from state police said. “Initial investigation indicates a Greyhound passenger bus with passengers was traveling westbound on Interstate 70
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Wednesday is the last day to register to vote before the special election on Aug. 8. Citizens can register to vote online, mail or in person. To register online, it’s recommended to fill out the voter registration application on Boone County’s Website. To register by mail, residents can print out the voter
Continue Reading By ELAINE KURTENBACH and MATT OTT AP Business Writers Wall Street inched higher early Wednesday ahead of an update on U.S. inflation that could play into the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision this month. Futures for the S&P 500 rose 0.3% before the bell, with every sector pointing higher following the strongest day of trading
Continue Reading HIGHLAND, Ill. (AP) — Illinois State Police say three people were killed and 14 others were injured in a southern Illinois crash involving a Greyhound bus and multiple commercial vehicles. State police say an initial investigation indicates that a Greyhound passenger bus and three commercial vehicles were involved in the crash about 1:55 a.m. along
Continue Reading GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.’s top human rights body overwhelmingly approved a measure calling on countries to do more to prevent religious hatred in the wake of Quran burnings in Europe over objections of Western countries who fear tougher steps by governments could trample freedom of expression. Applause broke out in the cavernous chamber of
Continue Reading By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A top official in Hong Kong says the city will immediately ban the import of aquatic products from 10 prefectures in Japan if it discharges treated radioactive wastewater into the sea. Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan said Wednesday that errors in the wastewater treating
Continue ReadingEric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — A sudden marine heat wave off the coast of Florida has surprised scientists and sent water temperatures soaring to unprecedented highs, threatening one of the most severe coral bleaching events the state has ever seen. Sea surface temperatures around Florida have reached the highest levels on record since satellites began
Continue Reading NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — One person has been killed as some Kenyans angered by the rising cost of living are back on the streets Wednesday in the latest of a series of protests. Some demonstrators in the capital, Nairobi, burned tires and dismantled part of an entrance to a recently built expressway. In the town
Continue Reading VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — NATO and Ukraine are holding their first ever high-level talks in a new format. The 31-nation alliance has launched a NATO-Ukraine Council despite refusing to let Ukraine become an alliance member while the war with Russia is going on. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says the council is a forum where Ukraine
Continue Reading By CHRIS MEGERIAN, LORNE COOK and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — NATO leaders gathered Wednesday to launch a highly symbolic new forum for ties with Ukraine, after committing to provide the country with more military assistance for fighting Russia but only vague assurances of future membership. U.S. President Joe Biden and
Continue Reading By MICHAEL PHILLIS and JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Uranium processing in the St. Louis area played a pivotal role in developing the nuclear weapons that helped bring an end to World War II and provided a key defense during the Cold War. But the cost to the region has been staggering.
Continue Reading By MICHAEL PHILLIS and JIM SALTER Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The federal government and companies responsible for nuclear bomb production and atomic waste storage sites in the St. Louis area in the mid-20th century were aware of health risks, spills, improperly stored contaminants and other problems but often ignored them, according to documents
Continue ReadingBy Alexandra Meeks, CNN (CNN) — Multiple wills were found in Aretha Franklin’s Detroit home after her death in 2018, causing a family battle over the late singer’s estate. A jury this week decided a 2014 handwritten will found under her couch cushion should stand as the document of record. Here’s what else you need
Continue Reading VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — China has renewed its concern about NATO’s eastward “expansion” as the alliance wraps up its summit in Lithuania. A joint communique from the Atlantic alliance a day earlier said China’s “stated ambitions and coercive policies challenge our interests, security and values,” while indicating that NATO members “remain open to constructive engagement”
Continue Reading BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has slapped a $475 million fine on U.S. biotech giant Illumina for buying out cancer-screening company Grail without the approval of the 27-nation bloc’s antitrust watchdog. Illumina had announced an $7.1 billion acquisition of Grail in 2020 but the EU’s executive commission said it broke the bloc’s merger rules
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