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Olympian injured in downtown Los Angeles attack

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A former Olympic volleyball player was attacked Friday in downtown Los Angeles when a man threw a metal object at her face in an assault that fractured multiple bones in her face an...

Jul 11, 2022

Six things to watch during Biden's trip to the Middle East

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden will confront a kaleidoscope of challenges when he travels to the Middle East this week, his first trip there since taking office. With the American wars in Iraq ...

Jul 11, 2022

Japan ruling party wins big in polls in wake of Abe's death

TOKYO (AP) - Japan's governing party and its coalition partner scored a major victory in a parliamentary election Sunday imbued with meaning after the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe...

Jul 10, 2022

Russian rocket attack kills 15 in Ukraine; others trapped

CHASIV YAR, Ukraine. (AP) - Dozens of Ukrainian emergency workers labored Sunday to pull people out of the rubble after a Russian rocket attack smashed into apartment buildings in eastern Ukraine. The...

Jul 10, 2022

Junior A Timbermen earn first round bye after very strong 2022 season

NANAIMO - The Junior A Timbermen are coming off their most successful regular season in franchise history.In the first full campaign since 2019 Nanaimo finished 10-4 giving the club it's best ever win...

Jul 10, 2022

Abe's body arrives in Tokyo as country mourns ex-PM's death

TOKYO (AP) - The body of Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was returned to Tokyo on Saturday after he was fatally shot during a campaign speech in western Japan a day earlier. Abe was attacked ...

Jul 08, 2022

Biden speaks to sister of US executive detained in Russia

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden spoke by phone Friday with the sister of Paul Whelan, an American who has been imprisoned in Russia for more than three years, according to the White House. Biden...

Jul 08, 2022

UN fails to extend aid deliveries to Syrian rebel-held area

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. Security Council failed to extend humanitarian aid deliveries to 4.1 million Syrians in the rebel-held northwest from Turkey on Friday after Russia vetoed a resolution f...

Jul 08, 2022

Louisiana abortion ban allowed to proceed; judge lifts stay

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Louisiana can now enforce its ban on almost all abortions under a judge's order issued Friday amid a flurry of court challenges to state "trigger" laws crafted to take effect when t...

Jul 08, 2022

Wisconsin Supreme Court disallows absentee ballot drop boxes

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin's conservative-controlled Supreme Court ruled Friday that absentee ballot drop boxes may be placed only in election offices and that no one other than the voter can retu...

Jul 08, 2022