By Mari Yamaguchi
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

TOKYO (AP) – Japan will lift a more than 2 1/2-year ban on international cruise ships that was imposed following a deadly coronavirus outbreak on the cruise ship Diamond Princess at the beginning of the pandemic, transport officials said Tuesday. The Transport Ministry said cruise ship operators and port authorities’ […]

By Sarah Rankin
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) – A University of Virginia student who went on a field trip to see a play with classmates is the one suspected of opening fire inside the bus they were riding in when the group returned to campus, a university spokesperson confirmed Tuesday. Spokesperson Brian Coy said […]

By Eric Shih
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
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SIOUX LOOKOUT — Sioux Lookout has its first official sister city. Sioux Lookout officially signed a sister city agreement with Vashkivtsi, a town in Ukraine, with representatives from both communities having met in an introductory meeting on Zoom earlier this week. Sioux Lookout Mayor Doug Lawrance said the meeting was […]

By Frank Jordans And Kelvin Chan
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SHARM EL-SHEIKH (AP) — Global climate talks in Egypt headed into their second half on Monday with still plenty of uncertainty whether a breakthrough can be made toward reaching a substantial deal on combating climate change. Participants found some encouragement from a handshake between U.S. President Joe Biden and China’s […]

By Associated Press
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

DALLAS (AP) — Officials have released the names of the six people killed in a deadly collision between two vintage military aircraft at a Dallas air show. The Commemorative Air Force, which put on the show, on Monday identified the victims as: Terry Barker, Craig Hutain, Kevin “K5” Michels, Dan […]

By Seung Min-kim And Chris Megerian
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) — President Joe Biden said Monday that Democrats still lack the power to codify abortion rights into law despite his party’s stronger-than-expected performance in the midterm elections. “I don’t think there’s enough votes,” he said at a press conference during the Group of 20 summit in […]

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW YORK (AP) – Jurors began deliberating Thursday in a civil trial involving Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paul Haggis and a publicist who accused him of rape. The jury heard three weeks of testimony. Haggis and accuser Haleigh Breest spent days on the witness stand giving their divergent accounts of what […]

By Terry Spencer and Freida Frisaro
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

VERO BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Tropical Storm Nicole sent multiple homes toppling into the Atlantic Ocean Thursday and threatened a row of high rise condominiums in places where Hurricane Ian washed away seawalls and other remaining protections only weeks ago. “Multiple coastal homes in Wilbur-by-the-Sea have collapsed and several other […]

By Jonel Aleccia
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

A toddler is thriving after doctors in the U.S. and Canada used a novel technique to treat her before she was born for a rare genetic disease that caused the deaths of two of her sisters. Ayla Bashir, a 16-month-old from Ottawa, Ontario, is the first child treated as fetus […]

By James McCarten
THE CANADIAN PRESS

Last-minute voters are headed to the polls across the United States today — but the results of the 2022 midterm elections may not be clear for days.  Campaign officials and political observers are warning Americans that they likely won’t know the final outcome before the end of the week.  The […]