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Smaller amusement parks hope for a strong summer under the shadow of tariffs
The trade disputes involving global economic powerhouses such as the U.S. and China are being felt even in such distinctly local places as your regional amusement park. Families ...
Works begin in Ireland to exhume remains of hundreds of babies found at unwed mothers’ home
Officials in Ireland began work Monday to excavate the site of a former church-run home for unmarried women and their babies to identify the remains of some 800 infants and young ...
Takeaways from AP’s reporting on shuttered prisons, mass deportation push and no-bid contracts
Private prison operators are marketing their shuttered lockups to federal immigration officials as President Donald Trump pushes for mass deportations, with some ...
Jakob Ingebrigtsen’s father convicted of assaulting daughter and acquitted of other abuse charges
Gjert Ingebrigtsen, the father of Norwegian track star Jakob Ingebrigtsen, was convicted Monday of assaulting his daughter and handed a suspended prison sentence. A court ...
German court sentences Syrian doctor to life in prison for torture and war crimes in his homeland
A German court sentenced a Syrian doctor to life imprisonment for torture and war crimes in his Syrian homeland on Monday for killing two people and torturing nine in Syria between ...
As GOP pushes spending cuts, many say Medicaid and food stamps are underfunded: AP-NORC poll
As Republican senators consider President Donald Trump’s big bill that could slash federal spending and extend tax cuts, a new survey shows most U.S. adults don’t think the ...
ICE is using no-bid contracts, boosting big firms, to get more detention beds
Leavenworth, Kansas, occupies a mythic space in American crime, its name alone evoking a short hand for serving hard time. The federal penitentiary housed gangsters Al ...
Juneteenth celebrations adapt after corporate sponsors pull support
Juneteenth celebrations have been scaled back this year due to funding shortfalls as companies and municipalities across the country reconsider their support for diversity, ...
A plane crashed on a doctors’ hostel in India. Those who survived began treating the injured
Navin Chaudhary had just begun eating his meal when a loud bang startled him. He turned back to see a massive fire taking over the dining area where he and other trainee ...
Cambodia threatens Thai fruits ban as tensions over border disputes continue to soar
Cambodia on Monday said it would stop importing Thai fruits and vegetables if Thailand refused to lift border restrictions imposed following a deadly clash in one of ...
A hillside of white crosses fuels a misleading story about South Africa’s farm killings
The white crosses are staked in the ground on an otherwise barren hillside on the edge of a farm, each one standing as a ...
Israel condemns black partition walls around its pavilions at Paris Air Show
Israel’s Ministry of Defense has condemned the erection of black partition walls around its defense industry pavilions at the Paris Air Show, calling the move “outrageous and ...