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US says it has suspended all food aid to Ethiopia after investigation finds 'widespread' theft
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United States Agency for International Development said Thursday it has suspended all food aid to Ethiopia, Africa's second most-populous country, after an internal investigation found aid intended for millions of hungry people there was being diverted on a...
Andrew Young was at Martin Luther King's side throughout often violent struggle for civil rights
ATLANTA (AP) — Andrew Young’s first thought when he heard the Voting Rights Act had been signed into law was not celebratory. It was strategic. “Where are we going to get the money to get the country mobilized to register these voters?” he recalled thinking at that momentous...
Here comes El Nino: It's early, likely to be big, sloppy and add even more heat to a warming world
An early bird El Nino has officially formed, likely to be strong, warp weather worldwide and give an already warming Earth an extra kick of natural heat, meteorologists announced. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Thursday issued an El Nino advisory, announcing the...
Haitians are dying of thirst and starvation in severely overcrowded jails
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The emaciated inmate in black shorts lay on a thin mat in Haiti’s most notorious prison, isolated from other prisoners at Port-au-Prince’s National Penitentiary because of drug-resistant tuberculosis. He slowly sat up to talk to a visiting reporter...
Nigeria's president defends end to fuel subsidy as hardship bites harder
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday defended the West African nation's decision last week to stop subsidizing fuel, a move that has pushed up prices for transportation and commodities. Tinubu appealed for patience as millions of citizens face...
Flooding from dam break strands hundreds and leaves thousands with no drinking water in Ukraine
KHERSON, Ukraine (AP) — Authorities rushed to rescue hundreds of people stranded on rooftops and supply drinking water to areas flooded by a collapsed dam in southern Ukraine on Wednesday, in a growing humanitarian and ecological disaster along a river that forms part of the front line in the...
Editorial Roundup: Pennsylvania
LNP/LancasterOnline. May 31, 2023. Editorial: Pa. lawmakers ought to pass legislation to help people keep their electricity on when summer temperatures rise First, there’s the good news: “Local gasoline and heating oil prices are projected to go down in the short...
Israeli Cabinet minister chides US Vice President Harris for judicial overhaul criticism
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's foreign minister chided U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday for speaking out against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's planned overhaul of the country's judiciary. The exchange underscored tensions between the Biden administration and...
Report says 2.3 billion people globally use polluting fuel to cook; 675 million have no electricity
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Up to 2.3 billion people around the world are still using polluting fuels to cook and 675 million don't have electricity, according to a report released Tuesday by five international organizations. The report said that at current rates, 660 million people are...
Mississippi's capital only collects 56% of fees from its struggling water system
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's capital is collecting only a little more than half of the money it bills for water use, far below the rate at which most American cities obtain such fees, Jackson's federally appointed water manager said Monday. Ted Henifin, appointed in...
