By MUNIR AHMED and E. EDUARDO CASTILLO Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — As fears of a wider regional conflict escalate following U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran that began in late February, Pakistan has emerged as an unexpected mediator, offering to help bring Washington and Tehran to ...
By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and ALLAN OLINGO Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Farmers around the world are feeling the squeeze of the Iran war. Gas prices have shot up and fertilizer supplies are waning due to Tehran's near shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for U.S. and ...
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah's new congressional map, which gives Democrats a high likelihood of picking up a U.S. House seat in the Salt Lake City area, is likely to remain in place beyond this election cycle because a Republican-led initiative to repeal the state's anti-gerrymandering law ...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Vladyslav Heraskevych was shunned by the Olympics, then invited to the United Nations. He never expected that would happen. The Ukrainian skeleton athlete was not allowed to compete at the Milan Cortina Games because of his plan to wear a helmet paying tribute to some ...
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's high court on Thursday overturned the use of automatic life sentences without parole for people convicted of second-degree murder, saying it violates the state's constitutional ban on cruel punishment when imposed without a closer look at the defendant's ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) — Below Cleveland, in a subterranean world many surface dwellers don't know exists, miners extract a crucial winter mineral — salt. The Whiskey Island salt mine, owned by food giant Cargill, helps supply road salt across the Northeast and Great Lakes, where a colder, ...
