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Former Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe arrested on allegations of misusing state funds

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Police in Sri Lanka arrested former President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday over allegations that the senior opposition politician misused public funds during his ...

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Powell signals Fed may cut rates soon even as inflation risks remain

JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday opened the door ever so slightly to lowering a key interest rate in the coming months but gave no hint on the timing o...

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

A Colorado judge has rejected a plea agreement for a funeral home director who acknowledged abusing 191 corpses

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado judge has rejected a plea agreement for a funeral home director who acknowledged abusing 191 corpses. ...

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Trump says he’ll keep extending TikTok shutdown deadline

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is calling national security and privacy concerns related to TikTok and its Chinese parent company “highly overrated” and said Friday he'll keep exte...

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Trump embraces tough-on-crime mantra amid DC takeover as he and Democrats claim political wins

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump stood among several hundred law enforcement officers, National Guard troops and federal agents at a U.S. Park Police operations center in one of Washin...

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

AP analysis shows Texas and California redistricting efforts could mess with rare partisan balance

As Texas Republicans and California Democrats redraw U.S. House districts to their advantage ahead of next year's elections, they're potentially disrupting a rare partisan balance in America...

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

The Latest: FBI searches home of ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton, AP source says

The FBI is searching the Maryland home of John Bolton, who served in President Donald Trump’s first administration as national security adviser but later became critical of the president...

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Berlin's newest panda twins, Leni and Lotti, celebrate their 1st birthday

BERLIN (AP) — Berlin's newest panda twins have celebrated their first birthday with frozen vegetable treats and a candle made out of bamboo shoots. The two female cubs were born at the Berli...

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Green spaces are key to combating record heat in marginalized communities

Keith Lambert and his family cope with the extreme heat of summertime Chicago by going in and out of their house as quickly as possible and making sure their insulated shades are always dra...

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Immigrants from Central Asia find hostility and violence in Russia

The immigrant worker from Uzbekistan entered the bank in Moscow, but when he reached the teller, she refused to serve him and she wouldn't say why. For him and others from impoverished coun...

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Experts warned that Gaza was at risk of famine. Here’s why they confirmed it for Gaza City

The Gaza Strip’s largest city is gripped by famine, according to the world’s leading authority on food crises. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, or IPC, said Friday that fam...

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

Court orders stray dogs in New Delhi released, easing its order to move them all to shelters

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Supreme Court ordered the release of all stray dogs that were removed from New Delhi streets after sterilization and immunization following an increase in the number...

DATE: Aug 22, 2025 | CATEGORY: Associated Press

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