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Moravian stars light up Germany’s Christmas season

Bright Christmas stars have long been a familiar sight across Germany during the darkest days of the year, but none is more famous — and lately as popular — as the Moravian stars from the eastern village of Herrnhut near the Polish and Czech borders. They come in different sizes and shine in varying colors. They decorate church steeples […]

NOV. 26, 2025

Trump says high tariffs may have prevented the Great Depression. History says different

WASHINGTON (AP) — In the early days of the Great Depression, Rep. Willis Hawley, a Republican from Oregon, and Utah Republican Sen. Reed Smoot thought they had landed on a way to protect American farmers and manufacturers from foreign competition: tariffs. President Herbert Hoover signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act in 1930, even as many economists […]

APRIL 8, 2025

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DEC. 6, 2024

Grupo Gol e AP anunciam parceria para fornecimento de conteúdos jornalísticos

A Associated Press, a rede essencial de notícias global, e o Grupo Gol, brasileiro, anunciaram uma parceria para incluir conteúdos da AP de arte/cultura,  entretenimento,  negócios, esportes e outras editorias nas plataformas Nuvem de Livros e Nuvem do Jornaleiro.

MAY 6, 2015

Swedish police say mass shooter was connected to school where he opened fire

OREBRO, Sweden (AP) — The shooter who earlier this week killed 10 people in Sweden’s worst mass shooting was connected to the adult education center where he opened fire with at least one rifle-like weapon, law enforcement officials said Thursday. Authorities said the gunman, who has not yet been officially identified, may have attended school […]

FEB. 7, 2025

As fire-fanning winds continue, Southern California readies for potential rain and toxic runoff

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Parched Southern California continued to face dangerous winds but could get some badly needed rain this weekend, forecasters said Tuesday, dampening the prospects of another round of killer wildfires though even a small amount of precipitation could could create new challenges like toxic ash runoff. Los Angeles officials were preparing for […]

JAN. 21, 2025

International Space Station welcomes its first astronauts from India, Poland and Hungary

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The first astronauts in more than 40 years from India, Poland and Hungary arrived at the International Space Station on Thursday, ferried there by SpaceX on a private flight. The crew of four will spend two weeks at the orbiting lab, performing dozens of experiments. They launched Wednesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. America’s most […]

JUNE 26, 2025

Vietnam wants to be the next Asian tiger and it’s overhauling its economy to make it happen

Beneath red banners and a gold bust of revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi’s central party school, Communist Party chief To Lam declared the arrival of “a new era of development” late last year. The speech was more than symbolic— it signaled the launch of what could be Vietnam’s most ambitious economic overhaul in decades. Vietnam […]

AUG. 13, 2025

NASA boss blasts Boeing and space agency managers for Starliner’s botched astronaut flight

NASA’s new boss blasted Boeing and the space agency Thursday for Starliner’s botched flight that left two astronauts stuck for months at the International Space Station. Administrator Jared Isaacman said poor leadership and decision-making at Boeing led to Starliner’s troubles. He also blamed NASA managers for failing to intervene and get Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams back more quickly. […]

FEB. 19, 2026

New AP Stylebook includes 100 technology terms, digital security chapter

The Associated Press today released the 55th edition of The Associated Press Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law, which includes more than 200 new or revised entries and a new chapter on digital security for journalists.

MAY 21, 2020

AP and Municipal Bond Information Services announce new municipal bond index

NEW YORK — The Associated Press and Municipal Bond Information Services, LLC (MBIS), a national consortium of municipal inter-dealer brokers, announce the creation of the AP Municipal Bond Index, a breakthrough service built on market data aggregated from the MBIS member firms. The AP Municipal Bond Index will be the only benchmark based on observable, intraday pretrade and trade data and will be launched in the second half of 2016, with beta versions now available to limited market participants.  Andrew Kalotay & Associates has been engaged to build the index calculation engine.

APRIL 11, 2016

New study adds to the possibility of favorable conditions for life at Saturn’s moon Enceladus

Scientists have uncovered new types of organics in icy geysers spouting from Saturn’s moon Enceladus, bolstering the likelihood that the ocean world may harbor conditions suitable for life. Their findings, reported Wednesday, are based on observations made by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft in 2008 during a close and fast flyby of Enceladus. The small moon, one of 274 orbiting […]

OCT. 1, 2025