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  • Drivers are stuck in limbo as world's oil supply reshuffles

    December 16, 2022 - 4:01 AM

    NEW YORK (AP) — At a gas station outside New York City, retired probation officer Karen Stowe was faced with a pump price she didn't want to pay. She bought groceries from the convenience store instead, planning to buy cheaper gas elsewhere.

  • Back to school, with panic buttons: The post-Uvalde scramble

    August 22, 2022 - 2:22 PM

    MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Melissa Lee comforted her son and daughter after a student opened fire in their suburban Kansas City high school, wounding an administrator and a police officer stationed there.

  • Uvalde rekindles school police officer's looming fears

    August 02, 2022 - 8:44 AM

    AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Tony Ramaeker averages around 14,000 steps a day as he walks around the Nebraska high school where he is assigned to work as a sheriff’s deputy, greeting students arriving in the morning, wandering the hallways to talk to them and watching out for those who might be eating alone in the cafeteria.

  • U.S. houses of worship increase security after shootings

    July 17, 2022 - 7:31 AM

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Rev. Steven Marsh never thought he would see the day his church in Laguna Woods, California — a town of 16,500 populated largely by retirees — would be spending $20,000 a month for security.

  • Smart-home devices could save you money on home insurance

    April 21, 2022 - 9:05 AM

    A smart thermostat can turn up the heat in your home before you roll out of bed. A smart speaker can play your favorite podcasts with a voice command. A smart lightbulb can be turned on or off from across the room.

  • Behind China-South Korea skating row, a deeper cultural rift

    February 11, 2022 - 6:44 PM

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Chinese and South Korean short-track speedskating fans are duking it out online over allegations of foul play, tapping into the historical rivalry between their countries.

  • Hackers prey on public schools, adding stress amid pandemic

    February 01, 2022 - 2:22 PM

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — For teachers at a middle school in New Mexico's largest city, the first inkling of a widespread tech problem came during an early morning staff call.

  • In times of crises, Lebanon's old must fend for themselves

    June 22, 2021 - 6:38 AM

    BEIRUT (AP) — Tiny and bowed by age, Marie Orfali makes the trip five times a week from her Beirut apartment to the local church, a charity and a nearby soup kitchen to fetch a cooked meal for her and her 84-year-old husband, Raymond.

  • As hospitals cope with a COVID-19 surge, cyber threats loom

    December 04, 2020 - 2:50 PM

    BURLINGTON, Vt. - By late morning on Oct. 28, staff at the University of Vermont Medical Center noticed the hospital’s phone system wasn’t working.

  • Royals can expect 'deferential' Canadian media coverage, says expert

    January 14, 2020 - 1:12 PM

    Jeffrey Dvorkin remembers returning home to the Annex in downtown Toronto to find his quiet neighbourhood transformed by a swarm of paparazzi, reporters, police and security. At the centre of the pandemonium was none other than Prince Harry, who at the time, was courting the "Suits" actress then known as Meghan Markle.
  • iN RESPONSE: Readers have their say
    Following are emailed reader responses to stories or letters to the editor for the last week of April 2024. They have been edited slightly for readability.  Got something you want to add? Send an email to editor Marshall Jones at mjon

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