Month: July 2023

By DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — The head of the U.N. mission in South Sudan says the country is not yet ready to hold its…

SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) — A man has been charged with intentionally causing a fire five years ago which killed five people and displaced 200 others…

FLORENCE, Wis. (AP) — Workplace safety officials are investigating the death of a 16-year-old boy from injuries he received last week at a…

By ISABELLA O’MALLEY Associated Press As a warming Earth simmered into worrisome new territory this week, scientists said the unofficial…

By The Associated Press Ricky Martin and Jwan Yosef are divorcing after nearly six years of marriage, the couple announced Thursday. “For some…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — A Palestinian man has opened fire near an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, killing…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A man who says Kevin Spacey subjected him to a torrent of verbal abuse and grabbed his crotch denied…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A U.K. court on Thursday rejected the British government’s request to keep former Prime Minister…

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indianapolis City-County Council member is looking to become the Democratic candidate for Indiana’s open U.S. Senate seat…

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a man charged with kidnapping a Memphis,…

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA and RENATA BRITO Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tensions have spiked dangerously in a Tunisian port city after three…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has visited the capitals of Bulgaria and the Czech Republic, discussing military aid…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. job openings slipped in May but remained at levels high enough to show the American…

By MELISSA LAMBARENA of NerdWallet So-called alternative credit cards from financial technology companies can offer you the opportunity to build…

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Grand Canyon National Park is getting $27.5 million in federal highway money to upgrade its aging fleet of…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — There are, as a rule, only so many places you can go as an action movie after leaving Tom Cruise…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of Americans applying for jobless benefits rose last week, but remains at healthy levels despite the…

SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) — Authorities in Texas say an arrest has been made five years after a fire intentionally set at a housing complex killed…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An 8-year-old girl was killed and 15 people were injured Thursday when an SUV crashed into a private…

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer The Venice Film Festival is serving up one of the year’s buzzier films as its opening night selection in Luca…

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Officials in Pakistan say the death toll from two weeks of monsoon rains rose to at least 55 on Thursday after at least 12…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press BOKSBURG, South Africa (AP) — The death toll in a toxic gas leak in South Africa blamed on an…

By JULIA FRANKEL Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli court has acquitted a border police officer who was charged with reckless…

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Authorities say a missing 2-year-old girl has been found dead in Detroit, 90 miles from her home in Lansing. Lansing police…

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Two firefighters were killed and five others injured battling a blaze that began deep inside a docked cargo ship carrying more…

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong police have arrested another person accused of supporting overseas activists who…

LONDON (AP) — The head of global energy giant Shell says it would be “irresponsible” to cut oil and gas production at a time when the world…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — A Turkish man has been found guilty of attempted aggravated extortion, weapons possession and attempted terrorist financing,…

By TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The United Arab Emirates says it will give $15 million to help rebuild the Jenin refugee…

YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The minister charged with an overhaul of this nation’s digitized system to assign a number to all…

BERLIN (AP) — Lawmakers in Germany have failed to agree on new rules regulating assisted suicide. They voted Thursday to reject two proposals drawn…

By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — A Spanish migrant rights group says 951 migrants have died while trying to reach Spain by sea in…

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Reward programs, including birthday freebies and discounts, have long been a way…

BEIJING (AP) — The leader of the Solomon Islands will visit China next week, highlighting the accelerating contest between Beijing and Washington…

By ANNA FRANTS Associated Press MINSK, Belarus (AP) — The mercenary leader who led a short-lived mutiny against the Kremlin is in Russia and his…