Month: July 2023

By TOM DAVIES Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The number of abortions being performed in Indiana has dropped steeply even before a court…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Rescuers say the collapse and landslide at a garbage dump north of Mexico City was so massive it buried a crane and its…

CRANDON, Wis. (AP) — State officials are investigating how eight people became trapped upside down on a roller coaster — some of them for more…

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A Maryland board has approved $2.9 million in compensation for a man who was wrongly…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR and TARA COPP Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon on Wednesday announced plans to tighten protection for classified…

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A Chinese mining company on Wednesday commissioned a $300 million lithium processing…

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A 63-year-old New York man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years in federal prison for his role in the robbery of a…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The son of a jailed Belarusian presidential hopeful has been convicted and sentenced on…

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A man who said Kevin Spacey made crude and racially offensive remarks before forcefully grabbing his…

By COLLEEN LONG, ZEKE MILLER and MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A white powder discovered in a lobby area of the White…

By BERT WILKINSON Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — A top government official in Guyana who was arrested last month after being accused of…

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The city of Memphis and its police chief are opposing efforts to pause a federal lawsuit…

By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — In the stone cloisters of the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, adjoining the palatial Louvre, Elie Saab…

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Strong rip currents prompted lifeguards to pull about 200 swimmers from the Atlantic Ocean in Virginia and North…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A member of the “Central Park Five” has won the Democratic primary for a seat on the New…

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and his wife, Chirlane McCray, say they are separating but…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Groups hoping to enshrine abortion rights in Ohio’s constitution have delivered nearly…

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Attorney Lin Wood, who filed legal challenges seeking to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Coco Lee, a Hong Kong-born singer and songwriter who had a highly successful career in Asia, has died…

By CLAUDIA LAUER and RON TODT Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The man accused in the fatal shooting spree in Philadelphia that left five…

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Soccer royalty made its way into the Royal Box at Wimbledon on Wednesday when David Beckham took his place on Centre…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Years after their sport was hoisted onto the Olympic stage, the idea of riding for big money and gold medals still…

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A rash of shootings as the U.S. celebrated the Fourth of July is…

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — For his latest role, Bradley Cooper leapt onto a hovering helicopter, rappelled down a…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Three environmental activists have been arrested at Wimbledon after running onto one…

By MELINA WALLING and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press The planet’s temperature spiked on Tuesday to its hottest day in decades and likely…

LYME, Conn. (AP) — A bobcat that attacked a camper in a hammock at a Connecticut state park has tested positive for rabies. The state environmental…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s Cabinet has approved a draft 2024 budget that foresees lower spending with defense among the exceptions. It comes as…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Rapper, producer and entrepreneur Sean “Diddy” Combs is asking the New York Supreme Court to enforce a 2021…

By HOWARD FENDRICH AP Tennis Writer WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — The developments at Wimbledon on Wednesday included Novak Djokovic joining Roger…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The U.S. Navy says Iran tried to seize two oil tankers near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, firing shots at one…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The prime ministers of Italy and Poland say the European Union should put a priority on stopping illegal migration instead of…

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s Supreme Court has heard final arguments in appeals by ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi of…

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has set up a special commission that will identify those he hails as the new…

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine and Russia accused each other Wednesday of planning to attack one of the…