How hip-hop went from being shunned by big business to multimillion-dollar collabs
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The signs of hip-hop’s influence are everywhere — from Pharrell Williams becoming Louis…
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Hip-hop was born in the Bronx amid poverty, despair. 50 years later, there’s pride, still hard times
By NOREEN NASIR Associated Press BRONX, NEW YORK (AP) — Hip-hop was born in the Bronx, rising from the ashes of a borough ablaze with poverty,…
Continue ReadingHip-hop turns 50, reinventing itself and swaths of the world along the way
By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It was born in the break, all those decades ago — that moment when a song’s vocals…
Continue Reading41 dead in migrant shipwreck according to 4 survivors who set off from Tunisia
By NICOLE WINFIELD, RENATA BRITO and FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Forty-one people are believed dead after a migrant boat…
Continue ReadingProfit at Japan’s Honda doubles on healthy global auto and motorcycle sales
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Honda says its April-June profit more than doubled on healthy sales of its motorcycles and cars,…
Continue ReadingIndia’s opposition leader Rahul Gandhi condemns the Modi government over violence in Manipur
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has strongly condemned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s…
Continue ReadingNearly 100 Croatian soccer fans face murder, gang-related charges in Greece after deadly violence
By DEREK GATOPOULOS and LEFTERIS PITARAKIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Nearly 100 Croatian soccer fans have appeared in an Athens court…
Continue ReadingSri Lankan president vows to strengthen provincial governments to share power with Tamil minority
By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president says he will strengthen provincial governments to meet…
Continue ReadingDam in Norway partially bursts after days of heavy rain, flooding and evacuations
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A dam in southern Norway partially burst after days of heavy rain that triggered…
Continue Reading2 dead in a Russian attack on a Ukrainian city while a blast near Moscow kills 1 and wounds dozens
By DASHA LITVINOVA and EMMA BURROWS Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A Russian rocket attack on Wednesday killed two people and wounded at…
Continue ReadingFire at French vacation home for adults with disabilities leaves 11 dead
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Eleven people have died after a fire ripped through a vacation home for adults with disabilities in…
Continue ReadingNagasaki marks 78th anniversary of atomic bombing with mayor urging world to abolish nuclear weapons
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Nagasaki marked the 78th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the city Wednesday with the…
Continue ReadingBahrain prison inmates on hunger strike in latest sign of simmering unrest in island kingdom
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Bahrain prison inmates are taking part in a hunger strike over conditions…
Continue ReadingSony’s profits drop as it warns of the impact from US movie strikes
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Sony’s profits between April and June slipped 17%, as worries grew about revenue damage from a…
Continue ReadingNiger’s ousted president is said to be running low on food under house arrest, 2 weeks after coup
By SAM MEDNICK Associated Press NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s deposed president is running out of food and under increasingly dire conditions…
Continue ReadingWorld Bank says no new funding to Uganda over anti-gay law
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — The World Bank says it will not consider new loans to Uganda after the East African…
Continue ReadingRomanian care homes scandal spotlights abuse described as ‘inhumane and degrading’
By STEPHEN McGRATH and VADIM GHIRDA Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A string of disturbing revelations of “inhumane and degrading”…
Continue ReadingStock market today: Asian shares mostly slip as markets brace for US inflation report
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian benchmarks mostly fell Thursday after shares declined on Wall Street and investors braced…
Continue ReadingUS judge clears way for Nevada mustang roundup to continue despite deaths of 31 wild horses
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Over the objections of wild horse advocates, a judge cleared the way Wednesday night for the…
Continue ReadingEritrea’s repressive government criticizes exiles who attack overseas festivals as ‘asylum scum’
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Flaming cars, violent clashes, dozens of people detained. As one of the world’s most…
Continue ReadingDeath toll in recent Beijing flooding rises to 33, with 18 still missing
BEIJING (AP) — The death toll from recent flooding in China’s capital has risen to 33, including five rescuers, and another 18 people are…
Continue ReadingScientists look beyond climate change and El Nino for other factors that heat up Earth
By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Scientists are wondering if global warming and El Nino have an accomplice in fueling this summer’s…
Continue ReadingNew York governor recalibrates on crime, with control of the House at stake
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is highlighting her public safety platform in a bid to help…
Continue ReadingBrazil’s Amazon Summit ends with a plan to protect the world’s rainforests, but no measurable goals
By FABIANO MAISONNAVE and DAVID BILLER Associated Press BELEM, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s Amazon Summit has come to a close with a roadmap to protect…
Continue ReadingBiden claims his economic policies are reviving manufacturing, making his case at a wind farm plant
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press BELEN, N.M. (AP) — President Joe Biden declared Wednesday that his economic policies are reviving…
Continue ReadingKhanun begins blowing into South Korea with strong winds after dumping rain on Japan for a week
By KIM TONG-HYUNG, YONG JUN CHANG and AHN YOUNG-JOON Associated Press BUSAN, South Korea (AP) — Rains and winds were growing in southern South…
Continue ReadingOhio’s Issue 1 would have made protecting abortion rights harder. Data shows why it failed
By ROBERT YOON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Ohio voters have rejected a proposal that would’ve made it more difficult for voters to…
Continue ReadingMuch-needed payout grows to life-altering levels for tiny teams that advance in Women’s World Cup
By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Players who reached the knockout round at the Women’s World Cup got larger…
Continue ReadingHawaii wildfires burn homes and force evacuations, while strong winds complicate the fight
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Wildfires in Hawaii fanned by strong winds burned multiple structures, forced…
Continue ReadingWild mushrooms suspected of killing 3 who ate a family lunch together in Australia
SYDNEY (AP) — Australian police on Wednesday were trying to figure out how three people died and a fourth became critically ill after apparently…
Continue ReadingFrom upsets to record attendance, these are the trends that have emerged at the Women’s World Cup
By JAMES ROBSON AP Soccer Writer SYDNEY (AP) — The traditional elite have been cut down to size at the Women’s World Cup. That has been the…
Continue ReadingAbortion rights advocates push for 2024 ballot initiative in Arizona
By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Abortion rights advocates on Tuesday began a push to ask Arizona voters to create a…
Continue ReadingCollege professors sue Idaho over a law that they say criminalizes classroom discussions on abortion
By REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Six university professors and two teachers’ unions are suing Idaho over a law that they say…
Continue ReadingUS Navy sailor’s mom encouraged him to pass military details to China, prosecutor says
By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — The mother of a U.S. Navy sailor charged with providing sensitive military information to China…
Continue ReadingMan who made threats at a rural Kansas home shot and killed by deputy, authorities say
RANSOM, Kan. (AP) — Authorities say an armed man who made threats at a rural Kansas home was shot and killed by a deputy Tuesday. The Kansas Bureau…
Continue ReadingESPN strikes $1.5B deal to jump into sports betting with Penn Entertainment
By DAVID HAMILTON AP Business Writer You know ESPN the sports media giant. Now brace yourself for ESPN Bet, a rebranding of an existing…
Continue ReadingLawsuits filed by Airbnb and 3 hosts over NYC’s short-term rental rules dismissed by judge
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge on Tuesday dismissed lawsuits filed by Airbnb and three hosts over New York City’s rules for short-term…
Continue Reading5 white nationalists sue Seattle man for allegedly leaking their identities
SEATTLE (AP) — Five people affiliated with a white nationalist hate group are suing a Seattle-area man who they say infiltrated the group and…
Continue ReadingJudge denies request to block Florida law making it a crime to drive people in the US illegally
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Civil rights groups asked a federal judge to stop Florida officials from enforcing a…
Continue ReadingPost-GOP walkout, Oregon elections chief says lawmakers with 10 or more absences can’t run next term
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s elections chief says the 10 Republican state senators who had more than 10 unexcused absences during a walkout…
Continue ReadingTennessee governor outlines agenda for special session in wake of Nashville school shooting
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has unveiled a sweeping list of public…
Continue ReadingAfter a glacial dam outburst destroyed homes in Alaska, a look at the risks of melting ice masses
By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — People in Alaska’s capital have lived for more than a decade with periodic glacial dam…
Continue ReadingUS vows to keep Syria’s chemical weapons program in UN spotlight over Russian and Chinese opposition
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States and its allies are vowing to keep Syria’s failure to account for its…
Continue Reading3 fishermen plucked from Atlantic waters off Nantucket by Coast Guard helicopter crew
BOSTON (AP) — Three fishermen who were not wearing life jackets were plucked alive from ocean waters by the Coast Guard five miles east of the…
Continue ReadingMexico shutters 23 pharmacies at Caribbean coast resorts after US warned of dangerous pill sales
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has closed 23 pharmacies at Caribbean coast resorts, six months after a research report warned that drug stores in Mexico…
Continue ReadingIdaho man charged with shooting rifle at two hydroelectric power stations
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho man has been charged with two counts of destruction of an energy facility after federal prosecutors said he shot a…
Continue ReadingProsecutors drop charges against ex-Chicago officer who struggled with Black woman on beach
CHICAGO (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped charges against a white former Chicago police officer captured on video struggling with a Black woman who…
Continue ReadingDistrict attorney threatens to charge officials in California’s capital over homelessness response
By TRÂN NGUYỄN and JANIE HAR Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Tensions are rising in California’s capital city as the Sacramento…
Continue ReadingPostal Service reduces air cargo by 90% over 2 years as part of cost-cutting effort
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service has reduced its volume of shipments by aircraft by 90% over two years, putting the service on course to…
Continue ReadingAstronauts get first look at the spacecraft that will fly them around the moon
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The four astronauts assigned to fly around the moon next year have gotten their…
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