Month: August 2021

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Bank robbers armed with explosives and high-powered rifles plunged a city in Sao Paulo state’s interior into terror, taking civilians hostage and even putting some on their cars while making their escape. Video shared on social media showed a booming shootout on Monday and men dressed in black marching hostages

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The European Union’s mission in Kosovo said Monday it has assisted the country’s police in developing a database to help investigate war crimes. The EU Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo reconfigured its mandate in 2018 and handed over all its files, including around 400 war crime cases, to the government.

MIAMI (AP) — A depression far offshore in the Atlantic has strengthened into a tropical storm but poses no threat to land. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami reported Monday that Tropical Storm Kate has maximum sustained winds of 45 mph and is located a little less than 800 miles northeast of the Leeward

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s police oversight agency is investigating a white officer’s struggle with a Black woman who was walking her dog in a lakefront park, an encounter the woman’s attorneys are calling “an obvious case of racial profiling.” A video widely shared on social media shows Nikkita Brown and her dog apparently walking away

By SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers says it is “outrageous” that Republicans plan to spend $680,000 on an investigation into the 2020 election in the state. Evers on Monday accused Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos of “drinking the Kool-Aid” after meeting with former President Donald Trump, who

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government forces have shelled rebel-held parts of a volatile southern city killing at least one person, while insurgent attacks on army checkpoints killed four soldiers. The violence Monday comes after Russian-brokered talks to end the presence of opposition fighters in the area collapsed. Syria’s state media reported that government forces retaliated

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Neela is a young girl who loves cooking with her mom. Saturday is her favorite day of the week. That’s the day they go to the green market. So begins Padma Lakshmi’s charming entry into the world of children’s book, “Tomatoes For Neela,” which mixes

BOSTON (AP) — Former congressman Joseph P. Kennedy II, the oldest son of Robert F. Kennedy, denounced the possible parole of the man convicted of killing his father in California in 1968. Kennedy said in the statement released Sunday that the possible parole of Sirhan Sirhan is a grievous error. The board on Friday found

BEIJING (AP) — China is banning children from playing online games for more than three hours a week, the harshest restriction so far on the game industry as Chinese regulators continue cracking down on the technology sector. Regulators announced that minors in China can only play games between 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Fridays,

By MEG KINNARD Associated Press The chief contractor at a failed multibillion-dollar project to build two nuclear reactors in South Carolina has agreed to pay more than $20 million as part of a cooperation agreement with federal authorities probing the fiasco. Acting U.S. Attorney Rhett DeHart said Monday that Westinghouse Electric Co. will contribute $21.25

CAIRO, Ga. (AP) — Jury selection is set to begin Monday in the trial of one of two Georgia prisoners accused of killing two guards more than four years ago. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Donnie Rowe in the killings of Sgt. Christopher Monica and Sgt. Curtis Billue in June 2017. Rowe and

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A man accused of killing eight people at Atlanta area massage businesses who has already pleaded guilty in four of those killings appeared briefly in court Monday but did not enter a plea in the other four slayings. Robert Aaron Long is accused of shooting four people

By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister’s office has urged former premier Benjamin Netanyahu to return dozens of expensive gifts he received while serving in the nation’s top job. The office of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett confirmed Monday that it has told Netanyahu to return gifts of high values, including several

NEW YORK (AP) — Please disregard US–NYC Subway Disruption, published on Aug. 30, 2021, and datelined in NEW YORK. It was sent when another story on the same topic was already out. Please use that story, now slugged US—NYC Subway Disruption. The 3rd-Ld Writethru was filed at 11:58 a.m.

JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli border police officer who was shot in the head at point-blank range during a violent protest on the Gaza border last week has died. The police said the 21-year-old suffered critical injuries when he was shot in the head by a Palestinian gunman on Aug. 21 during a demonstration staged

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — PNC Bank is the latest large U.S. financial services company to increase wages in a bid to keep and attract employees. It is raising its minimum wage to $18 an hour while also giving higher-paid workers a bump in pay. The bank said Monday that

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel’s struggling would-be heir has hit back at suggestions that a center-left rival is better qualified for the job after a televised debate failed to give him a clear breakthrough. Armin Laschet, the chancellor candidate from Merkel’s center-right Union bloc, insisted that he was “not

By JARI TANNER Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Estonia’s Parliament on Monday failed to elect a new president to the Baltic country after lawmakers rejected the only candidate in the first round of voting. Alar Karis received support from 63 lawmakers with 16 blank votes and the rest either absent or abstaining Monday in

By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Video games are made for entertainment, of course, but they give parents opportunities to talk about saving and spending. Some financial literacy experts actually use video games to teach kids about money. Video game currency costs real money, and you can give your kids real chores to earn it. And

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Two Egyptian lawyers say that authorities released an online comedian, a journalist and a political activist after they spent months in pre-trail detention. It’s the latest in a series of releases in recent months amid concerns by the U.S. and other international rights groups over the arrests

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Human rights lawyers representing hundreds of victims of Yemen’s civil war are calling on the International Criminal Court to open an investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed by the Saudi-led coalition during the devastating conflict. British lawyer Toby Cadman filed the

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press Some people charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol and their Republican allies claim the Justice Department is treating them harshly because of their political views. They also say those arrested during last year’s protests over racial injustice were given leniency.

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press Some people charged in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol and their Republican allies claim the Justice Department is treating them harshly because of their political views. They also say those arrested during last year’s protests over racial injustice were given leniency.

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has recommended that its 27 nations reinstate restrictions on tourists from the U.S. because of rising coronavirus infections there, but EU nations can still allow fully vaccinated U.S. travelers in if they want. The decision by the European Council to remove the U.S. from

BERLIN (AP) — Prosecutors say a German woman has been arrested on suspicion of helping the Islamic State group to transfer money to militants. The suspect was arrested near Munich on Monday and faces possible charges of supporting a foreign terrorist organization. She is accused of supporting an Iraqi man who was arrested in Germany

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A group of pro-democracy activists in Poland have entered the grounds of the country’s constitutional court in an act of civil disobedience. Their action Monday took place on the eve of an expected court ruling critical to the country’s future relationship with the rest of the

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s new prime minister has missed the swearing-in ceremony of his Cabinet after coming into contact with someone infected with COVID-19. The prime minister’s office says Ismail Sabri Yaakob has begun self-isolating and will virtually attend Tuesday’s official National Day celebrations. Ismail took office Aug. 21 amid public anger over

By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar has played an outsized role in U.S. efforts to evacuate tens of thousands of people from Afghanistan. The tiny Gulf Arab state is being asked to help shape what is next for Afghanistan because of its close ties with both Washington and the

By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer Paul Tagliabue left his job as commissioner of the NFL in 2006 and didn’t get selected for the Pro Football Hall of Fame until last year. If that seems odd for a man who guided the NFL for 17 years and oversaw labor peace, expansion, new stadiums, huge