Month: October 2021

By ARNO PEDRAM Associated Press CALAIS, France (AP) — Young Sudanese men who escaped war in their country now spend their days in the French port…

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban is turning to the financial managers of the former…

By RICHARD E. LAPCHICK For The Associated Press Richard E. Lapchick shares some of the backlash his family felt that was directed at his father for…

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli archaeologists say a scuba diver has salvaged an ancient sword off the country’s Mediterranean coast that experts…

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli police say a man is dead after falling from a hot air balloon in mid-flight. Police say the man, in his 20s, was a…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s disaster management agency says a strong earthquake has struck off the Turkish Mediterranean coast. There was…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are mixed after Wall Street rose for a fifth day on strong corporate…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says a net zero carbon emissions target by 2050…

By MATTHEW DALY and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s Washington’s enduring question: What does Joe Manchin want? But…

By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer Political leaders in Australia says tennis players who haven’t received a COVID-19 vaccination are unlikely to get a…

By FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The congressional committee tasked with investigating the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S.…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia judge has deemed eight jury pool members qualified to serve on the jury that will…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A judge in South Carolina has denied bond for a prominent South Carolina attorney who has…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A child of working-class Jamaican immigrants in the Bronx, Colin Powell rose from…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Progressive prosecutors around the country are increasingly declaring they just…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection has…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand counted its most new coronavirus cases of the pandemic as an outbreak in…

By ACACIA CORONADO and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Republicans have approved redrawn U.S. House maps that favor…

By DÁNICA COTO, PETER SMITH and EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A gang that kidnapped 17 members of a U.S.-based…

By SARA CLINE Associated Press/Report for America PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Portland, Oregon, has had 67 homicides so far this year and the city has…

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Derrick Henry scored his third touchdown with 3:05 left, and the Tennessee…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — An independent U.N. investigator is warning that despite the Nobel Peace Prize to…

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Washington State has fired football coach Nick Rolovich and four of his assistants…

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The president of Ecuador has decreed a state of emergency to confront drug trafficking and other crimes, saying the military…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico City prosecutors say they have brought criminal charges against 10 “individuals and companies” for construction…

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A longtime Connecticut activist for people living with HIV and AIDS as well as those impacted by opioid addiction and…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG, HYUNG-JIN KIM and MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military says North Korea has…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press GWANGYANG, South Korea (AP) — Thousands of ethnic Chinese have lived in North Korea for generations. Though many…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kanye West is now known only as Ye. A Los Angeles judge on Monday approved the request of the rapper, producer and fashion…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs is gearing up to invest $3.5 billion into climate initiatives through her…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The Central African Republic’s leader is calling his unilateral cease-fire…

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Authorities in Costa Rica say six people are dead, including a U.S. man, in what may have been a robbery at the…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has promised to help the U.S. government push for stronger action on climate…

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press Spirits producer Heaven Hill Distillery says its contract talks with striking union workers have reached an…

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Authorities in Costa Rica say six people are dead, including a U.S. man, in what may have been a robbery at the…

By CLAUDIA LAUER PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say a man charged with raping a woman on a commuter train just outside of Philadelphia harassed…