Month: November 2021

By FIRDIA LISNAWATI Associated Press DENPASAR, Indonesia (AP) — An American woman convicted of helping to kill her mother on the Indonesian island of Bali and stuff the body into a suitcase has been deported to the United States. Heather Mack was released from prison after serving seven years and two months of a 10-year

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Bahrain has urged its citizens in Lebanon to leave immediately as a diplomatic crisis escalates between Gulf Arab states and cash-strapped Lebanon. Bahrain’s foreign ministry on Tuesday ordered all Bahrainis to leave Lebanon “due to the tense situation there, which requires caution,” days after the United Arab Emirates did

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — It’s hard to overstate the importance that the video of Ahmaud Arbery’s slaying will during the trial of the men who chased and shot him. University of Texas law professor Jeffrey Abramson called the clip the “star witness” of the case. Father and son Greg and

MONUMENT, Colo. (AP) — Colorado authorities say they believe a man killed his wife and two of his children last weekend in an affluent community near Colorado Springs before the man killed himself. The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement Monday that Yvette Siegert-Kreb, her husband Christof Kreb and two of their

By CARA ANNA and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he’s moving to cut out Ethiopia from a U.S. trade program. That sets the path for further sanctions against the African nation over its failure to end a nearly yearlong war in the Tigray region. Biden in a letter to

ENCINITAS, Calif. (AP) — The bloom of a giant and stinky Sumatran flower nicknamed a “corpse plant” because it smells like a dead body is huge drawing crowds to a Southern California botanical garden. The bloom of the Amorphophallus titanum plant started Sunday afternoon at the San Diego Botanic Gardens in Encinitas. By Monday morning,

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — Former FIFA officials Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini have been charged with fraud and other offenses by Swiss prosecutors after a six-year investigation into a controversial $2 million payment. The 85-year-old Blatter and 66-year-old Platini now face a trial within months at federal criminal court in

BERLIN (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged a German woman with membership in two foreign terrorist groups, violating weapons law and committing her son as a fighter to a foreign terrorist group. German federal prosecutors said Tuesday that Stefanie A., whose last name was withheld in line with privacy rules, left Germany in 2016 with

By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is rolling out a new initiative aimed at reducing suicides by gun and combating the significant increases in suicides by members of the military and veterans. The White House is announcing the new plan Tuesday. Officials say it is an unprecedented focus by the

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A Polish hospital says doctors and midwives did everything they could to save the lives of a pregnant woman and her fetus in a case that has put the spotlight on new restrictions on Poland’s abortion law. The 30-year-old woman died of septic shock in her

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — .A “people’s tribunal” has opened in the Netherlands to highlight the number of journalists around the world who were killed for doing their jobs. The tribunal, convened by a group of press freedom organizations, has no powers to sanction perpetrators. Instead, it plans to present

By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Bill Richardson, on a humanitarian mission to strife-torn Myanmar, has met with the head of the Southeast Asian nation’s military-installed government. Myanmar’s Information Ministry says Richardson held discussions about prevention and control of COVID-19. His mission was announced Sunday by his

By JOSEPH KRAUSS and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian families in a tense neighborhood of Jerusalem have rejected an offer that would have delayed their eviction by Jewish settlers. The families’ plight helped ignite protests and clashes earlier this year that eventually led to the 11-day Gaza war. The families said in

By The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cardi B has won five American Music Awards and performed on the telecast during her career so far. Next step: hosting the show. The rapper behind such hits as “Bodak Yellow” and “Money” has been tapped to host the fan-voted awards show airing from Los Angeles on

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former police captain Eric Adams easily won the race for New York mayor, and Boston elected its first woman and Asian American to the city’s top job. The results emerged Tuesday after voters across the U.S. picked local leaders who were largely defined by their

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The University of Florida has been asked by its accrediting body to explain how denying a request by three professors to serve as paid experts in a voting rights lawsuit conforms to standards for academic freedom and avoids undue political influence. The professors wanted to testify for plaintiffs in a lawsuit

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania has reported a record daily number of 591 COVID-19 deaths amid a persistently low vaccination rate. Only 37% of Romania’s adults have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 compared to a European Union average of 75%. Romanian authorities said Tuesday that 541 of the 591 people who had died of COVID-19

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania’s prime minister-designate has relinquished his mandate to try to form a new government after it appeared he did not have enough support in parliament to get his proposed Cabinet approved. Former army general Nicolae Ciuca of the National Liberal Party was set to put forward a new government on Wednesday.

By KRISTI EATON Associated Press One hotel in Mexico has an “Instagram concierge” to help guests with their selfie game. A hotel in Aruba has a “carbon offset concierge” to help guests relax by addressing their concerns over the environmental impact their travels have had. And a hotel in Portland, Oregon, is creating a “concierge

By SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s government says Sabah Fakhri, one of the Arab world’s most famous singers, has died at the age of 88. The death was announced on Tuesday. Fakhri has entertained generations with traditional Arabic songs and preserved extinct forms of Arabic and Syrian music. He was born

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Tesla has issued a recall that automatically sent a software update fixing a safety problem in its electric vehicles. The recall announced Tuesday apparently heads off a looming confrontation with U.S. safety regulators. It covers nearly 12,000 Teslas with a glitch in the “Full Self-Driving” software