Month: June 2022

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A Google executive is warning the U.N. Security Council Tuesday that cyberattacks, disinformation and other forms of information warfare being waged in Ukraine are a “crystal ball” for future problems elsewhere. Jared Cohen addressed the council Tuesday. He heads Jigsaw, a part of Google that aims to build technology to combat

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — In a 10-year political career, Israel’s Yair Lapid has transformed himself from an upstart political novice to a feisty opposition leader to the savvy operator who toppled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Next week, he is expected to assume his biggest role yet — as the new prime

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis may have canceled his planned trip to Congo because of his bad knee, but he’s had a visit from one of Congo’s brightest basketball stars who briefed him on his humanitarian efforts back home. The Phoenix Suns’ Bismack Biyombo had a private audience with Francis Tuesday at the Vatican

By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is limiting the reach of a federal statute that requires stiff penalties for crimes involving a gun. The 7-2 decision united both conservative and liberal justices. The justices said the law can’t be used to lengthen the sentences of criminals convicted of a specific

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian Health Ministry says a man died after being stabbed by an Israeli settler in the occupied West Bank. Israeli police said they did not yet know the identity of the stabber. The ministry says the man was stabbed in the chest on Tuesday. Wafa, the official Palestinian news

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Premier Mario Draghi has secured parliamentary backing to continue supporting Ukraine against Russia. He thanked senators Tuesday for their support following calls from the 5-Star Movement leadership for Italy to stop sending weapons and focus more on diplomacy. The 5-Star criticism has created tensions within Draghi’s broad-based

CAIRO (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has departed for Jordan after wrapping up a visit to Egypt following talks with President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi. An Egyptian statement Tuesday says the two leaders discussed a wide range of topics including ties between the two regional heavyweights and President Joe Biden’s Middle

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer On the day of Austin Butler’s final screen test for “Elvis,” director Baz Luhrmann threw everything at him. Butler had spent five months building up to that moment, workshopping the role with Luhrmann, doing hair and make-up tests, rehearsing the songs. Against the odds, Butler had emerged as the

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — The European Union says Ethiopia’s government must reconnect its northern Tigray region to the world as a yearlong partial blockade has left food aid for almost 1 million hungry people stuck in warehouses without the fuel to deliver it. The EU commissioner for crisis management says the recent increase in

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — U.S. Forest Service employees made multiple miscalculations, used inaccurate models and underestimated how dry conditions were in the Southwest, causing a planned burn to reduce the threat of wildfires to explode into the largest blaze in New Mexico’s recorded history, the agency said Tuesday. The

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors say two Canadians have been found dead of knife wounds in Mexico’s Caribbean coast resort of Playa del Carmen. They say one of them was wanted by Interpol. Authorities in Quintana Roo state say the man and the woman were found dead Monday. The bodies were found at a hotel

By DON BABWIN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police officers will no longer be allowed to chase people on foot simply because they run away or give chase over minor offenses, the department said Tuesday, more than a year after two foot pursuits ended with officers fatally shooting a 13-year-old boy and 22-year-old man.

BERLIN (AP) — Officials say an Indonesian art collective’s banner that was widely criticized as containing antisemitic elements has been covered up at a major art show in Germany and is to be taken down. The large installation by Taring Padi, titled “People’s Justice,” drew objections after it was put up in a central square

By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson has reached an agreement to settle 20 of the 24 civil lawsuits that had been filed by women who accused him of sexual assault and harassment, an attorney for the women said Tuesday. Watson, who has been accused by massage therapists

Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department is confirming the death of a U.S. citizen in Ukraine who is believed to be only the second American to have been killed in the conflict there. The department said Tuesday that Stephen Zabielski had died in Ukraine and that it is in touch with his family

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Celia has regained tropical storm force off southern Mexico’s Pacific coast and forecasters say it’s likely to eventually become a hurricane, though it appears to be headed out to sea, away from land. Celia first hit tropical storm force on Friday while off of Central America, but soon faded back into

By JOHN HANNA AP Political Writer TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas’ highest court has declared that the state constitution does not prohibit partisan gerrymandering. The justices split 4-3 Tuesday in explaining their reasons for previously upholding a Republican congressional redistricting law. The state Supreme Court issued only a brief opinion last month in approving the

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The maiden voyage of a cruise ship starring a boatload of musical theater stars — like Tony Award-winners Laura Benanti, Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming and Lena Hall — will set sail next spring. The Broadway Cruise — heading from New York City to Bermuda, from

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stephen Colbert pronounced his staff members arrested at a congressional office building last week as guilty of “first-degree puppetry,” and lashed out at those comparing the incident to the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot. That includes Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson, who in a