Month: July 2022

By CARLOS RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — When Dani Alves left Barcelona a few months ago, several teams were deemed possibilites for the next stop in his illustrious soccer career. One of the least likely seemed to be Pumas of the Mexican League, yet that is what the Brazilian star chose. Alves, who

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Dwayne Johnson went a few steps beyond merely teasing his long-awaited “Black Adam” movie at Comic-Con in San Diego on Saturday. Ever the showman, Johnson brought a new traile r for the DC Comics superhero film and some flashy technology, lighting up the biggest room at the annual fan

By DAVID PORTER Associated Press A man accused of attacking New York GOP gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin during a recent campaign rally told investigators he’d been drinking that day and didn’t know who the congressman was, authorities said as the man was arrested on a federal assault charge Saturday. David Jakubonis, 43, made an initial

When Disney reopens its Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique shops at resorts in Florida and California next month, the workers who help children dress up as their favorite animated characters will have new, more gender inclusive titles. That’s because men are going to work at the shops for the first time. The workers will be referred to

DALLAS (AP) — A suspected drunken driver has been shot and killed by a suburban police officer in Dallas after the driver refused to stop, fired repeatedly at the officer and shot a bystander early Saturday, police said. The man refused to stop for the officer in the west Dallas suburb of Bedford before 2

STUART, Fla. (AP) — A 70-year-old woman was stabbed by the bill of a 100-pound sailfish that leapt out of the water and attacked her as her companions were trying to reel it in on a boat near the Florida coast, authorities said. The sailfish stabbed the woman from Arnold, Maryland in the groin area

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Small but loud demonstrations have taken place in the Tunisian capital of Tunis ahead of a referendum Monday on President Kais Saied’s new constitution. Critics say the changes may help him try to legitimize his power grab, which they call  “a coup.” On Saturday, a

HONOLULU (AP) — An active-duty U.S. Marine accused in the stabbing death of his wife is in custody and facing a second-degree murder charge. The Honolulu Police Department said Saturday that Bryant Tejeda-Castillo was being held on $1 million bail. Police say he was captured shortly after the Wednesday killing of 27-year-old Dana Alotaibi along

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Two moderate earthquakes rattled Iran’s southern province of Hormozgan on Saturday evening, the country’s state TV reported. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, according to the state-run IRNA news agency, but the quakes, both after sundown, caused people to rush out and stay on the streets as several

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran says its agents dismantled a group linked to the Israeli spy agency Mossad, which had allegedly planned terror operations inside Iran. State-run TV reported on Wednesday that members of the group had entered Iran from an unspecified neighboring country’s Kurdish-populated area. Both Turkey and Iraq have a minority Kurdish population

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Protesters have turned out on the streets of London and Glasgow to demand faster action against climate change. The protests Saturday followed record-smashing temperatures that scorched the U.K. earlier this week. Activist groups including Just Stop Oil and Insulate Britain led protesters in a sit-in on Parliament

By DEMETRIS NELLAS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s fire service was fighting four major fires across the country, including one where they had to evacuate over 450 people from an island holiday resort. A fire that broke Saturday morning on the Greek island of Lesbos prompted authorities to call for the evacuation of

By NOAH BERGER and JOCELYN GECKER Associated Press WAWONA, Calif. (AP) — A fast-moving brush fire near Yosemite National Park exploded in size Saturday into one of California’s largest wildfires of the year, prompting evacuation orders for thousands of people and shutting off power to more than 2,000 homes and businesses. The Oak Fire started

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s Foreign Ministry says it’s filed a complaint to the U.N. Security Council, requesting an urgent session to discuss a deadly attack this week that Baghdad blames on Turkey. The ministry also says that Baghdad has recalled its chargé d’affaires from Ankara. Iraq’s parliament convened a session on Saturday to discuss Wednesday’s

By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden likely contracted a highly contagious variant of the coronavirus spreading rapidly through the United States, and now has body aches and a sore throat since his positive test, according to an update from his doctor on Saturday. The variant, known as BA.5, is an

By TRISHA AHMED Associated Press/Report for America DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — Inside northern Minnesota’s only abortion clinic, patients from Wisconsin and Texas sit among Minnesotans. They are the leading edge of an expected surge of out-of-state patients following the U.S. Supreme Court’s reversal of the federal right to abortion. Employees of the WE Health Clinic

BERLIN (AP) — Draped in rainbow flags, around 150,000 people were marching for LGBTQ rights at Berlin’s annual Christopher Street Day celebration. Berlin police gave the crowd estimate on Saturday afternoon but said the number could grow into the evening. Klaus Lederer,  Berlin’s deputy mayor, said in a speech opening the celebrations that Berlin must

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — An estimated 17.7 million people watched Thursday’s second prime-time hearing of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. That’s second only to the 20 million who saw the first hearing last month. That hearing was the only other one

By AMIR VAHDAT Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran’s state-run agency says a pair of gunmen opened machinegun fire in the southwestern Iranian city of Abadan, killing the brother of the owner of a tower that collapsed there earlier this year. IRNA’s report said the man was gunned down on Saturday in “an assassination”

By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — The expanding monkeypox outbreak in more than 70 countries is an “extraordinary” situation that qualifies as a global emergency, the World Health Organization chief said Saturday, a declaration that could spur further investment in treating the once-rare disease and worsen the scramble for scarce vaccines. A

ISLAMABAD (AP) — The death toll from more than five weeks of monsoon rains and flash flooding across Pakistan has reached 304, authorities said Saturday. Since mid-June, the deluge has swollen rivers and damaged highways and bridges, disrupting traffic. Almost 9,000 homes have been fully destroyed or partially damaged. Particularly hard-hit was the volatile, impoverished

By AMY FORLITI Associated Press A 9-year-old boy who was camping at an Iowa state park with his parents and 6-year-old sister survived a shooting that killed the rest of his family. The Iowa Department of Public Safety identified the victims as Tyler Schmidt, 42; his 42-year-old wife, Sarah Schmidt; and their 6-year-old daughter, Lula