Month: July 2022

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A group of Sept. 11 victims’ family members who have long accused Saudi Arabia of aiding the terrorists who carried out the attacks are condemning former President Donald Trump for hosting the Saudi-backed LIV golf tour at his New Jersey course later this month. In a

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — There’s little in contemporary movies quite like the arrival of a new Jordan Peele film. They tend to descend ominously and mysteriously, a little like an unknown object from above that casts an expanding, darkening shadow the closer it comes. “Nope,” the writer-director’s third film,

By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican judge’s ruling means the extradition of drug trafficker Rafael Caro Quintero, captured in the mountains of northwest Mexico, will not happen quickly. In the ruling published Monday, the Mexican judge issued what amounts to an injunction preventing Caro Quintero from being sent to the

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — A customer and an employee of a Walmart were shot and injured along with three young men who authorities said were involved in an altercation inside the store Sunday, police said. The Seattle Times reported police received calls about shots being fired inside the building shortly before 10 p.m. Sunday.

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Britain’s Prince Harry is challenging people everywhere to adopt Nelson Mandela’s spirit of hope in an uncertain and divided world to reclaim democracies and leave a better future for children. He movingly cited the inspiration of the anti-apartheid leader on his own life and his

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government’s top infectious disease expert, says he plans to retire by the end of President Joe Biden’s term in January 2025. Fauci, 81, became director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in 1984 and has advised seven presidents. Fauci said on CNN Monday that he

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A former Little Rock, Arkansas, police chief who fired his gun at an armed suspect on New Year’s Eve won’t face charges in the shooting. Prosecutor Larry Jegley said in a letter to the state police Friday that Keith Humphrey was justified in the use of force in the shooting

By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Pop artist Claes Oldenburg, who turned the mundane into the monumental through his outsized sculptures of a baseball bat, a clothespin and other objects, has died at age 93. Oldenburg died Monday morning in Manhattan, according to his daughter, Maartje Oldenburg. He had been in poor health

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Jody Hice of Georgia is fighting a subpoena seeking to have him testify before a special grand jury that is investigating whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to interfere in the 2020 election in the state. The subpoena, which Hice received

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Interior Department says Secretary Deb Haaland is recovering after breaking her leg in a hiking accident Sunday in Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park. Doctors confirmed Monday that Haaland broke her left fibula in the accident. In a statement, Interior said Haaland is grateful to park staff, the U.S. Park Police, and the

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One of The Chainsmokers’ latest hits is “High” and they’re hoping to live up to their lyrics. The hit-making duo of Drew Taggart and Alex Pall have signed up to get into a pressurized capsule tethered to a stratospheric balloon in a few years and

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country can still “freeze” Sweden and Finland’s membership in NATO unless the two countries take steps that meet Ankara’s security demands. Turkey lifted its objection to Sweden and Finland joining the alliance last month. But the Turkish government warned that it would block the

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A judge in West Virginia’s capital has blocked enforcement of the state’s 150-year-old abortion ban, opening the door for abortions to resume in the state. Kanawha County Circuit Court Judge Tera L. Salango granted the Women’s Health Center of West Virginia a preliminary injunction against the

TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania says its government webpage and all those of its public institutions have been closed following a cyberattack from an undisclosed source. A statement Monday said a “wide and complex” cyberattack started Friday afternoon following which all government infrastructure and systems were isolated. It started as a Ransomware attack on critical

MADRID (AP) — When Francisco Seoane’s train unexpectedly stopped in Spanish countryside, he and other passengers got a fright when they looked out at wildfires encroaching on both sides of the track. The Spaniard told The Associated Press it was scary to see how quickly the fire spread. He said in the blink of an

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Six of the 31 members of a white supremacist group who were arrested near a northern Idaho pride event last month pleaded not guilty Monday to misdemeanor charges of conspiracy to riot. The Patriot Front members were arrested June 11 with riot gear after

By VESELIN TOSHKOV Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian President Rumen Radev has handed a mandate to the third-largest political party in parliament to form a government after two previous attempts have failed. The chances of the Socialist Party’s success are dim. But its floor leader said Monday his party would invite the three

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the U.S. and South Korea should deepen their trade ties to avoid letting other countries use their market positions to unfair advantage. Yellen was visiting South Korea on her return from a meeting of financial leaders of

BANGOR, Maine (AP) — A detective who put the Bangor Police Department on the social media map is retiring to write a book. Lt. Tim Cotton used humor on Facebook to put a human face on police work, and he created the viral “Duck of Justice” when he rescued a faux waterfowl from a trash

By BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — The leader of Tunisia’s main opposition party is due to be questioned by the country’s anti-terrorism unit on suspicion of money laundering and terrorist financing through an association charity. Rached Ghannouchi was among a dozen top Ennahdha part officials whose bank accounts the country’s central