Month: August 2022

The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Grammy-winning country trio Lady A is postponing its tour this year as band member Charles Kelley…

By TERRY TANG The Associated Press BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Picture it: A vacant Beverly Hills bistro has been transformed into the set of a…

By DÉBORA ÁLVARES Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Jô Soares, one of Brazil’s most notable humorists and television stars, died in Sao…

WASHINGTON (AP) — A husband and wife from Wisconsin celebrating more than five decades of marriage were killed in a lightning strike outside the…

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press LAUREL, Neb. (AP) — Police on Friday arrested a man in the killings of four people in a small northeast…

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has met with a top official of the Russian Orthodox Church ahead of an expected…

By FARES AKRAM and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel unleashed a wave of airstrikes Friday on Gaza, killing at…

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) — The Mall of America reopened Friday as police search for two people involved in a shooting inside the suburban…

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO Associated Press Click and gape at the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel ceiling up close. Click again and join thousands of pilgrims…

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — The head of Greece’s intelligence service and the general secretary of the prime…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon on Friday announced it has agreed to acquire the vacuum cleaner maker iRobot for…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union says the leaders of Serbia and Kosovo have agreed to meet in Brussels on Aug. 18 to discuss ways to end the…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin said Friday that it’s open to talking about a possible prisoner exchange…

By BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The Catholic Church in Portugal says the archbishop of Lisbon has met with Pope Francis in…

Associated Press Elon Musk accused Twitter of fraud in a countersuit over his aborted $44 billion deal for the social media company, which he claimed…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British judge on Friday rejected a request from the parents of a comatose boy to let them move…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Economies in the Asia-Pacific are forecast to hit the doldrums this year as decades-high…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The leader of the Netherlands’ top agricultural lobby group says a first round of…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve sent a sobering message Wednesday after it announced its latest…

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis heeded the call of an influential Shiite cleric to gather in…

By RISHI LEKHI and SHONAL GANGULY Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian police have detained dozens of lawmakers from the opposition Congress…