Month: August 2022

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — A U.S. security firm says a cyberattack that temporarily shut down some Albanian government digital services and websites in mid-July was likely the work of pro-Iranian hackers seeking to disrupt an Iranian opposition group’s conference in Albania. In a report Thursday, Mandiant expressed “moderate confidence” the

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The death toll from exploding air bag inflators made by Takata Corp. has risen to 19 in the U.S. and 28 worldwide. Authorities say the driver of a 2006 Ford Ranger pickup truck was killed in what should have been a minor crash last month near

By NASSER KARIMI Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Mourners have poured out in large numbers onto the streets of Tehran to pay their respects to several Iranian officers killed in Syria, a testament to the human cost of Iran’s involvement in the civil war and a public display of nationalist fervor as nuclear talks

STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered at a Minnesota golf course to remember a 17-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed during a recreational tubing trip on a Wisconsin river. Friends and family say Isaac Schuman loved many things, including golf. Many who came for the candlelight vigil Wednesday evening at Oak Glen Golf

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge on Thursday made it likely she’ll rule in weeks rather than months whether NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell gets to decide the merits of racial discrimination claims made by Black coaches against the league and its teams, saying an effort to gather more evidence seems

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish officials say they’re seeing a change in migration over the country’s border with Belarus. They said Thursday that most of those seeking to enter Poland illegally now are Africans who first traveled to Russia, instead of people from the Mideast. The government said the African

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A former police chief was able to take postings at multiple successive U.S. Army bases despite allegations that he sexually harassed women at one base. The Wisconsin State Journal obtained documents from an Army investigation into Ryan Cunningham. He became police chief at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin in 2016, months after

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Hungary’s autocratic Prime Minister Viktor Orban urged cheering American conservatives on Thursday to “take back the institutions,” stick to hardline stances on gay rights and immigration and fight for the next U.S. presidential election as a pivotal moment for their beliefs. The exuberant cheers and standing

By TERRY TANG The Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — For a comedy, Jo Koy’s new movie “Easter Sunday” had a lot of waterworks. The film was no ordinary job. The entire cast had happy cry-fests whenever they were struck by the magnitude of sharing a set with mostly Filipino actors. Koy’s feature film debut,

By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An attorney for the parents of a child killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre who are suing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones over his false claims about the attack said Thursday that the U.S. House Jan. 6 committee has requested two years’ worth of records

By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The federal government filed civil rights charges Thursday against four Louisville police officers over the drug raid that led to the death of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman whose fatal shooting helped fuel the racial justice protests that rocked the nation in 2020. The charges —

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press Three family members killed during a shooting last month at an eastern Iowa state park were shot, stabbed and/or strangled, according to autopsy results released Thursday. Tyler Schmidt, 42, died from a gunshot wound and “multiple sharp force injuries,” while his wife, 42-year-old Sarah Schmidt, died from multiple sharp

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press KRUGERSDORP, South Africa (AP) — Community members in the South African city of Krugersdorp have beaten suspected illegal miners with sticks and set fire to their camps following the arrests of more than 80 men suspected of gang raping eight women last week. Some of the suspects are thought to

BY DENG MACHOL Associated Press JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Parties to the peace deal ending South Sudan’s devastating civil war have again delayed the country’s first elections since independence by extending the transitional period by two years. The vote meant for early next year has been pushed to December 2024. The United States, Britain

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal grand jury investigating efforts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election has subpoenaed the White House counsel under then-President Donald Trump and his top deputy, according to a person familiar with the matter. The subpoenas to Pat Cipollone and Patrick Philbin suggest an

LONDON (AP) — More than 700 Amazon warehouse workers in England staged a protest Thursday in a dispute over pay. It’s the latest sign of workplace friction stoked by Britain’s cost of living crisis and the growing discontent among Amazon’s warehouse workers over wage and working conditions. The GMB union says employees at the facility

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press HINDMAN, Ky. (AP) — National Guard soldiers rushed to distribute bottled water to flood-ravaged eastern Kentucky as forecasters warned of more rain coming to the region. In the days since historic flooding swamped the Appalachian region, the availability of water surfaced as a concern for victims after the floodwaters damaged

By ELIZABETH MONROY Associated Press SABINAS, Mexico (AP) — Efforts to rescue 10 miners trapped in a collapsed and flooded coal mine in northern Mexico intensified Thursday with hundreds of people involved in the operation, authorities said. The collapse occurred after the miners breached a neighboring area filled with water on Wednesday, officials said. Authorities

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A large section of Beirut’s giant port grain silos, shredded by a massive explosion two years ago, has collapsed as hundreds marched in Beirut to mark the second anniversary of the blast that killed scores. The northern block of the silos consisting of four towers has been