Month: August 2022

PLANO, Texas (AP) — A woman was arrested and faces a possible hate crime charge after she was captured on video in a racist rant and assault on women of South Asian descent in a suburban Dallas parking lot, in another disturbing example of anti-Asian violence seen across the U.S. Plano police said in a

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation eased last month as energy prices tumbled, according to a report closely watched by the Federal Reserve. The Commerce Department reported Friday that consumer prices were up 6.3% in July from a year earlier after posting an annual increase of 6.8% in June, biggest jump

HENDERSON, Ky. (AP) — Authorities say two people were killed and two were wounded in a shooting at a homeless shelter for men in western Kentucky and a suspect has been arrested. The Henderson Police Department said in a statement on social media that officers responded Thursday evening to a report of an active shooter

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Are wolves hunting and howling in the Northeast woods again, more than a century after they were rooted out of the region? Advocates who think so say a recent DNA analysis shows a strapping canine shot by a coyote hunter in upstate New York last winter

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine coast guard personnel and volunteers have rescued all but two of more than 80 passengers and crew of an inter-island ferry that caught fire as it approached a port. The incident Friday south of Manila prompting many people onboard to jump into the water as flames spread fast in windy

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s finance minister says said there was no reason for Turkish businesses to be concerned by a U.S. warning about possible sanctions on companies dealing with sanctioned Russian businesses. This week an influential Turkish business group confirmed that it had received from the U.S. Treasury cautioning that Turkish companies risk retributions

By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A U.S. coast guard cutter conducting patrols as part of an international mission to prevent illegal fishing was recently unable to get clearance for a scheduled port call in the Solomon Islands. The incident comes amid growing concerns of Chinese influence on the Pacific nation. The cutter

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — School districts around the country are starting to invest in programs aimed at addressing the mental health of teachers. Faced with a shortage of educators and widespread discontentment with the job, districts are hiring more therapists, holding trainings on self-care and setting up system to better

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister says estimates show the Baltic Sea can produce “more than twice the installed capacity of all German coal-fired power stations” as the country works to meet climate change targets and to wean itself off of Russia-supplied energy. In a video message ahead

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — A small homemade explosive has donated near Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone as an Australian diplomatic convoy made its way into the area. Two security officials told The Associated Press there were no injuries in Friday’s explosion. The blast happened as Australian diplomats are trying to help

By FERNANDO LIMA Associated Press LUANDA, Angola (AP) — Angola’s President Joao Lourenco appears set to win a second term and his MPLA party is close to extending its 47-year rule over the country. With 97% of ballots counted from the Western African nation’s election, the ruling Peoples Movement for the Liberation of Angola, known

BEIJING (AP) — The latest “Minions” movie subtly reinforces a message for Chinese audiences that viewers in other countries won’t see: Crime doesn’t pay. A postscript added to the version being shown in China says a villainous character, who drives off a free man at the end of the movie, is later jailed for 20

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Elizabeth Emanuel cradles the massive scrapbook across her chest before laying it gently on the table and opening its Prussian blue covers to reveal a personal time capsule of her relationship with Princess Diana. Emanuel got to know Diana during the months she and her then-husband, David,

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norwegian mass-murderer Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in 2011, is once again suing the government, seeking to force an end to his isolation. A Norwegian newspaper reported Friday that a notice had been sent to the Justice Ministry. Since his 2012 conviction, Breivik has been in solitary confinement. In

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport has reported a net profit of 65 million euros ($64.8 million) for the first six months of the year as passenger numbers soared despite post-pandemic staff shortages that led to huge lines and piles of luggage. The busy aviation hub had a net loss of 140 million in the

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte says he is ashamed that hundreds of asylum-seekers have been forced to sleep outside an overcrowded migrant reception center. He made the admission as his government announced a package of measures Friday to ease the situation by providing more accommodations

By OMAR FARUK Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Hell began at sunset. It was a Friday evening in Somalia’s capital. The patrons of the Hayat hotel had finished their latest prayers and settled in for coffee, tea or dinner. Families, businesspeople and government workers were there — some of the many who see the

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Sending a murder suspect to face trial in China could end up costing New Zealand taxpayers millions of dollars because officials would need to post an extra diplomat to Shanghai to monitor his treatment, documents exclusively obtained by The Associated Press show. But the documents

BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. government is suspending 26 flights by Chinese airlines from the United States to China in a dispute over anti-virus controls after Beijing suspended flights by American carriers. The Department of Transportation accused Beijing of violating an air travel agreement while enforcing anti-virus controls that are among the world’s most extreme.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish pop star Gulsen has been arrested on charges of “inciting hatred and enmity” over a joke she made about Turkey’s religious schools, the country’s state-run news agency reported. The 46-year-old singer and songwriter, whose full name is Gulsen Colakoglu, was taken away for questioning from her home in Istanbul and

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Driven by moral outrage over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine earlier this year, U.S. governors and other top state officials made it clear: They wanted to cut their financial ties with Russia. A few states quickly followed through. Idaho sold $300,000 of bonds in a Russian oil company in early March.

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A retired judge has been appointed to investigate how former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison was able to secretly amass unprecedented ministerial powers in defiance of political conventions. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Friday that former High Court Justice Virginia Bell will report in November

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s prime minister is asking for international help for the impoverished nation’s flood victims. Friday’s appeal from Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif came amid exceptionally heavy monsoon rains, which have been lashing the country since mid-June. The downpours have caused flash floods and killed 937 people. Although floodwater

By STAN CHOE, DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank more than 1,000 points Friday after the head of the Federal Reserve dashed Wall Street’s hopes that it may soon ease up on high interest rates in its effort to tame inflation. The

By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Abel Ferrara is perhaps best known for his gritty New York exploitation films of the 1980s and 1990s that delved into the soulless evils of drug addiction, corruption and sexual violence. His latest film is paying homage to one of Italy’s best-known and most revered saints, “Padre

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Michelle Krause grapples with the challenge of telling people she is a massage therapist. It’s just easier to say she works in finance or nutrition. She’s among the hundreds of massage therapists attending the American Massage Therapy Association’s three-day national convention in Cleveland, which

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press BORDEAUX, France (AP) — The landscape in the prestigious vineyards of Bordeaux looks the same as ever, with healthy, ripe grapes hanging heavy off rows of green vines. But this year something is starkly different in one of France’s most celebrated wine regions and other parts of Europe. The harvest

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s leader on Friday said China and Russia are “disrupting and threatening the world order” through Beijing’s recent large-scale military exercises near the island and Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. President Tsai Ing-wen was speaking during a meeting in Taipei with U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, who is on the second visit by

By FARES AKRAM and SAM McNEIL Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Ibrahim Slaieh can point to three great moments of joy in his life in the Gaza Strip: his graduation from university, his wedding, and the day last year when he got a six-month permit to work inside Israel. The permit —

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A Vietnamese court has rejected an appeal by prominent journalist and democracy activist Pham Doan Trang, who had been sentenced to nine years in prison on charges of “propaganda against the state,” state media said. The Hanoi Supreme Court upheld the sentence that was handed down to the 44-year-old in December,