Month: August 2022

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — Two freshman members of the Indiana State University football team were among the three students who were killed in a weekend crash. School officials said Monday that two other football team members who were injured in the crash are out of intensive care but remain hospitalized in serious condition. The

By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Are you ready for some football? Fine, but the return of the NFL is why the 2022 Emmy Awards have been drop-kicked from their usual Sunday berth to Monday. Television’s top awards rotate among the top four networks, and this year’s broadcast home, NBC, has

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — Authorities believe a body found in a Northern California reservoir is that of 16-year-old Kiely Rodni, who went missing after attending a large party at a Sierra Nevada campground two weeks ago. Nevada County Sheriff Shannan Moon has told a press conference Monday that the body

By JAMIE STENGLE and JAKE BLEIBERG Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Heavy rains across the drought-stricken Dallas-Fort Worth area on Monday caused streets to flood, submerging vehicles as officials warned motorists to stay off the roads and water seeped into some homes and businesses. “The Dallas-Fort Worth area was pretty much ground zero for the

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press WOODBINE, Ga. (AP) — The family of a woman killed by gunfire last year as Georgia sheriff’s deputies with a drug warrant raided her cousin’s home announced a federal lawsuit Monday against the sheriff and others. Attorneys for the family of 37-year-old Latoya James have argued her death echoes the

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press FREDERICKSBURG , Texas (AP) — Part of why Terry Hamilton says he abruptly left his job running elections deep in Texas wine country is by now a familiar story in America: He became fed up with the harassment that followed the 2020 election. But this was no ordinary exit.

By ARLEIGH RODGERS and KANTELE FRANKO Associated Press/Report for America BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — In states such as Texas, Ohio and Indiana, some college students say new abortion restrictions are influencing their personal and political behavior as they return to campuses. Some students say they’re changing their sexual behavior, being more careful about using contraceptives,

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. is cutting about 3,000 white-collar workers as it moves reduce costs and make the transition from internal combustion to electric vehicles.Leaders of the Dearborn, Michigan, automaker made the announcement Monday in a companywide email, saying that 2,000 full-time salaried workers would be let

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert who became a household name — and the subject of partisan attacks — during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Monday he will leave the federal government in December after more than five decades. Fauci directs the

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The world’s newest and biggest space telescope is showing Jupiter as never before, auroras and all. Scientists released the shots Monday of the solar system’s biggest planet. The James Webb Space Telescope took the photos in July, capturing unprecedented views of Jupiter’s northern and

LONDON (AP) — British health authorities said they will begin offering eligible people just a fraction of the normal monkeypox vaccine dose to stretch supplies by about five times. That’s in line with similar decisions to maximize available doses in Europe and the U.S. Britain’s Health Security Agency said Monday that eligible patients at clinics

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s interior minister has met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow in a rare visit by a state official from Europe. Interior Minister Aleksandar Vulin highlighted Belgrade’s refusal to join Western sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine. Vulin is known for his

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Pfizer has asked U.S. regulators to authorize its combination COVID-19 vaccine that adds protection against the newest omicron relatives. The move Monday is a key step toward opening a fall booster campaign. The Food and Drug Administration ordered vaccine makers to tweak their shots to target BA.4 and BA.5

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Police in Sweden said a bag found in a downtown Stockholm park during an annual cultural festival contained an explosive charge and an investigation has been opened. The device was neutralized by the National Bomb Squad on the spot. Police said the bag was found at 9:40 p.m. Sunday. The Aftonbladet newspaper

CHICAGO (AP) — Loyola University’s Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt got some Chicago hardware with her name on it for her 103rd birthday. School, city and state leaders celebrated Sunday with the Catholic nun who became something of a folk hero as chaplain for the Loyola men’s basketball team that reached the NCAA Final Four in

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Energy Writer NEW YORK (AP) — As the head of the nation’s largest rooftop solar installer, Mary Powell has a stake in the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act. The law includes tax credits to make rooftop solar more affordable. But Powell’s excitement about the bill’s passage goes beyond business. Powell has

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press VIDA Y ESPERANZA, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s ambitious Maya Train project is threatening the Indigenous Maya people it was named for and dividing communities it was meant to help. One controversial stretch cuts a more than 68-mile (110-kilometer) swath through the jungle between the resorts of Cancun and Tulum, over

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press VIDA Y ESPERANZA, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s ambitious Maya Train project is supposed to bring development to the Yucatan Peninsula, but along the country’s Caribbean coast it is threatening the Indigenous Maya people it was named for and dividing communities it was meant to help. One controversial stretch cuts a

LONDON (AP) — Prince William and his wife, Kate, will relocate their family from central London to more rural dwellings in Windsor. Palace officials say all three of their children will attend the same private school near their new home. William and Kate will move from Kensington Palace in west London to Adelaide Cottage, about

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italian authorities are investigating a U.S. servicewoman assigned to an air base in northern Italy for alleged vehicular homicide in the death of a 15-year-old boy. Italian media said that the woman was driving a car which crashed before dawn on Sunday near Aviano base. The Italian

TOKYO (AP) — A bus has crashed into a dividing strip, overturned and caught fire on an expressway in central Japan, killing two people and injuring seven others. Police say the bus, traveling between downtown Nagoya and a nearby prefectural airport, apparently hit the divider just before leaving the expressway. The cause of the crash

By ELOGE WILLY KANEZA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Soldiers from Burundi have deployed to troubled eastern Congo as the first part of a recently created East African regional force to respond to crises. “As you have seen, our soldiers have been received officially. The spokesman for Burundi’s army told The Associated Press they

BERLIN (AP) — Sports apparel maker Adidas says CEO Kasper Rorsted will step down next year and it has started looking for a successor. The Germany-based company said Monday that Rorsted and its supervisory board “mutually agreed” that he will hand over during the course of 2023. He’s been CEO since 2016. Supervisory board chairman

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s 1,400 glaciers have lost more than half their total volume since the early 1930s, a new study has found, and researchers say the ice retreat is accelerating at a time of growing concerns about climate change. ETH Zurich, a respected federal polytechnic university, and the Swiss

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany says several substances seem to have contributed to a massive fish die-off in the Oder River that forms much of the country’s border with Poland. A spokesman for the Environment Ministry also rejected suggestions from a senior Polish official that Germany was spreading “fake news” about

By AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemeni officials say forces backed by the United Arab Emirates have seized control of vital southern oil and gas fields after nearly a week of fierce clashes in the region. The fighting pitted the UAE-backed Giants Brigades and Shabwa Defense Forces on one side and the