Month: August 2022

By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Tens of thousands of Music Midtown festivalgoers are no longer going to descend on Atlanta’s massive Piedmont Park next month to cheer on hip-hop star Future or watch beloved rock band My Chemical Romance take the stage. In fact, some people are convinced Atlanta — center of

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Four Indian soldiers and two suspected militants have been killed after rebels stormed a military camp in disputed Kashmir. A senior police officer says at least two assailants armed with guns and grenades attacked the camp in the remote Darhal area of southern Rajouri district early Thursday. The officer says the

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LONE PINE, Calif. (AP) — The flames fade away. Firefighters extinguish the last embers. A final curl of smoke uncoils in the wind. A wildfire in the California wilderness has come to an end, and what’s left behind is a blackened landscape of skeletal pines and leafless oaks, scorched

By STEVE PEOPLES AP National Politics Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s pick for governor in the swing state of Wisconsin easily defeated a favorite of the Republican establishment. In Connecticut, the state that launched the Bush family and its brand of compassionate conservatism, a fiery Senate contender who promoted Trump’s election lies upset

By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer TORONTO (AP) — Alan Nichols had a history of depression and other medical issues, but none were life-threatening. When the 61-year-old Canadian was hospitalized in June 2019 over fears he might be suicidal, he asked his brother to “bust him out” as soon as possible. Within a month, Nichols

By KRUTIKA PATHI and BHUMIKA SARASWATI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — As India’s economy grew, the hum of factories turned the sleepy, dusty village of Manesar into a booming industrial hub, cranking out everything from cars and sinks to smartphones and tablets. But jobs have run scarce over the years, prompting more and more

By DIANE JEANTET, DÉBORA ÁLVARES and MAURICIO SAVARESE Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Thousands of Brazilians flocked to a law school Thursday in defense of the nation’s democratic institutions, an event that carried echoes of a gathering nearly 45 years ago when citizens joined together at the same site to denounce a brutal military

GRANGER, Ind. (AP) — The funeral for Indiana Republican U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski will be held in her home state of Indiana, where she and three other people were killed in a head-on highway collision. Thursday’s funeral is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. at Granger Community Church. Authorities say Walorski, who was 58, was

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — Social media model Courtney Clenney has been arrested in Hawaii on a charge of second-degree murder with a deadly weapon. Hawaii County police said in a statement they assisted the U.S. Marshals Service as they arrested the 26-year-old on the Big Island. Officers used an arrest warrant issued by Miami-Dade County,

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Nevada judge has dismissed Republican Joey Gilbert’s lawsuit seeking to overturn his loss to Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo in the Republican gubernatorial primary. Gilbert finished second in the June primary to Lombardo by 11 percentage points, or about 26,000 votes. Gilbert, a lawyer from

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The director of the FBI has strong words for supporters of former President Donald Trump who have been using violent rhetoric in the wake of his agency’s search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home. Christopher Wray says threats circulating online against federal agents and the Justice Department

By JACQUES BILLEAUD Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Joe Arpaio, the 90-year-old former Arizona sheriff who was a once powerful figure in Republican politics but was ousted nearly six years ago amid frustration over his headline-grabbing tactics and legal troubles, was defeated Wednesday in a race for mayor of the affluent suburb where he has

SEATTLE (AP) — Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler has become the third congressperson who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump to be ousted in a primary. Herrera Beutler fell to Trump-backed Joe Kent, a former Green Beret, in the 3rd Congressional District contest. The district is in southwest Washington state, across the border from Portland,

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — In a striking speech before thousands of North Koreans, leader Kim Jong Un’s sister said he suffered a fever while guiding the country to victory over the coronavirus. She blamed rival South Korea for the outbreak and vowed “deadly” retaliation. Kim Yo Jong, a powerful

BATAVIA, N.Y. (AP) — The pastor of a New York church says he feels intimidated and harassed by Attorney General Letitia James after she wrote that she had concerns about the far right ReAwaken America Tour the church is hosting this week. The two-day political tour featuring former President Donald Trump’s son Eric Trump and

The Associated Press The case of a Nebraska woman charged with helping her teenage daughter end her pregnancy after investigators obtained Facebook messages between the two has raised fresh concerns about data privacy in the post-Roe world. Since before the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June, Big Tech companies that collect personal

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press The mysterious death of a high school athlete who spent days helping his fellow eastern Kentuckians clean up from flooding has added another layer of grief to the tragedy. On Wednesday, Aaron “Mick” Crawford was counted as the 38th person to die as a result of the Appalachian flooding. Perry

By BABA AHMED Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Malian authorities have declared three days of national mourning to begin Thursday after a pair of weekend attacks killed dozens of soldiers and police officers. The Malian military says 42 soldiers died in a dramatic assault on forces in the northern region of Gao. Authorities say

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The campaign committee of North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein plans to ask a federal court to block enforcement of a state law looming in a probe of a TV ad aired against Stein’s election rival in 2020. The state law makes it illegal to

BUENOS AIRES (AP) — Former Paraguayan president and current senator Fernando Lugo was is a medically induced coma after suffering a stroke. Doctors say his condition is stable with no evidence of significant lesions though they warn it is too early to tell the extent of the damage given his previous health woes. “He is