Month: August 2022

NEW YORK (AP) — Drivers entering the heart of New York City would pay $9 to $23 under a plan aimed at reducing gridlock in the country’s most…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African prosecutors have charged seven self-employed miners with the rapes of eight…

By DAVID BILLER Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Police in Rio de Janeiro are seeking the arrest of six people accused of involvement in…

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — One of two Wisconsin women who were sent to a state mental health facility after a 2014 stabbing attack on a sixth-grade…

By FARES AKRAM Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — When Israeli bombs began falling last week, 22-year-old Duniana al-Amour ran into…

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press Research that analyzed social media posts finds that hateful references to gays, lesbians and other LGBTQ people…

By JAKE BLEIBERG, DAVE COLLINS and MICHAEL TARM Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — The nearly $50 million defamation verdict against Alex Jones for his…

By ANDREA RODRÍGUEZ Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — A deadly fire that consumed at least half of a large oil storage facility in western Cuba and…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities made a series of arrests of drug cartel figures in western Mexico that set off destruction of vehicles and…

By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press BAGHDAD (AP) — An influential Shiite cleric in Iraq whose supporters earlier this month stormed the parliament in…

By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press POXINDEJE, Mexico (AP) — A painter in orange overalls touches up the image of a hand holding a rifle while an…

BOSTON (AP) — A former Boston high school dean already in prison for shooting a student he recruited to deal drugs has pleaded guilty to a federal…

By CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Sierra Leone’s vice president says there have been fatalities amid…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump showed up Wednesday for questioning under oath in New York’s…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Emirati judicial department and a lawyer say the United Arab Emirates has…

By AL-HADJI KUDRA MALIRO Associated Press BENI, Congo (AP) — Officials in eastern Congo say that at least five people, including two policemen,…

By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says an Iranian operative has been charged in a plot to murder former…

LONDON (AP) — The number of coronavirus deaths fell by 9% in the last week while new cases remained relatively stable, according to the latest…

By HOLLY RAMER Associated Press The New Hampshire Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers is denouncing comments by Gov. Chris Sununu and his…

PARIS (AP) — Firefighters were battling a wildfire in southwestern France on Wednesday in a region known for its pine forests that was ravaged by…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission says it’s winding up years of surveillance of Greek government spending. The move, on Aug. 20, will…

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese court has rejected an appeal  from a woman seeking an apology and damages in a high-profile case from the country’s…

By AMIR VAHDAT Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Houshang Ebtehaj, a distinguished Iranian poet whose small but influential body of work made…