Month: September 2022

By GARY GERARD HAMILTON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — On nearly every basketball court around the world —from NBA arenas to elementary school gyms — you’ll see players of all sizes regularly attempting long 3-point shots. There’s one man largely credited with transforming basketball from a must-see above the rim game to box office-long

By DIANE JEANTET and CARLA BRIDI Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — President Jair Bolsonaro is feeding concern about Brazil’s electronic voting system with the election just a month off. He says the machines are prone to fraud, though he’s acknowledged that hasn’t been proved and Brazil’s electoral authority says the system has been

By ANDREW WILKS Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Troubled relations between regional rivals Turkey and Greece have worsened. Turkey’s president on Tuesday doubled down on a thinly veiled invasion threat. Athens responded that it’s ready to defend its sovereignty. Turkey and Greece have decades-old disputes over an array of issues, including territorial claims in the

By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — The former Irish President has called on African nations to pile on the pressure on rich, heavily-polluting countries to fulfill their climate pledges to the continent during a visit to Uganda. Mary Robinson, who is also chair of the Elders group of global leaders who advocate

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Police in Tennessee said Tuesday they had found the body of a Memphis woman abducted during a pre-dawn run, confirming fears that Eliza Fletcher was killed after she was forced into an SUV on Friday morning. The news followed an exhaustive search throughout the long weekend

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Former Miss America Cara Mund’s entry into North Dakota’s U.S. House race has led the Democratic candidate to drop out, citing pressure from his own party to step aside. Mund entered the race in August as an independent, citing her support for abortion rights as a major reason. The Bismarck Tribune

TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — A man charged with stealing a plane that he didn’t know how to land will remain behind bars, denied bond by a judge who took a dim view of his lawyer’s promise that he wouldn’t take off again. Airport worker Cory Wayne Patterson allegedly stole the plane on Saturday after posting

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Activists and relatives have lost contact with a fishing boat carrying some 60 Lebanese and Syrian migrants adrift near the island of Malta in the Mediterranean Sea. A passenger’s relative and Alarm Phone, an activist networks, said Tuesday that they lost touch with the vessel overnight. The

MADRID (AP) — The Spanish government has passed a law that gives hundreds of thousands of domestic cleaners and carers the right to unemployment benefits and other job protection measures for the first time. Labor Minister Yolanda Díaz said the law would benefit more than 370,000 people, 95% of whom are women. She said the

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission is is blocking the buyout of cancer-screening company GRAIL by biotech giant Illumina. It’s a rare move by European antitrust regulators against two U.S. companies. Illumina is a major supplier of next-generation sequencing systems for genetic and genomic analysis. GRAIL is a health company developing blood tests to try

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Yemeni officials say suspected al-Qaida militants have attacked a security post in the country’s south, killing at least 27. The incident sparked clashes that killed at least eight troops and six militants. The early morning attack took place in the district of Ahwar in the southern province

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — In the aftermath of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, governors around the country vowed to take steps to ensure their students would be kept safe. Months later, as students return to classrooms, money has begun to flow for school security upgrades, training and other

DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Prince Harry and his wife Meghan arrived in the western German city of Duesseldorf on Tuesday where they promoted the Invictus Games, a competition for wounded, injured and ill service personnel and veterans. The couple, also known as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, were welcomed by the mayor and hundreds

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press HENGCHUN, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan’s president says China is conducting “cognitive warfare” against the self-ruled island by spreading misinformation in addition to its regular military incursions into nearby waters and airspace. Experts have warned that China has made substantial inroads within Taiwanese mass media and could plant false narratives in

By HARUKA NUGA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — An American diplomat in Tokyo has criticized what he calls China’s “increasingly hostile maritime actions” as a threat to the safety of waterways in the resource-rich Indo-Pacific. U.S. Deputy Chief of Mission Raymond Greene said disregard for international law and heavy-handed actions by Beijing are aimed at

By VICTORIA MILKO AP Science Writer JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The European commissioner for energy says the EU’s next steps for addressing the continent’s worsening energy crisis following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are expected to be unveiled next week. Many European countries have tightened their belts as energy costs soar. Russia’s state-run energy company has

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s unprecedented monsoon season and flooding have killed hundreds of people and made hundreds of thousands homeless. The rains now threaten a famed archeological site dating back 4,500 years. Curator Ahsan Abbasi said on Tuesday that flooding has not directly hit Mohenjo Daro, a UNESCO World Heritage

By MELISSA LAMBARENA of NerdWallet Credit limits aren’t always there when you need them. With a potential recession looming, it’s important to understand how issuers treat credit limits in an unstable economy. While a credit card issuer’s decision to cut your credit limit or close an account is out of your control, there are still

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s police watchdog says it is opening an independent investigation after a man was shot dead in London after a police chase. The Metropolitan Police said armed officers pursued a “suspect vehicle” in south London on Monday evening. They ended the chase by making “tactical contact” — or deliberately colliding with a

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The U.N. atomic watchdog agency urged Russia and Ukraine on Tuesday to establish a “nuclear safety and security protection zone” around the Zaporizhzhia power plant amid mounting fears the fighting could trigger a catastrophe in a country still scarred by the Chernobyl disaster. “We are playing

MOSCOW (AP) — An array of Russian rabbis has called for an end to the fighting in Ukraine and expressed concern about the conflict creating tension for Jews in Russia. The Monday gathering of rabbis was organized by the Federation of Jewish Communities in Russia, one of the country’s two largest Jewish organizations. A statement

BERLIN (AP) — A new report says Russia sent significantly more oil and coal to India and China over the summer compared with the start of the year, while European countries that long relied on Russian energy have cut back sharply in response to the war in Ukraine. The Centre for Research on Energy and

By ARSENE KABORE and SAM MEDNICK Associated Press OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — A suspected jihadi roadside bomb has hit a convoy in northern Burkina Faso, killing at least 35 people and injuring dozens more. The governor of Sahel region, Lt. Col. Rodolphe Sorgho, said that a supply convoy escorted by the army was hit

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A court in Warsaw has opened proceedings in a defamation case brought by Poland’s most powerful politician, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, against a journalist who publicly alleges the leader of the country’s ruling party is gay. Kaczynski is demanding an apology and a retraction from journalist Jan Pinski. Kaczynski did not show up

GENEVA (AP) — The Swiss government says it’s agreed to give an urgent credit line of $4.1 billion to power plant operator Axpo Holding. The idea is to help the company as energy prices soar in Europe and could endanger supply in Switzerland. The Baden-based company that has locations in 30 countries on three continents