Month: September 2022

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — With legal sports betting in its fifth year in much of the U.S., things are getting much more intense, with increasing ways to bet and more opportunities to rapidly win — and lose — money. When the defending Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams kick

By KIM COOK Associated Press It can be tough to make a rental space your own. Most rental agreements stipulate that you can’t permanently change anything. You might try striking up a conversation with your landlord to talk about potential changes and perhaps offer to foot the bill. But there also are a lot of

By MADDIE BURAKOFF AP Science Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The 31,000-year-old skeleton of a young adult found in a cave in Indonesia that is missing its left foot and part of its left leg reveal the oldest known evidence of an amputation, according to a new study. Scientists say the amputation was performed when

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will highlight his plans for drastically reducing cancer deaths and boosting treatments for the disease in what he has calls “this generation’s moonshot.” Biden’s speech at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston on Monday will come on the 60th anniversary of his predecessor’s speech outlining

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Red-shirted teachers and staff in Seattle Public Schools took to the picket lines instead of the classroom on what was supposed to be the first day of school Wednesday, striking for the first time since 2015 over issues that include pay and educational support for students who

By MICHELLE R. SMITH Associated Press BATAVIA, N.Y. (AP) — The crowd swayed on its feet, arms pumping, the beat of Twisted Sister’s “We’re Not Gonna Take It” thumping in their chests. The people under the revival tent hooted as Michael Flynn strode across the stage, bopping and laughing, singing the refrain into his microphone

By EMILY SCHULTHEIS Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. atomic watchdog says it believes that Iran has further increased its stockpile of uranium that is highly enriched to one short, technical step from weapons-grade levels. The International Atomic Energy Agency also voiced increasing concerns on Wednesday over Tehran’s lack of engagement with a probe

HONG KONG (AP) — The chairman of Hong Kong’s largest journalists’ association has been arrested for allegedly obstructing police and public disorder while reporting, the latest case sparking concerns of declining media freedom in the city. Local news outlet Channel C reported that Ronson Chan, chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association and its employee,

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Playwright Ken Ludwig isn’t a fan of seeing his old shows, no matter how successful they’ve become. It makes him feel like he’s not moving ahead. But Ludwig has lately found an ingenious way to look back and forward at the same time. He’s revisited

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s top court has ruled that it does not have the constitutional right to dissolve the country’s parliament. The much anticipated ruling on Wednesday raises the stakes in Iraq’s unprecedented 11-month political crisis. The court ruled it doesn’t have the authority under the country’s constitution to dissolve the legislature, which was a

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker may be getting closer to debating in the state’s U.S. Senate race. Warnock said Wednesday that he’ll participate in a debate Walker prefers if Walker agrees to another debate Warnock wants. Walker refused to participate in debates

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An early morning power outage Wednesday at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport caused flight delays and cancellations that continued even after electricity was restored. The airport reported it lost power shortly before 5 a.m., and soon after said flights had been stopped. The lights were back on by 8 a.m., but airport officials

By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press One of Netflix’s most popular children’s series, “CoComelon,” a giggly, musical series with repetitive lyrics, dropped a new special on Monday., providing many parents, like Arinze Odira, of Windsor, Ontario, a reprieve. “I had a lot of stuff I wanted to do and my my wife was sleeping,” explained Odira,

By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expressed hope a recent agreement settling a travel document dispute between Serbia and Kosovo can help further stabilize the troubled Balkans. Speaking in the Serbian capital Belgrade, Erdogan said Turkey stands ready to help rival nations in the Balkans resolve

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s new prime minister has pledged to rebuild the economy and “ride out the storm” gathering over the country, but Liz Truss faces a daunting job. She inherits an ailing economy on the brink of a potentially long recession, with record inflation that’s forecast to worsen in

By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s government has announced a carrot-and-stick drive to cut public sector energy use by 10% this year. It’s linking compliance to funding and urging state employees to switch off lights and appliances when leaving the office. Environment and Energy Minister Costas Skrekas said Greece wants to

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Two sisters who survived the Holocaust as girls and moved to the United States afterward died just days apart in their adopted home of Alabama. The Alabama Holocaust Education Center said Ruth Scheuer Siegler died Saturday at the age of 95. Her sister, Ilse Scheuer Nathan, died 10 days earlier at

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Kay is staying out in the Pacific as it lashes Mexico’s Baja California Peninsula, where authorities have opened shelters for those who need to evacuate. Forecasters say there is a chance outer bands of the big storm could bring heavy rain — and possibly flash floods — to parts of

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press BATH, Maine (AP) — The Navy is getting ready to turn the chapter on its workhorse destroyer, the Arleigh Burke, which went into production more than 30 years ago. The Navy has awarded design contracts on a future ship that would be equipped with lasers and hypersonic missiles. The stakes

BERLIN (AP) — The Austrian government has presented plans for a power price cap to curb the rise in energy costs. Chancellor Karl Nehammer said Wednesday that the cap should ease costs for an average household of three by about 500 euros per year. The government will provide around 3 billion to 4 billion euros

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Philippine officials say President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has approved a recommendation to end the mandatory wearing of masks outdoors across the country more than two years after it was imposed at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. The interior secretary says Philippines and Myanmar are the last countries in Southeast Asia

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says European Union countries should set a price cap on Russian natural gas. She also said Wednesday that European oil and gas companies are making extraordinary profits as the war in Ukraine drives up energy costs and that the bloc’s executive arm will propose they

By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Louisiana-native Lainey Wilson is having a breakout year as she tops the Country Music Association Awards nominations in her first year as a nominee, earning nods in six categories including album of the year, female vocalist of the year and song of the year.

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Albania’s prime minister says the government has cut diplomatic ties with Iran and expelled the country’s embassy staff. Albania and the U.S. have blamed Tehran for a major cyberattack nearly two months ago that was allegedly carried out by Tehran on Albanian government websites. The White

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer VENICE, Italy (AP) — Joanna Hogg was extremely nervous about showing her mother her latest film, “The Eternal Daughter.” The writer-director of “The Souvenir” films had, again, mined her own life for material and inspiration. Here she wanted to make something about a woman about her age, in her