Month: October 2022

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Authorities in Belarus added 625 people, most of them with political opposition ties, to an official list of alleged “extremists.” The eastern European country’s Ministry of Internal Affairs released a sweeping update on Friday that increased the number of blacklisted individuals by a third, to a

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal lawsuit says a Georgia man and his family “have faced threats of violence and live in fear” since the movie “2000 Mules” falsely accused him of ballot fraud during the 2020 election. The widely debunked film includes surveillance video showing Mark Andrews, his face blurred,

By HERBERT MOYO Associated Press MASERU, Lesotho (AP) — Lesotho’s businessman-turned-politician Sam Matekane was sworn in Friday as the new prime minister of the southern African country. He won the most seats during the Oct. 7 elections but needed the support of smaller parties to form a new government with his Revolution For Prosperity party.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.N. human rights office has condemned the killing of an anti-dam activist in the southern Mexico state of Oaxaca. State prosecutors say the body of Filogonio Martínez was found Wednesday, and didn’t show signs of violence. But the office of the U.N. High Commissioner on Human Rights said Martínez had

MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin is planning to host the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan to help broker a settlement to a conflict between the two ex-Soviet neighbors. Putin’s talks with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev were scheduled to take place at the Russian leader’s

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is imposing financial penalties on an Iranian-based organization that put a bounty on the head of British-American author Salman Rushdie, who was violently attacked in August at a literary event. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned the 15 Khordad Foundation, which issued a multimillion-dollar

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A massive lottery jackpot got a little bigger Friday as the top Powerball prize climbed to an estimated $825 million ahead of Saturday night’s drawing. The Powerball jackpot ranks as the fifth-largest in U.S. history, though it’s good to keep in mind that it has grown so large because no

By JILL BLEED and SEAN MURPHY Associated Press Authorities say the deaths of eight family members — including six children found in a burning Oklahoma home — are being investigated as a murder-suicide. Broken Arrow Police Chief Brandon Berryhill says the six children ranged in age from 1 to 13 and that the two adults

PRAGUE (AP) — Tens of thousands Czechs have used a national holiday to rally in the capital against the pro-Western government and its support for Ukraine’s fight against the Russian invasion. The rally follows two others at Prague’s central Wenceslas Square in September. With soaring prices for energy, housing and food, the protesters are demanding

BERLIN (AP) — A former hotel in eastern Germany that was supposed to be used as accommodation for refugee families starting next week has been targeted in what authorities believe was an anti-foreigner arson attack. Police said windows were broken and a fire broke out shortly after 5 a.m. Friday at the building on the

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Lillianna Alfaro was a recent high school graduate raising a toddler and considering joining the Army when she and a friend bought what they thought was the anti-anxiety drug Xanax in December 2020. The pills were fake and contained fentanyl, an opioid that can be 50 times as powerful as

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Elon Musk has taken over Twitter and fired its CEO and other top executives. Trading in company shares was suspended Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and the stock will be officially delisted early next month, according to a filing with securities regulators. So now what? WHY DID

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A prosecutor with Norway’s domestic security agency has given a Russian name for the man who entered the country as a Brazilian but is suspected of spying state secrets for Russia. Thomas Blom of Norway’s Security Service said the man’s name was Mikhail Mikushin, adding authorities were “not positively sure of

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A former Army sergeant has pleaded guilty to killing a fellow soldier found dead in his barracks from dozens of stab wounds and cuts. Byron Booker faces a mandatory life sentence in the June 2020 slaying of 21-year-old Army Spc. Austin Hawk at Fort Stewart, Georgia. Court records show Booker pleaded

By BABAR DOGAR Associated Press LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan and thousands of supporters started a long-promised march on Friday to the nation’s capital, Islamabad, to challenge the government of his successor and demand early elections. Khan maintains that his ouster in a parliament no-confidence vote in April was unlawful,

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring” went back on display at the Netherlands’ Mauritshuis museum Friday, a day after climate activists targeted the 17th-century masterpiece. “We are incredibly grateful that ‘The Girl’ remained undamaged and is back in her familiar place so quickly,” the museum’s director, Martine Gosselink, said

By MARK PRATT and BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Virginia (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard, a crew of scientists and others launched an air and sea mission to rescue 13 people, including a child, from a fishing vessel just moments before it sank in darkness early Friday in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The U.N.’s International Organization for Migration says gang violence has forced some 96,000 people to flee their homes in Haiti’s capital as the country faces a crisis that has prompted the government to request foreign troops. The IOM said Friday that gang-related violence has led to “racketeering, kidnappings and wider criminal

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Rev. Calvin O. Butts III, who fought poverty and racism and skillfully navigated New York’s power structure as pastor of Harlem’s historic Abyssinian Baptist Church, died Friday at age 73, the church announced. “The Butts Family and entire Abyssinian Baptist Church membership solicit your prayers

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Millions are at stake in retail sales for this year’s World Cup in Qatar and soccer fans have been playing rate the shirt. There’s no runaway winner this year like the sold-out-in-minutes bright green and chevron jersey of Nigeria in 2018. But that hasn’t slowed the

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Officials say fighting has broken out between two groups at a migrant camp in Cyprus, a melee that left two people injured, set 20 tents ablaze and forced scores of families to flee the facility. Riot police had to use tear gas to restore order in the Pournara migrant reception center

By SAM METZ Associated Press SOUTH JORDAN, Utah (AP) — U.S. Rep. Burgess Owens and Democratic challenger Darlene McDonald agreed on none of the issues addressed Friday in their only debate before the midterm elections, with each largely echoing their party’s talking points on inflation, abortion and infrastructure spending. In an untelevised debate in the

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Conservationists say they’re ready to take federal wildlife officials back to court in a three-year-long fight over endangered species protection for a rare wildflower in Nevada. Thiem’s buckwheat only exists at the site of a proposed lithium mine. The Fish and Wildlife Service concluded last October

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A measure of inflation that is closely monitored by the Federal Reserve remained painfully high last month, the latest sign that prices for most goods and services in the United States are still rising steadily. Friday’s report from the Commerce Department showed that prices rose 6.2%

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian security forces have opened fire on demonstrators in a southeastern city that has seen weeks of unrest amid nationwide demonstrations. Activists say the shooting on Friday in the city of in Zahedan killed at least two people, threatening to reignite tensions there. Zahedan,